The Backstory with Tim Waters: Recent Episodes
Tim Waters
The Backstory is an opportunity to learn the story behind the story that you read in your local news source or on social media. Want more than a soundbite on topics or issues that will impact your life? Listen to The Backstory.
Featuring Valerie Dodd, NextLight’s Executive Director, and two members of the NextLight team. Bring your curiosity and questions to the experts on all things NextLight past, present, and futute. You won’t be disappointed!
An interview with Jessica Erickson, President and CEO of Longmont Economic Development Partnerships (LEDP)
Part one of this two part Backstory episode will focus on broad water issues, the shortage declared on the lower Colorado and implications for diverting water on the upper Colorado River.
This program features Dr. Rick Jacoby, a Longmont resident who advocated for years to reduce train noise in Longmont, Jim Angstadt, Longmont's Chief Engineer, and Tyler Stamey, Longmont's Traffic Engineer. These three individuals provide a context for the creation of Quiet Zones, how the City of Longmont will fund the project, the project time, and the kind of disruptions residents should anticipate. Host: Tim Waters
This program features City Manager Harold Dominguez and Chief Financial Officer Jim Golden describing the financial effects of the pandemic and how all City of Longmont employees have stewarded city resources. Host: Tim Waters
In this episode, learn the story behind the story on the expansion of the Veteran's Community Project in Longmont.
In this episode, learn the backstory of the water bond. Episode originally release in September 2020.
This Backstory includes an interview with three leaders in Longmont's public safety department responsible for diversion efforts to keep people out of the criminal justice system and connect them with social service or health care systems needed for treatment and problem sovling.
The Backstory on Restorative Justice in Schools with Tim Waters and Kathleen McGoey, Director of the Longmont Community Justice Partnership, Longmont Police Officer Staci Stallings who serves as liaison from the Police Department to the LCJP, Abby Winkler, a graduate of Silver Creek High School and currently a college student Shenandoah Waugh, a rising Junior at Silver Creek High School and active with restorative justice in a variety of roles.
Tim Waters interviews Public Safety Chief Mike Butler about Policing in Longmont. Episode originally released in June 2020.
In this Backstory episode, Tim Waters interviews the co-founders of Longmont Public Media.
This episode, part 1 of a 3 part series on Early Childhood Education asks the "Big Picture" questions: "What are the City Council’s goals? Why would the City Council set an early childhood education goal? What has transpired since the Mayor’s conference last April? What is developing in Longmont, how unusual is this, the relationship to the Governor’s priorities, and why should anyone other than young families with young children care about this?"