Lives Radio Show & Podcast with Stuart Chittenden artwork

Lives Radio Show & Podcast with Stuart Chittenden

546 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings

Every 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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Daniel DiLeo S3E42

May 07, 2023 14:45 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MB

Catholic moral theologian, Professor Daniel DiLeo talks about Catholic social teaching, especially regarding climate change and Pope’ Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’, which calls all people to care for our common home, the earth. DiLeo also discusses Catholic perspectives on other aspects of our lives and how Creighton's Justice and Peace Studies program helps students develop and live a strong “faith that does justice” in the Catholic, Jesuit tradition. An associate professor at Creighton...

Art Zygielbaum S3E41

April 23, 2023 14:45 - 52 minutes - 71.6 MB

Dr. Arthur “Art” Zygielbaum talks about his decades of study in the fields of physics and engineering, including many years working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and numerous space missions. Zygielbaum also shares a little of his family experiences during the holocaust and how that human tragedy and lessons from the Jewish faith spark his own sense of social justice. Dr. Arthur Zygielbaum is an Emeritus Research Associate Professor from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of N...

Jamaica Baldwin S3E40

April 16, 2023 14:15 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MB

For this National Poetry Month my conversation with poet Jamaica Baldwin explores the themes in her debut full length poetry collection "Bone Language", including race, politics, familial heritage, and womanhood, and why she has been described as a poet of power. Baldwin also talks about the experiences that have shaped her life and, as well as discussing her writing, Baldwin reads some of her poems. Jamaica Baldwin is a poet and educator originally from Santa Cruz, CA. Her first book, Bone...

Celeste Butler S3E39

April 09, 2023 14:45 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MB

"Quilterpreneur" Celeste Butler talks about why quilting is in her blood and how she is carrying on the traditions passed down the generations. She speaks about the genesis of her creative fascination, some of the themes she explores - including the divine feminine and being authentically human - and the process of her artistic craft. Butler is a fiber and textile artist, Quiltologist, ceramicist and storyteller. Her family’s Southern roots and family history plays a major role in the works...

Teresa Friesen S3E38

April 02, 2023 14:15 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MB

Sociologist and entrepreneur Teresa Friesen talks about how her path to founding the business startup SheMate was not linear, but came after a professional career as a sociology college professor and after tragic personal losses in her life. Friesen shares her experiences as an entrepreneur founding a female-centric sports business in a historically male dominated landscape and we talk about how her life experiences have shaped who she is today. Teresa Friesen grew up in a sports-loving fam...

Felicia Casher S3E37

March 26, 2023 14:15 - 51 minutes - 71 MB

Spoken word artist and educator Felicia Casher shares generously of her lyrical wisdom, life experience, and love for words and how we may discover more of our mutual humanity through creative play with language. Felicia Casher, artistically known as Withlove, Felicia is an American poet, educator, healing artist, actor, host, and curator. Casher, formerly Felicia Webster, has been commissioned by and has organized major programs and events with numerous organizations in Nebraska and Philad...

John Heaston S3E36

March 12, 2023 14:15 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MB

Publisher, journalist, and media entrepreneur John Heaston talks about the story that initially drew him into the media business, how his publishing career developed alongside a tumultuous media ecosystem, and why alternative news media is an essential part of our lives. Heaston also talks about the importance of citizen and community led news and what the future holds for the media more broadly. John Heaston is the founder, publisher, and editor of Pioneer Publishing, a group of media chan...

Richard Chung S3E35

March 05, 2023 14:15 - 51 minutes - 70.7 MB

Ceramic artist Richard Chung talks about his artistic practice being one of perpetual discovery, informing and informed by his innate curiosity and humility. Chung shares how he became an artist, what draws him to clay in particular, and the themes he explores in his work. Chung also talks about his immigrant family history, existing at the edges, and how that as well as the practice and profession of art has shaped who he is today. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1977 and raised in the Califor...

