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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Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Jason Fischer
February 17, 2021 20:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBSomething of a Renaissance man, Jason Fischer is an artist, designer, photographer, film-maker, community activist and entrepreneur. His agency, Surreal Media Lab, is a place and a philosophy where Jason’s creativity, business, and community endeavors can be for profit and mindful of matters of humanity. In this conversation, Jason talks about his entrepreneurship, creative philosophy and work, and a little of his life and aspiration. This show, one of a year-long series, is supported in part...
Jason Fischer
February 17, 2021 20:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBSomething of a Renaissance man, Jason Fischer is an artist, designer, photographer, film-maker, community activist and entrepreneur. His agency, Surreal Media Lab, is a place and a philosophy where Jason’s creativity, business, and community endeavors can be for profit and mindful of matters of humanity. In this conversation, Jason talks about his entrepreneurship, creative philosophy and work, and a little of his life and aspiration. This show, one of a year-long series, is supported in pa...
Erin Vik
February 03, 2021 20:00 - 51 minutes - 118 MBErin Vik is a well-known figure in the region’s food and hospitality landscape. Erin worked at local independent restaurants, private clubs and corporate hotels, and oversaw operations for the Institute for Culinary Arts at Metropolitan Community College, working with the culinary, hospitality and horticulture programs. His current role is Director, Nutrition at Westside School District, each day providing over 10,000 lunches and more. In our conversation, Erin talks about meal quality, sou...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Erin Vik
February 03, 2021 20:00 - 51 minutes - 118 MBErin Vik is a well-known figure in the region’s food and hospitality landscape. Erin worked at local independent restaurants, private clubs and corporate hotels, and oversaw operations for the Institute for Culinary Arts at Metropolitan Community College, working with the culinary, hospitality and horticulture programs. His current role is Director, Nutrition at Westside School District, each day providing over 10,000 lunches and more. In our conversation, Erin talks about meal quality, sour...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Andrea Lawse
January 27, 2021 19:15 - 49 minutes - 113 MBAndrea Lawse is the founder of Artemis Tea and Botanical and is a Clinical Herbalist. She is a Ph.D Candidate working on a dissertation in Critical Plant Studies, specifically focused on relationships between humans and the vegetal. Her studies of the interconnection between the nonhuman and human worlds—all have culminated in building Artemis. Andrea says, however, it is without a doubt the garden she plants and tends, year after year, that offers her the greatest insight and wisdom. In this...
Andrea Lawse
January 27, 2021 19:15 - 49 minutes - 113 MBAndrea Lawse is the founder of Artemis Tea and Botanical and is a Clinical Herbalist. She is a Ph.D Candidate working on a dissertation in Critical Plant Studies, specifically focused on relationships between humans and the vegetal. Her studies of the interconnection between the nonhuman and human worlds—all have culminated in building Artemis. Andrea says, however, it is without a doubt the garden she plants and tends, year after year, that offers her the greatest insight and wisdom. In thi...
Sue Thaden
January 20, 2021 19:00 - 53 minutes - 122 MBSue Thaden founded Client Resources Inc., a women-owned IT talent and solutions business in 1999, growing to employ over 180 IT professionals with clients across numerous industries and geographies. Its innovation lab has spun out other successful endeavors, including From Now On, a sports and event based marketing and communication platform working with more than 100 U.S. college & athletic departments, college conferences and NCAA Championship events to drive fan engagement. In our recent ...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Sue Thaden
January 20, 2021 19:00 - 53 minutes - 122 MBSue Thaden founded Client Resources Inc., a women-owned IT talent and solutions business in 1999, growing to employ over 180 IT professionals with clients across numerous industries and geographies. Its innovation lab has spun out other successful endeavors, including From Now On, a sports and event based marketing and communication platform working with more than 100 U.S. college & athletic departments, college conferences and NCAA Championship events to drive fan engagement. In our recent c...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Aisha Sharif
January 13, 2021 19:00 - 51 minutes - 118 MBPoet Aisha Sharif is a Cave Canem fellow living near Kansas City, Missouri. In many ways, much of her poetry and nonfiction addresses the politics of “bordering identities.” As an African-American Muslim woman originally from the south, her work explores how racial, gender, and religious identities align, separate, and blend. Her poem, “Vanna White Reconsiders Her Pact with Her Jinn” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2019 and her poem “Why I Can Dance Down a Soul Train Line and Still be M...
