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Season TWO! Every relationship ends. Dr. Paige Toller says that to her students, and it stops them for a second. Paige is a professor in the UNO School of Communication who studies interpersonal communication, which looks at how our closest relationships form, hold together, and end. In this episode she talks about the part we usually avoid, grief and loss, and why she treats it as a real part of how relationships work, not a footnote. Paige explains that grief is both internal and external, the private emotion and the way we reach for other people. She talks about the little deaths we rarely name, a lost job, a breakup, the loss of your health, a kid leaving for college, and how each one asks us to build a new normal. She shares research she did on how people talked about suicide online, and what it revealed about how poorly we support the people left behind. And she talks about her dissertation work with parents who lost a child, and the resilience she did not expect to find. She has one thing she wishes faculty and students understood: grief is all-consuming, especially right after a loss, and a grieving student cannot just set it aside for class. Building a new normal takes time, sometimes years. Her point is simple and hard. There is no love without loss. If you are dealing with grief or loss, UNO counseling services are there for students, faculty, and staff, and community counseling is an option too. Watch on YouTube, listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to Comm in Ten. Once a Maverick, always a Maverick. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@UNOSchoolofComm Listen anywhere: https://mavradio.fm/podcasts Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/search?term=mavradio Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XfRvLxttVvUFvvPEIyOSP UNO School of Communication: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-communication-fine-arts-and-media/communication/index.php Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CommUNO/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uno_schoolofcomm/ #CommInTen #Grief #InterpersonalCommunication #UNOCommunication

Most students don't graduate because of one big moment. They graduate because of dozens of small ones, many of them happening in an advisor's office. Megan Lee has had thousands of those conversations. In this episode, the Season 1 finale, she walks us through how academic advising actually shapes student success. It's a side of higher education that doesn't get headlines, and it should. Megan talks about the pattern she sees again and again with students who get stuck, and the kind of communication that gets them moving again. We close out the season with a conversation about listening, persistence, and the quiet, structural work of helping someone become who they're trying to become. Watch on YouTube, listen on your favorite podcast platform, and subscribe to Comm in Ten.  Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UNOSchoolofComm Listen anywhere: https://mavradio.fm/podcasts Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/search?term=mavradio Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XfRvLxttVvUFvvPEIyOSP From the UNO School of Communication: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-communication-fine-arts-and-media/communication/index.php

Competitive speaking sounds, from the outside, like a stage event. From the inside, it's a craft, closer to coaching than performing. The people who do it well end up communicating at a level that shows up everywhere else in their lives. Amanda VonGoodrich coaches UNO Forensics. In this episode she shares what the work is really about, what students gain from it, and why the discipline matters more than the trophies. Amanda reflects on her own path through forensics and what builds confidence in young speakers. Not the surface-level kind. The steadier kind that comes from knowing you've prepared. We talk about argument as a form of respect, the difference between speaking at people and to them, and why forensics graduates tend to do well in rooms that have nothing to do with competition. Watch on YouTube, listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to Comm in Ten. Once a Maverick, always a Maverick. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UNOSchoolofComm Listen anywhere: https://mavradio.fm/podcasts Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/search?term=mavradio Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XfRvLxttVvUFvvPEIyOSP From the UNO School of Communication: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-communication-fine-arts-and-media/communication/index.php

Pop culture is never just pop culture. The stories we tell about who's strong, who's worth saving, and what counts as power say a lot about us. You just have to know where to look. Superhero research is one of those places. In this episode, Dr. Adam Tyma flips the script and lets us study him for a change. He takes comics and capes seriously, and he'll tell you exactly why that's real work. Dr. Tyma works in critical media studies. That means he digs into film, TV, and video games to figure out what they're quietly teaching us. And his range is wild. He's written on Alien, Blade Runner, and Buffy. He's co-editing a Marvel book for Bloomsbury that covers everything from a postcolonial take on Black Panther to Logan as a story about getting older and facing the end. He also runs a TikTok series, the Media Literacy Survival Guide, with short weekly takes on who owns the media, the First Amendment, and whatever's blowing up in the news. His whole thing is that good media users are smart consumers and smart creators, both at once. We get into the heroes he loves, Thor and Daredevil, how a kid's obsession turned into a career, and what superheroes can teach us about communication once you really pay attention. Watch on YouTube, listen on major podcast platforms, and subscribe to Comm in Ten. Once a Maverick, always a Maverick. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UNOSchoolofComm Listen anywhere: https://mavradio.fm/podcasts From the UNO School of Communication: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-communication-fine-arts-and-media/communication/index.php