Ralph Kellogg S3E34

February 26, 2023 14:15 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MB

Advocate and human resources professional Ralph Kellogg talks about coming to terms with being gay, coping with mental health challenges, and advocating for others in the face of persistent prejudice and stigma. Kellogg also shares his grief at the death of a close teenage friend while at the same time learning about love. With over twenty years in the areas of human resources and people management and leadership, Ralph Kellogg is currently the Vice President for People and Training at Luth...

Brenda Mainwaring S3E33

February 19, 2023 14:15 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MB

Brenda Mainwaring, the President and CEO of the Iowa West Foundation, one of the region’s largest philanthropic organizations, talks about the Foundation’s work in supporting the community. She shares recollections from her early life, a career going from cultural anthropologist to CIA analyst to corporate leader, lessons learned for leadership and life, and the importance of people and philanthropy in developing thriving communities. Brenda Mainwaring is President and CEO of the Iowa West ...

Steve Tamayo S3E32

February 12, 2023 14:15 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MB

Artist, army veteran, and Native-American cultural educator Steve Tamayo talks about being raised within a Mexican cultural heritage, deprived of his stolen cultural identity as a native American, and how, as he matured, he not only sought out his native American culture through language and art, but has become a respected culture bearer for his Sicangu Lakota and other native peoples. Tamayo is a traditional Sicangu Lakota artist whose family originates from the Rosebud Reservation in Sou...

Mikaela Yeager S3E31

February 05, 2023 14:30 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MB

Mikaela Yeager is an eating disorder survivor, certified eating disorder recovery coach, blogger, and founder of Bigger Than a Body. In the show, Yeager candidly shares how eating disorders began to emerge at the age of 4, how she battled them for years in complete secrecy, and what motivated her to seek help, culminating in Yeager being inspired to earn her eating disorder recovery coaching certification and helping others to find peace with their bodies CONTENT WARNING: The conversation i...

Jannette Taylor S3E30

January 29, 2023 14:45 - 1 hour - 83.2 MB

Jannette Taylor is the President and CEO of the Women’s Center for Advancement. In the show Taylor talks about a lifelong commitment to working with marginalized youth, including founding a gang intervention and prevention program, and the work of the Women’s Center for Advancement supporting people experiencing sexual assault, domestic violence, and trafficking. Taylor also shares how this work has not been without her own personal loss, tragedy, and burnout, but how ambition, naiveté, and ...

Christian Gray S3E29

January 22, 2023 14:15 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MB

Christian Gray, the executive director of inCOMMON Community Development. In the show, we talk about housing as a human right and the nature of the American Dream. Gray also shares how the pursuit of a life of faith and purpose drives his passion for community development and that real meaning in life can be found in contributing to enriching the local and global community of people around us. Christian Gray was born and raised on the sunny beaches of Southern California. For university he ...

Christian Gray E3S29

January 22, 2023 14:15 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MB

Christian Gray, the executive director of inCOMMON Community Development. In the show, we talk about housing as a human right and the nature of the American Dream. Gray also shares how the pursuit of a life of faith and purpose drives his passion for community development and that real meaning in life can be found in contributing to enriching the local and global community of people around us. Christian Gray was born and raised on the sunny beaches of Southern California. For university he ...

JoAnna LeFlore-Ejike S3E28

January 15, 2023 14:15 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MB

JoAnna LeFlore-Ejike is the executive director of the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation. In the show LeFlore-Ejike talks about the lasting legacy and relevance of Malcolm X, who was born in Omaha in 1925, and his recent induction into the Nebraska Hall of Fame. LeFlore-Ejike also talks about the work of the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation and shares more about her own life as a self-declared black history nerd and a proud daughter of north Omaha. JoAnna LeFlore-Ejike is a young cultural activist ...

Catherine Ferguson S3E27

January 08, 2023 14:45 - 51 minutes - 71 MB

Artist Catherine Ferguson reflects on her informal pathway into what has become for her a lifetime with an artistic practice. She talks about some of her particular exhibitions and pieces, such as work democratizing everyday objects, her installation in Barcelona, and the aesthetic design of the Opera Omaha production of Aida. Ferguson also talks about her fascination with alchemy and how in exploring that artistically she has also explored that for her own life. Catherine Ferguson is an ar...

