Friday LIVE
Latest Episodes
LSO Tightrope, Nebraska Rep, Neihardt, Andy the Goose & more!
04/25/2025 | 1h 3m
Extra: Norman Akers and "Jam"
04/24/2025 | 21m
Bill Ganzel at Wallspace, "1999" by Benes, Old West Days & more!
04/18/2025 | 57m
Extra: Iliana Rosabal-Pérez
04/17/2025 | 6m
Ellen and Paul Wagner, Bone Creek, Arts for the Soul and More!
04/11/2025 | 1h 0m
Extra: Messiah and Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music
04/10/2025 | 20m
Live from The Ron Hull: Chaun Ballard, Wildwoods and more!
04/04/2025 | 1h 2m
Extra: Nebraska Grown Art Festival and artist Brook Taylor
04/03/2025 | 20m
Gale Anne Hurd, Larry Gatlin, Karen Russell, LSO and more!
03/28/2025 | 1h 7m
Extra: Bluebarn's "The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me"
03/27/2025 | 28m
Dundee Theater, Fabrics of Africa, Waitress and more…
03/21/2025 | 1h 6m
Extra: "One Book, One Nebraska" events with Tosca Lee
03/20/2025 | 5m
Darrell Hammond, Darrell Scott, Paint Your Wagon and More...
03/14/2025 | 1h 9m
Extra: Cirque Mechanics and "Sense & Sensibility"
03/13/2025 | 21m
Extra: Kearney Symphony Orchestra and Dustin Nickerson
03/07/2025 | 21m
Film history in Gage County, sci-fi con, Beetlejuice & more.
03/07/2025 | 1h 5m
Playwright Jordan Morille, Wayne & Friend music, Kooser & more!
02/28/2025 | 53m
Extra: Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music and a Music Roundup
02/27/2025 | 21m
Joe Calarco, Sandy Cameron, Susan T. Wood, Philip Daniel, & more
02/21/2025 | 1h 6m
Extra: Dan Rodriguez and Ann Martin
02/20/2025 | 13m
Kaylyn Sahs, Star City Chorus, Concordia Chamber Choir and more!
02/14/2025 | 56m
Extra: Winter Lecture Series and Sandhills Symphony
02/13/2025 | 14m
Falletta, Moulin Rouge, Alex Williams, Exploding Native, & more!
02/07/2025 | 1h 4m
Extra: Art and Humanities Roundup
02/06/2025 | 10m
Spotlight on Omaha, poetry from Julie S. Paschold and more...
01/31/2025 | 59m
Extra: Theatre productions in Seward and York
01/30/2025 | 10m
Deadly Deception, Lincoln's Symphony, Hastings Clay show & more!
01/24/2025 | 1h 7m
Extra Extra: Dan Whitney extended interview
01/18/2025 | 31m
Dan Whitney, Rent, Tosca Lee and more!
01/17/2025 | 54m
Extra: Wayne State's Honor Bands and artist Terry Ratzlaff
01/16/2025 | 26m
State Poet, History in Central Nebraska and more
01/10/2025 | 1h 6m
Extra: "Goodnight Moon & The Runaway Bunny" at the Lied Center
01/09/2025 | 11m
Extra: Randy J. Goodwin
01/02/2025 | 22m
Extra: WNAC and OmniArts Nebraska
12/26/2024 | 14m
Friday LIVE Holiday Special
12/20/2024 | 59m
Extra: Dennis Crawford and Andrea von Kampen
12/19/2024 | 18m
Kevin Paul Hofeditz, Speedwriting Party, Jewel Rodgers and more!
12/13/2024 | 1h 15m
Extra: Nebraska Communities Playhouse and Olde Glory Theatre
12/12/2024 | 9m
Edem Garro, Philip Daniel, Matt Mason, and more, from Ron Hull
12/06/2024 | 1h 6m
Extra: Montreal Guitar Trio, LSO, NWU and Abendmusik
12/05/2024 | 27m
Extra: Beatrice Regional Orchestra and First Friday Jazz
11/27/2024 | 34m
String Beans book/music, Midwest Theater, Voices of Omaha & more
11/22/2024 | 1h 0m
Extra: Little Red Hen Theatre and Nebraska Scholastic Awards
11/21/2024 | 11m
Patton Oswalt, Melody Wranglers, St. Paul concerts, and more!
