[2] While attending Iowa State, Nebbe began her career in public radio with a job at WOI Radio.
In 1998, while at WOI, she co-created and co-hosted (with Daniel Pinkwater ) a weekly National Public Radio program for children, Chinwag Theater, which was carried nationally by over 50 stations for two seasons.
[3] From 2000 to 2010, she worked as a presenter of Michigan Radio, where she was the local host of All Things Considered, before returning to work for Iowa Public Radio in 2010.
[5] Nebbe is also the author of a children's book, Our Walk in the Woods (2008).
Nebbe currently lives outside Iowa City with her husband and two children.