Susan Koenig S3E26

January 01, 2023 14:45 - 50 minutes - 69.7 MB

In this New Year’s Day conversation with coach, attorney, and end-of-life doula Susan Koenig, she talks about what she has learned from a life as one of eight children raised on the edges of poverty, experiencing the deaths of several people close to her, and the joy that can be found by being attentive to life. Koenig also shares how we might frame our aspirations for the year ahead in this season of reflection and resolutions. The fifth of eight children and raised a Catholic, Susan Koeni...

Christmas Day 2022 Highlights Show S3E25

December 25, 2022 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70 MB

This Christmas Day on Lives a selection of highlights from this past year’s shows that have included guests from the worlds of culture, business, ethics, education, faith, and more. We’ll listen back to a reading from author Dave Mainelli; music from performers Mesonjixx, Edem Garro, and Marcey Yates; art curator Karin Campbell will talk about the emotional impact of contemporary art while guest Meredith Fuller considers the spiritual aspect of her pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago. And t...

Father Keith Winton S3E24

December 18, 2022 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MB

Father Keith Winton is the Rector at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Omaha. Ordained to the priesthood in 2019 in his late 50’s, Father Keith shares with us his journey in life from the inklings of faith in his childhood in rural Indiana, through his study of mathematics and theology at Wabash College, into his career as a software engineer, to his recent ordination. Father Keith and his wife Lisa, who works in the non-profit sector, have three children, the youngest is a junior at Omaha’...

Trey Moody S3E23

December 11, 2022 15:00 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MB

Poet Trey Moody talks about some of the themes he explores in his poetry, the place of poetry in his and in our lives, and how we might make sense of the world through this craft. Moody also reads some of the poems form his book, Thought That Nature, and some other newer work. This episode of Lives was broadcast live on air on KIOS 91.5FM, Omaha’s NPR station and regular broadcaster of Lives Radio Show & Podcast, and this podcast of my conversation with Trey Moody is the recording of that o...

Leo Adam Biga S3E22

December 04, 2022 14:45 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MB

Author and journalist Leo Adam Biga writes stories about people, their passions and their magnificent obsessions. In the show he talks about the craft and the business of writing, what makes for a good story, and what he has learned about others and himself in his long writing career. Author, journalist, blogger, and public speaker Leo Adam Biga is an Omaha native known for his writing-reporting on arts, culture, sports, and social justice subjects. For four decades he has been a regular fr...

Glenn Greet S3E21

November 27, 2022 14:45 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MB

Glenn Greet is the entrepreneur behind the British Market and Bakery, Chippy’s, and the first Musical Director of the Nebraska Brass Band. In the show, we talk about his early life in the pastoral landscapes of Yorkshire in England, what it means to be a British expat in America, and bringing some of the Old World to the New World - including the cultural heritage of brass bands and the consumer nostalgia of British foods and products. Hailing from North Yorkshire in England, Glenn Greet mo...

Todd McCollister S3E20

November 13, 2022 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MB

Furniture maker, woodworker, and sculptor, Todd McCollister, talks about his work engaging at the boundary between furniture design and sculptural art. McCollister shares his journey into this passion and business, the questions he explores in his pieces, and how he engages with the natural material. Not only do we chat in the recording studio, but spend some time with McCollister in his wood shop at Omaha’s old Quartermaster Depot. Todd McCollister builds in the zone between Furniture Desi...

Meredith Fuller S3E19

November 06, 2022 16:07 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MB

Meredith Fuller is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, a nationally published poet, and the author of the novel, Quarry. With her husband, Jim Luyten, Fuller recently returned from walking a part of the pilgrimage route, the Camino de Santiago (the Chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle or the Way of Saint James), which Pope Alexander VI declared to be one of the three great pilgrimages of Christendom. In this show, Fuller talks about the physical and spiritual experience of walking this histori...

