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September 2012

Have You Met Mignon? Have You Met Mignon?
Reading is largely an isolating affair, a reader sinking into a comfy chair and immersing his or herself into the pages of a book. Sometime, long ago, a group of people thought it would be interesting to have everyone in the group read the same book so...
Omaha Party Episode 7 Omaha Party Episode 7
Bunny and Coco join writer/playwright Kevin Lawler for part of his three-day, 70-mile walk around the perimeter of Omaha. They discuss the Gold Spike monument in Council Bluffs and the origin of the band name 311. "Omaha Party" is a weekly...
Omaha Party Episode 6 Omaha Party Episode 6
Bunny and Coco revisit an especially full week in Omaha, including attending the Polka Hall of Fame induction event at Sokol Auditorium and participating in the Grito de Dolores parade in South Omaha. Also this week's myth or fact: Was the ski lift...
Omaha Party Episode 5 Omaha Party Episode 5
This week Bunny and Coco interview special guests Toxie, a band out of Memphis; they also discuss the human scalp found at an Omaha library and the Omaha millionaire who had a legendary, year-long gambling stint in Las Vegas. "Omaha Party...
Omaha Party Episode 4 Omaha Party Episode 4
Bunny and Coco take to the road, following the old Route 66 from Hollywood to Omaha. Along the way, they sample strange foods, discuss whether the Japanese bombed Omaha’s Dundee neighborhood during WWII, and uncover the kidnapping of the son of an...