KRFC Lip Chicken

For the next two years, Fort Collins is lucky to have two poet laureates: Erica Reid and Jake Friedman. They join Thomas in the KRFC studios to discuss their goals and aspirations for their laureate tenure. Lively...

Booger interviews a new poet to the area who has swept up accolades and won the local poetry slam. Ben Irwin tells us about his background, his family and shares his rich brand of playful, and political works. Ben and...

"Free Skool" is an opportunity for education and resources to be available for the broader community at no cost. Beyond Academia Free Skool in Boulder, CO, focuses on poetry and literary knowledge and skill building...

"Half Of Her" is what remains of a poet who found a way to speak of the domestic violence that kept her a prisoner in her own home, until the day she freed herself. She now creates poetry that celebrates breaking the...

Poet and hiphop producer, Chris Lorensson (aka Hygiene) joins co-host Christine Hogg in the studio to talk about his background, connections between poetry and hiphop, and his recent works. Chris shares select poems and...

The current and former poet laureates of Loveland, Colorado, visit the KRFC studios in Fort Collins (their neighbors to the north) for an intimate conversation about how they succeed in bringing poetry to their...

Crisosto Apache has been appointed the newest Poet Laureate for Colorado, becoming the first indigenous poet to be selected for that position. Co-Hosts Booger and Christine have an insightful conversation about...

For April and National Poetry Month, the co-hosts of Lip Chicken each brought a fellow poet into the KRFC studio for a poetry heavy episode. Thomas & Marcus If, Booger & Anna Bonjour, Christine & Melissa Mitchell, all...

Author of three books of poetry and essays about agriculture life in Northern Colorado, George Wallace came down from the ranch to share his poetry and stories with co-host Thomas Ivory Jr in the KRFC studios Fort...

Host Christine Hogg sits down with Dan Beachy-Quick, award-winning author and professor, to talk about his background, the field of translation, and his recent works including Wind-Mountain-Oak: The Poems of Sappho...

Following the Poetry Slam at the Neighbor in Fort Collins, co-hosts Thomas and Christine interview the nights shining artists: Slam-master Booger, the winner Hannah Cross, and one of the judges Willow Hall. They discuss...

Presenters at the Fort Collins Poetry Slam at The Neighbor compete in the semi-final and final rounds. Judges will determine scores which will culminate in one poet being presented with the night's earnings. This...

Slamaster Booger introduces your to the opening round of spoken-word performance of the January 2026 Poetry Slam, at The Neighbor in Fort Collins. Presenters will be judged by a panel of judges to see which will advance...

Carrying on the legacy of the Beat Generation poets, Thom Peters Jr's use of experimentation and stream-of-consciousness in his poetry reflects on the styles famed by writers of the 1940s and 50s. Host of the "So You're...

Booger interviews Lorrie Wolfe, winner of the 2023 Fledge Award from Middle Creek Publications for her book, The Language of Crows. Lorrie manages a networking list, which connects poets with local events of interest...