Name: Dan Osborn, nonpartisan by Picking Corn – Nebraska's 2024 Senate races
Duration: 29 min 16 s
Description: Dan Osborn is a registered nonpartisan petitioning to face U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., in the November general election. The Omaha union leader talks about why he's running, why he chose this race, and why he wants his campaign to move beyond the usual fights between political parties.

Excellent interviews Aaron! I hope to hear Preston and Ricketts next!

Dan Osborn is a registered nonpartisan petitioning to face U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., in the November general election. The Omaha union leader talks about why he's running, why he chose this race, and why he wants his campaign to move beyond the usual fights between political parties.

Dan Osborn, nonpartisan

Sharla Smith, the founder of the Kansas Birth Equity Network, Sapphire Garcia-Lies, the founder and executive director of Kansas Birth Justice Society, and Abriona Markham, executive director of Topeka Doula Project, discuss the need to improve health outcomes for mothers of color, along with their view on maternity bills under debate in the Legislature.

Kansas advocates talk crisis pregnancy centers, racial disparities in maternal health care

YWCA Northeast Kansas CEO Kathleen Marker and Fatima Perez-Luthi, the founder and CEO of The Grind Coaching and Consulting and manager of a local financial literacy program, talk about financial empowerment for women, looking at workplace trends and gender-based discrimination.

Kansas advocates talk financial empowerment for women, gender pay gap

LaTonya Boyd, along with Courtland Davis, director of operations at the YWCA Northeast Kansas, and LaRonna Lassiter Saunders, a civil rights advocate and attorney, discussed the nuances of Kansas gun violence. In an average year, 456 people die and 655 are wounded by guns in Kansas, according to Everytown statistics.  Approximately 135 people in the state die by gun homicides and 271 are wounded by gun assaults annually, with 311 estimated firearm-related suicides.

Kansas advocates describe effects of gun violence on their communities

The Community Voice editor and publisher Bonita Gooch and Wichita State University professor Michael Birzer discuss discrimination in traffic policing

Racial profiling during traffic stops and the need for police training

Jack Curtis, founding chairman of the United Kansas Party, says many right- and left-leaning independent voters in Kansas feel the Republican and Democratic parties don’t represent their interest. The United Kansas Party would seek to initiate a process of cross-party nominations.

United Kansas Party chairman on merits of fusion voting

Kansas Reflector opinion editor Clay Wirestone talks with editor in chief Sherman Smith about an overstuffed veto session yielding drama aplenty — not that any of the drama was required — and the prospects of Gov. Laura Kelly calling lawmakers back for a special session to address tax cuts.

Kansas Legislature ends session — and prepares for an encore

John Glen Weaver discusses why he's running for the U.S. Senate after falling short in the 2022 GOP primary against U.S. Rep. Mike Flood in Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District. Weaver, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, says he is running against Sen. Pete Ricketts to give voters a choice. He has argued that the former governor and his political machine dissuaded other Republicans from running.

John Glen Weaver, Republican

U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., is running for election after being appointed to his post in January 2023 by Gov. Jim Pillen. Ricketts says he wants to bring the approach he used during two terms as governor to Washington, D.C.

U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb.

National Park Service rangers Lawson Nwakudo and Jeff Tully discuss celebrations May 17 and May 18 of the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that "separate but equal" public schools were a violation of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 

Brown v. Board: Celebrating 70 years of desegregated schools

Kansas businesses have more jobs than workers, and state universities are exporting 57% of graduates. A workforce pathway system could serve both students and businesses, says Torree Pederson, president and CEO of the Kansas City-based nonprofit Aligned.

How a data-driven system could prepare Kansas students for workforce needs

Political reporter Aaron Sanderford sat down with Nebraska's U.S. Senate candidates. Our goal with the Picking Corn podcast is to let you hear the candidates at your own pace, and on your own time. Let us help you sift through all the noise.

Dan Osborn, nonpartisan

Picking Corn – Nebraska's 2024 Senate races

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