This week’s broadcast of the Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Show comes from Boulder, Colorado, home to the second annual Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF). The city, maybe best known for housing the University of Colorado Boulder, is host to festivals year round that promote free thought and conversations. This week, Peter Greenberg talks to Hugo Martin about the rise of bus transit and the decline of air routes to less populous locations. Then Jessie Friedman, MA LPC CPCC/Director of Jaipur Literature Festival Boulder, joins us to explain the significance of the festival and how it brings the top thinkers from around to world to talk about important topics such as gun safety and Native American issues. Also joining us is Janice Wald Henderson, NATJA Award-Winning Cruise Journalist and Culinary Travel Expert, to talk about the explosion of American River cruising and how the cruise lines are becoming a “drive to” destination. There’s all of this and more when the Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Show broadcasts from Boulder, Colorado.
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John D. Griffin, Faculty Director of the Conference on World Affairs, talks about the history of the Conference founded by Howard Higgins in 1948. Held at the University of Colorado Boulder every April, the Conference on World Affairs attracts speakers from around the world and nearly 70,000 attendees for the free event.
Jane Reynolds, Senior Editor of Oyster.com, discusses Oyster’s photo fake out session and how some hotel photos do not always show the full or accurate representation of a location. She also shares some of the primary reasons Americans are afraid to travel, and why they should put those fears aside.
Kathy Beeck, Founder and Director of the Boulder International Film Festival, details what makes the film festival critically renowned, highlighting its rigorous selection process to choose selections among over 1,000 films submitted each year.
Jessie Friedman MA LPC CPCC/ Director of Jaipur Literature Festival Boulder, describes the original Jaipur Literature Festival founded in India and the significance of the Festival’s producers choosing Boulder as the U.S. location.
Nancy Geyer, Executive Director & CEO Boulder History Museum, tells us how the city of Boulder was founded in 1859, thanks to the Gold Rush. She also explains some of the Native American ties to the city, and how the museum is currently housing an exhibit about Chief Niwot of the Araphao Native American Tribe.
Bobby Stuckey, Master Sommelier and Owner of Frasca Food and Wine, describes his experience with Colorado winemakers and how they are trying to grow vineyards like Napa when they should be emulating those in Oregon. He also explains how not many other places besides Boulder would be as open to Frasca.
Maeve Conran, News Director at KGNU Independent Radio, expresses the beauty of Boulder and why it is a mecca of intellectual thought thanks to the University of Colorado Boulder and the federal research institutes in the city. Then she dives into how the legalization of marijuana has affected Coloradans by allowing extra taxes to go toward school construction.
Nick Forster, Founder and Host of eTown, talks about his nationally syndicated radio show focusing on music and sustainability. Boulder has been at the forefront of using natural products and renewable energy, and eTown strives to maintain those principles through its new facility.
Hugo Martin, Business Writer for The Los Angeles Times, explains how diminishing air service to smaller communities has helped the bus industry grow. Lines like Megabus and Greyhound even offer amenities such as WiFi and free entertainment apps.
Janice Wald Henderson, NATJA Award-Winning Cruise Journalist and Culinary Travel Expert, shares why she thinks American river cruises are on the rise and how they are trying to be more sophisticated. The pricing is comparable to European lines and you don’t have to fly internationally to get to them.
By Darra Stone for PeterGreenberg.com
