Lives Radio Show & Podcast with Stuart Chittenden
546 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsEvery Sunday at 9am on KIOS 91.5FM, Omaha's NPR affiliate, Season Three of Lives will tackle the big questions: What is a good life? Why are we here? How might we feel more connected? These and other big questions about how we live will be explored each week. Through intimate conversations, fascinating guests will share their spiritual, philosophical, artistic, and cultural approaches to exploring the wonders of our human experience. Join me as we delve into the practical and profound possibilities of living well.
As well as listening to this Season Three of Lives being broadcast on KIOS, listen back to Seasons One and Two, featuring fresh voices and diverse perspectives on culture, community, business, and more. From the Midwest and beyond, inspiring guests share compelling stories spanning the fields of politics, business, media, community activism, arts and humanities, philanthropy, and more.
On air since January 2017, Lives Radio Show & Podcast initially broadcast on the community radio station Mind & Soul 101.3FM in north Omaha, housed at the Malcolm X Center, and more recently broadcast with 1st Sky Omaha.
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Amy Mather S3E92
June 30, 2024 14:45 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBLibrarian Amy Mather talks about how libraries reflect and respond to their communities and her own passion for all things library. Mather also shares how creativity offers shape and satisfaction to her life and to the creative capital of the world around her. Amy Mather is the Partnerships Manager at Omaha Public Library and believes in connecting the community through information, storytelling, and relationships. In 2010, Mather won the Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers award for her ou...
Drew Davies S3E91
June 23, 2024 14:45 - 51 minutes - 71 MBDrew Davies, the founder of Oxide, a civic-minded brand and design consultancy, talks about the practical and creative side of his years as a designer and a business founder, his work on election and civic engagement materials, and his recent co-authorship of Creative Genius: The Art of the Nebraska Capitol, a book about the Nebraska Capitol’s art. Davies established Oxide in 2001. He is a national president emeritus of AIGA, the professional association for design, and is the only Nebraska...
Reverend Heidi McGinness S3E90
June 09, 2024 14:45 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBThe Reverend Heidi McGinness talks about her journey from the rubble of post-World War II Germany, to a life in faithful service to the poor, the persecuted, the oppressed, and the enslaved, including her work with the South Sudanese Underground Railroad in retrieving citizens from the North and returning them to the South. Reverend McGinness has, with unflinching zeal and hope, dedicated her life, alongside others of all faiths and of other ethical traditions, in advocating for and helping...
Stephen Pedersen S3E89
June 02, 2024 14:45 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MB“Strength rock” musician and lawyer Stephen Pedersen shares the evolution of his musical life, with the bands Cursive, Criteria, and many others, and we’ll hear a few of Criteria’s songs to illustrate his musical style and ethos. Pedersen also talks about his career as an attorney and balancing his two life vocations of law and music. Stephen J. Pedersen is the Chief Legal Officer of Medical Solutions, the second largest clinician staffing company in the United States. Pedersen is also the...
Taylor Keen S3E88
May 26, 2024 14:45 - 53 minutes - 72.8 MBAuthor, indigenous leader, and business professor Taylor Keen discusses his new book “Rediscovering Turtle Island: A First Peoples’ Account of the Sacred Geography of America” which presents an indigenous lens on history and creation myths. Keen also discusses his own “living red” transformation and evolution of purpose. A Cherokee Nation citizen, Keen carries the name “Bison Mane” of the Earthen Bison Clan of the Omaha Tribe, The People Who Move Against the Current. Keen is the Founder of ...
Uche Okonkwo S3E87
May 19, 2024 14:45 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBAuthor Uche Okonkwo reads from and talks about her debut book “A Kind of Madness,” a collection of short stories set in Nigeria that explore the intricacies of human relationships and desires, our flawed thinking, religious and cultural norms, and the erosion of childhood innocence. Okonkwo also shares her own growth as an author and as a person. Uche Okonkwo is a writer whose stories have been published in A Public Space, One Story, the Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, The Best American Nonreq...
