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Amy Mather Curating Omaha with Podcasts
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B2B Omaha Magazine • Spring 2013
“P
eople fascinate me.”
So says Amy Mather, adult program manager at Omaha Public Library and host of the podcast “Whatever Mathers.” Friends and acquaintances had been telling her to post her knowledge of the city, about the food, the art openings. “A lot of people told me I should blog, and I really hate writing,” Mather says, “I overthink it, whereas if it’s coming out of my mouth, it comes out once.” When fellow Design Alliance Omaha board member Bryce Bridges told her she should do a podcast instead, “it took about six months for me to really consider it seriously,” www.OmahaPublications.com