11/15/2024 | 1h 2m
Fall Platte River Art Show and Patton Oswalt
11/14/2024 | 23m
Nebraska Arts Hall of Fame, No Man's Land Film, Queen's Cartoonists and More!
11/08/2024 | 1h 6m
Extra: York University talk and Four Shillings Short
11/07/2024 | 29m
Beasts & Baubles, family opera, emerging theatre artists & more!
11/01/2024 | 59m
Extra: First Friday Jazz and Nebraska Chamber Players
10/31/2024 | 18m
Anvil Orchestra, Bobby Gadoury & Sharon Kreimer in GI and more..
10/25/2024 | 1h 7m
Extra: Uncanny Halloween, Farmer Brown's Field and Moth Project
10/24/2024 | 30m
Nebraska Storytelling, Poetry of Grief, Bianca Swift and more...
10/18/2024 | 1h 3m
On the April 25 Friday LIVE at 9:59 a.m. CT at Nebraska Public Media, host Genevieve Randall has lively conversations about:
- the next concert by Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra
- Nebraska Repertory Theatre's production of "Urinetown: the Musical"
- Neihardt Spring Conference
- Jessica Korgie's new book
- and WanderNebraska Adventures.
Also, the poetry of Ted Kooser read by Stephen Buhler, a Ross film review by Kwakiutl Dreher and a preview of Opera Omaha's next production.
This week on the Friday Live EXTRA, a preview of the new season of "Jam" and a discussion with artist Norman Akers.
Jayne Lynch finds herself with LSO’s Ed Polochick and cast from Madcap Puppets
Bela Fleck
The Czech Band
Lewis Black
Nebraska’s astronaut, Clay Anderson, marvels at his own book, “Ordinary Spaceman.”
Audience fills up the chairs at a Friday LIVE road show hosted by the Knight Museum in Alliance.
Friday LIVE in Alliance
Andrea von Kampen
Lathan and James run tech at Lewellen show
Michael Fitzsimmons plays a kind of melodic hand drum called the “hang” (rhymes with “long”) on Friday LIVE.
Talbott Brothers sing on Friday LIVE
Talbott Brothers interview with Genevieve
Johnny Carson CEMA Show guests
Ed Love, Genevieve and James Valentine
Genevieve interviews Gabriel Kahane
Filmmaker Kalyanee Mam
Mark Jones and Rex Miller play in Lewellen
Susan Werner
Violist Clark Potter and harpist Katie Wychulis from Nebraska Chamber Players perform a duo at the Lied Center.
Ukulele master and composer Jake Shimabukuro is interviewed by Genevieve at The Mill ahead of his Lincoln concert.
Composer William Bolcom
Genevieve shakes hands with the service dog of an artist with traumatic brain injury.
Simone Dinnerstein
Ted Kooser
Mandolin player Avit Avital warms up before a show from the Ron Hull studio.
Tempest Storm and Nimisha Mukerji
Trumpet Trio at Innovation Campus show
Salut Salon plays at our studio
Folk and bluegrass band Gracie’s Uncles play at the Minden Opera House.
Singer songwriter Hope Dunbar plays an original on a Friday LIVE at the Nebraska Public Media studios.
Singer songwriter Mark Jones
Singer songwriter Dustin Prinz
Genevieve Randall hosts Friday LIVE
Sylvain and Francois Rabbath
Members of UNL percussion ensemble Nebraska Steel jam out on original music by one of their members.
Steel drums from Nebraska Steel
Dan McCarthy sings “Oh Nancy” at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum on Friday LIVE.
Genevieve at Quilt Study Center
Cowboy poet Lyn Messersmith poses in front of a wall mural depicting a typical sandhills ranch scene.
Old Pals Quartet in Scottsbluff
About The Show
Friday LIVE is a weekly arts and humanities program hosted by Genevieve Randall on Nebraska Public Media's News / Classical radio station. The program currently broadcasts on Fridays at 10 a.m. CT. If you have questions about Friday LIVE or have arts or humanities events to pitch, please email us at Friday LIVE.
If you can't catch the show live, it is available later the same day on demand, or you can subscribe to the podcast for Friday LIVE.