Bilgesu Sisman S3E18

October 30, 2022 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MB

Bilgesu Sisman is a philosophy PhD candidate, cinephile, film maker, and community programming manager at Film Streams. Sisman talks about the power of film to influence societal conversations, film’s capacity for expressing her imagination and philosophical questioning, and her intentions on how to live life well through an aesthetic of experience. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, Bilgesu Sisman is a writer, researcher, and film programmer with a background in the humanities. As a PhD can...

Marcey Yates S3E17

October 23, 2022 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MB

Musician and hip hop artist Marcey Yates shares his determination to grow as a musician and his own evolution as a leader. He also talks about the founding of Culxr House as a creative community hub, especially during the 2020 protests after the deaths of George Floyd and James Scurlock, and the album “Culxr House: Freedom Summer” that emerged as a response to the 2020 protests. Marcey Yates is a recording artist, music producer, and sound engineer, and the founder of Culxr House, a creativ...

Sara Gentzler S3E16

October 16, 2022 14:45 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MB

Journalist Sara Gentzler's motto is to “tell complicated stories simply.” Dedicated to opening up our seemingly inaccessible public entities, in the show, Gentzler shares some of the stories she has written holding government accountable to the people it serves and talks about the importance of journalism in her life and in ours. Gentzler's explorations extend into aspects of our lives that we stigmatize yet are part of the common human experience and she shares her passion project about men...

Enjoli Mitchell S3E15

October 09, 2022 14:30 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MB

Singer and performer Enjoli Mitchell shares some of the highs and lows of her life, talks about music as her purpose, how music brought her through the grief of her sister's death, and the energy she gets from performing. Not only will we be in conversation, but Mitchell sings a cappella live in the studio. Raised in north Omaha, Enjoli Mitchell has been singing since she was young, Enjoli is now the lead singer in the group Enjoli & Timeless. Formed in 2017, the band has opened for acts su...

Katie Marya S3E14

October 02, 2022 14:45 - 55 minutes - 76 MB

Poet Katie Marya talks about the themes explored in her debut full length poetry collection “Sugar Work,” including womanhood, intimate relationships, the body, divorce and desire. Marya also talks about the experiences that have shaped her life and sense of self. As well as discussing the imagery within and the structure of her book Sugar Work, Marya reads some of her poems. Katie Marya is a writer and literary translator. Her award-winning work has appeared in numerous literary publicatio...

Rebecca Deterding S3E13

September 25, 2022 14:45 - 51 minutes - 71 MB

Rebecca Deterding, President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Omaha, talks about the YMCA’s history; its intentional culture today of making all feel included; her approach to being a leader, and living up to her purpose in serving others. Rebecca Deterding is the President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Omaha, an organization she had served as CFO since 2015 prior to stepping into the CEO role in March. She is the first woman to lead the organization in its 155-year history. Originally from ...

Rabbi Batsheva Appel S3E12

September 18, 2022 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MB

Rabbi Batsheva Appel is currently the interim rabbi at Temple Israel in Omaha, Nebraska. In the show Rabbi Appel talks about her journey into the rabbinate, having first studied science and working in the corporate world. Rabbi Appel also talks about the nature of her faith and her own personal passions. Rabbi Batsheva Appel has served congregations in a variety of different roles, as a sabbatical rabbi, rabbi educator, settled rabbi, and interim rabbi, including serving as Director of Rabb...

Shelby VanNordstrand S3E11

September 11, 2022 14:30 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MB

Soprano, musician, performer, and singing teacher Shelby VanNordstrand shares her love for singing and her passion for expressing stories through music. As well as her classical background, VanNordstrand also creates and performs avant garde music, including r u ok (created with Seth Shafer) which they performed at the 2022 Omaha Under the Radar Festival. You can watch a video of that performance via this link here. Shelby VanNordstrand has appeared as a soloist with a wide range of ensembl...

