Larry Patchett

Forward Into the Past

Colorado Inside Out makes it a three-peat at Heartland Emmys

​Every year for the past decade, Colorado Inside Out, the weekly Colorado Public Television public-affairs show on which I'm a regular, takes a trip back in time. And for the last three years, those journeys have been awarded with a regional Emmy -- including one announced Saturday night.

Channel 12's time travel shows are big winners

​Once a year, the weekly Channel 12 roundtable Colorado Inside Out takes a trip back to the past on a time-machine show, with the panelists (of which I am one) all playing historic figures taking about the events of the day. And not only are these shows big favorites with viewers, they're rack ... More >>

Channel 12 travels back to 1935

​Channel 12, once an upstart public television station, has turned a respectable thirty, with a respectable new brand, Colorado Public Television, replacing the old KBDI. But tonight's installment of Colorado Inside Out, the weekly current events show, will feature a completely disresputable l ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Forward into the past

It's 1959 all over again tonight on KBDI, the public television station that airs Colorado Inside Out, a roundtable devoted to covering current events every week -- except the week of July 4. That's when the talented crew moves the show to a historic period and then prays the panelists can come up ... More >>