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Poet Don Welch finds right words
November 21, 2009
A hawk caught in a trap and a son in a tight spot helped Welch get an image out of his head and into a poem.
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Kaneko: a creative space for the arts, science, and business
November 14, 2009
The revamped warehouse in downtown Omaha will serve as a place for exchanging ideas in an open and inviting atmosphere.
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Matt Miller on Dead Ideas
November 7, 2009
Matt Miller delivered the 14th Annual Governor's Lecture in the Humanities in Omaha on November 4th. Hear the complete speech Tuesday evening, Nov. 10th, at 6:30 central on NEt Radio.
For more on Matt Miller, to read the introduction to his book The Tyranny of Dead Ideas, and to see a clip from his visit to the Colbert Report, Click here. NET Radio
History Detective host and Architectural Historian Gwendolyn Wright on Frank Lloyd Wright and the origins of suburbs.
October 30, 2009
Wright sees the collapse of the housing market as a catalyst to rethink house size, and talks about her enthusiasm for the popular PBS history program.
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Small town school mural relevant after 50 years.
October 3, 2009
Students at Heartland School in the south-central Nebraska town of Henderson are learning about the mural's meaning from the artist who painted it 50 years ago.
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Nebraska couple featured in Ken Burns' National Parks documentary
September 26, 2009
Edward and Margaret Gehrke of Lincoln traveled every summer to as many National Parks as they could. Their photos and journals depict early auto camping, and their love for the out of doors
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Historic cabin on the move
September 18, 2009
A cabin built in 1867 by a Nebraska homesteader is moving out of a flood plain and on to the prairie at Homestead National Monument
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Omaha library stays open with private funds
September 5, 2009
Budget cuts were going to close Florence Branch library from September through December. Questions still remain about future funding.
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Nebraskan helps build houses for Guatemalans.
August 29, 2009
Retired architect Jim Hille's trips to Guatemala to help build houses are a catalyst for a new UNL International Study/Service program
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Tribal Culture in Afghanistan
August 15, 2009
Former NPR reporter Sarah Chayes on Afghan national and tribal identity. Presidential voting begins Thursday, August 20.
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New Novel set in the Nebraska Sandhills
July 25, 2009
The main character, a young woman who loves ranching, has to put her life back together after a tragic auto accident.
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Piano teachers making a difference
July 18, 2009
A touring exhibit is celebrating music making in Nebraska. Hastings College Music Professor Robin Koozer, the scholar-in-residence, remembers his home town piano teacher.
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The Pawnee return home
July 13, 2009
A Powwow at the Archway Monument near Kearney was the official welcome back to the Pawnee who were once the predominant people between the Niobrara Ri
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The Voices of New Americans
July 7, 2009
On Independence Day weekend, we hear from people from Iraq, Sudan, Algeria, and Viet Nam talk about the pride they feel in becoming citizens of the United States
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Chautauqua features Zora Neale Hurston
June 29, 2009
The author and folklorist, best known as the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God is among the historical characters appearing in this year's Great Depression themed Chautauqua.
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Photographing Nebraska's economy
June 6, 2009
A group of UNL journalism and their professor are touring the state looking to photograph the human side of economic changes.
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WWII liberators and survivors reunite
May 30, 2009
Five hundred WWII Vets honored before an emotional reunion of a small number of Vets and with holocaust survivors they helped save.
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The The USO in WWII: Balancing morale and morals
May 23, 2009
Dancing with strangers was against the rules for "good girls" in the 1940's. In its effort to support the troops with weekend dances, the USO walked a fine line.
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Grandparents parenting grandchildren
May 11, 2009
A Mother's Day look at what it means when grandparents take over the role of parents. There is a new book of essays by writers on their experiences - both rewarding and challenging - of being grandmothers.
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Omaha a leader in interfaith dialogue
April 25, 2009
Omaha area Jews, Christians, and Muslims are three years into talks about establishing a joint worship center
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From first African-American Nebraska football player to small town doctor
April 18, 2009
George Flippin's life after football is full of historical insights - and unanswered questions
NET Radio
An artistic twist on telemarketing
April 11, 2009
The Bemis Center in Omaha is calling every name Tin the Omaha phone book. They're not selling anything or asking for donations - they want to share an thoughtful quote. It's all part of an art project called 402 Dis/connect Re/connect.
NET Radio
Native writers gather at UNK to observe and write about the sandhill crane migration.
April 7, 2009
The writers are finding connections between the cranes and native customs.
NET Radio
From NPR's voice in Afghanistan to soapmaker
March 7, 2009
Sarah Chayes reported on the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001. After her assignment ended, she resigned from NPR to do relief work in Afghanistan
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Nebraska Guardsman first Muslim chaplain
February 28, 2009
2nd Lieutenant Rafael Lantigua would be the first Muslim Chaplain in National Guard history.
