Alamo Drafthouse's QR Code Backlash, Election Denier Reconsidered, and What's So Funny About RTD?

CityCast Denver tackles a range of local stories in this episode, beginning with the closure of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science's beloved but aging gems and minerals exhibit, set for a $30 million renovation. Host Brie Davies and contributors Michelle Jackson and Paul Crowley reflect on nostalgia, the museum’s after-hours cocktail events, and the quirky state mineral, rotocrosite. The conversation shifts to the Colorado Court of Appeals overturning Tina Peters’ nine-year sentence, sparking speculation about Governor Polis’s silence and the broader political implications. The Alamo Drafthouse strike in Sloan’s Lake takes center stage, with workers protesting a new QR code ordering system that undermines the theater’s long-standing no-phone policy, highlighting tensions between corporate innovation and labor experience. The hosts debate whether the QR system is a genuine improvement or a hypocritical move that erodes the immersive movie experience. A satirical RTD light rail map from the Denver subreddit sparks humor and reflection on urban planning, gentrification, and community identity, with standout jokes like 'Cronky Land' and 'Walt Disney's Office Park.' The episode closes on a heartfelt note with wins celebrating grassroots food movements—MoBeta Green Farmer’s Market’s return, a vegan veggie exchange led by Beverly Grant, and solidarity with JBS workers in Greeley—while fails spotlight corporate surveillance and the decline of local breweries like Copper Kettle Brewing.