CSU's The Audit
Colorado State University’s podcast — The Audit — features conversations with CSU faculty on everything from research to current events. Just as auditing a class provides an opportunity to explore a new subject or field, The Audit allows listeners to explore the latest works from the experts at CSU.
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 44
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Eye of the hurricane: How did the preeminent hurricane research center arrive at a landlocked university?
Despite its landlocked location, Colorado State University is well known all along the Atlantic coast for its seasonal hurricane forecasts. Each spring, these forecasts predict the total amount and p…
'Othello' to pizzagate: How social media misinformation plays out like a Shakespearean tragedy
In March, a New York state judge ruled that a lawsuit could go forward against several social media companies alleging that the platforms contributed to the radicalization of a gunman who killed 10 p…
The greenhouse gas to beat: Why focusing on methane may be the key to addressing climate change
Methane is odorless, colorless, and invisible to the naked eye. But it's also one of the most damaging greenhouse gases impacting climate change.
Colorado State University biology professor Joe von F…
More than 20 years after the Enron scandal, what have we learned?
Accounting may not be the sexiest topic but in the early 2000s everyone was talking about it after the energy company Enron was found to have committed widespread accounting fraud. Hiding billions of…
From the Colorado River Compact to Lake Mead, how CSU’s water archivist curates Colorado’s complicated history
On the second floor of Colorado State University’s Morgan Library, there are hundreds of boxes and stacks of books all dedicated to just one topic — water.
There’s a copy of the Colorado River Compact…
Healthy competition: Wearable health trackers can motivate healthier behaviors, but can they be taken too far?
Wearable health trackers monitor everything from how many steps we take in a day to how well we sleep at night. But does this technology actually encourage better health? Does hearing that little voi…
For CSU’s Seedstock Merchandising Team, success at the National Western Stock Show is in their genes
Much has changed over the years since Colorado State University first partnered with the National Western Stock Show when it began in 1906. Over the decades, it's become not only about selling livest…
Hey Alexa: How does fast delivery work?
Since the COVID 19 pandemic began in 2020, same day/next day delivery — something that was previously considered more of a premium service — has become a normal and even expected way to shop. But wha…
Is democracy in danger: How American media found its way in and how it can begin to get out
It's an indelible moment that poses the question: Is democracy in danger? On Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, a violent mob stormed the U.S. Cap…
If the wells run dry: CSU researchers analyze what could happen if Colorado fails to meet deadline
After being found in violation of a 1940 water compact, Colorado has a deadline: retire 25,000 acres of irrigated land by 2029 or face the shutdown of thousands of wells, impacting hundreds of thousa…
Rise of the machines: Will AI art replace artists?
Jason Bernagozzi is an associate professor of electronic art at Colorado State University. Bernagozzi recently spoke with The Audit about the impact AI-generated art is currently having, what it coul…
Why do Palisade peaches, Pueblo chiles matter so much to Colorado consumers?
The Audit spoke with CSU agricultural economist Dawn Thilmany about a recent Colorado Department of Agriculture survey looking at Colorado consumer preferences and how much the buy local movement rea…
Were early humans cannibals? New research says our ancestors likely practiced the ultimate taboo
Audit host Stacy Nick talks with Colorado State University paleoanthropologist Michael Pante about this important discovery, what it means for future fossil research, and what was it that led our ear…
Camille Dungy’s new book, “Soil,” digs into poetry, plants, parenthood and the pandemic
Audit host Stacy Nick talks with CSU Distinguished Professor, writer and poet Camille Dungy about using her garden to explore issues of history, race, sustainability and motherhood.
From environmental disasters to eco-grief: CSU’s Center for Environmental Justice aims to find sustainable ground
When people typically think of environmental injustice, they often only think of these kinds of big, headline-grabbing events. But according to Stephanie Malin, associate sociology professor and co-f…
The bumpy history of Colorado's ski industry
From voters saying no to hosting the Winter Olympics to the Earth Liberation Front's attack on Vail ski resort, Colorado State University Associate Professor and author Michael Childers says it hasn'…
CSU researchers look at the roots, impact of the prison agriculture industry with Prison Agriculture Lab
There are more than 600 prison agricultural programs currently in the United States, but very little data looking at the how, what, and maybe most importantly, why of these programs. Colorado State U…
Can healing our divided nation start at the dinner table?
CSU Sociology Professor Michael Carolan about how food and food systems can play a role in building empathy and bridging our nation's deep divide. (Originally aired Nov. 15, 2022)
For one CSU professor, America’s connection to witches is less ‘Hocus Pocus,’ more historical
Colorado State University history professor Ann Little talks about our fascination with the early North American witch trials and what a modern-day witch hunt could look like. (Originally aired Oct. …
Documentary looks to uncover the ‘Big Lie’ about mail-in voting
CSU filmmakers Steve Weiss and Jesse Grace talk about their latest project,“Democracy Vs. The Big Lie: The Truth Behind Mail-in Voting,” which looks at the controversy over mail-in voting during the …