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The Shelley Irwin Show Podcast for 12-9-24

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Special Olympics Michigan, WMU Health and Human Services, Jon Andrews with Rose Street Advisors, Author Michelle Gladieux, and the Woodland Weavers and Spinners Guild

Special Olympics Michigan provides year-round sports training and athletic competition for kids and adults with intellectual disabilities. The Shelley Irwin Show roving microphone went to their headquarters in Cutlerville. This morning we bring you part one of a 2-part tour.

Western Michigan University offers a variety of panel discussions on health related topics. The new Dean of the College of Health and Human Services, Lillian Smith is our guest. She joins us to discuss WMU’s West Michigan presence in the region, including in Grand Rapids.

How do employees become savvy customers when more of the healthcare costs are coming their way? We talk to Jon Andrews with Rose Street Advisors about this issue. Jon also shares more advice, including researching your specialist referrals.

Author Michelle Gladieux joins us to talk about her book, ‘Communicate with Courage: Taking Risks to Overcome the Four Hidden Challenges.’ We discuss the obstacles keeping us from becoming the best communicators we can be, including hiding, defining and more.

Woodland Weavers and Spinners Guild hosts the annual Textile Arts Market this weekend. Kwasi Kenya is here to talk about this annual event on the campus of Aquinas College. The guild has 120 members and the work being sold is all original.

Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.
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