The Orlando Shine Show

Brendan is back in the studio to discuss Orlando Shine's Most Read stories with Scottie. This week's Most Read include: Orlando Science Center staying open late for Stellar Nights, kids in Sanford going duck hunting, how you can take a shelter dog to the beach, Pinhead "officially" at HHN 35, and Blue Bamboo not getting rent relief from Winter Park. If you listen intently, you might learn about Br...

Episode 57 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at  Marlow's Tavern  ( Website ) in Waterford Lakes so we could check out their limited-edition American Classics Menu, on offer through July 12. Topics this week include an AI-based strategy by Airbnb and Osceola County to shut down Fourth of July parties before they happen, Pinhead from Hellraiser making his Halloween Horror Nights debut, the d...

Comedian-turned-sculptor Jeff Jones is Scottie's guest to chat about Orlando Shine's Most Read stories. Most Read this week includes the City of Orlando's passing of the historic preservation moratorium, the return of Orlando Weekly's Best of party, a restaurant fire at Disney, Orlando apparently being a little less deadly, and the ongoing Saga of area Dunkin' Donuts closing. Lastly, the two discu...

Episode 56 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at Papa Diesel BBQ  ( Website ) in Apopka, which has officially joined our top five favorite BBQ places in Central Florida, in part because of the amazing food, but also because of the amazing family making it all happen. Topics this week include the reopening of the Winter Park Nine golf course, the return of Orlando Weekly 's Best of Orlando Aw...

Jon Busdeker, marketing guru and co-host of "The Orlando Shine Show" on Real Radio 104.1 FM, discusses the Orlando Shine's "most read" stories with Scottie. Those stories include: Terry Bradshaw signing bottles of booze this week in The City Beautiful, Mount Dora's first-ever Restaurant Week, where to watch the World Cup, Dunkin' Donuts closing multiple locations, and Tuni's being forced to reloca...

Orlando Shine founder, Brendan O'Connor, is Scottie's first guest, appropriately enough. The two discuss the "Most Read" Orlando Shine stories from the past week, which include: an earthquake that was felt locally, a fresh start at the Garden Theatre, John Cusack coming to Plaza Live, Good Salt's concept for Hoods Up, and the City of Orlando's moratorium on Historic Preservation in downtown Orland...

Episode 55 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at  CityArts  ( Website ) in downtown Orlando, where they were celebrating their 20th anniversary with a special retrospective exhibition.  Topics this week include Mount Dora launching its first-ever restaurant week, Lady of the Lakes Ren Faire being canceled for 2026, Winter Park's new $2 million bubble machine, Tuni being forced to move out of...

Episode 55 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at CityArts ( Website ) in downtown Orlando, where they were celebrating their 20th anniversary with a special retrospective exhibition.  Topics this week include Mount Dora launching its first-ever restaurant week, Lady of the Lakes Ren Faire beinc canceled for 2026, Winter Park's new $2 million bubble machine, Tuni being forced to move out of i...

Episode 54 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at The Dorothy Lumley Melrose Center for Technology, Innovation, and Creativity, at the Orlando Public Library  ( Website ) in downtown Orlando - which is where we launched the show over 10 years ago! Topics this week include an update on ths SwanGate stories and the estimated cost of keeping swans at Lake Eola if the City did everything FWC told...

Jeff Thompson is a native Orlandoan, an 18-year member of the Historic Preservation Board, and someone who helped renovate a bunch of Thornton Park homes before it was even a historic district. He spent 30 years as a senior landscape architect at Disney and built a house in Lake Eola Heights he jokingly calls "turn of the century" — even though it was finished in 1999. He knows this city, its buil...

Episode 53 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at  Goblin Studios  ( Website ) in Parramore, a super cool fabrication studio that is also home to a menswear designer, a pottery studio, a bookshop, and a Van Gogh/goblin-themed coffee shop.  Topics this week include an update on Uncle Lou and his deportation back to Jamaica, the sudden closure of Holy City Zoo in Longwood, Sanford Porchfest put...

Episode 52 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at Blackbird Comics and Coffeehouse  ( Website ) in Maitland, where you can find a cute little coffee shop in the center of a smattering of comics, board games, and nerd stuff.  Topics this week include an update on this year's Orlando Fringe numbers, some shady-looking paperwork at the City of Winter Garden, Science Night Live at Orlando Science...

