Latest Bluffs Podcast Episodes
Illini Bluffs College vs. University
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - January 05, 2021 07:00 - 9 minutesWe hear the term college interchanged with university fairly regularly, but are they the same thing? Or are they, in fact, quite different? Generically, most people would say that they’re the same, and they’d be right, but there are a number of differences, some quite pronounced and others quite...
Illini Bluffs Community College vs 4-Year College
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - December 30, 2020 05:00 - 13 minutesMany rural high school students choose community college as their post-secondary go-to. Some choose a 4-year college. Both can represent an excellent fit, so long as you’re making your choice for the right reasons. In this episode, we explore the relative merits of community college and the trad...
Illini Bluffs Navigating the Anxiety of the College Application Experience
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - December 22, 2020 07:00 - 16 minutesRamping-up for the college application process is part preparation, part inspiration, and part anxiety navigation. This week, we discuss the steps of a solid application, the keys to making the most of each of them, and the importance of keeping your eyes on your own work, of being somewhat circ...
Illini Bluffs Debunking College Myths: What It Is and What It Isn’t
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - December 16, 2020 01:00 - 15 minutesThis week we go into full myth-buster-mode and explore some of the things you might have thought you understood about college as well as some of the things that probably never occurred to you. In short, we debunk some myths about what college is, what it isn’t, who goes and who doesn’t. Bonus: W...
Illini Bluffs Building Post Secondary Castles with Solid Foundations
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - December 09, 2020 05:00 - 11 minutesI started this Podcast because I have long valued the benefits of engaged learning and the pursuit of greater understanding of our world. But there’s more to the story that most of my listeners may not know. And it is actually quite personal. I’d like to share it with you this week with a partic...
Illini Bluffs - What About For-Profit Institutions?
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - December 02, 2020 01:00 - 14 minutesThis week, we examine the for-profit education sector, and provide a bit of clarity as to how the three main formats of post-secondary schools compare and, in particular, what you need to know when considering a for-profit school, because there are some differences which are quite significant. I...
Illini Bluffs Determining Your Match, Safety, and Reach Schools
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - November 24, 2020 06:00 - 11 minutesWe discussed finding college fit back on November 3, and part of that discussion centered on making a list of your targeted schools. I dropped a lot of information on you during that episode, having to do with making the choice that would best assure fit. But this discussion is different. This d...
Illini Bluffs College Choice, Near or Far: Considering the Distance Factor
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - November 18, 2020 05:00 - 10 minutesHeading off to college after high school is — let’s face it — a huge adventure in and of itself. But when a student leaves their family and the home they’ve lived in for 17 or 18 years to attend college in a completely different city, state, or even country, it is a genuine life-event. This we...
On First with Drew Kamp
On First - November 12, 2020 21:50 - 21 minutesDrew Kamp, President and CEO of the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce talks with us about what First Ave means to the future of Council Bluffs.
Illini Bluffs Rural vs Suburban vs Urban College Settings: Environment Matters
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - November 10, 2020 06:00 - 9 minutesChoosing for best fit is important when you’re considering college options, and environment plays a huge factor. Big city, suburban, or smaller communities can all present hundreds of outstanding options for your ideal college or university. You will find some of the nation’s best schools in eac...
Illini Bluffs Developing and Refining Your Target Schools List
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - November 03, 2020 07:00 - 18 minutesMaking the decision to attend college is the first of many important decisions, but of all the decisions you’ll face in the process, the choice of school itself may be the most important. Weight the factors carefully in order to find the best fit. Use our self-guided tour of what matters most to...
On First with Mike Geier and Doug Bisson
On First - October 28, 2020 15:38 - 25 minutesMike Geier from Snyder and Associates and Doug Bisson from HDR talk with us about the trail design process for First Avenue.
Illini Bluffs Public vs Private -- Pros and Cons
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - October 27, 2020 05:00 - 16 minutesThe differences between the actual degree earned at a public institution versus a private is fairly inconsequential. But between the two formats, there is plenty of variance to consider: cost, selectivity, culture, social vibe, and more. We explore the primary differences in this episode between...
Illini Bluffs Affording College: Finding the Money Through Merit, Aid, and More
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - October 20, 2020 06:00 - 12 minutesWhere will the money to pay for college come from. Some parents were able to sock away enough money from the time their children were very young to be able to draw on that account now, and fully fund college, but many families just didn’t manage to do that. In fact, about half fall into that s...
Fright for a Fee- Fifty Years of Omaha Council Bluffs Haunted Houses
Accidentally Historic - October 15, 2020 16:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsSeasonal haunted houses appeared on the local scene about fifty years ago, initially fund raisers for a variety of groups and causes. Youth For Christ, Campus Life, March of Dimes, the Jaycees, and the Historical Society were early participants. From church basements and abandoned buildings to...
