Lost Highways Podcast

FAIN: TR-277933-21

History Colorado (Denver, CO 80203-2109)
Noel Black (Project Director: August 2020 to present)

Production of eight episodes of a podcast series on Colorado and Western history.

Each episode of Lost Highways begins by inviting listeners to draw connections between western history and current events. Hosts and lifelong Colorado residents Noel Black and Tyler Hill’s engagement with historical topics opens a personal door and invites listeners to cultivate a sense of wonder at the stories they discover along the way. Episodes span diverse cultures, geographies, and time periods in the history of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West. Taken as a whole, season three will leave the listener with a deeper understanding of how justice has operated, and where it has fallen short of its promise, in the historical West and more broadly in the United States.

Media Coverage

Real sounds and real stories: History Colorado’s entertaining “Lost Highway” podcast presents tall, and surprisingly frank, tales from the state’s past (Review)
Author(s): Ray Mark Rinaldi
Publication: The Denver Post
Date: 1/23/2022
Abstract: If there’s one big surprise that emerges from a long listen to “Lost Highways,” it is that Colorado is a lot more interesting than a lot of people think. The history-themed podcast, now entering its third season, finds its narratives in unexpected places, and they’re not the sort of stories most folks learn in school.
URL: https://www.denverpost.com/author/ray-mark-rinaldi/

Associated Products

History Colorado’s “Lost Highways” podcast presents tall, and surprisingly frank, tales from our state’s past (Article)
Title: History Colorado’s “Lost Highways” podcast presents tall, and surprisingly frank, tales from our state’s past
Author: Mark Rinaldi
Abstract: If there’s one big surprise that emerges from a long listen to “Lost Highways,” it is that Colorado is a lot more interesting than a lot of people think. The history-themed podcast, now entering its third season, finds its narratives in unexpected places, and they’re not the sort of stories most folks learn in school.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://www.denverpost.com/2022/01/25/lost-highways-podcast-colorado-history/
Primary URL Description: Link to Denver Post article.
Access Model: Subscription required after certain number of article views
Format: Newspaper
Publisher: The Denver Post

Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Rocky Mountains (Radio/Audio Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Lost Highways: Dispatches from the Rocky Mountains
Director: Noel Black
Producer: Noel Black
Abstract: Episodes educate listeners by weaving together tales of politics and racism in our past
Date: 6/1/22
Primary URL: https://www.historycolorado.org/losthighways
Primary URL Description: This is the History Colorado landing page for the Lost Highways podcast, with audio links and transcripts.
Access Model: Season 3 is available to the public for free through all major podcast platforms
Format: Other

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