Drive Time Nebraska

Doug is honored to have Nebraska State Treasurer Tom Briese on the show. Tom shares his take on the Legislature’s Special Session, provides info about College Savings Month, introduces their new website givetoenable.com and more.

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https://treasurer.nebraska.gov

Wyatt mans the talk & text line as Doug leads the discussion on another Talk & Text Tuesday. On the show they discuss: How to handle it when you are helping your adult kids financially, Husker Football, Petitions, and more

Doug gives a warning about counterfeit bills being used around the city of Lincoln and shares tips on how to spot fake money. He is also joined by Jay Miralles, the co-founder of The 50 Mile March Foundation. Jay shares about their event this past weekend where over 150 people walked from Lincoln to Omaha to raise awareness and money for Veterans struggling with mental health and homelessness.

https://www.50milemarch.org

Doug is joined by the fellas from the Award Winning & #1 Husker Recruiting Podcast in the nation Boys Down Bad, Dylan Fitzgerald and Jordan Peters. The boys give us a preview of the Huskers season opener against UTEP. They chat about: Dylan Raiola earning the starting QB job, depth chart release, what to expect from UTEP, what Coach Rhule will be looking for in this game, and their thoughts and predictions on other key games to look at this week.

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Doug welcomes in Zach Harsin, co-founder of ACTON Academy Lincoln. ACTON is an alternative school in Lincoln that provides a very unique and unconventional opportunity for youth from Kindergarten thru High School to experience. They are a student driven, peer-to-peer community that teach students to: Master their gifts, become lifelong learners, develop strong character, and treasure economic, political and religious freedom. We are also joined by a couple of parents that share their family’s experience at ACTON.

https://www.actonacademylincoln.com

Kaleb fills in for Doug and talks about the hot topics of the day (Husker Sports, News, …). PLUS, Kaleb introduces Fantasy Huskers for your chance to win every week.

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Doug is joined by Cyber-Security Expert Tristan Lawson. Tristan helps us: know what to do when your personal info has been included in a data breach, teaches us about the dark web and how that can impact our personal security, breaks down AI in our world today and how its impacting us, and also gives us some emergency preparedness tips when the electricity goes out, supply chains get disrupted, water supply restraints, and internet and communication disruptions.

Doug is honored to have Senator Pete Ricketts to kick off the show talking about his plan to hold Washington accountable for its out-of-control spending and his Federal Issues Forum he is holding across the state. Doug also is joined by Amy Holman (Nebr Pharmacists Assoc), Ryan Carruthers (Centerpointe), & Chris Allend (Wellbeing Initiative) to talk about Drug Overdose Awareness Week.

https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/

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Doug welcomes Political Director of the NEGOP Todd Watson to the show. Todd gives and update on the State Central Committee Mtg this past weekend. Plus they talk about taxes, the special session, key political races leading up to November and more …

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Wyatt mans the talk & text line as Doug leads the discussion on another Talk & Text Tuesday. On the show they discuss: FREE Abortions & Vasectomies at the Democratic National Convention, an overview of the speakers at the DNC, the end of Nebraska’s Special Session, Title IX and more.