Most students don't really know what a graduate teaching assistant is until they have one. Aly Holmberg has been on both sides of that desk. In this episode she walks us through what it means to be a GTA: the prep, the mentorship, the small daily acts of communication that turn a syllabus into a real class. We talk about teaching as a discipline you learn the same way you learn anything else. By paying attention. By being honest about what isn't working. By getting better, semester by semester. Aly came to UNO from Long Beach State in California, with a speech and platform background and a coach who nudged her toward the Midwest. She's candid about the imposter syndrome that hits every time you face a new class, and how teaching went from terrifying to second nature by getting the reps in, until she knew how to bring her own persona into the room. She teaches public speaking and now intro to journalism and media, and she breaks down why knowing your why matters before you commit. We also talk about the support graduate students need to do this work well, and why investing in GTAs is investing in undergraduate education itself. Watch on YouTube, listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to Comm in Ten. Once a Maverick, always a Maverick. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UNOSchoolofComm Listen anywhere: https://mavradio.fm/podcasts From the UNO School of Communication: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-communication-fine-arts-and-media/communication/index.php

Health communication only works when it actually communicates. Too often, the messages people most need to act on are buried under jargon, packaging, or assumptions about who's reading them. Allison Wakin works at the intersection of clarity and care. In this episode she breaks down why accessible health messaging matters more than persuasion, and what gets lost when public health forgets its audience. Allison reflects on her work [add specifics: her role, her area of focus, a moment where clear communication made a measurable difference] and what she'd want every student of communication to understand about audiences who are stressed, sick, or simply tired. We talk about the difference between informing and connecting, why empathy is a research method, and what it takes to write something that reads like it was meant for one specific reader. Watch on YouTube, listen on your favorite podcast app, and subscribe to Comm in Ten. Once a Maverick, always a Maverick.   Subscribe:  https://www.youtube.com/@UNOSchoolofComm Listen anywhere: https://mavradio.fm/podcasts UNO School of Communication: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-communication-fine-arts-and-media/communication/index.php Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/CommUNO/ https://www.instagram.com/uno_schoolofcomm/ #CommInTen #HealthCommunication #UNOCommunication #Mavericks

The skills you bring from the court to the classroom. Morgann Gardner played basketball for thirteen years. Thirteen years of 5 a.m. workouts, 6 a.m. lifts, two-a-day practices, and the kind of discipline that follows you out of the gym. Now she's a graduate teaching assistant at UNO, teaching Public Speaking Fundamentals to a room full of nervous first-year speakers. Morgann came to UNO from Racine, Wisconsin, on a recruiting visit her mom drove her out for from a tournament in Iowa. She committed after one mini campus tour, and stayed for an undergrad degree in JMC Emerging Media, an Outstanding Student of the Year award for 2024-2025, and a last-minute leap into the master's program she wasn't sure she'd get into. Her advice for current and future student athletes: stick with it, talk to your professors, and remember that the hard part is mental, not physical. Watch on YouTube, listen on your favorite podcast app, and subscribe to Comm in Ten.  #StudentAthlete #StudentSuccess#CommInTen #OnceAMaverick #UNOmaha #StudentAthlete #PublicSpeaking

Welcome back to Lost In Your 20s with Karima Zhauatar, the podcast for everyone trying to make sense of an in-between decade and the version of themselves they're becoming. In this episode, we dive into the quiet reality of forced maturity. Being "mature" or "responsible" is often seen as a badge of honor, but we rarely talk about what that costs a person on the inside. We explore the gap between the life we imagined, filled with time to explore, make mistakes, and find ourselves, and the reality of being pushed into adult roles before we were ready. Featuring a deeply personal story from a guest who faced early marriage and parenthood due to cultural and family expectations, we examine the "quiet loss of choice." The episode touches on the difficulty of saying "no" when it feels like losing everything, and the lingering "what ifs" that haunt those who skipped the traditional chapters of youth, like university or independent discovery. Ultimately, this conversation is about validation. It's an acknowledgment that you can love your life and your family while still grieving the version of yourself that never got to happen. We discuss the invisibility of internal struggles behind a "mature" exterior, the importance of independence, and the freedom to change. We close with a reminder that there is no single "correct" timeline for life. You didn't miss your life. You are still in it. And it is never too late to start choosing yourself. Featuring: Guest Music: Universal Production Music #LostInYour20s #GrowingUpTooFast #LifeTimelines #CrisisOf20 #MentalHealthAwareness #EmotionalWellbeing #MavRadio

