Turner Wyatt is an award-winning social entrepreneur and one of the editors of Begin Where You Are: The Colorado Poets Laureate Anthology, a newly released collection spanning over 100 years of Colorado’s most impactful poets. One of the last state laureates was the late Andrea Gibson, about whom a movie titled Come See Me in the Good Light was nominated for the Best Documentary Award at the 2026 Academy Awards. The editorial project of Begin Where You Are is the first to unite all ten state poets laureate, and it pioneers a collaborative effort to increase access to poetry in Colorado’s rural and underserved communities. In the podcast, we talked about the role of a poet laureate, discerned how the Colorado poetry scene differs from the American scene, discussed how the proceeds from its sales will be used to fund poetry programs in rural areas. In an era of federal funding cuts for the arts, this book introduces a new model for ‘literary social enterprise,’ which sets a precedent for grassroots-funded poetry proliferation. Turner Wyatt is an award-winning social entrepreneur, filmmaker, writer and one of the editors of Begin Where You Are: The Colorado Poets Laureate Anthology, a newly released collection spanning over 100 years of Colorado’s most impactful poets, including the late Andrea Gibson. This project is the first to unite all ten state poets laureate, and it pioneers a collaborative effort to increase access to poetry in Colorado’s rural and underserved communities.