Aisha Sharif
January 13, 2021 19:00 - 51 minutes - 118 MBPoet Aisha Sharif is a Cave Canem fellow living near Kansas City, Missouri. In many ways, much of her poetry and nonfiction addresses the politics of “bordering identities.” As an African-American Muslim woman originally from the south, her work explores how racial, gender, and religious identities align, separate, and blend. Her poem, “Vanna White Reconsiders Her Pact with Her Jinn” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2019 and her poem “Why I Can Dance Down a Soul Train Line and Still be ...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Traci Ruble
January 06, 2021 20:45 - 52 minutes - 120 MBTraci Ruble is a therapist formerly based in San Francisco and now in Heidelberg, Germany, and is the founder of Sidewalk Talk, a nonprofit dedicated to creating communities of listeners worldwide. Traci talks with me about her thoughts on belonging, parenthood, the challenges facing couples today, and how to approach 2021, as well as the need for hearing each other and being heard. She also shares how her life experiences shaped her personally and professionally and how she journeyed into th...
Traci Ruble
January 06, 2021 20:45 - 52 minutes - 120 MBTraci Ruble is a therapist formerly based in San Francisco and now in Heidelberg, Germany, and is the founder of Sidewalk Talk, a nonprofit dedicated to creating communities of listeners worldwide. Traci talks with me about her thoughts on belonging, parenthood, the challenges facing couples today, and how to approach 2021, as well as the need for hearing each other and being heard. She also shares how her life experiences shaped her personally and professionally and how she journeyed into t...
2020 Highlights
December 31, 2020 19:14 - 57 minutes - 133 MBThe New Year’s Eve edition of Lives Radio Show & Podcast, which reflects back on a few guests from this past year, focusing on some poets, writers, and artists, who have brought me comfort and inspiration amid the trials of 2020. We will hear from artist Mark Gilbert, and listen to readings from Liz Kay, Rebecca Rotert, Sarah McKinstry-Brown, Carson Vaughan, Maritza Estrada, and - as a teaser for a forthcoming New Year show, Aisha Sharif. And I couldn't resist a few outtakes...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – 2020 Highlights
December 31, 2020 19:14 - 57 minutes - 133 MBThe New Year’s Eve edition of Lives Radio Show & Podcast, which reflects back on a few guests from this past year, focusing on some poets, writers, and artists, who have brought me comfort and inspiration amid the trials of 2020. We will hear from artist Mark Gilbert, and listen to readings from Liz Kay, Rebecca Rotert, Sarah McKinstry-Brown, Carson Vaughan, Maritza Estrada, and - as a teaser for a forthcoming New Year show, Aisha Sharif. And I couldn't resist a few outtakes...
Aly Peeler
December 23, 2020 19:00 - 55 minutes - 126 MBAly Peeler is a singer songwriter, ukulele instructor, mama, mentor, community organizer, and host of one of the most diverse talent filled open mics in Omaha. Aly was recognized by the 2019 Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards for best Americana and folk performer and enjoys performing with some of the most talented musicians around, including Andrew Bailie, David Hawkins, Mitch Towne, Collin Smith, and more. In our conversation, Aly talks about why she creates music, her songwriting craft, ...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Aly Peeler
December 23, 2020 19:00 - 55 minutes - 126 MBAly Peeler is a singer songwriter, ukulele instructor, mama, mentor, community organizer, and host of one of the most diverse talent filled open mics in Omaha. Aly was recognized by the 2019 Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards for best Americana and folk performer and enjoys performing with some of the most talented musicians around, including Andrew Bailie, David Hawkins, Mitch Towne, Collin Smith, and more. In our conversation, Aly talks about why she creates music, her songwriting craft, m...
Sally Brown
December 16, 2020 19:00 - 46 minutes - 107 MBSally Brown is a writer, artist and curator who focuses on feminist issues and women artists. In this show, Sally shares her transition from fashion design to art, her passion for art that explores female-centric perspectives, and the evolution of her project Les Femmes Folles. Her writing has been published in Bitch Magazine, Hyperallergic and Artslant, among others. Her artwork has been published and exhibited in the US and UK. The recipient of two Nebraska Book Awards for illustrating bo...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Sally Brown
December 16, 2020 19:00 - 46 minutes - 107 MBSally Brown is a writer, artist and curator who focuses on feminist issues and women artists. In this show, Sally shares her transition from fashion design to art, her passion for art that explores female-centric perspectives, and the evolution of her project Les Femmes Folles. Her writing has been published in Bitch Magazine, Hyperallergic and Artslant, among others. Her artwork has been published and exhibited in the US and UK. The recipient of two Nebraska Book Awards for illustrating book...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Denise Powell and Leanne Prewitt, Women Who Run NE
December 02, 2020 20:00 - 50 minutes - 116 MBWomen Who Run Nebraska is a state political action committee aiming to help elect more progressive women up and down the ballot. It was founded by Denise Powell and Leanne Prewitt who in this show explain the nuts and bolts of setting up and running a PAC, share their motivations for founding it, and the stunning successes that Women Who Run Nebraska saw in the November elections. They also share a little of what to expect in the coming months and years.
