Vic Vela

@vicvela.bsky.social

I’ve survived cocaine addiction, overdoses, HIV, diabetes and the 2003 Chicago Cubs. Public radio host. 5X Edward R. Murrow award winner. Deadhead💀⚡️ About me and my work: https://www.aspenpublicradio.org/people/vic-vela

Colorado, It’s an honor talking to you folks on the radio— and I’ve really missed you guys. I’m incredibly grateful to be joining a newsroom filled with dedicated and talented people, here in the Roaring Fork Valley of the Rockies. Let’s Go! 🤠✌🏼⛰️

Aspen Public Radio welcomes award-winning journalist Vic Vela to the airwaves, further expanding the station’s local newsroom

Beginning at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, July 27, morning audiences will hear an additional hour of local hosting and news, and a new voice on Aspen Public Radio, with the arrival of Vic Vela as the station’...

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Today, a new chapter begins. 🤠 And one week from now, I’ll be on the air as a morning host for an NPR affiliate for the first time in two and a half years. I’m awfully grateful to be here. 😇 Well, I’m still walkin’ So I’m sure that I can dance. 🕺🏽

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I’ve missed public radio. And now I’m back. 😉 Starting next month, I’ll be the new host of Morning Edition for NPR affiliate Aspen Public Radio, live from the Rocky Mountains. I’ll be on the air Monday through Friday with news and weather reports from one of the most beautiful places on earth. 🤠🌲

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I’ve missed public radio. And now I’m back. 😉 Starting next month, I’ll be the new host of Morning Edition for NPR affiliate Aspen Public Radio, live from the Rocky Mountains. I’ll be on the air Monday through Friday with news and weather reports from one of the most beautiful places on earth. 🤠🌲

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“Emily, I just had the strangest dream! I was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee and wanted to do an autopsy of the 2024 election…”

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Can’t begin to tell you how big of a deal Barney Frank was when you’re a closeted high school kid in the early 90’s who just wants to be accepted for who he is, the same access to privileges afforded to everyone else, but doesn’t think anyone in government understands what you’re going through.

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I’ve never been more disgusted by the performance of a Denver Nuggets team than I am tonight, nor have I ever questioned the heart, pride and character of a Nuggets team and coaching staff than I am right now.

Today, on my 49th birthday, my beautiful girl Rider, after a brief battle with cancer, died in my arms as I held her and said, “I love you,” over and over again. She was 8 years and 11 months old. Although the multiple myeloma had been in remission, the damage it had caused was too much to overcome

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