Alexander Cayetano S3E86
May 12, 2024 14:45 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBAlexander Cayetano, formerly a Benedictine monk and now the senior director of Leadership Development with the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, talks about living life at crossroads, influenced by Cayetano’s Filipino heritage, the appeal of liturgy, coming to Nebraska, and their call to a community-minded monastic life. We talk also about Cayetano exiting the monastery to marry their same sex partner and enter a professional career. Cayetano serves as the Senior Director of Leadership Dev...
Tim Burke S3E85
May 05, 2024 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBTim Burke, the retired President & Chief Executive Officer of Omaha Public Power District, talks about his journey into leadership and the values he modeled, especially in the realm of diversity, equity and inclusion and the importance of DEI to our community, our organizations, and to Burke personally. Burke also shares why a guitar was a feature of his CEO office! In 1997 Timothy Burke joined OPPD - the Omaha Public Power District - as a vice president, serving in various roles across th...
Ariel Panowicz S3E84
April 28, 2024 14:45 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MBAriel Panowicz, photographer and founder of Luli Creative House, talks about crafting her own photographic aesthetic, her inspirations, and her professional growth. Panowicz also talks about opening Luli Creative House, the magic she creates with her clients and for the community, and the joys of color and image. Ariel Panowicz has built her career on her love for uplifting others through her imagery and creative direction. Graduating from the Art Institute of Colorado with a BFA in Photogr...
On "Quiet" with Brother James Dowd and Orenda Fink S3E83
April 21, 2024 14:45 - 50 minutes - 69 MBA listen back to a show from 2017 on the theme of Quiet. My guests in that two-part conversation were Orenda Fink, a musician, writer, and Jungian Depth Coach, and the Benedictine monk, Brother James Dowd. In the second part of the show we’ll hear from Orenda Fink on her music and career, dream analysis, and how a health condition requiring the quiet of complete voice rest impacted her sense of self. First, we’ll hear from Brother James Dowd on his path from New York theater to Nebraska mon...
Laura Roccaforte S3E82
April 14, 2024 14:45 - 55 minutes - 75.6 MBLaura Roccaforte, an organizational development consultant and leadership coach, talks about her many decades working globally to develop individuals and leadership teams and her passion for helping people create environments that are authentic, supportive and inclusive. We also talk about the recent death of her husband from the neurodegenerative disease ALS, what she experienced, and what comes next. Laura Roccaforte has for decades worked globally with individuals and leadership teams wh...
Conor Gearin S3E81
April 07, 2024 14:45 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBConservation biologist and science writer Conor Gearin talks about the science and the wonders of the natural world, especially how birds may connect us with the joy of nature, and how we humans may live sustainably with the wildlife around us. Gearin also talks about uniting his passion for writing with the science of the natural world as a way for us to see more completely and more strangely. Conor Gearin is a writer from St. Louis living in Omaha. He's the Managing Producer of BirdNote, ...
Carolina Hotchandani S3E80
March 24, 2024 14:45 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MBPoet Carolina Hotchandani talks about themes of identity, belonging, and loss in her debut poetry collection, The Book Eaters, as she explores her own lived experiences as a new mother, a daughter whose father is in cognitive decline, and a woman of mixed global heritage as well as the power of language to make and unmake us. Hotchandani also reads some of her poems. Carolina Hotchandani is the author of The Book Eaters, 2023 Perugia Press Prize Winner, which was one of the ten debut poetry...
Autumn Pruitt S3E79
March 17, 2024 14:45 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBAutumn Pruitt is the founder of Hardy Coffee Co. We talk about the vision Pruitt has for Hardy Coffee as a source of rhythm and ritual in people’s lives. She shares her entrepreneurial journey, the lessons and experiences encountered on the way, and how, like the business, she has grown to meet that aspiration. Autumn Pruitt and her husband moved back to Omaha and started a small bakery in 2010. Soon after subleasing a kitchen and tiny storefront from Aromas Coffeehouse they purchased that ...
Elizabeth Morton E3S78
March 10, 2024 14:45 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MBIn conversation with actor, writer, and secular chaplain, Elizabeth Morton. With Mass as her earliest performative expression, Morton talk about her twin vocations of acting and chaplaincy, and their similar characteristics, such as curiosity, deep listening, and personal surrender. Morton shares what people are seeking from her ministry and spiritual direction, and how her non-dogmatic chaplaincy supports others in their spiritual seeking. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Morton is an actor...
