Include Colorado Public Radio in your holiday traditions with music and stories that fit the season. CPR News offers a little something for everyone this holiday. Explore the schedule below:
| Date | Time | Program |
| Wednesday, Dec. 18 | 9 a.m. & 7 p.m. | Best of the Colorado Matters Holiday Extravaganzas, Part 1: A look back at some of our favorite performances from previous shows. |
| Thursday, Dec. 19 | 9 a.m. & 7 p.m. | Best of the Colorado Matters Holiday Extravaganzas, Part 2: More favorite performances from previous shows. |
| Friday, Dec. 20 | 9 a.m. & 7 p.m. | The 9th annual Colorado Matters Holiday Extravaganza (2024): Enjoy our latest Holiday Extravaganza, recorded with a live audience Dec. 12, 2024. Kayla Marque sings a Christmas tune she has wanted to perform for years. Rabbi Joe Black brings his incandescent talent to celebrate Hanukkah. Plus, yuletide yucks from comedian Josh Danger Emerson, Kwanzaa poetry courtesy Confidence Omenai, and conductor Scott O’Neil breaks down a Garland classic. |
| Tuesday, Dec. 24 | 9 a.m. & 7 p.m. | 8th Annual Colorado Matters Holiday Extravaganza (2023): Expect performances from Emelise Munoz, who returned to the Holiday Extravaganza stage after her 2018 act as a 13-year-old busker, renditions of classic holiday songs by organist Wil Smith, a blend of religious and secular Jewish music from Eitan Kantor, soothing sounds by saxophonist Ron McMillon and hilarious jokes by Denver comedian Ali Kareem. |
| Wednesday, Dec. 25 | 9 a.m. & 7 p.m. | The 9th annual Colorado Matters Holiday Extravaganza (2024): Enjoy our latest Holiday Extravaganza, recorded with a live audience Dec. 12, 2024. Kayla Marque sings a Christmas tune she has wanted to perform for years. Rabbi Joe Black brings his incandescent talent to celebrate Hanukkah. Plus, yuletide yucks from comedian Josh Danger Emerson, Kwanzaa poetry courtesy Confidence Omenai, and conductor Scott O’Neil breaks down a Garland classic. |
| Wednesday, Dec. 25 | 8 p.m. | Hanukkah Lights 2024: This NPR favorite returns with some of our favorite stories from the archives. We’ll hear “Gifts of the Last Night” by Rebecca Goldstein, “Hanukkah Gelt, Hanukkah Money” by Sholem Aleichem, “Gifts of the Jewish Magi” by Allegra Goodman, "How to Spell the Name of God” by Ellen Orleans and “Geek Week” by Rebecca O’Connell. |
| Thursday, Dec. 26 | 9 a.m. & 7 p.m. | Colorado Matters Best of Hanukkah Special: Enjoy our favorite Hanukkah features from nine years of Holiday Extravaganza shows. |
| Thursday, Dec. 26 | 8 p.m. | A Season's Griot (2024): Hosted by the late beloved storyteller, Madafo Lloyd Wilson, "A Season's Griot" is an annual one-hour special that captures the tales and traditions of African American and African peoples. The show’s poet laureate, Beverly Fields Burnette, and other members of the Season’s Griot family return with familiar and favorite elements of Griot. |
| Friday, Dec. 27 | 9 a.m. & 7 p.m. | Seeking Common Ground: Conversations Across the Divide: Over the last few years and through this year’s contentious election season, there has been a coarsening in the way many Americans talk to each other. This program explores how some are trying to bridge divides. Reporters across the NPR Network tell stories of people working through their differences. |
| Saturday, Dec. 28 | 2 p.m. | Hanukkah Lights 2024: This NPR favorite returns with some of our favorite stories from the archives. We’ll hear “Gifts of the Last Night” by Rebecca Goldstein, “Hanukkah Gelt, Hanukkah Money” by Sholem Aleichem, “Gifts of the Jewish Magi” by Allegra Goodman, "How to Spell the Name of God” by Ellen Orleans and “Geek Week” by Rebecca O’Connell. |
