Brooke Masek is a nature lover and arts enthusiast who spent most of last year traveling the US, working and living in her lovingly converted 2016 Ram Promaster van. A former park ranger at Arches National Park, she also enjoys sauntering - in the style of John Muir - on a mountain top, in the forest, or through an urban jungle whenever she can. In this show she shares the possibilities and practicalities of her van lifestyle and some of the prosaic and profound experiences along the way, including managing difficult times in her relationships with family, friends and career.

Ruth Meints is a violinist, music educator, and executive director of the Omaha Conservatory of Music. She shares her thoughts about the importance of music education, why she wrote the String Sprouts curriculum, and a few stories about her childhood that fueled her passion to create access to musical excellence for everyone.

Betsy Finch of Fontenelle Forest's Raptor Recovery Center tours us around the Center and introduces us to a variety of eagles, owls, ospreys, falcons, and other birds of prey being cared for, including one bald eagle being treated for lead poisoning. Betsy shares the story behind the center and her own passion for caring for raptors as well as educating us about these astonishing creatures.

Improv comedian and writer Will Meinen was formerly a researcher and organizational psychologist before pursuing improv at Chicago’s iO Theater, as well as training at Annoyance and Second City. Meinen shares his path to comedy and beyond it, including his Saturday Night Live audition.

Author and teacher Kevin Clouther is the University of Nebraska - Omaha's coordinator of its MFA in Writing. In this show he talks about his evolution as a writer and his first story collection, his process for writing, and the philosophy guiding UNO's MFA program.

A special New Year show talking about resolutions, personal growth, and some stories about intention setting. Joined by co-host and former Lives Radio Show guest, life coach Mandy Kubicek, our guests in conversation about all things New Year resolutions are Pam Hagge, Annie Thompson, Katie Twit, and Joe Finelli.

Highlights from 2019, drawn from the world of film, some intimate personal stories, and the vibrant pleasure of live in-studio acoustic sets. Plus a few outtakes!

The Right Reverend Joseph Scott Barker is an American Episcopal clergyman and the eleventh and current Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska, caring for 52 church communities planted over 77,000 square miles of Nebraska’s beautiful landscape. Barker was born in Omaha, Nebraska and is a sixth generation Nebraskan. He talks about his family heritage, his journey to faith and clerical service, and the role of religious belief in the modern world.

Graham Herbst, a Community Forest Specialist with the Nebraska Forest Service, talks about what trees we should and shouldn't be planting, some surprising facts about how trees benefit us in urban environments, special wooded places, and why one of Nebraska’s champion trees has a special place in Herbst’s heart

Susan Henricks is the CEO of ICAN (the Institute for Career Advancement Needs), a non-profit leader development organization, prior to which she spent decades in strategic leadership roles in both private and public companies. Susan talks about the pressures facing women and younger generations in the business world as they cultivate their leadership skills and charts her own experiences as a female business leader.