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Some recent good news:
2023 Gold Signal Award for Public Service & Activism - “WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories”
2021 U.S. Water Prize for Outstanding Artist - The Salmon Speakers, Pacific NW Story Collective
2019 NBC Out Queer Performer Spotlight - For “Saints of Failure” at Lafayette Ave Church in Brooklyn, NY
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"[Ryan’s] work continues to challenge, inspire, & push boundaries." -JUNEAU EMPIRE
HABITUAL Podcast
Ryan is Lead Writer, Co-Executive Producer, and Co-Host of HABITUAL, a podcast by Colorado Radio for Justice exploring habitual offense laws (aka “three strikes” laws) through the story of his colleague and co-host Herbert Alexander. The documentary series was named a ‘New & Noteworthy Show’ by Apple Podcasts, and Lauren Passell of Tink Media wrote in her review in Podcast The Newsletter, “HABITUAL is a weaving of voices, music, storytelling and sound—the production is incredible. … This show also doesn’t f*** around … I could not stop listening.” Listen to HABITUAL here.
Colorado Radio for Justice
Ryan is Co-Director of Programs & Partnerships for Colorado Radio for Justice, a 24/7 radio station and podcast production organization by and for people impacted by the criminal-legal system in Colorado and beyond. The station emerges from the team’s past work as Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio. For more about Colorado Radio for Justice and to listen, visit here: https://www.radioforjustice.org/
And, check out this 8-minute CBS Mornings segment about Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio, from within Limon Correctional Facility.
Audio Storytelling with Youth on Record, Focus 5, Sealaska Heritage Institute, International School of Kuala Lumpur, & Kake City Schools
Ryan is Media Arts Partner Artist at Youth on Record in Denver, where he facilitates the paid Podcast Production Internship and serves as a producer on the podcasts “Youth on Rewind” and “Get Loud Radio Lounge.”
Ryan is an Arts Integration Consultant for Podcasting with the national arts education organization Focus 5.
At Sealaska Heritage Institute, he’s teaching Podcast Storytelling at the SHI summer Arts Storytelling Camp.
In summer-fall 2026, Ryan is guest artist at International School of Kuala Lumpur, leading a documentary theater and audio storytelling project.
And with Kake City Schools, Ryan co-led with community artist Sarah Campen the year-long project “Stories of Kake“ in southeast Alaska in the 2024-25 school year. To learn more, and hear students’ and community members’ works and voices, please check out the project here.
“Daily Inspiration”: Feature Interview with Voyage Denver
Voyage Denver featured Ryan in a May 2021 interview. Check it out here.
