Podcast appearances and mentions of leo adam biga

We spoke to Leo Adam Biga, local freelance cultural journalist and non-fiction book author.  His works have spanned many years and subjects.  Many times he has traveled for his story, including when he accompanied a group of local students to President Obama's Inauguration, and when he went on the set of well-known writer, director, screenwriter, and Oscar winner,  Alexander Payne.  This experience resulted in two books:  "Alexander Payne:  His Journey In Film:  A Reporter's Perspective 1998-2012" (Kindle Edition) and "Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film." Mr. Biga has also written local stories about the FIrehouse Dinner Theatre, and other performing arts productions in Omaha, as well as an array of other subjects.  He wrote the book "Open Wide: about a dentist, as well as "Crossing Bridges: A Priests Uplifting LIfe Among the Downtrodden."    His articles appear in local publications, and magazines, such as The Reader as well as his website.  Mr. Biga has been recognized by his peers at the local, state and national levels, and we are honored to have him as a guest on the podcast! We hope he will return to share more about his work and current projects! Leo Adam Biga - Contact Info:  Website: https://leoadambiga.com/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/LeoAdamBiga/ Amazon Author Page:  https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00E6HE46E/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=0bde3bb1-0805-41d6-884a-a549134f2386    HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa. Listen on your computer or any device on our website: https://www.platteriverbard.com. Find us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPDzMz8kHvsLcJRV-myurvA. Please find us and Subscribe!   ©Platte River Bard Podcast by Chris and Sheri Berger.  

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 journey of migrating to the United States as an Afghan refugee, and applying the principles he learned in his journey to the business world.  Jaffery is in conversation with Michael Griffin about his transition from war-torn Afghanistan to suburban Omaha. He also gives a crash course in the intricacies of insurance. Remember that big storm in August? You'll want to hear what he has to say about policies for homeowners. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/riversidechats/support

Andrew Rogers and Damon Benning are joined by Leo Adam Biga, author of "From the East Coast to Omaha University in the 1960's" Tune into Coffee & Cream from 7-10 am AM 590 ESPN Omaha each week day. You can also catch the final hour of the show in Lincoln on 101.5fm and 1280am. Save money on your subscription to Hail Varsity: https://hailvarsity.com/save/ Hail Varsity Radio is brought to you by http://GoCurrency.com  Follow Andrew on social: Twitter: http://twitter.com/andrewrogerscc  Instagram: http://instagram.com/arog_sports  Follow Damon on twitter: http://twitter.com/damonbenning  Follow Hurrdat Sports on social: Twitter: http://twitter.com/hurrdatsports  Instagram: http://instagram.com/hurrdatsports  Tiktok: http://tiktok.com/hurrdatsports  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HurrdatSports About Coffee & Cream: Wake up with Andrew Rogers and Damon Benning on Hail Varsity Radio. Every morning from 7-10 a.m. on AM Radio Omaha on AM 590 ESPNCoffee and Cream stirs up the best news in Nebraska sports. Whether you're in the car, at the office, or on the sofa enjoying your favorite cup of joe, make sure you're listening to Coffee and Cream on Hail Varsity Radio. Hurrdat Sports is a digital production platform dedicated to the new wave of sports media. From podcasting to video interviews along with live events and entertainment, we're here to change how you consume sports. Find us online at Hurrdatsports.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author and journalist Leo Adam Biga writes stories about people, their passions and their magnificent obsessions. In the show he talks about the craft and the business of writing, what makes for a good story, and what he has learned about others and himself in his long writing career.Author, journalist, blogger, and public speaker Leo Adam Biga is an Omaha native known for his writing-reporting on arts, culture, sports, and social justice subjects. For four decades he has been a regular freelance contributing writer for numerous publications and media platforms. Biga was awarded an international journalism grant for a 2015 reporting trip to Africa and is the author of four nonfiction books, including Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film and Crossing Bridges: A Priest's Uplifting Life Among the Downtrodden. He is currently working on two new nonfiction books due for 2023 release. One project chronicles the eventful life of Afghan refugee Cyrus Jaffery. The other project explores the extraordinary life story of Norfolk, NE obstetrician, Dr. Keith Vrbicky, who only a year removed from a heart transplant, is back practicing medicine and delivering babies.

