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The Shelley Irwin Show Podcast for 4-30-25

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Our Mental Health Collective, Onion Crock Soup, The Diatribe, the Show Game Game Show, Wildlife Community Preparedness Day, and Grand Forum.

Our Mental Health Collective hosts a Mental Health and Wellness Fair this Saturday, a vibrant annual event, Healing Together: A Mental Health and Wellness Fair. Alex Brito, one of the facilitators of Bridging the Gap: Addressing Mental Heath Disparities between first and second generation Latinos discusses this event to uplift and support communities of Color.

We put the spotlight on a family business focusing on Crock Soups. We find out why this specialty for the LeCroix family in Grand Rapids and why Onion Crock soup. Owner Gene LeCroix discusses the family owned angle and this 3rd generation.

National poets take the stage for the Diatribe's annual Fun Raiser this Sunday. The community invited to enjoy an afternoon filled with creativity and entertainment. Wardell Frazier discuss the event, proceeds benefiting the Diatribe, a GR based nonprofit leveraging the power of restorative art.

It’s the only game show that shows games, local actors John Donovan and Joe Anderson discuss the Show Game Game Show, first started on the stage of The Comedy Project. We talk about the status of comedy in West Michigan and how the production team truly stepped up to think out of the box and make this happen. Shows begin in May.

Saturday is Wildlife Community Preparedness Day, and we speak with National Fire Protection Association's Michele Steinberg, wildfire division director, about this Saturday event and why it is important to prepare homes well in advance of wildfires.

Grand Forum is a unique platform that offers an opportunity for its members to meet in an academic setting, fostering intellectual and social exchange. Claudia Bajema and Judy Whipps talk about programming and who leads the discussions moving forward.

Transcripts are provided upon request.

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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