Tamsen Butler S3E77
March 03, 2024 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBWriter, air force veteran, and stroke survivor, Tamsen Butler talks about her life-threatening stroke in 2015, about her life before and her life after it, and the lessons she has learned about herself, authenticity, and how she chooses to show up in the world. Born and raised in Southern California, Butler has lived in the Omaha area for two decades. An award-winning author and Air Force veteran, she’s the Senior Marketing Copywriter for a large financial services firm and a frequent contr...
Tom Trenolone S3E76
February 25, 2024 14:15 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBArchitect and designer Tom Trenolone talks about design, our built environments, and beauty, including the beauty Trenolone creates and finds in and around Omaha. Trenolone also talks about founding design alliance Omaha aimed at elevating design awareness and appreciation. Tom Trenolone is an architect and design advocate with the international architecture and engineering firm of HDR, where he currently serves as a Design Director and Senior Vice President, currently based in Omaha, NE. T...
Zedeka Poindexter S3E75
February 11, 2024 14:45 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MBWriter and performer Zedeka Poindexter shares her passion for community and stories, and talks about her poems, essays, and performances that draw on complexities of race, class, struggle, and joy. Poindexter shares how that creative expression now is, in the form of a choreopoem, unearthing the lived experience of healthcare disparities encountered by black women. She also reads a couple of poems for us. Zedeka Poindexter is a North Omaha-born writer and performer and is co-executive direc...
Mandy Kubicek S3E74
February 04, 2024 14:45 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBAuthor and coach Mandy Kubicek talks about her book I Killed Mom and Other Lies: A Memoir of Early Loss, which recounts the lifelong effects of trauma, repressed emotions, and shame. Kubicek talks about the deaths of her mother and brother, coming to terms with these losses, and eventually finding peace and joy. Mandy Kubicek helps online entrepreneurs achieve greater success. Before that she coached dozens of high-achieving women through career transitions and led teams of product managers...
Littleton Alston S3E73
January 21, 2024 14:45 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MBSculptor Littleton Alston shares his personal and creative journey from a poor neighborhood in Washington D.C. to the creation of a portrait statue of Willa Cather unveiled in 2023 as one of Nebraska’s two contributions to the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol Building and the first in that collection made by an African-American. Littleton Alston creates works of art that focus on the essence of the human figure and human spirit. Awarded the commission to create a portra...
John Waters S3E72
January 14, 2024 14:45 - 55 minutes - 76.3 MBAttorney, author, and military veteran John Waters shares the influences of his early life before enlisting in the marines. We talk also about the themes in his debut novel, River City One, including the dislocation felt by some combat troops returning to civilian lives and that effort to discern meaning. John Waters graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. For six years he served as a scout sniper platoon commander and grou...
Matthew Ray S3E71
January 07, 2024 14:45 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MBMatthew Ray, Interim Superintendent of Omaha Public Schools, whose years with the district have encompassed teaching, administrative, and leadership roles, as well as being a student and parent of students. Ray talks about education, leadership lessons, faith, and his hopes for the future. After 27 years with the Omaha Public Schools district, Matthew Ray began serving as the interim superintendent in July 2023. He began his career as a student teacher at Ashland Park-Robbins Elementary. Ra...
Father Keith Winton S3E70
December 24, 2023 14:45 - 51 minutes - 71 MBReturning guest, Father Keith Winton, talks about Christmas past and present. Why December 25th? What were the religious origins and evolution of this holiday celebration? What are some fascinating backstories to the creation of some favorite carols? Who saved Christmas and who is its Queen? All that and more in this Christmas Eve show. Before his ordination to the priesthood in 2019 and then becoming Rector at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Omaha, Father Keith was a software developer....
Carole Boye S3E69
December 17, 2023 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBCarole Boye, the CEO of Community Alliance, which serves those living with mental illness and substance use disorders, talks about changes in how mental illness is treated and how it is talked about publicly, as well as her tenure over more than four decades as a leader called to a purpose worth roaring about. Carole Boye has served as president and CEO of Community Alliance for 42 years. As the first and only CEO of this nonprofit organization that now serves nearly 6,000 people annually a...
