Laughing With Letta
Sheletta is an Emmy award winning comedian, talk radio show host and founder of ShelettaMakesMeLaugh.com, a podcasting platform for Black folks. Each week on the Laughing with Letta podcast, she gives her hilarious takes on hot topics, chats it up with her celebrity friends, and shares funny stories about her kids.
Episodes
If you missed volunteering at Greater Twin Cities United Way's annual Action Day, there's still a way you can help. Old National Bank is accepting school supply donations at several of its branches. Sheletta shares all the details on the latest episode of her podcast.
Volunteer at Home School Supply Drive | Greater Twin Cities United Way
Sheletta may laugh and joke, but she doesn't play when it comes to scammers. That's why she invited her friends from Minnesota Department of Commerce on today's episode to talk about the fraudulent health insurance scams and how consumers can protect themselves or file a complaint if they've been victimized.
Minneapolis's new E Line is so popular, it has almost twice the number of riders that Metro Transit was expecting. Sheletta invited Lesley Kandaras, Metro Transit's CEO, to join her on the show and found out about all kinds of other cool stuff, including the fact that Metro Transit is hiring. Looking for a job? Listen to the show!
- https://www.metrotransit.org/careers
Early voting is underway in Minnesota. Sheletta sits down with Secretary of State Steve Simon to talk about what's on the ballot, the integrity of voting machines and how absentee ballots work on the latest episode of her podcast.
Sheletta talks "trash" with Trista Martison, the executive director of the Ramsey/Washington County Recycle Energy Program about the new communities that are now available to participate in the food scraps pick up program.
After Operation Metro Surge ended and thousands of federal agents left Minnesota, residents looked for new ways to make a difference in their communities and help their neighbors. Open Arms of Minnesota allows you and your entire family an opportunity to volunteer and provide food to people who are sick.
https://www.openarmsmn.org/
Sheletta's best buddy Jim Platten just pulled his Harley out for the summer and that always makes her anxious. She's nervous about bikers being on the road and wanted to find out if there's anything she can do, as a driver, to keep her friend Jim and other riders safe. So she asked the folks from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety to join her on the podcast to motorcycle safety.
https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ots/safe-driving...
To become a successful entrepreneur, Sheletta participated in great training programs to help her understand how to scale her business, which is why she invited the folks from Elevate Hennepin on the show. They talk about their CEO Now program that provides tools, resources and expert advice to help your business grow.
Sheletta chats with her friends from Rebuild Together Minnesota about their Safe at Home and Home Repair programs that ensure families can live in safe and healthy homes. The application opens October 1st. What do you need to qualify? Listen to the podcast to find out.
https://rtmn.org/apply-for-help/
Sheletta chats with her friends from MEDA about how they help small business owners in Minnesota go from just surviving to thriving with the programs, resources and services they provide.
https://meda.net/
Sheletta grew up in Kelly Village, a public housing property in 5th Ward. She credits the village in Kelly Village for helping her mature into the woman she is today. The host says she now knows that assistance was a safe space for her and a launching pad for her mother to get off welfare and eventually become a homeowner. That's why she wanted to make sure that her listeners knew that Housing Alliance HTX will open its waitli...
Sheletta chats with Lisa L. Saul, MD, MBA, a maternal-fetal medicine physician executive, about the benefits of having a dula during your delivery and how it's now one of the new perks for patients who have UnitedHealthcare insurance.
With so many fraudsters going around and AI making it more difficult to tell if emails are real or fake, Sheletta invited her friends from AARP on the show to talk about how families can protect themselves and their money from bad actors.
www.aarp.org/fraudwatchnetwork or www.aarp.org/fwn
AARP Fraud Watch Helpline -...
Sheletta chats with Dr. Rahshana Price-Isuk of NorthPoint Health & Wellness about the importance of Black women getting heart healthy.
The problem with lead in children's bodies is that there are typically no symptoms. The only way to know is through a well check exam. If you notice your children are picking at the wall and eating non-food items, it's important to screen for lead at your pediatrician's office.
Sheletta shines a spotlight on a new initiative in Washington County that brings mental health services to the community.
For mental health awareness month, Sheletta wanted to make sure everyone knows about the 988 suicide line in case they are in crisis or someone they know needs to reach out for help.
Old National Bank just released a 2025 Community Action Report highlighting not just numbers and examples of how the bank and its foundation are putting money and resources in the hands of people who need it most.
Whenever Sheletta's family visits from Houston, they always tell her how clean St. Paul is and how they never see any trash while dining at a restaurant or enjoying a show. When she looked for answers, she found the St. Paul Street Ambassadors who do everything from picking up litter to helping lost children.
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