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 News ALSO: * Haunted hit-and-run! - from KETV * Abortion-rights group taking message to Omaha skies - from Nebraska Examiner * Omaha insurance giant ordered to change procedures, pay benefits - from Nebras...
Oct 03, 2023•18 min
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 * Suicide Prevention Walk - from KMTV * Nebraska Approves Emergency Regulations for Gender Care - f...
Oct 02, 2023•12 min
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 . Get full access to OMAPOD at www.omapod.com/subscribe
Sep 29, 2023•10 min
OMAPOD WRESTLING GLOSSARY FOR THIS EPISODE face (babyface) - heroic; crowd favorite, usually wrestles a… heel - villain; hated by fans bumping - the art of the fall on the mat or ground promo - 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 to Crack Down on Accessible Parking Violations - from WOWT Get full access to OMAPOD at www.om...
Sep 28, 2023•16 min
GROWMAPOD Wait, 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 Professional Brand ” (on Thurs. Oct. 5th from 5 - 7 pm at the Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center...
Sep 27, 2023•19 min
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 SHOW With a tentative deal reached between the Writer’s Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, I thought we’d talk about show business today. And - always remember, it is a...
Sep 26, 2023•10 min
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??? Lemme give you This Weekend in Giving: * The Nebraska Humane Society surpassed its fundraising goal ...
Sep 25, 2023•11 min
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 Get full access to OMAPOD at www.omapod.com/subscribe...
Sep 22, 2023•12 min
“ 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 actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions ; who spends himself ...
Sep 21, 2023•14 min
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 here . PLUS: * Offutt Lab identifies WWII POW & MIA troops from KMTV * U.S. Dept. of Educati...
Sep 20, 2023•19 min
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! Get full access to OMAPOD at www.omapod.com/subscribe...
Sep 19, 2023•14 min
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? Mine was great! Spent most of it monitoring the exploding stats and skyrocketing number of completed l...
Sep 18, 2023•12 min
YOUR MENU STARTER: 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 WEEK DESSERT: 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 recommend one of these every time you listen to an OMAPOD - it makes me funnier and smarter!) AFTER DIN...
Sep 15, 2023•11 min
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 more in Part II of our conversation with AO Impact (the charitable arm of The American Outlaws or...
Sep 14, 2023•11 min
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 imagination and inspires creativity. It relaxes the nerves and calms the mind. It benefits physical, mental ...
Sep 13, 2023•19 min
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 . Get full access to OMAPOD at www.omapod.com/subscribe...
Sep 12, 2023•8 min
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 as $10 million in compensation”… Ahh… So… we’ll just go ahead and start the work week on that not...
Sep 11, 2023•10 min
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 you heard about ‘Sanders Claus’ - the sketch/sitcom/film character & concept that he desperate...
Sep 08, 2023•10 min
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 find out: Where are our sister cities…and what does that even mean and entail, anyway? And, all jok...
Sep 07, 2023•16 min
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 came from wildfires , click here . If you’re wondering why the 911 network backup systems failed to ...
Sep 06, 2023•14 min
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 of it alone! It’ll also make you hungry for pizza. Get full access to OMAPOD at www.omapod.com/sub...
Sep 05, 2023•16 min
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 week - thanks to all the great new supporters I met at the United Way Campaign Kickoff breakfast even...
Sep 01, 2023•11 min
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 the coming weeks and I was so excited to see familiar faces and meet some great new people after th...
Aug 31, 2023•17 min
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 about this anywhere before… Go do it! I’ll wait … Okay, great, now credit OMAPOD for that, thank yo...
Aug 30, 2023•10 min
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 that. It works like this: They score your used equipment when you’re done with it. They have interna...
Aug 29, 2023•16 min
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. Get full access to OMAPOD at www.omapod.com/subscribe...
Aug 28, 2023•18 min
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 about the ‘high stress’ start to this season, sticking it out through the tough times and who he l...
Aug 25, 2023•17 min
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 . Get full access to OMAPOD at www.omapod.com/subscribe...
Aug 24, 2023•11 min
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 from pro football player to Professor. Get full access to OMAPOD at www.omapod.com/subscribe...
Aug 23, 2023•13 min
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 The Chuck from the wretched masses ‘dancing’ and it’s Tuesday and the weekend feels like forever aw...
Aug 22, 2023•14 min