Elizebeth Murphy S3E68
December 10, 2023 14:45 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MBDesigner and business founder, Elizebeth Murphy, whose curiosity and fascination with design motivated her in 1992 to found her own communications agency, Emspace Group, which became Emspace + Lovgren in 2018, shares her design spirit, zest for community life, and lessons learned over her more than three decades as a business leader.
Wendy Goldberg S3E67
December 03, 2023 14:45 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBWendy Goldberg, executive director of Tri-Faith Initiative, talks about her professional experiences and faith journey that brought her to lead Tri-Faith Initiative, which she describes as an audacious experiment in peaceful proximity for three Christian, Muslim, and Jewish faith communities. Goldberg shares the building and modeling of positive communal relations and how they are even more important in these traumatic times of conflict. As a founding board member and now Executive Director...
Andrew Johnson S3E66
November 19, 2023 14:45 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBEngineer and artist Andrew Johnson talks about his engineering work and his artistic practice, blurring the lines between both, at the intersection of engineering’s crisp mathematics and physical materiality, and art, with its unbounded possibilities, creative expression, and playfulness. Johnson is an artist and engineer born and raised in Nebraska. He received an MAE degree in structural engineering from the University of Nebraska in 2006. He is a self-taught artist and works in a variety...
Todd Robinson S3E65
November 12, 2023 14:45 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBPoet Todd Robinson talks about investigating life through poetry, the everyday awkwardness, yearnings, loss, and triumphs explored in his intimate books of poetic praise Note at Heart Rock and Mass for Shut-ins, revealing why one reviewer described him as a “veritable Neruda of Nebraska.” Robinson shares the experiences that have shaped his life and writing, and will read for us some of his poems. Todd Robinson is the author of two poetry collections, most recently Mass for Shut-Ins and Not...
Barron Breland S3E64
November 05, 2023 14:45 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBCreighton music professor, conductor, and chorus master Dr. Barron Breland talks about an epiphany with the Atlanta Boy Choir, the choral ensembles he is engaged with, the art and craft of conducting, the joys and creative challenges of music for him and for us, and a life spent in and with music. Dr. A. Barron Breland has a diverse background in many different fields of music, including the piano and saxophone, and is in demand throughout the Midwest and beyond as a conductor, chorusmaster...
Anna Schulte S3E63
October 29, 2023 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MBMusician and writer Anne Schulte talks about her life as a writer, exploring language’s power to bring us together and to separate us. Schulte also shares the inspiration behind her beautiful, witty, and wistful music EP Dream Cars and will perform some of her music with us live in the studio. Anna Schulte is a musician and writer from Omaha, Nebraska. She released her debut EP, Dream Car, in 2022, and her poetry has been published in Paper Darts and 433. Schulte has a BA in English Writing...
Luis Marcos S3E62
October 15, 2023 14:45 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBLuis Marcos, founding member of the Maya Economic Development Corporation and co-executive director of Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim. In our conversation, Marcos, who was born in modern day Guatemala before he came to the United States when he was a teenager, shares the dislocating culture shock of that time that then motivated his efforts to support the prosperity, representation, and sovereignty of the Maya people and the rebuilding of the Maya Nation, including the founding of the Maya Econom...
Erika Overturff S3E61
October 08, 2023 14:45 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MBBallet dancer and founder of American Midwest Ballet, Erika Overturff, shares her journey as a professional ballet dancer, the demands on the body and mind, and the rewards of creative expression. She also talks about ballet’s importance and the motivations behind founding a professional ballet company. Erika Overturff began her training in Iowa at the Academy of Ballet, studying at various summer programs, then after graduating high school early as valedictorian, She earned in just three y...
Anne Hindery S3E60
October 01, 2023 14:45 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBAnne Hindery, the CEO of the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands, talks about growing up in the seventies and wanting to change the world, an aspiration she has since pursued by driving an effective, vibrant nonprofit sector across the Midwest, to the betterment of all of our communities. Anne Hindery joined the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands in 2008. She has extensive experience in public and nonprofit sector program development and management for which she has received numerous a...
