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Follow along with Brianna and her My Coffee Shop Moments journey on her Instagram .With the pod as your (virtual) morning cup of coffee today, this will have to suffice as your (virtual) morning paper:* Nebraska clergy & parishioners on Israeli pilgrimage try to get to safety - from KETV* Festersen argues for Omaha to ban ‘ghost guns’ - from WOWT* 17 Nebraska nonprofits share $70 million grant...

She connects companies, community and non-profits… She’s Teresa Mardesen , Executive Director of SHARE Omaha !IN ‘OPPOSITE OF DONATING/GIVING’ NEWS: * Omaha woman who fraudulently helped obtain nearly $1 million in COVID funds sentenced - from Nebraska Examiner* $450K West O burglary - from Omaha World-Herald* Barrel & Vine permanently closed - from Omaha World-Herald (There’s dark rumors spre...

Check out Drew at Dare To Surpass .ALSO:* Man who stole ambulance faces escape charge - from WOWT* Omaha Nation celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day - from WOWT* Faith leaders bring awareness to Israel - from KMTV This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.omapod.com

Scott Littky , Executive Director of the Institute for Holocaust Education , shares his perspective on a tragic weekend. ALSO:* KETV gets more reaction from our local Jewish community and our political leaders * Indigenous Peoples Day events schedule - from Nebraska Examiner* Controversial Papillion-La Vista School Board member resigning - from Nebraska Examiner This is a public episode. If you wo...

Check out Scott’s documentary series Project Tumbleweed here .Sign up for the NMotion Newsletter here .ALSO:* Union Leader Osborn Kicks Off Senate Bid - from Nebraska Examiner* Creighton Lab Awarded Nearly $500k Grant For Cancer Research - from WOWT* Omaha Police Chief Works to Prevent Retaliation - from KETV This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...

Kelsey Vala Donovan tells us about success, succession and what’s to come out at Vala’s Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard . Check out their YouTube page here .ALSO:* ‘Rash’ of mail thefts hit Omaha - from KMTV* Biz owner frustrated by street racing along Abbott Drive - from KETV* Suspect in mass shooting murder gets probation - from KETV This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this wi...

Kelsey Vala Donovan , co-owner of Vala’s Pumpkin Patch & Apple Orchard , takes us behind the scenes of a legendary local attraction that’s become a national leader in agritourism. ALSO:* Juvenile Assessment Center diversion program turns 20 years old - from Nebraska Examiner* Children’s Hospital turns 75 years old; rebrands as Children’s Nebraska - from KMTV* Nebraska Attorney General Challeng...

NMotion powered by gener8tor Managing Principal Scott Henderson - one of the smartest players in the game - brings the passion and fire today in a must-listen pod. * Check out his piece reflecting on ‘ Three Lessons Learned After Three Years & $3.4 Million Invested ’ - from Silicon Prairie NewsALSO:* Haunted hit-and-run! - from KETV* Abortion-rights group taking message to Omaha skies - from N...

Executive Director Shonna Dorsey stops by to introduce us to the internNE (powered by Aksarben) initiative and get us up to speed on what’s going on over at the Nebraska Tech Collaborative … I’d like to thank friends of the pod, Richard & Marjorie over at Webberized for their hosting & production assistance on today’s episode! ALSO:* North O Group Kicks Off Voter Registration Drive - WOWT*...

Nate Clark - Program Manager from NMotion powered by gener8tor drops by to tell us all about a great new free opportunity for aspiring business owners called More Founders Bootcamp . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.omapod.com

OMAPOD WRESTLING GLOSSARY FOR THIS EPISODEface (babyface) - heroic; crowd favorite, usually wrestles a…heel - villain; hated by fansbumping - the art of the fall on the mat or groundpromo - an in-character interview or monologue What’s going on outside the ring?* Senator Hunt’s Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed - from OW-H * Grief Group Helps North Omaha Children - from KETV* Douglas County Sherriff’s...

GROWMAPODWait, it’s Google’s 25th birthday today? What better way to celebrate than a very special Google / Midlands African Chamber / OMAPOD collabo episode then?! Yes, Google is growing, but don’t worry about giving them a gift… in fact, Grow with Google is actually gonna give us Omahans one… Along with our friends at the Midlands African Chamber Foundation , they’re presenting “ Build Your Prof...

