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Oct. 2, 2024: CU’s new conservative scholar on liberalism and academia; Composer’s musical journey

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Patrick Deneen, a professor of political philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, is a visiting scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder.

He has influenced JD Vance. Now Patrick Deneen, author of "Why Liberalism Failed," is the University of Colorado's visiting conservative scholar. Then, Colorado Mesa University composer Brian Krinke's latest work tells a story through a musical trio. Plus, we answer a Colorado Wonders question about the health of the state's forests.