Orlando Science Center's Science Night Live returns this Saturday, May 30, from 8 to 11:30 p.m. for adults 18 and up, and this edition will feature a special edition of "Game Night Unleashed," which will take over the Founder's Room on Level 3. Three local tabletop game designers will be set up with their original games, and we sat down with the makers ahead of this weekend's event to hear all abo...

Episode 51 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at Ziggie's Pizza  ( Website ) in Ivanhoe Village, after a big fancy media night for the Orlando return of The Blue Man Group, at their fancy new theater behind ICON Park on International Drive. Oh, and Scottie Campbell is back subbing in for Jon.  Topics this week include a chat about the new president of Walt Disney World Resort, the pausing of...

Episode 50 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at Primrose Bowling and Skating  ( Website ) in The Milk District, to check out the newly added skating rink, adjacent to the bowling lanes and sports bar.  Topics this week include a barber who was arrested for allegedly firing a crossbow into a competing business, a student who was arrested for putting cameras in a public restroom on Park Avenu...

Episode 49 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at the newly opened Oviedo Bowling Center  ( Website ) ahead of this weekend's 3rd Annual JustCallMoe Celebrity Bowl-o-Rama, in support of Rosie's Adventures.  Topics this week include who won Mount Dora Taste, that epic match where Orlando City clawed back from a three goal gap to beat Miami in their fancy Nu Stadium 4-3, Spirit Airline giving u...

Episode 48 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at the newly opened Holy City Zoo BBQ  ( Website ) in Longwood, a new chef-driven concept helmed by Greg and Kristina Gaardbo, who came from Chicago to open their dream restaurant. And man, was it delicious.  Topics this week include a lawyer who was put in Orange County Jail for not revealing the names of his clients to the HOA trying to recover...

Episode 46 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded sans Brendan this week as he is up in Pensacola working on a story about the annual Mullet Toss event. So Jon and Moe take the show into their own hands to talk about ... whatever it is those two talk about.  Holler at this week's sponsors,  Enzian Theater ,  JustCallMoe.com,   Legacy Life Project , and the  Orange County Library System. Tune in...

Episode 46 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded on the patio at Boxi Park  ( Website ) in Lake Nona, with special guests Chris Lindauer, Boxi Park's General Manager, and Yusila Ramirez, Director of Communications for Tavistock U.S. Boxi Park is a 30,000 SF outdoor entertainment venue that's been built with repurposed shipping containers, that acts as a community hub for all of  Lake Nona with...

Episode 44 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded on the patio at  MAD Creative Fabrication  ( Website ) for a spring open house they hosted to show off all of their fancy skills and facilities. They're a team of designers and builders that build custom creations for clients like the major theme parks, and we got a behind-the-scenes look at some of their latest projects.  Topics this week includ...

Episode 44 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded on the patio at Burton's Bar ( Instagram ) with yummy tuna melts provided by The Classic Thornton Park ( Website ), and a brief cameo from The Classic's owner, Brian "The Winkle" Minkl.  Topics this week include the Jaguars coming to Orlando's Camping World Stadium in 2027, the return of Florida Film Festival next week, a dumb rich dude suing the...

Episode 43 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at Conquistador Bar and Restaurant  ( Website ) at Mission Resort and Club in Howey-In-The-Hills. It's a historic golf resort (with hills) with beautiful Spanish Colonial architecture, which was recently sold to new owners, who are investing lots of time and money into the campus. The dining room is super pretty and has beautiful sunset views of...

Episode 42 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at Flour Flamingos  ( Website ) at the Grand Cypress Resort, a Richard Blais-branded flagship restaurant. We had the chance to sit with head chef Josue Perez to chat about the spring menu and some upcoming initiatives/events like the popular Four Flamingos Cocktail Class Series returning on Friday, March 27. Topics this week include the post-apoc...

Episode 41 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at Rogen's Drinkery on Mills  ( Website ) in Mills 50 in front of a live audience, during our belated launch party/Coming Out Party, celebrating eight amazing months of Orlando Shine! Check out the photos from the event on OrlandoShine.com, courtesy of Amanda Claire Photos (they're amazing).  Topics this week include the closing of Cocktails and...

Episode 40 of "The Orlando Shine Show" was recorded at Gnarly Barley  ( Website ) in Ivanhoe Village with Brenda from Bithlo, Orlando's favorite drag bingo host.  Topics this week include the closing of the short-lived LGBTQ venue, Heatwave, in Parramore, news that the "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" creator, John Cameron Mitchell, is coming to Enzian this summer, a Japanese konbini opening in Mills 5...