KIOS Profiles
KIOS Profiles highlights the interesting places, history, and people that make this area what it is. Produced locally at KIOS by David Koesters, it airs weekly on Wednesdays during Morning Edition at 8:44am, and again in the afternoon at 4:44pm during All Things Considered.
Latest Episodes
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We visit Metro Community College's Sage Student Bistro, a training restaurant open to the public as part of their Institute for the Culinary Arts program. -
This is our extended conversation with the Nebraska State Historical Society about the human remains found on the Omaha Central High School site back in the 1890s.
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We visit the Nebraska State Historical Society to unearth some grim remains from the grounds of Omaha's Central High School. -
We look at some of the accomplishments, and controversy, of Nebraska Hall of Fame honoree J. Sterling Morton. -
We visit some of the prominent Nebraskans residing in Omaha's historic Prospect Hill Cemetery. -
We hear about the Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging (ENOA) and the numerous services they offer to help seniors live independently while providing community and fulfillment. -
We learn about the NExT (Nebraska Expressive Arts Therapy) Foundation and their use of group art therapy for mental health and community connection. -
We visit the Bregant House at 517 S 4th St. in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Hear how Jean and Inez Bregant helped popularize Council Bluffs as a major candy player. -
We check out the studios of the Radio Talking Book Service (RTBS), broadcasting readings of local newspapers and print publications for blind, low vision, or print impaired individuals across Nebraska and southwest Iowa. -
This is the extended conversation about the Nebraska Writers Collective and what they offer to help nurture writers and poets in the area.
