The Sundance Film Festival is moving to Colorado in 2027. We’ll explain what that means for you, and for the state. Then, Colorado-based researchers trying to prevent HIV have lost their federal funding, and say it could set back decades of progress in containing the disease. And a local comedian reflects on life here in his new YouTube special.

This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Bazi Kanani and Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Jo Erickson, Mateo Schimpf, and Stephanie Wolf. The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.

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Read more on the stories in today’s show:

• CPR has the details on Sundance’s move to Boulder.
• CPR’s Ryan Warner talks with Adam Cayton-Holland about his new comedy special.