Denise Powell and Leanne Prewitt, Women Who Run NE
December 02, 2020 20:00 - 50 minutes - 116 MBWomen Who Run Nebraska is a state political action committee aiming to help elect more progressive women up and down the ballot. It was founded by Denise Powell and Leanne Prewitt who in this show explain the nuts and bolts of setting up and running a PAC, share their motivations for founding it, and the stunning successes that Women Who Run Nebraska saw in the November elections. They also share a little of what to expect in the coming months and years.
Precious McKesson
November 25, 2020 20:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBPrecious McKesson makes history on Dec. 14, 2020 as the first African-American woman elector for Nebraska’s Second Congressional District, casting her vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Recognizing the inspiration and hard work of strong black women, McKesson reflects on being the elector, her role as political director for the Biden for President Nebraska campaign, how she came into politics, and what the future holds.
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Precious McKesson
November 25, 2020 20:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBPrecious McKesson makes history on Dec. 14, 2020 as the first African-American woman elector for Nebraska’s Second Congressional District, casting her vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Recognizing the inspiration and hard work of strong black women, McKesson reflects on being the elector, her role as political director for the Biden for President Nebraska campaign, how she came into politics, and what the future holds.
Sarah McKinstry-Brown
November 11, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 192 MBPoet and teacher Sarah McKinstry-Brown discusses the role of poetry and poets in this fragile time, as well as discussing themes explored in her poetry book, This Bright Darkness, related to mother-daughter relationships and the difficulties faced by women throughout time. McKinstry-Brown also talks about her poetic craft and the privilege and pleasure of teaching.
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Sarah McKinstry-Brown
November 11, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 192 MBPoet and teacher Sarah McKinstry-Brown discusses the role of poetry and poets in this fragile time, as well as discussing themes explored in her poetry book, This Bright Darkness, related to mother-daughter relationships and the difficulties faced by women throughout time. McKinstry-Brown also talks about her poetic craft and the privilege and pleasure of teaching.
Eric Elnes
November 04, 2020 20:45 - 49 minutes - 114 MBReverend Dr. Eric Elnes, currently senior Minister for Countryside Community Church in Omaha, NE talks about his faith journey, his “Asphalt Jesus” walk as an affirmation of his beliefs, the intersections of social justice and theology, innovations in worship, and his new calling as he prepares to depart the Midwest for a new position at First Congregational United Church of Christ, Portland, OR, returning to his native Pacific Northwest.
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Eric Elnes
November 04, 2020 20:45 - 49 minutes - 114 MBReverend Dr. Eric Elnes, currently senior Minister for Countryside Community Church in Omaha, NE talks about his faith journey, his “Asphalt Jesus” walk as an affirmation of his beliefs, the intersections of social justice and theology, innovations in worship, and his new calling as he prepares to depart the Midwest for a new position at First Congregational United Church of Christ, Portland, OR, returning to his native Pacific Northwest.
Ilana Shapiro Yahdav
October 21, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MBIlana Shapiro Yahdav shares her personal story of grief and her motivation to becoming an advanced certified grief recovery specialist. Ilana describes what grief is, its non-linear nature, and its impacts upon us, as well as how we might work through our experiences with grief, especially during the pandemic.
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Ilana Shapiro Yahdav
October 21, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MBIlana Shapiro Yahdav shares her personal story of grief and her motivation to becoming an advanced certified https://www.yahdavhanlon.com/ (grief recovery specialist). Ilana describes what grief is, its non-linear nature, and its impacts upon us, as well as how we might work through our experiences with grief, especially during the pandemic.
Greg Ptacek, Johnnie Byrd Brewing
October 14, 2020 20:00 - 50 minutes - 116 MBGreg Ptacek is the President of Johnnie Byrd Brewing Company in Wayne, NE – Nebraska’s first benefit corporation brewery – before which he was Director of Economic Development for the City of Neligh, NE. We talk about his rural small town upbringing, his commitment to rural development, and the inspiration behind his founding Johnnie Byrd Brewery.
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Greg Ptacek, Johnnie Byrd Brewing
October 14, 2020 20:00 - 50 minutes - 116 MBGreg Ptacek is the President of Johnnie Byrd Brewing Company in Wayne, NE – Nebraska’s first benefit corporation brewery – before which he was Director of Economic Development for the City of Neligh, NE. We talk about his rural small town upbringing, his commitment to rural development, and the inspiration behind his founding Johnnie Byrd Brewery.
