Stephanie Wolf
@stephrwolf.bsky.social
Journalist and audio producer in Colorado. Now producing podcasts for @cprnews.bsky.social. Formerly Louisville Public Media. Ex-ballerina. 2021 Arthur F. Burns Fellow.
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Stephanie Wolf
@stephrwolf.bsky.social
· Oct 15
Signal Award Winner - Signal Awards
The Signal Awards seeks to honor and celebrate the people and content that raise the bar for podcasting.Luminaries and leaders within the industry will judge Shows, Limited Series & Specials, Individu...
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Purplish is a Signal Award winner!
Honored to have our work on the podcast acknowledged with a Gold and Listener’s Choice awards. And grateful I get to work with such thoughtful journalists everyday. Thanks to all who voted for Purplish!
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Honored to have our work on the podcast acknowledged with a Gold and Listener’s Choice awards. And grateful I get to work with such thoughtful journalists everyday. Thanks to all who voted for Purplish!
www.signalaward.com/winners/deta...
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Two men and two women were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the brazen heist at the Louvre, according to a statement from the prosecutor overseeing the investigation. nyti.ms/44ythc7
Four More Arrested in Connection With Louvre Heist
A Paris prosecutor said two men and two women were arrested as part of an investigation into the robbery at the museum.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Two men and two women were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the brazen heist at the Louvre, according to a statement from the prosecutor overseeing the investigation. nyti.ms/44ythc7
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Judge throws out cases against Trump political enemies James Comey and Letitia James, citing unlawful appointment of Lindsey Halligan.
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https://cnn.it/4rk3deF
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Judge throws out cases against Trump political enemies James Comey and Letitia James, citing unlawful appointment of Lindsey Halligan.
https://cnn.it/4rk3deF
https://cnn.it/4rk3deF
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NEW: Today we published a new investigation into something happening largely out of view: immigrant kids getting separated from their families and placed in federal shelters, in some cases after something as mundane as a traffic stop🧵 1/
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ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
NEW: Today we published a new investigation into something happening largely out of view: immigrant kids getting separated from their families and placed in federal shelters, in some cases after something as mundane as a traffic stop🧵 1/
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
During a recent trip to NYC, I got to photograph a rehearsal of Continuum Contemporary Ballet at Gibney Dance.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
During a recent trip to NYC, I got to photograph a rehearsal of Continuum Contemporary Ballet at Gibney Dance.
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Scoop: The Trump administration has quietly erased trans people, people of color and to some extent, the idea that some groups have more or different difficulties than others from the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.
Why? Unclear! They wouldn’t tell me.
Why? Unclear! They wouldn’t tell me.
Trans people and people of color have been quietly erased from national caregiving plan
The decision ignores the stark reality that underserved communities experience greater negative impacts from caregiving, from financial hardships to worse health outcomes, advocates say.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Scoop: The Trump administration has quietly erased trans people, people of color and to some extent, the idea that some groups have more or different difficulties than others from the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.
Why? Unclear! They wouldn’t tell me.
Why? Unclear! They wouldn’t tell me.
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‘Animal House’ in the House? A week of censure resolutions and expulsion threats has lawmakers looking for a different way www.cpr.org/2025/11/22/c...
‘Animal House’ in the House? A week of censure resolutions and expulsion threats has lawmakers looking for a different way
Colorado lawmakers say they’d support making it harder to formally rebuke colleagues, to reduce partisanship in the process.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
‘Animal House’ in the House? A week of censure resolutions and expulsion threats has lawmakers looking for a different way www.cpr.org/2025/11/22/c...
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2. NEW: The Supreme Court has asked the challengers of Texas’ now-blocked congressional map to file a brief responding to the state’s request by 5 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 24, according to Kara Tershel, a court spokesperson.
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
2. NEW: The Supreme Court has asked the challengers of Texas’ now-blocked congressional map to file a brief responding to the state’s request by 5 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 24, according to Kara Tershel, a court spokesperson.