Illini Bluffs The Different Flavors of Public Universities
Illini Bluffs Beyond the Tassel - October 13, 2020 05:00 - 12 minutesWhen most students think of where they’ll go to college, many immediately consider the three schools with which they’re most familiar: their state flagship school, their regional university, and their community college. I’m going to talk about those first two today. We covered Community College ...
On First with Pete Tulipana
On First - October 09, 2020 21:59 - 22 minutesAshley and Brandon sat down with Pete Tulipana, President and CEO of the Iowa West Foundation, before his retirement. Pete describes his vision of FIRST AVE and talks about his involvement thus far.
On First with Mayor Matt Walsh
On First - September 30, 2020 14:14 - 15 minutesCity of Council Bluffs Communications Officer, Ashley Kruse, and Community Development Director, Brandon Garrett, talk with Mayor Matt Walsh about the First Ave project.
What is FIRST AVE
On First - September 30, 2020 13:56 - 18 minutesCity of Council Bluffs Community Development Director explains the FIRST AVE project.
150 Years of CB High: Guns, Tunnels, and Triva
Accidentally Historic - May 31, 2020 23:10 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPerched atop one of the highest hills, Council Bluffs' first high school building in 1870 reflected the city’s optimism as much as it did society’s expectations of education. The towering building had a chapel, but no facilities for practical training; there was no sports equipment, yet ample ri...
Council Bluffs Squirrel Cage Ghosts
Accidentally Historic - March 24, 2020 16:33 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe “squirrel cage” jail in Council Bluffs, Iowa is unique in many ways. The largest of a rare 19th century design that featured a cell block that rotated, the 1885 former Pottawattamie County jail has increasingly come under scrutiny as a site of robust paranormal activity. Occurrences that wer...
Council Bluffs and its Train Robbers
Accidentally Historic - January 23, 2020 21:10 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAs one of the earliest and largest railroad centers of the Midwest, it’s not surprising Council Bluffs would right at at the forefront of train robberies as well. The first moving train to ever be robbed West of the Mississippi left from Council Bluffs. Another train robbery in a Bluffs rail yar...
Council Bluffs' Sweet 98 Rocked the Metro
Accidentally Historic - December 27, 2019 17:54 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIt has to be one of the Omaha area’s greatest “rags-to-riches” stories. Radio station Sweet 98 (KQKQ-FM) became hugely popular, for 25 years dominating the Omaha metro ratings as the area’s first personality-driven FM music station, kicking off with “Breakfast Flakes” Mark Evans and Dic...
Omaha Council Bluffs' Sweet 98 Rocked the Metro
Accidentally Historic - December 27, 2019 17:54 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIt has to be one of the Omaha area’s greatest “rags-to-riches” stories. Radio station Sweet 98 (KQKQ-FM) became hugely popular, for 25 years dominating the Omaha metro ratings as the area’s first personality-driven FM music station, kicking off with “Breakfast Flakes” Mark Evans and Dick Warner ...
Love at Lake Manawa
Accidentally Historic - September 25, 2019 14:49 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsYoung ladies find love at Lake Manawa— an upscale resort with dance pavilions, an amusement park, galas and entertainment. It's a romantic and beautiful place; but how much of that setting for the Lake Manawa series novels actually ever existed? Author Lorna Seilstad explains her characters an...
What is the "Squirrel Cage" jail?
Accidentally Historic - September 25, 2019 00:51 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsBuildings that revolve or that have portions that do have been a dream for centuries, but generally never moved past the design stage. The rotary cell jail was very real. Touted as cost effective, modern, and escape-proof the concept spread quickly throughout the Midwest. Mechanization was...
Introducing the Accidentally Historic podcast
Accidentally Historic - September 25, 2019 00:08 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsFind more information about Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie County history on our website at www.TheHistoricalSociety.org and on our Facebook page, Council Bluffs Revealed. Questions, comments and suggestions for podcast guests or topics are always welcome! You can contact us at information@T...
City Group Leader Training 2018
City Group Leadership Podcast - October 18, 2018 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis is the audio of a big group teaching time that we had at our building in August! This was a great time of learning on different types of small group with an aim toward being a missionary family.
Core Values Series - The Gospel
City Group Leadership Podcast - September 11, 2018 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe gospel is not just the entry door to the christian life it is also our path in the Christian life. It's the A to Z as well as the A, B, C's. The gospel guides us as well as invites us. We never move past the gospel. Who we are and what we do will be rooted in and empowered by God’s reaching d...
What is a City Group?
City Group Leadership Podcast - August 02, 2018 05:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhat is a Citygroup and how is it different from other small groups? Why does it matter anyway? Answers to these questions and more
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