NANCI OLESEN came up with the idea of a radio show FOR moms and BY moms in the middle of the night, 15 years ago, while patting her baby back to sleep. She has three kids, ages 15, 11 and 10.

Nanci is an independent radio producer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is a member of AIR, Association of Independents in Radio, and her programs can be accessed on the Public Radio
Exchange (www.prx.org/pieces/4023).

For 11 years, MOMbo was a weekly half hour show, first at KFAI (Minneapolis) and then on the Pacifica Radio Network. Nanci has produced 4 hour long MOMbo specials for Public Radio International, featuring her blend of mom attitude, music, commentaries, interviews, and sound collage. Nanci won a Golden Reel Award from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters in 2001.

Nanci works as a mom, a waitress, a performer/musician, a radio commentator and reporter, a freelance writer, and as the director of MOMbo, Inc. Some of Nanci's work can be heard here, under "Commentary"