Loving the Springs

Celebrating the best of Colorado Springs and elevating the rest. Plug into what’s happening in the Pikes Peak region, learn about awesome people, places and happenings, and explore opportunities to make life here even better. Longtime Springs booster Carrie Simison co-hosts with local gadflies Al Brody and Dave Gardner. All three love our two springs – Colorado and Manitou, so they give them the mic in this twice-monthly podcast. Nothing’s off the table – recreation, the arts, government, business, politics – if it touches your life, they’ll talk about it. We’ll invite the movers and shakers, conspiracy theorists, NIMBYs, YIMBYs, yaysayers and naysayers to join them. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and give us feedback and suggestions via comments at https://studio809podcasts.com/loving-the-springs or lovingthespringspodcast@gmail.com

Loving the Springs is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 52 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #52

  52: Aug 18 2026 - Preventing and Responding to Intimate Partner Violence – Community Heroes at TESSA

  Aug 18, 202637 min

  Efforts in our community are helping individuals and their children achieve safety and wellbeing while challenging us to end sexual and family violence. TESSA CEO Anne Markley fills us in on all the local nonprofit agency is doing, including a confidential Safehouse, Victim Advocacy, Counseling and Children’s Programs, a 24/7 Safe Line, and Community Outreach and Education. We learn that teens and young adults are especially vulnerable, with more unsupervised time, social gatherings, and new relationships increasing the likelihood of dating violence. And TESSA is doing a lot to address this, including hosting a special community conversation: Digital Realities: Protecting Youth in the Digital Age A community conversation about online safety CSPD and TESSA August 23, 4 to 7 pm, Ent Center for the Arts Free, Register Here TESSA Safe Line: 719-633-3819 LINKS: TESSA City Launches New Parking Enterprise Brand Focused on Making Parking Easier MENTIONS: Ent Center for the Arts Wings Credit Union Jelly Roll Goat Patch Brewing Give Pikes Peak Empy Stocking Fund Parking Upgrades Downtown Paul Newman Cool Hand Luke The Charlie Block Urban Egg Poor Richard’s Loving the Springs celebrates the best of Colorado Springs and elevates the rest. Plug into what’s happening in the Pikes Peak region, learn about awesome people, places and happenings, and explore opportunities to make life here even better. Longtime Springs booster Carrie Simison co-hosts with local gadflies Al Brody and Dave Gardner. All three love our two springs – Colorado and Manitou, so they give them the mic in this twice-monthly podcast. Nothing’s off the table – recreation, the arts, government, business, politics – if it touches your life, they’ll talk about it. We’ll invite the movers and shakers, conspiracy theorists, NIMBYs, YIMBYs, yaysayers and naysayers to join them. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and give us feedback and suggestions via comments at studio809podcasts.com/loving-the-springs or lovingthespringspodcast at gmail.com

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  Episode #51

  51: August 5 2026 – We All Have a Pumpkin Patch Inside

  Aug 4, 202645 min

  Venetucci Farm is a community treasure celebrating its 90th anniversary. Get the scoop on annual pumpkin giveaways, a flower farm, and much more making community happen in the aftermath of the PFAS water contamination disaster. Sam Clark, Executive Director of the Pikes Peak Real Estate Foundation, and Nikki McComsey, owner of Gather Mountain Blooms share the history and legacy, current happenings, and an upgrade in the works for 2027. Also: Pikes Peak Bulletin Managing Editor Heila Ershadi updates us on PFAS groundwater contamination in the area (see link to her story below). LINKS: Venetucci Farm Gather Mountain Blooms Rocky Mountain Flower Fest Contaminants on the Way Out of Rural Residents' Tap Water, Says Water Provider and State Health Department (Pikes Peak Bulletin story) MENTIONED: United States Air Force PFAS contamination Widefield Aquifer Nick Venetucci Bambi Venetucci Pikes Peak Community Foundation Gordon Price Grass It Up Mike and Amanda Bristol Venetucci Pumpkin Ale Bristol Brewing “Give Back Mix Pack” Smokebrush Friends of Cheyenne Canyon School District 11 Colorado Parks and Wildlife Colorado Youth Outdoors El Pomar Foundation El Paso County Liz Rosenbaum Wigwam Mutual Water Company Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Loving the Springs celebrates the best of Colorado Springs and elevates the rest. Plug into what’s happening in the Pikes Peak region, learn about awesome people, places and happenings, and explore opportunities to make life here even better. Longtime Springs booster Carrie Simison co-hosts with local gadflies Al Brody and Dave Gardner. All three love our two springs – Colorado and Manitou, so they give them the mic in this twice-monthly podcast. Nothing’s off the table – recreation, the arts, government, business, politics – if it touches your life, they’ll talk about it. We’ll invite the movers and shakers, conspiracy theorists, NIMBYs, YIMBYs, yaysayers and naysayers to join them. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and give us feedback and suggestions via comments at studio809podcasts.com/loving-the-springs or lovingthespringspodcast at gmail.com

