Cyrus Jaffery is the founder and CEO of Jaffery Insurance. His new memoir is “Triumph After Trauma: How a Scrappy Battle-Scarred Refugee Insured His Own Success and Can Inspire Yours,” which he co-wrote with Leo Adam Biga. The book outlines Jaffery’s jour

Leah Whitney Chavez is the founder and executive director of World Speaks Omaha, a nonprofit that works to expand language access in Omaha. World Speaks offers low-cost tutoring and language classes, and translation services in more than two dozen languag

Diana Rogel is the diversity outreach and engagement coordinator at Live On Nebraska, one of 56 organ procurement organizations in the country. Live On is responsible for recovering organs and tissue from deceased donors for transplantation, and maintaini

Martin Sneider, former co-CEO of Edison Brothers Stores, is author of the new book Amy Unbound, the second installment in his Feldman Family Saga. The series follows a powerful family in the fashion industry, and the rise and fall of their business empi

Marcos Eduardo Mora Barrientos is the executive director of Casa de la Cultura, the organization behind Omahas annual Cinco de Mayo celebration.Mora was born in Los Angeles and raised in Omaha, where his family has lived for nearly a century after his g

Doris Lassiter is a public health advocate for North Omaha. Lassiters career began with a corporate job, which she left after becoming pregnant unexpectedly and prematurely giving birth to her daughter. The experience led her to work with the Omaha Housi

Attorney Matthew Wurstner returns to the show for a conversation with Tom Knoblauch about the legality of the United States' attempts to ban TikTok if it isn't sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance. Originally aired 6-24-24 --- Support t

Clarice Dombeck is a candidate for the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authoritys Board of Directors in District 2. The Transit Authority, also known as Metro, is responsible for running Omahas bus system, including ORBT and MOBY services.The first elect

Shelley Mann is the founder and executive director of Nebraska Abortion Resources, also known as NEAR.Mann started NEAR in 2020 with a mission of providing financial aid to people seeking abortions. That assistance can take different forms, such as payin

In today's episode, Michael speaks with Lucia Pedroza-Estrada, Elevate Omahas advocacy and grantmaking director. Born in Guatemala, and a self-described lifelong lover of politics, Pedroza-Estradas work involves acting as a connector to elected of