Postcards From Palisade Podcast

10/07/2025

Last week I got to see the groundbreaking for a new greenhouse at the Palisade Insectary! When completed, it will enable the team to grow weeds year-round to extend their research season! 🌱 and 🦗 heaven!

If you want to learn more about the Insectary, I spoke with Andrea Judson in episode 34 about her 30+ year career there - find it here or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 https://www.postcardsfrompalisade.com/podcast/e34-bugs-and-beans-in-western-colorado-with-fred-judson-and-andrea-judson/

Thanks to the Palisade Chamber of Commerce for the invite to witness this milestone!

10/01/2025

🎧 New episode! A Fresh Start For Peach Street Distillers

Cody Butters Lewis and her husband Mike are the new operators and co-owners of Peach Street Distillers, along with new co-owners Jesse and Desa Loughman.

Cody shares their plans for the distillery and how they will strike a balance between thoughtfully honoring its legacy as the first distillery in Colorado while moving into the future.

As Cody says: “We all remember and love what the distillery was…we’re striving to be that place for Palisade again.”

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.postcardsfrompalisade.com/podcast/e48-a-fresh-start-for-peach-street-distillers/

09/02/2025

The latest episode is available here or wherever you get your podcasts!
https://www.postcardsfrompalisade.com/podcast/e47-feeding-the-migrant-workers-who-help-feed-palisade/

08/27/2025

🎧 New episode! Take a deep dive into the farewell dinner that La Plaza Staff hosts each year to honor and celebrate the efforts of that year’s migrant farm workers.

This is one of my favorite episodes I've made yet - because it features so many of our wonderful community members, all coming together to make something special 🧡

Find it here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.postcardsfrompalisade.com/podcast/e47-feeding-the-migrant-workers-who-help-feed-palisade/

08/13/2025

Hear all about one of the many awesome programs offered at Palisade High School in episode 46 with Career Pathways Coordinator Crystal Green!

Available here or wherever you get your podcasts:
https://www.postcardsfrompalisade.com/podcast/e46-back-to-school-with-d51s-work-based-learning-program/

08/06/2025

🎧 New episode alert!!

Do you ever wish you had had a chance to try out a career before committing to something that you’ll be doing for the rest of your working life? Well in the Grand Valley, D51 high school students have an opportunity to do just that.

Hear all about this awesome program here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.postcardsfrompalisade.com/podcast/e46-back-to-school-with-d51s-work-based-learning-program/

07/29/2025

Listen to Episode 45 here or wherever you get your podcasts 🧡 https://www.postcardsfrompalisade.com/.../e45-peachy.../

07/24/2025

New episode! Ride along with Corinna Scott and me as we chat about our new business, Peachy Pedicab, the nerdy things we geek out about, the challenging and fun parts of starting our own business, local adventures, Palisade history, travel hacks, and lots more.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.postcardsfrompalisade.com/podcast/e45-peachy-pedicab-pedals-palisade/

07/02/2025

👋Hi! I thought it was time to reintroduce myself to any new followers! I'm your host, Lisa McNamara. I started the Postcards From Palisade podcast in March 2023 to share my love of Palisade with podcast fans (and Palisade fans!) everywhere.

Each episode, I interview a local resident or business owner about the things they do that help make Palisade a great place to live and visit. I don't request or require payment of any kind from podcast guests, so you can be assured that any opinions I express are my own. I just really DO get that excited about things!

You can usually find me in and around town doing some of my favorite things: hiking, biking, drinking wine, hugging fluffy dogs, listening to live music, and skiing (although sharp-eyed people will notice right away that that first pic is definitely NOT from Palisade!).

If you are interested in being a guest on the podcast, I'm always interested in talking with anyone who lives in, owns a business in, or has an interesting story to tell about Palisade, CO. I want to focus on the things that bring us together, so that means topics strictly focusing on things like religion or politics or gossip are off-limits.

Thanks for listening! With love from Palisade, always!

06/26/2025

Lavender fest is this weekend! Back in 2023, I met Festival Director Olivia Coe and Lavender Association of Colorado Treasurer Lee Ann Nielsen to talk about allll things lavender in Episode #11. Give it a listen if you missed it at the time!

Why does Palisade have a lavender festival? How exactly does one celebrate lavender? Why does lavender grow so well here? Learn everything you ever wanted to know about lavender and the upcoming Co…

06/24/2025

Hear all about the new Colterris Collections in episode 44 - available wherever you get your podcasts 🧡https://www.postcardsfrompalisade.com/.../e44-colterris.../

06/17/2025

New episode alert!

Scott High of COLTERRIS Colorado Grand Valley Wine joins me to talk about an exciting new space opening soon in Palisade. On June 23rd, Colterris Collections will open their exhibit space, housing over 16,000 pieces of wine memorabilia, accompanied by fascinating stories from the world of wine.

Join us to hear a few of those stories, along with the story of how Colterris came to be in Palisade!

Available wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.postcardsfrompalisade.com/podcast/e44-colterris-collections-brings-the-world-of-wine-to-palisade/