Sherry Kennedy Brownrigg S3E59
September 17, 2023 14:45 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBSherry Kennedy Brownrigg, the general manager of Classical 90.7FM KVNO shares that initial moment when radio first called to her and began a lifelong vocation on the airwaves, as a host behind the microphone and as a leader at a public radio station. Brownrigg also talks about the business of radio and its importance to our community, as well as her stints at a christian radio network and her personal faith journey too. An Omaha native, Brownrigg is one of few women who hold the title of Ge...
Haley Haas S3E58
September 10, 2023 14:45 - 54 minutes - 74.3 MBAward winning actor and theater company cofounder Haley Haas talks about a life on stage and behind the scenes. She shares her passion for performing and bringing those opportunities to others, especially for marginalized voices. Haas also talks about the Anastasis Theater Company’s belief that the theater helps us to really see ourselves and each other and that art has the power to impact social change.. Haley Haas is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Anastasis Theatre Co. Haas recen...
Jim Begley S3E57
September 03, 2023 14:45 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MBJim Begley is the Director of the William Brennan Institute for Labor Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Begley, who was raised in a union family, talks about organized labor’s historic rise in the face of oppressive working conditions, its decline over the last few decades, and the resurgence of unions in recent years to tackle inequity, support human rights in the workplace, and to hold on to labor’s historic victories for adult and child workers. Jim Begley grew up in a uni...
Jeff Day S3E56
August 27, 2023 14:45 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBArchitect Jeff Day talks about the role of architecture in our individual and communal existence, the cultural influences shaping our buildings, and some of the contemporary conversations in this field. Day also shares his personal influences and philosophies for designing our built environment. Jeff Day is the founding principal of Actual Architecture Company and a Professor of Architecture at the University of Nebraska. Day has received numerous awards including the Architectural League o...
Rachel Ziegler S3E55
August 20, 2023 14:45 - 57 minutes - 78.7 MBArtist Rachel Ziegler talks about the role of material, media, and meaning in her work, influenced by a life connected to the Lutheran Church, both spiritually and literally, as a child inspired by the chapel’s stained glass and as an adult creating an artist community space in a decommissioned church. Rachel Ziegler is a visual artist whose work is in numerous private collections and has been exhibited across the country Ziegler works across many mediums to create works exploring personal ...
Mike Hogan S3E54
August 13, 2023 14:45 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBMike Hogan of KIOS 91.5FM, NPR's Omaha affiliate, reveals more about the person behind the voice on the radio. Hogan shares how the laughter and storytelling that epitomized his early family life inspired his own commitment to a life in radio, acting on the theatrical, television, and movie stages, doing live sport play-by-play announcing, and even becoming a stand up comedian, before returning to radio’s airwaves where, as well as being our local host of NPR’s show “All Things Considered” H...
Mustafa Babak S3E53
August 06, 2023 14:45 - 54 minutes - 75 MBMustafa Babak, the executive director of the Afghan-American Foundation, talks about his formative childhood in Afghanistan, when conflict forced his family to flee to Pakistan, and his return to Kabul to help rebuild his country after the American led invasion in 2001. Babak shares how the pursuit of further education led him to college in California, adjusting to a different culture and finding love, and how he has now dedicated his life to supporting other Afghan immigrants seeking refuge...
Nathaniel Ruleaux S3E52
July 30, 2023 14:45 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBArtist Nathaniel Ruleaux talks about a life exploring identity, influenced by his indigenous Oglala Lakota Nation artistic heritage, rural western Nebraska life, and a love for theater, which he pursued academically and professionally across the country. Ruleaux also shares his personal awakening to indigenous rights and lore, which he explores in a fusion of contemporary and traditional visual arts. Nathaniel Ruleaux is an award-winning artist and culture worker currently located on uncede...