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  Episode #50

  50: July 22 2026 - Passenger Rail Coming to Colorado Springs

  Jul 22, 202630 min

  Passenger rail service is coming to Colorado’s front range in 2029, Colorado Springs by 2032. Get details in this conversation with Sal Pace, General Manager of the Front Range Passenger Rail District. The district has secured funding to provide initial service between Fort Collins and Denver. Phase 2 will extend service to Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Pace shares the history of the district and answers all our tough questions about the plan, funding, and anticipated fares. We get quite a bit of detail about how this is happening so quickly, which is music to the ears of the Colorado Springs residents who spend an average of 61 hours in traffic jams each year. This was recorded on May 12, 2026. On July 20, the district released its Draft Delivery Plan for Colorado Connector. Public input on the draft plan is invited until July 27. LINKS: Front Range Passenger Rail District Draft Delivery Plan for Colorado Connector Share Your Feedback United We Rock – August 1 Loving the Springs celebrates the best of Colorado Springs and elevates the rest. Plug into what’s happening in the Pikes Peak region, learn about awesome people, places and happenings, and explore opportunities to make life here even better. Longtime Springs booster Carrie Simison co-hosts with local gadflies Al Brody and Dave Gardner. All three love our two springs – Colorado and Manitou, so they give them the mic in this twice-monthly podcast. Nothing’s off the table – recreation, the arts, government, business, politics – if it touches your life, they’ll talk about it. We’ll invite the movers and shakers, conspiracy theorists, NIMBYs, YIMBYs, yaysayers and naysayers to join them. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and give us feedback and suggestions via comments at studio809podcasts.com/loving-the-springs or lovingthespringspodcast at gmail.com

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  Episode #49

  49: July 20 – Hit the Pause Button – Bike to Work Day Part 3

  Jul 20, 202631 min

  Bicycling improves our physical and mental health, and helps us be more connected. Conversations recorded live on Bike to Work Day during the final hour of our live stream from the Studio 809 Podcasts breakfast station at The Next Us on June 24, 2026. Included: an excellent conversation with PikeRide CEO Tara McCarthy about how bicycling is “human scale.” “ Today's world is so fast and so overwhelming that I think cycling allows you to hit the pause button and be in a different mindset.” She also shares news about expanding into southeast Colorado Springs, 2 new adaptive electric tricycles, and E-cargo bikes later this year. We also hear from local safer streets advocates Joan and Karl Stang. Karl has been riding to work since 1995. The couple can sometimes go a month without getting in a car. They tell us there are online lessons to help us make our streets safer – Bicycle Friendly Driver, Auto Friendly Bicyclist, Ride Leader training, Cycling Basics 101, Walkability training, and more (see links). 00:00:00 Open 00:02:17 Tara McCarthy of PikeRide 00:15:32 Joan and Karl Stang of Pedestrian and Cycle Manitou Springs (PaCMan) 00:23:42 Jax Armendariz Unzueta, host of the Justice with Jax podcast LINKS: PikeRide Pedestrian and Cycle Manitou Springs - new website with links to courses, etc. Bike Colorado Springs Bike Lane Uprising Justice with Jax podcast Video Replay of Studio 809 Podcasts Bike to Work Day Live Springs Bike Map Colorado Springs Bike to Work Day MENTIONED: Bike Colorado Springs The League of American Bicyclists Ciara Guerrero Kaizen Torri Front Range Passenger Rail District Loving the Springs celebrates the best of Colorado Springs and elevates the rest. Plug into what’s happening in the Pikes Peak region, learn about awesome people, places and happenings, and explore opportunities to make life here even better. Longtime Springs booster Carrie Simison co-hosts with local gadflies Al Brody and Dave Gardner. All three love our two springs – Colorado and Manitou, so they give them the mic in this twice-monthly podcast. Nothing’s off the table – recreation, the arts, government, business, politics – if it touches your life, they’ll talk about it. We’ll invite the movers and shakers, conspiracy theorists, NIMBYs, YIMBYs, yaysayers and naysayers to join them. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and give us feedback and suggestions via comments at studio809podcasts.com/loving-the-springs or lovingthespringspodcast at gmail.com