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JUST IN: Texas asks the Supreme Court to clear the way for a now-blocked, Republican-friendly congressional map to be used for the 2026 midterm election. A lower court blocked the map after finding it is likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
JUST IN: Texas asks the Supreme Court to clear the way for a now-blocked, Republican-friendly congressional map to be used for the 2026 midterm election. A lower court blocked the map after finding it is likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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The Colorado County Clerks Association have also now written to Polis, urging him to reject the federal government’s request and asking him to meet with them ahead of any decision.
Colorado attorney general, Grand Junction prosecutor urge Gov. Jared Polis not to transfer Tina Peters trib.al/pjvboE6
Colorado attorney general, Mesa County prosecutor urge Gov. Polis not to transfer Tina Peters
The letter called the transfer request “a transparent attempt to bypass the president’s inability to pardon Ms. Peters or commute her sentence.”
trib.al
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Colorado County Clerks Association have also now written to Polis, urging him to reject the federal government’s request and asking him to meet with them ahead of any decision.
Via @coloradopolitics.bsky.social
"In a strongly worded letter, [25 state] lawmakers questioned the commission’s authority to make the rule changes. They urged the commission to present them to the legislature for consideration during the 2026 session."
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/20/c...
"In a strongly worded letter, [25 state] lawmakers questioned the commission’s authority to make the rule changes. They urged the commission to present them to the legislature for consideration during the 2026 session."
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/20/c...
Colorado lottery commission OKs credit card purchases, online sales despite legislative pushback
Colorado’s lottery commission voted on Wednesday to permit credit card purchases of lottery tickets and to begin selling tickets directly to consumers. The decision may trigger a conflict with at leas...
www.coloradopolitics.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Via @coloradopolitics.bsky.social
"In a strongly worded letter, [25 state] lawmakers questioned the commission’s authority to make the rule changes. They urged the commission to present them to the legislature for consideration during the 2026 session."
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/20/c...
"In a strongly worded letter, [25 state] lawmakers questioned the commission’s authority to make the rule changes. They urged the commission to present them to the legislature for consideration during the 2026 session."
www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/20/c...
Trump has called Colorado’s U.S. Rep. Jason Crow a traitor, a search for rare Earth elements in the state, and a tribute to a titan of Denver music. Pianist and civil rights activist Purnell Steen died this week.
Here’s what you need to know in Colorado, today.
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Here’s what you need to know in Colorado, today.
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Nov. 21, 2025: Trump calls Crow a traitor, rare Earth minerals in Colorado, snow and drought, remembering Purnell Steen | Colorado Public Radio
The search for rare Earth elements and critical minerals in Colorado.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Trump has called Colorado’s U.S. Rep. Jason Crow a traitor, a search for rare Earth elements in the state, and a tribute to a titan of Denver music. Pianist and civil rights activist Purnell Steen died this week.
Here’s what you need to know in Colorado, today.
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Here’s what you need to know in Colorado, today.
www.cpr.org/podcast-epis...
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Well, except, technically, ‘the United States has never made a penny.’
From the Denver Mint to the Money Museum, Coloradans say goodbye to the penny
Well, except, technically, ‘the United States has never made a penny.’
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November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Well, except, technically, ‘the United States has never made a penny.’
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NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Experts say the changes will cost lives.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
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New: President Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers, including Colorado's Rep. Jason Crow, of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers called on U.S. military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal orders.”
Rep. Jason Crow, other Democrats push back as Trump says video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death
Lawmakers called on military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal orders.”
trib.al
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
New: President Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers, including Colorado's Rep. Jason Crow, of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers called on U.S. military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal orders.”
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Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
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Denver jazz pianist Purnell Steen has died at 84.
Per an NBC profile some time ago: “Steen’s leadership roles thrust him into a series of nonviolent protests, including a ‘sympathy demonstration’ at Woolworth’s and the March on Washington:
voicesofthecivilrightsmovement.com/articles/purnell-steen
Per an NBC profile some time ago: “Steen’s leadership roles thrust him into a series of nonviolent protests, including a ‘sympathy demonstration’ at Woolworth’s and the March on Washington:
voicesofthecivilrightsmovement.com/articles/purnell-steen
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Denver jazz pianist Purnell Steen has died at 84.