Lauren Hance S3E51
July 23, 2023 14:45 - 57 minutes - 79.2 MBLauren Hance is a playwright, producer, director, and performer. We talk about The Holy O, Hance’s interactive one-woman show coming to the Omaha Fringe Festival in August, as Hance’s character Vera considers becoming a Catholic nun through the funny, troubled, and moving stories of the women in her life. Hance also talks about being raised in the Christian purity culture of 90s America, her evolving faith, and balancing the creative arts with spiritual beliefs. Lauren Hance’s plays have be...
Summer Miller S3E50
July 09, 2023 14:45 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBAuthor and award-winning food journalist Summer Miller talks about her first book, New Prairie Kitchen, which won a 2016 Nebraska Book Award for Non-Fiction and was heralded by Oprah Winfrey's private chef as a "love letter to the Heartland.” Miller also talks about balancing being a creative and a mother who works full time, her recipe for developing recipes, and the intersection of food and love and life. Summer Miller’s work has appeared in Eating Well, Saveur, Every Day with Rachel Ray,...
Jeff Slobotski S3E49
July 02, 2023 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBConnector and community builder, Jeff Slobotski shares what community means to him and what inspires him to build stronger communities, including a commitment to a vibrant entrepreneurial and creative ecosystem, evident in the founding of Silicon Prairie News, the Big Omaha conference, and efforts now at the Millwork Commons development in north downtown, all aimed at enriching the quality of our communal lives. For more than a decade, uber connector, community builder, and entrepreneur Jef...
Chelsea Harvey Garner S3E48
June 25, 2023 14:45 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBAuthor and psychotherapist Chelsea Harvey Garner talks about her debut book, A Pity Party is Still a Party, a feel-good guide to feeling bad, that shows us not only how to tolerate uncomfortable feelings, but why and how we should embrace them if we are to find our way to mental health. Garner shares experiences and insights from her own family trauma and from her clinical practice that inform the book, and why, ultimately, it is a book about love. Garner is a writer, practicing psychothera...
Nancy Williams S3E47
June 18, 2023 14:45 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MBNancy Williams, CEO of No More Empty Pots, talks about establishing No More Empty Pots to support, educate, and to inspire communities about good food, its growth, and distribution. Williams shares the roots of this passion, stretching back to her childhood in Louisiana, growing food with her family, winning a national Future Farmers of America competition, and studying the science of horticulture and agronomy. Nancy Williams has had a diverse career, from serving as an agronomist for local...
Shaun Ilahi S3E46
June 11, 2023 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MBArtist, attorney, and global citizen, Shaun Ilahi talks about a life lived in diverse countries and cultures, informing his sense of our profound commonality and of home, and the themes he explores through his artistic practice. Shaun Ilahi is the Vice President of Finance and Operations at the Kiewit Luminarium in Omaha. He studied economics at Columbia University in New York and attended Creighton University in Omaha to study law. Aside from his professional endeavors, Ilahi is an artist ...
Michelle Quick S3E45
June 04, 2023 14:45 - 57 minutes - 79 MBMichelle Quick is a writer, creative, student, and education advisor. In the show she talks about a kaleidoscope life, including a childhood of stories and storytelling, becoming a classically trained traveling chef, studying the relationship of expressive arts and integrative healthcare, and returning to writing to explore the complexities of human connection. Quick also reads an excerpt from one of her short stories. Quick is a Midwest creative, writer, and the architect of The Howler Pro...
Mick Mulhall S3E44
May 21, 2023 14:45 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBMick Mulhall, CEO of Mulhalls, talks about the Irish roots and multi-generational history of Mulhalls Nursery and how the business is adapting to current climate and environmental issues that demand we be better stewards of our natural world. Mulhall also talks about the importance of our relationship with the beauty of Mother Nature and shares his own story of growth, in the business and beyond. Mick Mulhall grew up working in the family business, driving for landscape crews as soon as he ...
Reverend Debra McKnight S3E43
May 14, 2023 14:45 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBReverend Debra McKnight talks about her journey to being ordained in the United Methodist Church, living her faith as a practice, and a love for liturgy. She also talks about founding Urban Abbey, a congregation flourishing in downtown Omaha despite national trends showing church attendance in decline, and shares how, as an advocate for social justice, women’s rights, and the LGBTQ+ community, she seeks to heal the wounds created by conservative Christianity. Reverend Debra McKnight earned ...