Just a rural kid, die hard Husker from Brainard, NE who went on to strip down to women's underwear at Cultiva Coffee and then become a published author writing about politics and sex. We discuss how Nebraska has changed politically since we were kids, working for Deadspin in its heyday, our experiences of how our churches and faith have interacted, and coping with the failures of Husker sports in NYC.

Jack is joined by Lincoln East Senior-to-be and National top 100 football recruit Malachi Coleman and special guest, Malachi's classmate and teammate (and Jack's son) Johnny. The guys talk the recruiting process, deciding on a position, going from a football novice to an elite recruit in a matter of months, music, food, shoes, NIL and basically a bunch more, just listen.

Jack Mitchell talks to Maestro Ed Polochick of Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra about the barriers to widespread acceptance and enjoyment of Classical music, overcoming its historic inaccessability, why he's come back to Lincoln for so many years despite other opportunities, catching crabs with Eisenhower's brother and how he'd treat you to a weekend in Baltimore, his home.

Also, per his request, here's his email address: [email protected]. Listen to find out why he wants you to know it.

Jack sits down with the woman behind the marketing of Nebraska's best known native eatery to find out how the heck rotating menus work, what it's like to be somewhere between a national chain and a local mom and pop, the future of app use at restaurants, and of course, he brings up his dream of a breakfast Runza.

State Senator Anna Wishart talks to about their mutual experience of growing up in Lincoln, leaving and coming back, the surprising types of divides and unity in the NELEG, working on a film set in Iowa, the experience of door-knock campaigning and where her passion on the issue of medical marijuana comes from.

Jack sits down with Sip days after he ended his multi-decade career at the Lincoln Journal Star and talks about why he did it, how his job changed over the years, mutual insecurities, and his profound and sincere interest in learning about others.

Jack sits down with Nebraska volleyball veteran and star Nicklin Hames to ask the questions he's always had about volleyball, her mentality, being a bona fide celebrity in the community and what's next for she and the program.

Jack talks to longtime Husker media member Sean Callahan about his days attending Husker football games as a young fan, his start in college media, stories from the years of covering recruiting and how they impact how he watches games now and obviously a whole lot more.

Jack sits down with veteran LJS music/entertainment/movies/sports/news reporter L Kent Wolgamott to talk about how he got where he is today, the art of art criticism, and the L Kent extended universe that includes a Johnny Cash show he can't quite recall, traveling the state by car with Ed Zorinsky and taking a train from DC to NY on weekends in the '70s to see the birth of the punk scene in person at CBGB, and long random phone calls from Willie Nelson.

Jack sits down with UNL Student, independent journalist and candidate for the US Congress Jazari Kual and talks about his story, his family and their immigration to the US, race in Lincoln and why he decided to run for office at such a young age.