Riverside Chats

My guest today is Khenda Mustafa. Mustafa was born in Iraq and grew up in Texas. She attended the University of Nebraska Lincoln, where she studied global studies. She is the director of community engagement at CIRA...

Jerde was born and raised on the high plains of northwestern South Dakota. She is the director of the Radio Talking Book Service, a nonprofit serving Nebraska and southwest Iowa with a mission to connect individuals who...

My guest today is Pablo Arza, aka DJ Arza. Arza graduated from Ralston High School and received training in jazz at the Berklee College of Music and Tribeca Jazz Institute. In Omaha, you can catch him performing at The...

Alamdari grew up in Texas before attending the University of Missouri-Columbia and receiving her bachelors and master's in journalism. Currently, she is the senior reporter and Secreast Greater Nebraska reporting at the...

Payne is a native to St. Louis, and is completing a doctoral program in educational administration at the University of Nebraska Omaha. He works at the Metropolitan Community College and is the Director of College...

Bush grew up in North Omaha and has a master's degree in Nonprofit Administration as well as a bachelor's degree in behavioral science specializing in homicide grief support, crisis intervention, motivational...

My guest today is Ella Weber. Weber received a Bachelor of fine arts from the university of Nebraska Lincoln and Master of Fine Arts with distinction from the University of Kansas, with an emphasis on printmaking and...

My guest today is Barron Breland. Breland began singing as a child in the Atlanta Boy’s Choir, and later received his undergraduate in music theory from the University of Georgia and doctorate of music in choral...

Today, I’m talking with Arturo Aceves Gonzales. Gonzalez is a native of Mexico, and received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Universidad de Guadalajara. He is the Head of Health Equity and Economic...

My guest today is artist Rachel Mindrup. Mindrup was raised in Omaha and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska Kearney before receiving her Master of Fine Arts from the Art Institute of...

My guest today is Jennifer Sheshko Wood. Wood is a native to Canada, and grew up in Montreal, QB. She came to the states to pursue her MFA in Costume Design from Indiana University. As a costume designer and crafts...

My guest today is advocate Christopher McCroy. McCroy was born and raised in North Omaha, and received his Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Morehouse College and is completing his PhD in higher education at...

My guest today is Drew Newlin. Newlin grew up in various parts of Omaha, where his passion for skateboarding began after playing some Tony Hawk video games. He attended the University Of Nebraska Omaha, where he...

My guest today is business owner and guitar repairman, John Svatos. Svatos grew up in the Millard area, and was a self identified ‘guitar kid’ in his neighborhood. As he got older he got more involved in the Omaha music...

My guest today is artist and educator Bart Vargas. Vargas was raised in Bellevue, where he was the youngest of four brothers. He began drawing as a young child, and eventually received his bachelor of fine arts from the...