CSU's The Audit

In this encore episode, CSU researcher and former wildland firefighter Camille Stevens-Rumann talks about why forests aren't bouncing back after wildfires like they used to, as well as one unique (and slightly controversial) solution.

CSU atmospheric chemist Delphine Farmer talks about how air pollutants such as wildfire smoke, cleaning products and stoves make their way into your home, and how you can strike a balance between refreshing your indoor air and protecting your health. 

Every summer, the news features stories of tourists being injured – or narrowly escaping injury – during wildlife encounters. More often than not, experts say these run-ins could have easily been avoided. In this encore episode, Katie Abrams talks about her research into social marketing and communications strategies that aim to protect tourists AND wildlife. 

Yosemite National Park welcomes more than 4 million visitors each year, but those visits come at a steep environmental cost. National parks historian Michael Childers discusses the park's long history of overcrowding, the recent decision to end its reservation system and what the record-breaking crowds expected this season could mean for Yosemite’s future.

Most people have experienced déjà vu at one time or another, that eerie feeling that you've been in a situation before when you know that you haven't. But what is déjà vu? And why does it happen? In this encore episode, CSU memory researcher Anne Cleary explains the phenomenon. 

Researchers with CSU’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Lori Catalano and Scott Curry talk about why now is the time to leave your lawn in favor of beige-er pastures that are anything but boring.

On Wednesday, House Bill 1031 was signed into Colorado law making it a deceptive trade practice to market fruits and vegetables as "Colorado-grown" if the products were produced elsewhere. Violators of the law could be fined fines up to $20,000. In this encore episode of The Audit podcast, Colorado State University ag economist Dawn Thilmany talks about why the Colorado label is so critical to bot...

CSU archaeologist Robert Madden talks about his groundbreaking research revealing that dice and games of chance have been a central part of Native American culture for millennia. And they were about a lot more than fun and games.

CSU atmospheric chemist Delphine Farmer talks about indoor air pollutants such as cleaning products, smoke and stoves, and how you can strike a balance between refreshing your home and protecting your health. 

Why aren't forests bouncing back after wildfires like they used to? CSU researcher and former wildland firefighter Camille Stevens-Rumann talks about the problem, as well as one unique (and slightly controversial) solution.

CSU's Hamed Qahri-Saremi talks about how artificial intelligence is not only rapidly transforming the way we interact with information, but also reshaping democratic processes, challenging public trust in institutions and even influencing human empathy.

CSU Avenir Museum Curator Paula Alaszkiewicz explores the surprising roles of the humble pocket throughout history, from its connection to the women’s suffrage movement to its use as a litmus test for economic trends.

CSU’s David Korostyshevsky talks about the history of Dry January, our continued complicated relationship with alcohol and whether we might be entering the next anti-alcohol era.

CSU food scientist Caitlin Clark explains what makes us love chocolate, why "healthy" chocolate isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be and how much that chocolate bar should actually cost.

It may not be considered "polite conversation," but Jordan Kraft Lambert thinks we all need to be talking more about poop. In fact, the director of ag innovation at CSU’s Spur campus has made it her mission to bring this and other “icky” topics to the table – figuratively and literally. In this encore episode, Lambert talks about how poop is actually a pretty powerful commodity, and why liver gets...

From voters saying no to hosting the Winter Olympics to the Earth Liberation Front's attack on Vail ski resort, Colorado State University Associate Professor and author Michael Childers says it hasn't been all powder for Colorado's snow business. In this encore episode, Childers talks about Colorado's bumpy path to becoming a ski haven. (Originally aired March 2023)

Through the lens of Hallmark holiday movies, CSU Film and Media Studies Associate Professor Kit Hughes researched how holiday film tropes both reflect and shape economic opinions. 

While less obvious than the yellow kind, contaminants such as forever chemicals, heavy metals and microplastics are showing up in Colorado's snowpack. CSU snow hydrologist Steven Fassnacht explains what that could mean for our winter wonderland.

Colorado State University toxicologist Brad Reisfeld talks about how to keep your holiday meal leftovers from turning into a recipe for food poisoning. 

Can watching horror movies make us more empathetic? Film researchers Scott Diffrient and Riana Slyter talk about the benefits of horror, as well as the history of the genre, how it’s evolving and why so many of us love to be scared.

Colorado State University history professor Ann Little talks about our fascination with the early North American witch trials and what a modern-day witch hunt could look like. (ENCORE EPISODE)

In 1983, Spirit Halloween stores began popping up with a very unique business model — rent out a large, vacant store front; fill it with Halloween costumes and temporary employees for about eight to 10 weeks; and then as of Nov. 1 — poof! They vanish like a ghost.  CSU College of Business Associate Professor Zac Rogers researches the financial impact of supply chain sustainability, emerging logist...

CSU STRATA Vice President of Tech Transfer Richard Magid talks about CSU isn’t just producing the next generation of professionals ready to change the world, but also the next generation of innovations ranging from disease resistant wheat varieties that protect our food supply to vaccines that protect our pets. 

CSU researcher and former wildland firefighter Camille Stevens-Rumann talks about why forests aren’t bouncing back after wildfires like they used to as well as one unique (and slightly controversial) solution to the problem.

Colorado State University researcher Jaclyn Stephens is the director of the College of Health and Human Sciences BRAINSTORM Lab, where she studies adolescents and adults with sports-related concussion, along with more severe forms of traumatic brain injury. She recently spoke to CSU's The Audit about the short and long-term impacts of concussion, what we’re learning about the recovery process, and...