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City Cast is committed to tracking–and publishing–demographic information about our podcast guests. Diversity is a 

, and accountability is another. We want to have podcast guests who are diverse in race and ethnicity, gender, economic background, and geography. Tracking and publicizing guest demographics is a way to hold us accountable for representing the diversity of Denver.

So are we living up to our values? How diverse is our podcast guest pool, really?

This is the fourth year of data we have about City Cast Denver’s guests. (

.) We ask each of our podcast guests a few questions about their gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and neighborhood. About 90% of guests responded in 2024. The following data encompass a total of 114 guests who appeared on City Cast Denver between Nov. 1, 2024 and Dec. 31, 2025. (We did not count City Cast Denver staffers who appeared on the podcast.)

We then used census data to compare our podcast guests to the broader Denver metro and city populations. This helps us see how well we’re reflecting the community we’re serving.

As you can see in the chart, City Cast Denver’s guests closely mirrored the population of the city and region. In particular, City Cast Denver increased the percentage of Hispanic guests to 25 percent, up from 21 percent in 2024.

We also asked about gender identity. A 64% majority of our guests identified as male, with 33% identifying as female and 4% identifying as non-binary. For the second year in a row, Denver has the lowest percentage of female guests and the highest percentage of non-binary guests of any City Cast podcast.

Learn more about guest diversity on other City Cast podcasts here.

This is the fourth year of data we have about City Cast Denver’s guests. We ask each of our podcast guests a few questions about their gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and neighborhood.

 How Diverse Were City Cast Denver’s Podcast Guests in 2025?

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At City Cast Denver, our team brings you the stories that matter — right here in our own backyard. We dig deep into the conversations shaping our communities, the residents who give the city its heartbeat. In a time with increasing rhetoric and a barrage of national headlines, we spotlight the conversations impacting our neighborhoods and celebrate the neighbors who make Denver unique.

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This is the third year of data we have about City Cast Denver’s guests. (

.) We ask each of our podcast guests a few questions about their gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and neighborhood. About 90% of guests responded in 2024. The following data encompass a total of 114 responding guests who appeared on City Cast Denver between Nov. 1, 2023 and Oct. 31, 2024. (We did not count City Cast Denver staffers who appeared on the podcast.)

As you can see in the chart, City Cast Denver’s guests broadly mirrored the population of the city and region, but were a bit whiter than the city and metro populations. City Cast Denver had slightly fewer Hispanic guests than you’d expect based on Denver’s population–only 21% compared to 29% for the city, but that’s a 25 percent improvement over 2023.

We also asked about gender identity. A 60% majority of our guests identified as male, with 35% identifying as female and 5% identifying as non-binary. Denver has the lowest percentage of female guests and the highest percentage of non-binary guests of any City Cast podcast.

This is the third year of data we have about City Cast Denver’s guests. We ask each of our podcast guests a few questions about their gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and neighborhood.

How Diverse Were City Cast Denver’s Podcast Guests in 2024?

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The City Cast Denver 2024 Bike Scavenger Hunt

Presenting the 2024 Denver Bike Scavenger Hunt

When we launched City Cast in 2021, we committed to tracking–and publishing–demographic information about our podcast guests. Diversity is a 

This is the second year of data we have about City Cast Denver’s guests. (

.) We ask each of our podcast guests a few questions about their gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and neighborhood. About 95% of guests responded in 2023. The following data encompass a total of 140 responding guests who collectively made 201 podcast appearances from Nov. 1, 2022 through Nov. 9, 2023. (We did not count City Cast Denver staffers who appeared on the podcast.)

We then used census data to compare our podcast guests to the broader city population. This helps us see how well we’re reflecting the community we’re serving.

As you can see in the chart, City Cast Denver’s guests broadly mirrored the population of the city and region. We had a higher percentage of Black and Native American guests than the city and metro area, and a slightly lower percentage of white guests than the community. But City Cast Denver had fewer Hispanic guests than you’d expect based on Denver’s population–only 17% compared to 29% for the city.

We slightly increased the percentage of Hispanic guests between 2022 and 2023 (from 15% to 17%), but not as much as we hoped to. There are understandable reasons for this shortfall: Many Hispanics and Latinx people are immigrants, and immigrant communities are traditionally hard for journalists outside those communities to access. Some may not consume much English-language media. As a result, Hispanic/Latinx residents of Denver may be less likely to know City Cast Denver and be part of the community we’re building. But we need to keep pushing to get more excellent Hispanic/Latinx guests on City Cast Denver.

We also asked about gender identity. A 57% majority of our guests identified as male, with 38% identifying as female and 4% identifying as non-binary.

Diversity is a core City Cast Denver value, and accountability is another. Here's how diverse our City Cast Denver podcast guests were in 2023.

How Diverse Were City Cast Denver’s Podcast Guests in 2023?

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How Diverse Were City Cast Denver’s Podcast Guests in 2025?

What Is City Cast Neighbors?

How Diverse Were City Cast Denver’s Podcast Guests in 2024?

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