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What do you get out of our sister city relationships? Go click play above and find out how to acquire your complimentary fruit basket, gift bag, robe and frequent flyer miles! Okay, that’s a joke… please don’t bother the good folks about that at the Omaha Sister Cities Association (try saying that six times fast - actually, don’t - people will think you’re on edibles). But - do give it a listen to...

If today’s discussion on the new sober living house Reformation at the CrossRoads resonated with you, and you - or someone in your world - might be interested in applying for that crucial House Manager position that’s talked about - you can find more information and the application for the position here . RaCR Facebook . LinkedIn .If you’re wondering why yesterday’s chemical-ish smell in the air c...

As I mentioned previously, I was lucky to get to present OMAPOD at 1 Million Cups (LinkedIn here ) last week. Organizer Justin Krug comes on today to tell us all about why you should make a point to head down to Millwork Commons on a Wednesday morning, besides the FREE coffee… Stay to the end for a story so good I’ll be disappointed if I can’t get a Friday Night Lights re-boot going from the power...

There’s so much incredible stuff coming next week to OMAPOD that The Government has decreed you can just go ahead and take Monday off to prepare for it! Don’t worry - you’ll get five days worth of entertainment and enlightenment in just four. And since you’ve got that extra day, Flatwater Free Press has launched “ Pigs and Power ” - a series focused on Nebraska’s governor… Here’s Part One .Epic we...

Good morning - and welcome to 67 new subscribers! So happy to have you on board…Thanks to all of you who were at my 1 Million Cups presentation yesterday morning at Millwork Commons - we’ll be talking about that on tomorrow’s pod. I was overwhelmed by the positive response and everyone who came out. I continue to be blown away by the response to this - we’ve got some incredible things lined up in...

ATTN: Journalists, reporters and historians Hi, welcome! Glad to have you here! Make yourself at home… Now go on ahead and click ‘play’ above and listen to the first minute of this amazing podcast to hear specifically what controversial Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz was demanding for his vote during the marathon 15-ballot Kevin McCarthy bid for Speaker of the House elections…No, no - you haven’t heard a...

After hanging her cleats up for good, one of Omaha’s greatest soccer players decided to use the game she loved to do good both for kids in our community and around the world. She’s Monica Bosiljevac, Executive Director of Football for the World - an Omaha-based Foundation that shoots to be ‘the Goodwill of football (soccer) equipment.’They call it football. As in soccer, though. Yes, we get into t...

A must-listen pod today that I’m really proud to bring you… Joe Sexton takes us inside his new book The Lost Sons of Omaha - and updates us on the response of the families of Jake Gardner and James Scurlock to reading about the other side of their tragic story in print. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.oma...

Smart people kept telling me I had to get Peter Marlette , GM of Union Omaha on and, wow… We have an episode with his incredible backstory that we’ll release soon - he has an amazing journey going from All-American college soccer star to international soccer player to world-class branding expert to now living his dream of running a soccer club and falling in love with Omaha - but today he tells us...

Grab a tall glass of lemonade and (try to) chill with some Northwest Omaha LEGENDS today on the pod - we’ve got Clarissa Love & her daughter, NYC-based poet Shawn Love-Bradley talking about their cultural presentation/art show and book I Have A Voice. The book is available for purchase here . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo...

Ted Carter may be leaving - but we’re heading back down to The University of Nebraska-Lincoln today for a discussion with the Dean of the CoJMC, Dr. Shari Veil , where we chat about crisis communications and what drew her to become a leading expert in that field; the shifting Omaha and statewide media landscape; creating and developing an eSports program at the college; and how Ahman Green went fr...

GOOOOOOOD MORNIN’ OMAHA! And to the many, many new subscribers who jumped on board yesterday - you’ve got great taste - congrats! And welcome! In less than 24-hours of being live so far, yesterday’s pod racked up hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of listens… So, look - I get it - you were out at P!NK late last night and had three too many in an attempt to forget about the ST!NK lingering all over...

Good morning! Welcome to a new day in Omaha. And a new era. We’re changing, evolving and growing - and, sweating mostly. I’ve been blown away by the incredible support I’ve received and the interest people have shown in this venture - so thank you so much! I walked around The RiverFront after the ceremonial ribbon-cutting on Friday and experienced a brand new perspective on the familiar - and that...