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Sarah Rowe
October 10, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutes - 104 MBSarah Rowe is a mixed media and performance artist and co-founder of Sweatshop Gallery in Omaha, NE. Rowe is of Lakota and Ponca descent and talks with me about how her work confronts issues of self-identity and exploitation and re-imagines traditional Native American symbology to fit the narrative of today’s cultural landscape. Rowe shares her life's artistic trajectory, influences, and aspirations.
Sarah Rowe
October 10, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutes - 104 MBSarah Rowe is a mixed media and performance artist and co-founder of Sweatshop Gallery in Omaha, NE. Rowe is of Lakota and Ponca descent and talks with me about how her work confronts issues of self-identity and exploitation and re-imagines traditional Native American symbology to fit the narrative of today’s cultural landscape. Rowe shares her life's artistic trajectory, influences, and aspirations.
Edison Red Nest III
September 23, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MBEdison Red Nest III is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. After pivotal experiences in his life, culminating in serving a prison term, Edison learned a growing appreciation for his rich cultural heritage and traditions, which led to him founding Native Futures in 2013. Native Futures is a for-profit entity dedicated to supporting the flourishing of Native peoples and is the only native-owned and operated business in Nebraska’s Panhandle. As well as being an entrepreneur, Edison is a keen la...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Edison Red Nest III
September 23, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MBEdison Red Nest III is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. After pivotal experiences in his life, culminating in serving a prison term, Edison learned a growing appreciation for his rich cultural heritage and traditions, which led to him founding Native Futures in 2013. Native Futures is a for-profit entity dedicated to supporting the flourishing of Native peoples and is the only native-owned and operated business in Nebraska’s Panhandle. As well as being an entrepreneur, Edison is a keen lac...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Adam Morfeld
September 10, 2020 12:45 - 47 minutes - 109 MBSenator Adam Morfeld is the http://news.legislature.ne.gov/dist46/ (Nebraska State Senator for District 46) in Lincoln and Executive Director of https://www.civicnebraska.org/ (Civic Nebraska), which he founded in 2008 while an undergraduate. Senator Morfeld talks with me about formative influences in his life, including being raised in a single parent household with his working mom occasionally using government subsidies and food support when times were tough. Senator Morfeld also discusses ...
Adam Morfeld
September 10, 2020 12:45 - 47 minutes - 109 MBSenator Adam Morfeld is the Nebraska State Senator for District 46 in Lincoln and Executive Director of Civic Nebraska, which he founded in 2008 while an undergraduate. Senator Morfeld talks with me about formative influences in his life, including being raised in a single parent household with his working mom occasionally using government subsidies and food support when times were tough. Senator Morfeld also discusses avoiding the corruption of power, how legislation gets made, working with...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Mary Fraser Meints
September 02, 2020 20:00 - 46 minutes - 106 MBMary Fraser Meints, currently Executive Director of Youth Emergency Services (YES) in Omaha, has spent her life advocating for at-risk youth. Meints has spent thirty-five years in the world of child welfare and juvenile justice including leadership roles with Uta Halee Girls Village and The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. In our conversation, Meints shares the work of YES and some of the powerful stories of the youth served, as well as her own life andmotivations.
Mary Fraser Meints
September 02, 2020 20:00 - 46 minutes - 106 MBMary Fraser Meints, currently Executive Director of Youth Emergency Services (YES) in Omaha, has spent her life advocating for at-risk youth. Meints has spent thirty-five years in the world of child welfare and juvenile justice including leadership roles with Uta Halee Girls Village and The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. In our conversation, Meints shares the work of YES and some of the powerful stories of the youth served, as well as her own life andmotivations.
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Jenny Green
August 19, 2020 20:00 - 51 minutes - 117 MBPole vaulter Jenny Green was predicted by Team USA’s trainers at https://trainatchulavista.com/ (Chula Vista), CA to be a potential Olympic Record breaker. Jenny was number two in the world in her age group, but that dream came crashing down at the Junior World Championships, where she had a fall, landing on concrete from 14 feet in the air, breaking her back. Yet this traumatic event opened up other opportunities to excel. Now a wellness expert working with https://www.welcoa.org/ (WELCOA), ...