Welcome back to The Fangirl Archives with Jelly, the podcast where we go deeper into the stories, music, and cinematic universes that fandoms love. In this episode, Jelly dissects the extensive storyline of the BTS Universe, the cinematic world built across BTS's music videos, short films, webtoon comics, mobile games, and "The Notes" book series. With a storyline that goes far beyond pretty pictures and happy smiles, the BTS Universe (the BU) tells an extensive backstory for fictional characters that were originally introduced to promote new music. As the BU grew more complex, exploring themes of murder, death, suicide, friendship, and the anxiety of youth, BTS were able to express "the most beautiful moment in life" with more than just music. By using the concept of an alternate universe to expand on songs about pain, longing, and the idea that "youth is never coming back," the BU may have been the greatest creative choice for the heart of ARMY. Because of the sheer volume of content to explore, Jelly delivers a crash course on what the key details of the BU are about. As seven characters, Seokjin, Namjoon, Yoongi, Hoseok, Jimin, Taehyung, and Jungkook, move through the struggles of youth, how do time travel and time loops fit into their fictional story? And does a story really matter when the music is what you came for? Listen as Jelly explains the baseline of the BU and what the music means for the storyline BTS has created. Rating note: PG-13. Disclaimer: Any themes or storylines discussed are fictional, even if they resemble events in real life. Any BTS music referenced does not belong to liljellyproductions or Jelly. All music rights belong to BTS and BIGHIT MUSIC under HYBE Corporation. #BTS #HYYH #BTSUniverse #BTSArmy #TimeLoop #TimeTravel #TheMostBeautifulMomentInLife #MavRadio

Welcome back to Elminster Answers, the podcast where the realm's most overworked wizard sounds off on the absurdities of fantasy life, from political to economic and everything in between. In this episode, Elminster speaks on why Wizard College is so expensive. He shares insight on his own education and what it took to make it through, including the absurd magical-item requirements that have left a generation of young wizards in deep debt. Elminster offers his two cents on where the funding for those magical items actually goes, and breaks down the skewed allocation between magic schools. He explains why colleges like the College of Illusion get disproportionate funding while Enchantment quietly gets gutted. He also tackles whether the wizard degree still holds the cultural weight it once did, the rise of sorcerer nepotism, and why some young casters are leaving the institution behind to pursue trades like druidry instead. Through his honesty and earnestness, Elminster has earned the respect of his peers and the trust of his loyal viewers. He has no secrets to hide anymore. Music: Universal Production Music #Elminster #ElminsterAnswers #Wizard #Fantasy #PoliticalSatire #MavRadio

Welcome back to 402 Eats with Quise Varoz, the podcast that takes you across Omaha's food scene one honest bite at a time. In this episode, Quise visits one of Omaha's most iconic and historic food destinations, Orsi's Italian Bakery and Pizzeria. Known for its Sicilian-style sheet pizza and over 100 years of tradition, Orsi's carries a reputation that sets very high expectations. Quise takes listeners through the full experience, starting from the moment he arrives and notices the upscale atmosphere surrounding the restaurant, to stepping inside and being immersed in the smells of fresh-baked bread, Italian music, and a nostalgic, old-world setting. As a college student, he reflects on feeling slightly out of place among a seemingly affluent crowd, adding a personal and relatable layer to the review. The episode highlights the welcoming hospitality of the staff, including a meaningful interaction with their waitress, Kat, whose story adds depth to the cultural and human side of the restaurant experience. Quise then dives into the food, reviewing the Sicilian-style crust, the pepperoni pizza, and the buffalo chicken pizza, while also noting portion sizes, pricing, and overall value. More than just a food review, this episode explores themes of culture, tradition, personal growth, and perspective. Quise ultimately evaluates whether Orsi's lives up to its legendary status, and what the experience reveals beyond just the meal itself. Music: Universal Production Music #402Eats #OmahaFood #OrsisOmaha #SicilianPizza #LocalEats #RestaurantReview #MavRadio

