Jason VanTatenhove

The Colorado Switchblade

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The Colorado Switchblade slices through the tangled underbrush of legal and political discourse, from the peaks of Estes Park to the national stage, uncovering the pivotal stories and cultural debates that shape our democratic experience. Helmed by Jason Van Tatenhove, this platform fuses compelling narrative with astute political commentary, spotlighting Colorado's local sagas, captivating fiction, and in-depth podcasts. With a keen eye for detail and a storyteller's heart, The Colorado Switchblade carves out a space where every story is told with precision and every analysis cuts to the core...

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Jason VanTatenhove

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An indepth interview with Estes Park Town Trustee Candidate Karen Randinitis 15.02.2022 22:15

Today in the Colorado Switchblade’s second in the Town Trustee Candidate forum podcast installment, I had a chance to sit down and talk with Estes Park Town Trustee Candidate Karen Randinitis. If elected, some of the issues that she would like to focus her work on are affordable housing, child care/family services, and education. It’s an engaging interview that gives you a chance to get to know Ka...

The CDC has just walked back its disastrous 2016 Pain Treatment Advice 13.02.2022 21:49

In this Weekend Rant edition of the Colorado Switchblade’s podcast. We talk about how the CDC just Friday released the revised and expanded pain treatment guidelines that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published that mention "patient abandonment" eight times. They also include two occurrences of this warning, in bold and italics: " Clinicians should not abandon patients. " Th...

Estes Park resident is being evicted during the housing crisis, with no open rentals in town 12.02.2022 39:50

In this episode of the Colorado Switchblade podcast, we tell you the story of 52-year-old Estes Park resident Sam Molina. Who is now facing the full blunt force trauma of the Estes Park Housing Crisis. This past week he was served with eviction papers. Not because he has ever been late with rent. In fact, during the entire tenure of his seven years of renting his apartment here in Estes Park, he h...

An indepth interview with Estes Park Town Trustee Candidate Kevin Benes 09.02.2022 26:27

Today in the Colorado Switchblade’s third podcast installment, I had a chance to sit down and have a conversation with Estes Park Town Trustee Candidate Kevin Benes. If elected, Keven has six main issues that he would like to work on: affordable housing, child care/family services, wildfire mitigation, green initiatives, financial stability, and building a business ecosystem. It’s an engaging inte...

The Weekend Rant episode 2 06.02.2022 24:21

On our ‘Weekend Rant’ podcast we are discussing the Netflix movie ‘Don’t Look Up.’ a political satire film that deals with the issues of climate change and how society reacts to impending disasters, specifically climate change, by relating it instead to an oncoming planet-killing comet. In this episode, I bring on my oldest daughter Sierra, who is 27 years old and brings a younger perspective to t...

Our first podcast 03.02.2022

Today the Colorado Switchblade is launching a new local news and culture podcast. Episodes will be weekly and include topics relating to Estes Park and the Colorado Front Range. In today’s episode, we introduce the format of the podcast and then dive into the passing of our local storms. Both the cold and snow variety and the COVID variety. Next week we will be speaking with the town of Estes Park...