Dave Mainelli S3E10

September 04, 2022 15:15 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MB

Author Dave Mainelli talks about his short story book collection How to Be Lonely and how the stories test the limits of the human condition and our occasionally tenuous grip on a life well lived. Mainelli also shares how his writing has bridged from the truth of his own experiences with ill health to inspire some of the challenges facing his protagonists. Dave Mainelli teaches creative writing at Wayne State College and, starting in the Fall, at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. HIs sho...

Matt Darling S3E09

August 28, 2022 14:45 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MB

Fontenelle Forest’s Matt Darling talks about the wonders of nature and our essential human need to embrace it. Matt Darling is the executive director of Fontenelle Forest, one of the largest nature centers in the country. Fontenelle is made up of two properties and multiple ecosystems, 24 miles of trails, a high ropes course and 2,100 acres of forest, prairie and wetlands. Prior to this role at the Forest, he was the executive Vice President of the Omaha Community Foundation, a role in whic...

Robert Patterson S3E08

August 21, 2022 15:00 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MB

Set jetter Robert Patterson talks about his passion for set-jetting – visiting the sites and scenes captured in movies, tv shows, and music videos – and the documentation of the many locations he captures, the scenes he recreates, the people he has met, and the experiences that he shares through his website. As the Executive Director of the nonprofit Kids Can Community Center in Omaha, Nebraska, Robert Patterson leads an organization driven to educate, engage, and inspire children through e...

Dereck Higgins – S3E07

August 14, 2022 15:15 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MB

Legendary musician Dereck Higgins is my guest in this week’s show. He talks about his life at the vanguard of musical creativity, his origins in a musical family, music as a form of spiritual expression, and his personal journey with grief and with depression through the healing power of music. Inducted into the Nebraska Music Hall of Fame in 2019, Dereck Higgins is a self taught music creator and a multi-instrumentalist, primarily known as a bass player. His award winning experience ranges...

Twyla Hansen – S3E06

August 07, 2022 14:45 - 51 minutes - 71 MB

Former Nebraska State Poet Twyla Hansen declares that "poetry can save you." In the show, Hansen talks about making sense of the world and of herself through poetry, her affinity for the sacred, wild, and wondrous places around us, and how poetry can be a salvation in the face of pain and grief. Twyla Hansen was born and raised in northeast Nebraska on the farm her grandparents had purchased as immigrants from Denmark in the late 1880s. Hansen served as Nebraska’s State Poet for the term 20...

Jay Leighter – S3E05

July 31, 2022 17:45 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MB

Communications professor Jay Leighter shares some personal and professional perspectives on making sense of life through the practice of communication, research and insights into communication, community, and culture, including work with the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and the ongoing social and ecological consideration of the Nebraska Sandhills, and his own family’s efforts towards creating a sustainable home. Jay Leighter is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Director of...

Scott Jones – S3E04

July 24, 2022 15:00 - 48 minutes - 67.2 MB

Scott Jones is the Senior Minister for First Central Congregational Church. In the show, Jones talks about his childhood aspiration to be a preacher, his faith journey, the implications of the pandemic on his ministry and personal life, coming out as a gay man within the church, life advice from his son, and more. Scott Jones grew up in a small town in Oklahoma knowing since the age of five that he wanted to be a preacher. Then at age 29, he came out as a gay man while serving as a youth mi...

Edem Garro "Edem Soul Music" – S3E03

July 17, 2022 15:30 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MB

Edem Garro is a singer, songwriter, and self-taught multi-instrumentalist who performs as Edem Soul Music. In this show, Edem not only talks about the place of music in her life and the themes she shares through it, but also performs a couple of songs for us live in the studio.  Edem is a 12 times Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award nominee, a 2018 OEAA winner for Best Soul, and a 2020 and 2021 Winner for Outstanding World Music. Playing over 12 instruments including the harp, ukulele, guita...

Edem Garro "Edem Soul Music"

July 17, 2022 15:30 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MB

Edem Garro is a singer, songwriter, and self-taught multi-instrumentalist who performs as Edem Soul Music. In this show, Edem not only talks about the place of music in her life and the themes she shares through it, but also performs a couple of songs for us live in the studio.  Edem is a 12 times Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award nominee, a 2018 OEAA winner for Best Soul, and a 2020 and 2021 Winner for Outstanding World Music. Playing over 12 instruments including the harp, ukulele, guitar ...