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Religion professor discusses Darwin and God as part of UNL series
February 19, 2009
The 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth is being marked with a lecture series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this semester.
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Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on Lincoln, Obama, and leadership
February 19, 2009
Goodwin's book Team of Rivals chronicles Abraham Lincoln's leadership style. She talks about reflections of Lincoln she sees in Obama's cabinet choices.
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Nebraska's Capitol: Telling the State's story in tile and stone
February 7, 2009
A trip behind the scenes to find how the Capitol building's art it part of it's form and function.
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The Sower's shy sculptor: Lee Lawrie
January 31, 2009
The artist behind Nebraska's most recognized sculpture is also behind the artwork at New York's Rockefeller Center and over 100 other buildings.
NET Radio
Lincoln Students travel to DC for inauguration
January 21, 2009
The Lincoln Southwest High School students say they feel like their generation made a difference in the election
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UNL on-line Czech course wins prize, keeps heritage alive
January 10, 2009
UNL has the longest running Czech language program in the nation. A new online version of Czech 101 is the next step.
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Nebraska author's Hanukkah story on NPR special
December 20, 2008
Gerald Shapiro's story "The Latke Maven" is about a 4th grade boy - the only Jewish boy in his class - as he explains and demonstrates a Hanukkah tradition.
NET Radio
Milton at 400: two readings
December 12, 2008
Why a statue of the English Poet appears on the Nebraska state capitol - and a reading of his first published poem, which is on a Christmas theme.
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Nebraska world traveler on a new mission
December 6, 2008
Fremont resident Dean Jacobs circles the globe taking photographs and writing articles. Now, he's working to assist the endangered Mountain Gorilla
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How to be frugal: a grandmother's instructions
December 1, 2008
A few notes from her grandmother keeps a Lincoln woman thankful for family connections
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Leading Native American dancer heads to Bagdhad as cultural ambassador
November 22, 2008
Kevin Locke is widely regarded for his cultural presentations to school groups. He recently performed and spoke to educators in Wayne before his upcoming trip to Baghdad.
NET Radio
Getting broadband internet to rural Nebraska
November 15, 2008
One economist says the lessons of rural electrification have a lot to teach as high-speed internet moves into the countryside
NET Radio
The missing precinct in Nebraska's first election
November 8, 2008
The Rock Bluff precinct votes weren't counted. If they were, Nebraska's political history might be very different.
NET Radio
Cartoon characters and cake frosting:
November 1, 2008
Former Nebraska Secretary of State Allen Beermann tells stories of some creative enforcement of the state's election laws.
NET Radio
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns to speak in Lincoln this week
October 13, 2008
Burns' new PBS series is about the National Parks, featuring a Nebraska couple who were early automobile adventurers.
NET Radio
Getting Paid in Cake
October 11, 2008
A bargain between a brother and sister, a family recipe, and an heirloom cake pan.
NET Radio
The Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge: Omaha continues to turn toward the Missouri
October 3, 2008
The bridge marks a new chapter in the history of the relationship between Nebraska's largest city and the Missouri River.
NET Radio
Genealogists partner to put more homestead records online
September 27, 2008
The Broken Bow land office records are online now, the Lincoln land office is next
NET Radio
Recreating the taste of Africa from memory
September 13, 2008
A Lincoln woman was a little girl when her family went to Africa with the Peace Corps. She came home loving African food, but without the recipes to make it.
NET Radio
Poet Laureate Ted Kooser well received at Omaha poetry slam
September 6, 2008
Kooser's appearance is in advance of Opera Omaha's Blizzard Voices, based on his poems
NET Radio
Photos tell story of Blacks in Lincoln 1910-1925
August 16, 2008
A garage sale find reveals part of Nebraska's cultural past
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Nebraskan has Chinese visa trouble because of Olympics
August 9, 2008
Emily Rieur had been teaching English in China for about two years. Now she's back in Omaha, not entirely by choice.
NET Radio
Strategic Discussions for Nebraska: Immigration
August 4, 2008
Online information about immigration in Nebraska - with video clips, transcribed interviews, and background essays
NET Radio
Lakota language has new dictionary
July 26, 2008
Elders who contributed to the dictionary highlight some of their favorite words.
NET Radio
Chautauqua brings Will Rogers to Hastings
July 14, 2008
Rogers was a big draw in the movie houses of the early '30s.
NET Radio
Chautauqua brings FDR, Huey Long to Hastings
July 8, 2008
Seeing the present in a new way by listening to voices of the past.
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