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The Shelley Irwin Show Podcast for 4-2-26

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Spring Break travel, Beyond Blue and White, The Many Lives of Anne Frank, The Kama Sutra for Senior Citizens and Other Poems, and Fit for the Cure.

Spring Break happens for much of West Michigan on Monday. We talk to the Gerald R Ford International Airport's Heidi Groenboom about how to travel safely and with minimal delays, including getting to the airport early, and packing smartly.

She's an expert with Antiques Roadshow and Delftware. Author and U of M grad Genevieve Wheeler Brown shares her research in the book Beyond Blue and White: The Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic.

Anne Frank's life is explored from ordinary teen to icon in the work by Award Winning Author Ruth Franklin. The Many Lives of Anne Frank sheds new light on the young woman whose diary of her years in hiding is the most widely read work of literature to arise from the Holocaust.

We take a Poetic look at Love and Romance after the age of 65 with author Zachary Rogow in the book The Kama Sutra for Senior Citizens and Other Poems. He shares a reminder that desire and joy are ageless companions.

It's an initiative for a cure, Fit for the Cure. We speak with Kareema Nunes and Heather Quay about why early detection for breast cancer matters and how bra fittings play a role. Experts from Wacoal talk about the reminder that every 2 minutes in the U.S. a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.

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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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