Per an NBC profile some time ago: “Steen’s leadership roles thrust him into a series of nonviolent protests, including a ‘sympathy demonstration’ at Woolworth’s and the March on Washington:
voicesofthecivilrightsmovement.com/articles/purnell-steen
Per an NBC profile some time ago: “Steen’s leadership roles thrust him into a series of nonviolent protests, including a ‘sympathy demonstration’ at Woolworth’s and the March on Washington:
voicesofthecivilrightsmovement.com/articles/purnell-steen
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The House votes 427-1 to approve a measure that would require the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.
House votes to approve releasing the Epstein files by a near unanimous margin
The measure would compel the DOJ to release files regarding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It now goes to the Senate, where some lawmakers want extra guardrails around what can be released.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The House votes 427-1 to approve a measure that would require the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.
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Breaking: Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms.
Federal court blocks new Texas congressional map for 2026
The decision is a major blow for Republicans, in Texas and nationally, who pushed through this unusual mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump.
www.texastribune.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Breaking: Federal court blocks Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in 2026 midterms.
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EXCLUSIVE: The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation. Read and share the latest from @propublica.org. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Shapiro & @amierjeski.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation. Read and share the latest from @propublica.org. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Shapiro & @amierjeski.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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Cloudflare, a company that helps websites secure and manage their internet traffic, was experiencing issues with its global network, the company said Tuesday, disrupting service for websites and apps like Spotify and OpenAI.
Outage at Cloudflare Disrupts Parts of the Internet
Services from Cloudflare, a software company, underpin thousands of websites.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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“Even worse than we thought”: Colorado is stuck in a cycle of annual, $1B state budget shortfalls coloradosun.com/2025/11/17/c... #copolitics #coleg
“Even worse than we thought”: Colorado is stuck in a cycle of annual, $1B state budget shortfalls
Each year the cycle continues, state lawmakers will have fewer ways to address the gap without cutting state programs and services. Skyrocketing Medicaid costs are primarily to blame.
coloradosun.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“Even worse than we thought”: Colorado is stuck in a cycle of annual, $1B state budget shortfalls coloradosun.com/2025/11/17/c... #copolitics #coleg
“My story is about happiness being easier to find once we realize we do not have forever to find it.”
NYT write up on a documentary about poet Andrea Gibson’s final year of life.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
NYT write up on a documentary about poet Andrea Gibson’s final year of life.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
‘Come See Me in the Good Light’: The Sweetness After a Terminal Diagnosis
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“My story is about happiness being easier to find once we realize we do not have forever to find it.”
NYT write up on a documentary about poet Andrea Gibson’s final year of life.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
NYT write up on a documentary about poet Andrea Gibson’s final year of life.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...
“We live in such bleak times and what keeps me going is living to the maximum without apology,” Wong said in an interview earlier this year.
Via @npr: disability rights activist Alice Wong dead at 51
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Via @npr: disability rights activist Alice Wong dead at 51
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Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social me...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“We live in such bleak times and what keeps me going is living to the maximum without apology,” Wong said in an interview earlier this year.
Via @npr: disability rights activist Alice Wong dead at 51
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
Via @npr: disability rights activist Alice Wong dead at 51
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
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NEW: Trump administration takes formal step toward freeing Tina Peters www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump administration takes formal step toward freeing Tina Peters
President Donald Trump has threatened retaliation if Colorado doesn’t release his political ally from prison.
www.9news.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
NEW: Trump administration takes formal step toward freeing Tina Peters www.9news.com/article/news...
ICYMI: The decision comes after President Trump complained about his portrait on social media earlier this year. We get into that and more about the building's various collections in a recent episode of Purplish.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
ICYMI: The decision comes after President Trump complained about his portrait on social media earlier this year. We get into that and more about the building's various collections in a recent episode of Purplish.
www.cpr.org/podcast-epis...
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