Nice to see so many OMAPOD fans out at the Startup Omaha Week Kick-Off Event last night & welcome to the new friends who subscribed!!!I’ll be out at tonight’s Social Event - and will be recording from it, too! So come say hi! We’ve got A LOT of really cool stuff coming up soon! THE BUSINESS OF SHOWWith a tentative deal reached between the Writer’s Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and T...

Molly Shannon & Susan Orlean TOMORROW NIGHT at the Between the Lines Omaha Public Library Foundation fundraiser at the Holland Performing Arts Center! Tix still available right here . (#FUN-raiser)* If you’re not up on #BookTok - as referenced on today’s pod - peep that here .So now that we’re all up on fundraising for the library system, what about other worthy organizations around town???Lem...

Next Week! - Startup Omaha Week Nov. 3rd! - Nebraska Startup Job Mixer Third Thurs.! - Scale Omaha Fischer Opponent! - Steamfitter Osborn Recovery Grants! - Applications Open Mental Health! - Fredrickson’s Priority FRIDAY! - Sing Along This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.omapod.com

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actuall...

You can read Erik Servellon’s Omaha World-Herald Op-Ed here . You can watch the Omaha City Council District 4 interviews, as discussed on today’s pod, here .You can watch the Omaha City Council’s District 4 vote here .Councilmember Ron Hug, now officially sworn in, addresses the controversy here .In related news, an update on a requested reinstatement of the Omaha Latino Peace Officers Association...

We’re talkin’ funny today - in honor of Mr. DAVE CHAPPELLE taking the stage last night in Omaha - with the wonderful Brooke Barsell - comedian , teaching artist with Nebraska writers collective, foodie , master of improv… We’re also goin’ old school CNN (that’s Chappelle’s News Network) style on this one today:* Cocaine is a hell of a drug * Half Baked* WRAP IT UP! This is a public episode. If you...

Really proud to bring you Part II of my incredible exclusive interview with Joe Sexton . Nowhere else will you get an update on James Scurlock’s daughter and her mother and what they’re up to now or what Jake Gardner’s business partner thinks of the encounters that Scurlock and Gardner had before that tragic night that tore the city apart during the HOT summer of 2020… So… how was your weekend? Mi...

YOUR MENUSTARTER: A phenomenal conversation with Rocky The Restaurateur includes which plate is - in his words - a “phenomenal conversation starter”SECOND COURSE: Saffron Urban Indian Kitchen MAIN COURSE: OMAHA RESTAURANT WEEKDESSERT: Saffron Urban Indian Kitchen Restaurant Week Prix Fixe Menu DRINKS: A chilled 40 oz. bottle of vintage Colt 45 Malt Liquor (“It works every time!”)(Sommeliers recomm...

Perhaps you’ve heard about, or maybe even voted in the “ Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska ” competition (get your Round 3 vote in by Sept. 17th here )…But did you know The American Outlaws - the largest group of fanatical U.S. National Men’s & Women’s Soccer team supporters, with over 200 chapters nationwide and a massive social media influence - was made in Lincoln? We talk about that and a lot...

DISCLAIMER: Despite the warning above, don’t just wait to listen to this one until you’re able/about to check out The RiverFront - listen to it once right now, then listen to it a second (or third!) time immediately before (or during!) your journey inside…Because the thing is - any/every OMAPOD (but especially this particular episode) is like a virtual trip to the park. It stimulates the imaginati...

NEWS: BRIEF Pigs and Power : Part Two .Nebraska Examiner: Legislature hires outside lawyer to advise about work of inspectors general . Highpoint Apartments : Was the (formerly condemned) complex formerly known as Legacy Crossing . Erin Grace : Closes the book on The Reader. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ww...

Flatwater Free Press Editor Matthew Hansen and I chew the fat about their incredible new series on Governor Pillen and his rise - Pigs and Power : Part One .And in other filthy rich Nebraska political figures news, The New York Times features former Senator and current President (of the University of Florida) Ben Sasse (remember him?)- and casually mentions “his five-year contract is worth as much...

You made it to the end of the longest short week in history! Congrats! Let’s celebrate by having a little fun today. We kickoff today’s pod with this:What’s Deion Sanders really like when the cameras are off? Go click play above and hear all about my former co-worker with some juicy behind-the-scenes gossip… You’ve heard all about the X’s & O’s and the hype videos and the highlights - but have...