{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Unlocking Change","title":"Senator Cleave Simpson: Leaning in to Nuance","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ca8919e0\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1779,"description":"Senator Cleave Simpson is Colorado's Senate Minority Leader. In this episode of UNLOCKING CHANGE, Colorado Radio for Justice (CRJ) hosts Herbert Alexander and Ryan Conarro sit down with Senator Simpson to talk about everything from water rights and climate change in Colorado, to his journey from his boyhood farming in Alamosa to state office, to questions of criminal justice reform and mitigating extreme sentencing in Colorado. It's all a question, says Simpson, of leaning into the nuances. \nUNLOCKING CHANGE is a podcast by Colorado Radio for Justice (CRJ). www.radioforjustice.org\nCOLORADO RADIO FOR JUSTICE\nhttps://www.radioforjustice.org/ \nInstagram //   radio4justice   \nFacebook //    radioforjustice   \nLinkedIn //   radioforjustice   \nBluesky // https://bsky.app/profile/radioforjustice.bsky.social\nX (formerly Twitter) // https://x.com/home\n00:00 Unlocking Change Introduction\n01:49 Meet Cleave Simpson\n02:48 Running for Senate District 6 Office\n04:11 The Role of Senate Minority Leader\n05:44 The Infuence of Compassion\n07:16 Every Senator Represents Their Constituency\n07:43 \"Raising the Floor\": A Moment of Unalignment with the Party\n11:03  Perspectives on Extreme Sentencing\n12:14 Root Causes & Crime Rates: Auto Theft, Bank Robberies, & More\n17:13 The Aguilera-Mederos Case: CO Governor Reduces a 110-Year Sentence\n20:45 Simpson's Experience with Criminal Justice Policy\n23:06 Snapshot of this Colorado Legislative Session\n25:06 CDOC's Requested Budget Increase \n26:07 Workforce and Housing in Rural   Colorado\n26:41 Climate Change and Water Issues\n27:15 Additional Prospective Bills\n27:39 \"A Knot to Untie\"","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9H65YStlDwv_hfA4EBm9xFsdR6IV1iWAgYwM-QCSvq4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iYjI0/NGU0OGUwMzYyM2Fj/MzQ1Mzg4MWRiYmFl/Mjg5YS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}