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  Episode #47

  47: July 7 2026 – Why Bike to Work? Bike to Work Day Part 1

  Jul 7, 202653 min

  Bicycling fans share their reasons for riding, we explore “complete streets,” and we discuss safety and infrastructure issues for bicyclists and pedestrians – in this conversation recorded live on Bike to Work Day. This is from the first hour of our live stream from the Studio 809 Podcasts breakfast station at The Next Us on June 24, 2026. See the video live stream replay here We'll share hours 2 and 3 in future episodes. GUESTS: 3:18 - Judy Pearring Davila, The Next Us 7:06 - Beth Roalstad, CEO of Homeward Pikes Peak, Host of a Place for everyone podcast, Co-host of Elevating Pikes Peak Women podcast 20:37 - Allen Beauchamp, ride leader, Community Engagement Manager, Trails and Open Space Coalition 24:41 - Nancy Henjum, Colorado Springs City Councilor 31:24 - Kimberly Gold, Colorado Springs City Councilor 36:34 - Torie Giffin, Founder of Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort, Host of Pedal the Springs podcast 42:06 - Nate Nassif, Manitou Springs City Councilor 44:54 - Konrad Schlarbaum, Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future, Colorado Green Business Network, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment LINKS: Episode of Loving the Springs featuring Judy Pearring of The Next Us Studio 809 Podcasts T-shirts Colorado Springs Bike Map Colorado Springs Bike to Work Day Complete Streets Thanks to These Sponsors of Our Breakfast Station: Crumb & Kiln - 2140 Cooper Ave, Just west of I25 and North of Centennial Starbucks - in front of COS City Hub – on Austin Bluffs Parkway just east of Academy Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort The Next Us – 525 N. Cascade MENTIONED: The Next Us Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments Melissa Marts Aging with Altitude podcast Pat Rigdon Clean and Safe Program Downtown Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Women Brenda Morrison Mary Lou Makepeace KOAA Liv Wood Motorless Morning in Garden of the Gods UpaDowna Pedal Party Manitou Spokes Wednesday Women’s Ride Peak Environment podcast Legacy Plaza Monument Valley Park Mesa Springs Greenway U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum Support Community Podcasting in Colorado Springs Loving the Springs celebrates the best of Colorado Springs and elevates the rest. Plug into what’s happening in the Pikes Peak region, learn about awesome people, places and happenings, and explore opportunities to make life here even better. Longtime Springs booster Carrie Simison co-hosts with local gadflies Al Brody and Dave Gardner. All three love our two springs – Colorado and Manitou, so they give them the mic in this twice-monthly podcast. Nothing’s off the table – recreation, the arts, government, business, politics – if it touches your life, they’ll talk about it. We’ll invite the movers and shakers, conspiracy theorists, NIMBYs, YIMBYs, yaysayers and naysayers to join them. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and give us feedback and suggestions via comments at https://studio809podcasts.com/loving-the-springs or lovingthespringspodcast at gmail.com

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