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The Shelley Irwin Show Podcast for 4-13-26

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Broadway Grand Rapids, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, Feed the Dream, House of Pretend: A Memoir, and Sample Fest.

Broadway Grand Rapids continues presenting Disney's The Lion King at DeVos Performance Hall, and we speak with Scar, played by Peter Hargrave. We talk about the storyline, the effect of the audience, and the working of the puppets.

He's one of the author picks for Michigan Humanities' Great Michigan Read Spring tour, Curtis Chin. we talk about his work, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant. Chin travels the state, tonight visiting Muskegon.

Why such a big push to expand access to youth soccer now? Perhaps its the coming of the World Cup. We talk to Sports Dietician Tatiana Velez Burgos about fueling properly and the initiative Feed the Dream.

House of Pretend: A Memoir by Joanne Redding, shares one woman's journey to reclaim truth and her sense of identity and self worth. Themes include grief, resilience, and the complicated process of writing about family.

Kingma's Market in the Creston Neighborhood brings back the beloved Sample Fest this April. We talk to owner Alan Harline about the tradition and celebration of Michigan based businesses that make the store special all year long.

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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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