Episodes

  • Keep those vamps away from Sheletta

    Keep those vamps away from Sheletta
    Dec 20 2025
    The full third hour of The Sheletta Show for December 20th, 2025. Guests include Paul McGuire Grimes, Jen Diedrich and Steve Thomson. Sheletta’s upcoming event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/autism-resource-fair-tickets-1978682444456?aff=oddtdtcreator
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    41 mins
  • Everybody forgets about Dad around Christmas

    Everybody forgets about Dad around Christmas
    Dec 20 2025
    Sheletta’s favorite part of the show is when Steve Thomson shows up. Steve and Sheletta discuss what they have left to accomplish ahead of Christmas, how holidays have changed as children have grown and what he’s asking for this holiday season (shockingly: NOTHING).
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    11 mins
  • Starting over in a safe place for neurodiversity

    Starting over in a safe place for neurodiversity
    Dec 20 2025
    Jen Diedrich has a long history of helping children with special needs at MAC Midwest. She details some of the services MAC Midwest offers for people of all ages who need additional support living with autism. Sheletta asks Jen about her feelings when she found out about the autism community being targeted by fraudsters. The impact of these false organizations is enormous and Sheletta asks about how MAC Midwest is helping people find their way and get the services they need. Sheletta talks about her upcoming resource fair for anyone in the autism community who has been impacted by the fraud. https://www.shelettamakesadifference.org/ https://www.mnautism.org/
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    9 mins
  • What are you streaming this holiday season?

    What are you streaming this holiday season?
    Dec 20 2025
    Paul McGuire Grimes is a film critic and media personality. He joins Sheletta to advise her on some viewing options to stream this holiday season. Paul says there’s a ton of movies that are in the running for awards that are accessible with the right subscription. He mentions that Apples’ “Morning Show” is an excellent behind the curtain of Big Media series. They also talk about Dave Chappelle’s latest special dropping on Netflix late last night. Paul hypothesizes why Chappelle opted to drop his special without any advertising. https://paulstriptothemovies.com/
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    14 mins
  • Maybe this is EXACTLY who we are

    Maybe this is EXACTLY who we are
    Dec 20 2025
    The full second hour of The Sheletta Show for Saturday December 20th, 2025. Guests include Mike Marcotte and Dr. Gigi Chawla.
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    40 mins
  • How to keep your elders safe from middle school germs over the holidays

    How to keep your elders safe from middle school germs over the holidays
    Dec 20 2025
    Dr. Gigi Chawla is the Chief of General Pediatrics at Children’s Minnesota. She joins Sheletta today to talk about those pesky runny noses and tickles in the back of your throat that can escalate quickly. She suggests we be wary of early symptoms and how easily we can become contagions to those around us. Remember, before you touch your face… WASH THOSE HANDS! https://www.childrensmn.org/
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    18 mins
  • What kind of fun do you have planned for us tonight, mom?

    What kind of fun do you have planned for us tonight, mom?
    Dec 20 2025
    Mike Marcotte is the executive producer of KSTP’s Minnesota Live and Twin Cities Live in addition to running Give Me The Mike dot com. He joins Sheletta to talk about his 2025 Minnesota Holiday Lights Guide, your one stop shop for pretty flickerings across the state (and parts of Wisconsin) that you can visit for FREE. Mike shares the origins of the idea and how it's grown over the years. He also talks about the community of households he taps into who are obsessed with Christmas lights who pour their soul and mistletoes into creating their Christmas scenes. https://givemethemike.com/mn-holiday-lights-2025/
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    13 mins
  • What’s one lesson that stuck with you from your parents?

    What’s one lesson that stuck with you from your parents?
    Dec 20 2025
    Sheletta and Lindsey are back for another holiday season edition of The Sheletta Show. To open the show Sheletta talks about the Dave Chappelle special that dropped late last night. He shared a lesson in a line that his mother gave him when he was young that stuck with him. Sheletta and Lindsey share their stickiest life lessons. They take calls and read listener texts. The second half of the hour features a conversation with Ellie Wilson from the Minnesota Autism Society.
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    40 mins