Jenny Green
August 19, 2020 20:00 - 51 minutes - 117 MBPole vaulter Jenny Green was predicted by Team USA’s trainers at Chula Vista, CA to be a potential Olympic Record breaker. Jenny was number two in the world in her age group, but that dream came crashing down at the Junior World Championships, where she had a fall, landing on concrete from 14 feet in the air, breaking her back. Yet this traumatic event opened up other opportunities to excel. Now a wellness expert working with WELCOA, Jenny shares the empowering story of her athletic, profess...
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Rebecca Rotert
August 12, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MBAward winning author and poet http://www.rebeccarotert.com/ (Rebecca Rotert) joins me in conversation for this week’s show. Recorded via Zoom, we talk about her novel http://www.rebeccarotert.com/aboutnovel (Last Night at the Blue Angel) and its themes of motherhood and ambition, relationships, love and sacrifice, and masculinity. Rebecca also offers some advice for aspiring writers, reads from her epic poem Understory, and shares some of her own personal history and understory.
Rebecca Rotert
August 12, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MBAward winning author and poet Rebecca Rotert joins me in conversation for this week’s show. Recorded via Zoom, we talk about her novel Last Night at the Blue Angel and its themes of motherhood and ambition, relationships, love and sacrifice, and masculinity. Rebecca also offers some advice for aspiring writers, reads from her epic poem Understory, and shares some of her own personal history and understory.
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Craig Moody
August 05, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MBAs co-founder and co-owner of http://verdisgroup.com/ (Verdis Group), a sustainability consulting firm, Craig Moody shares an evolving definition of sustainability and how Verdis Group’s work is increasingly guided by broader parameters. including issues of justice and race equity. Craig also speaks to the reaction of corporate America to issues of sustainability after the 2016 Presidential election, the opportunities inherent in the current pandemic crisis, as well as the entrepreneurial les...
Craig Moody
August 05, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MBAs co-founder and co-owner of Verdis Group, a sustainability consulting firm, Craig Moody shares an evolving definition of sustainability and how Verdis Group’s work is increasingly guided by broader parameters. including issues of justice and race equity. Craig also speaks to the reaction of corporate America to issues of sustainability after the 2016 Presidential election, the opportunities inherent in the current pandemic crisis, as well as the entrepreneurial lessons he has learned over ...
Watie White Part Two
July 30, 2020 01:00 - 50 minutes - 115 MBArtist Watie White helps us celebrate the 150th episode of Lives Radio Show & Podcast returning after having been the show's first guest in January 2017! This show is part two of our conversation in which Watie talks about the impact on his life and artistic practice of Rembrandt's The Omval and shares the surprising father and son coming of age story behind his forthcoming major exhibition at The KANEKO.
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Watie White Part Two
July 30, 2020 01:00 - 50 minutes - 115 MBArtist Watie White helps us celebrate the 150th episode of Lives Radio Show & Podcast returning after having been the show's first guest in January 2017! This show is part two of our conversation in which Watie talks about the impact on his life and artistic practice of Rembrandt's The Omval and shares the surprising father and son coming of age story behind his forthcoming major exhibition at The KANEKO.
Lives Radio Show & Podcast – Watie White Part One
July 23, 2020 01:00 - 51 minutes - 117 MBArtist Watie White helps us celebrate the 150th episode of Lives Radio Show & Podcast returning after having been the show's first guest in January 2017! This show is part one of our conversation in which Watie talks about his public art projects “Paying Attention is a Form of Prayer” at Fontenelle Forest and “100 People” all around Omaha, as well as how collaboration and co-creation appear in his artistic practice. Part two of our conversation airs next week.
Watie White Part One
July 23, 2020 01:00 - 51 minutes - 117 MBArtist Watie White helps us celebrate the 150th episode of Lives Radio Show & Podcast returning after having been the show's first guest in January 2017! This show is part one of our conversation in which Watie talks about his public art projects “Paying Attention is a Form of Prayer” at Fontenelle Forest and “100 People” all around Omaha, as well as how collaboration and co-creation appear in his artistic practice. Part two of our conversation airs next week.
Lives Radio Show – Micah Yost
July 16, 2020 01:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MBMicah Yost is a serial entrepreneur. Over the past 10 years, he has started a handful of companies - some successful and some not – and consulted on $1 billion worth of fundraising deals for area companies. Micah talks about the attributes of entrepreneurship and his observations on Omaha's entrepreneurial ecosystem, as well as sharing his own personal story and motivation.
Micah Yost
July 16, 2020 01:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MBMicah Yost is a serial entrepreneur. Over the past 10 years, he has started a handful of companies - some successful and some not – and consulted on $1 billion worth of fundraising deals for area companies. Micah talks about the attributes of entrepreneurship and his observations on Omaha's entrepreneurial ecosystem, as well as sharing his own personal story and motivation.