Journalist Leo Adam Biga joins Cinematic Heartland to discuss the career of Midwestern native and filmmaking icon, Alexander Payne, as documented in Biga's book "Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film." Payne's body of work and how those films encapsulate his love of the Heartland while tackling tough social subjects is discussed.

With the presidential election cycle eating itself (and many of our souls), this week's episode takes on three recent electoral satires: 1999's "Election," 2012's "The Campaign" and 2003's "Head of State." In them, races for student council president, a rural Congressional seat and the highest office in the land are wrought with the betrayal, the puppeteering and the backroom handshakes we imagine (or try not to) in the political system. This week, we're joined by journalist Leo Adam Biga, author of "Alexander Payne: His Journey In Film," to talk about "Election," a young Payne trying to capture Omaha, and a sneak preview into Payne's return to satire with 2017's "Downsizing." Table of Contents: 3:40 - "Election" and its fearlessness 16:00 - Leo Adam Biga on Alexander Payne's career and his next movie 29:00 - "The Campaign" doesn't understand satire 39:40 - "Head of State" gets a bad rap

In this episode I welcome back author and columnist Leo Adam Biga. We talk about some of the amazing projects he's working on as well as a couple of new books he has authored and ghost written. Biga is an award-winning author well known for his biographies including "Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film, A Reporter’s Perspective 1998-2012," a compilation of stories about the filmmaker over the course of 15 years. “Leo portrays his subjects with both precision and generosity, practicing a literary journalism that is enlightening, honest, and immensely readable. His writing is eloquent and provocative, and quite often moving,” Timothy Schaffert Leo Adam Biga website Leo Adam Biga Amazon Author's Page

Award-winning Journalist and author Leo Adam Biga returns to the show to talk about his latest book: Crossing Bridges.  Father Vavrina has served as a priest for many years, and has served several missions trips to help the needy. Father Ken worked with lepers in Yemen, and was ultimately arrested and thrown in jail under false suspicions of spying. After being forcibly removed from Yemen, he began his tenure with Catholic Relief Services. First in the extreme poverty and over-population of Calcutta in India. Then with warlords in Liberia to deliver food and supplies to refugees in need. Father Ken also spent several years working with Mother Teresa to heal the sick and comfort the dying. Crossing Bridges: A Priest’s Uplifting Life Among the Downtrodden is the story of Father Ken Vavrina’s life and travels – simple acts that moved him, people that inspired him, and places that astonished him. Father Ken has spent his life selflessly serving the Lord and the neediest around him, while always striving to remain a simple, humble man of God.

Leo Adam Biga is an Omaha-based blogger, nonfiction author and award-winning journalist. His 2012 book Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film is a collection of his extensive journalism about the Oscar-winning filmmaker. Additionally, Biga is the coeditor of Memories of the Jewish Midwest: Mom and Pop Grocery Stores and the author of two e-books for the Omaha Public Schools.  The University of Nebraska at Omaha graduate contributes articles to newspapers and magazines. The former film programmer frequently writes about film and other art and culture subjects. His work's been recognized by his peers at the local, regional and national levels.  He's nearing completion on the biography of a Catholic priest who served marginalized populations around the world and he continues researching a new project on Nebraska's film heritage. A new edition of the Payne book is in-progress. Sample his eclectic work at leoadambiga.wordpress.com or www.facebook.com/LeoAdamBiga.  

In this episode I am once again joined by Leo Biga, who shares his new book "Alexander Payne - His Journey In Film, A Reporter's Perspective 1998-2012. His new book is a compilation of journalism stories Leo has written as well as interviews and personal commentary.  Check it out HERE Leo's personal blog Bio: Author-journalist-blogger Leo Adam Biga resides in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. He writes newspaper-magazine stories about people, their passions, and their magnificent obsessions. He's the author of the books "Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film – A Reporter's Perspective 1998-2012," a compilation of his journalism about the acclaimed filmmaker, and "Open Wide" a biography of Mark Manhart. Biga co-edited "Memories of the Jewish Midwest: Mom and Pop Grocery Stores." His popular blog, leoadambiga.wordpress.com, is an online gallery of his work.