Jacob Dahlke – S3E02

July 10, 2022 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MB

Jacob Dahlke is a clinical ethicist and the Director of the Office of Healthcare Ethics at Nebraska Medicine. In this show, he talks about ethics and how they are applied in a healthcare setting, especially in the context of the pandemic and the moral injury and trauma suffered by healthcare workers and himself. Jacob also talks about his own life as an art teacher and his journey to clinical ethics, his endeavors to experience the now and to move towards a form of personal enlightenment, an...

Karin Campbell – S3E01

July 03, 2022 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MB

Karin Campbell is the Phil Willson Curator of Contemporary Art at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha. In the show, Campbell shares her first memorable encounters with art, her role as a curator in catalyzing public conversation and the emotional impact of art in and on her life. Since joining the museum in 2012, Campbell has curated several major exhibitions, including 30 Americans, Word/Play: Prints, Photographs, and Paintings by Ed Ruscha, and Sheila Hicks: Material Voices. She oversees Josl...

Karin Campbell

July 03, 2022 14:45 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MB

Karin Campbell is the Phil Willson Curator of Contemporary Art at the https://www.joslyn.org/ (Joslyn Art Museum) in Omaha. In the show, Campbell shares her first memorable encounters with art, her role as a curator in catalyzing public conversation and the emotional impact of art in and on her life. Since joining the museum in 2012, Campbell has curated several major exhibitions, including 30 Americans, Word/Play: Prints, Photographs, and Paintings by Ed Ruscha, and Sheila Hicks: Material V...

Season 3 Trailer

June 22, 2022 21:00 - 1 minute - 1.37 MB

Since Lives launched in January 2017, its focus has been on authentic conversations with fascinating people covering a diverse range of issues. This summer, the show will evolve in terms of content and broadcast platform. Season three will focus on the art of living, asking questions like, 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 considered each week through intimate conversations with intriguing guests sh...

Todd Simon S2E200

June 22, 2022 20:20 - 54 minutes - 75.1 MB

CEO and a fifth generation owner of Omaha Steaks, Todd Simon talks about the family legacy, leadership, the nature of the business, and how it and Todd has changed over the years. We also talk about the importance of community and lessons Todd has learned along the way. Todd Simon is a 5th Generation owner of the Omaha Steaks group of companies, currently serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Omaha Steaks. Simon joined Omaha Steaks more than 30 years ago after graduating from t...

CharDale Barnes and Teddy Young / Stable Gray

June 22, 2022 20:15 - 50 minutes - 70 MB

CharDale Barnes and Teddy Young are the two founders of the brand design firm Stable Gray. In the show, they share how their individual creative talents came together as entrepreneurs dedicated to building a company that adds value to their community as well as to the businesses they serve. Stable Gray was founded in 2015 by north Omaha natives, CharDale Barnes and Theardis “Teddy" Young to help small businesses build strong brands at affordable prices. After developing his creative skills ...

Ashley Kuhn

June 22, 2022 20:10 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MB

Ashley Kuhn is the cofounder with Maranda Adams of the 100% woman owned and 100% minority owned Real Estate and Construction company, Blair Freeman. In our conversation she talks about the childhood experiences that sparked her fascination with real estate, the community-minded ethos behind Blair Freeman's work, and the business and life lessons Kuhn has learned along the way. Ashley Kuhn has spent a significant amount of time in the real estate development world while helping to start one ...

Chanda Chacón

June 22, 2022 20:05 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MB

Chanda Chacón is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha. In the show Chacon shares how a car accident as a child influenced her life and stoked a passion to serve in the healthcare field. Chacon also talks about leading an organization during the pandemic and energizing its commitment to caring for every child and for the whole child, within the hospital walls and outside. Chanda Chacón has devoted her career to pediatric health care, fo...

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