Welcome back to Pro Thinking with Gizela Kwihangana, the podcast that makes space to think more deeply about clarity, intention, and how we actually live what we believe. In this episode, Gizela explores what happens after clarity. While understanding purpose and truth can feel like a breakthrough, actually living it out is often more difficult than expected. Through personal reflection, this episode focuses on the gap between knowing and doing, the quiet phase where external pressure is removed but direction is still unclear. It examines how daily choices, habits, and influences shape a person's life, and why freedom without intention can lead to confusion rather than growth. The conversation centers on a deeper question: what does it actually look like to live differently? By exploring discipline, awareness, and grounding, Gizela reflects on how stability is built over time through consistent alignment, not instant change. This episode does not aim to tell listeners what to believe. It encourages honest reflection on how they are living, and whether their current patterns are leading them toward something that can truly hold. Music: Universal Production Music Recorded and edited in Adobe Audition #ProThinking #TheLife #IntentionalLiving #SelfAwareness #Growth #Clarity #ThinkDeeper #MavRadio

Welcome back to Missed The Mark with Jacie Ambrose, the podcast that breaks down the marketing moments brands wish they could take back and the ones they'd love to repeat. In this episode, Jacie unpacks two recent sports marketing campaigns that took very different approaches to defining what it means to be an athlete, and saw very different results. First, she breaks down Nike's controversial Boston Marathon signage reading "Runners Welcome, Walkers Tolerated," which sparked immediate backlash. What may have been intended as a performance-driven message quickly came across as elitist, clashing with the inclusive, deeply personal culture of marathon running. Within 24 hours, Nike removed the sign and issued a public response, but the damage was already done. Then, Jacie contrasts this with Gatorade's Lower Sugar campaign, which broadened the definition of an athlete by featuring not only elite competitors, but dancers, content creators, and everyday fitness enthusiasts. By focusing on personal performance, accessibility, and wellness, Gatorade aligned its message with how modern audiences actually engage with fitness. The takeaway: when brands try to define who qualifies as an athlete, they create a hierarchy. When they expand the definition, they build community. In 2026, the brands that win are the ones that meet their audience where it actually lives, not where the brief says it should. "Serious Investigations" – Universal Production Music "Serious Drone" – Universal Production Music "Birds of Prey (Energy 50)" – Universal Production Music #Marketing #BrandControversy #MissedTheMark #MediaLiteracy #PopCultureAnalysis #MavRadio

Amy Ellefson teaches in a classroom most people never see. Inside the Omaha Correctional Center, she works with students enrolled in UNO TRAC. That stands for Transforming, Renewing, Achieving, and Connecting. It's a grant-funded program out of UNO's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice that brings college courses to incarcerated students, with a path to continue their education at UNO once they're released. Amy is a lecturer in the School of Communication with a Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi. Teaching at OCC means no laptops, no staples, no jewelry, no electronics. No index cards either, until the prison's tech offered to make them out of cardstock for her. Amy walks us through the process, then tells the story of Terry, an OCC student whose MAV Talks speech about Nebraska's "life-means-life" law she recorded because he couldn't be there to give it himself. Terry is incarcerated for life. The audience didn't know where the recording came from until it was over.  Amy keeps coming back to a line of her own: "I feel like sometimes I get more than they do." Watch on YouTube, listen on your favorite podcast app, and subscribe to Comm in Ten.

Wyatt Lehr graduates from UNO this Friday. We're releasing his episode the same week on purpose. Wyatt has spent his time at UNO inside MavRadio, the campus radio station that gives students a real microphone, real airtime, and real stakes. In this episode we talk about what student media teaches that nothing else can, what MavRadio has meant for the people who've come through it, and what it sounds like when a student finds a voice with weight behind it. Wyatt reflects on his own path through MavRadio and the School of Communication. We talk about why a campus station isn't a stepping stone so much as a place where real work gets done, and what a healthy student media culture sounds like from the inside. Wyatt is leaving UNO this week. The voice he built at MavRadio isn't going anywhere. Watch on YouTube, listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to Comm in Ten.