Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Talking Heads. American Utopia. Singular creative David Byrne talks with Kelly about how he stays just cheerful enough to keep making art in a world of chaos. Then, Kelly sits with Judy Woodruff on the set of PBS NewsHour to talk about holding on to the positive on even the very hardest days and how she processes the news as both an American, a special needs mom and a media professional. To watch...

Shawn remembers her father Dave and why being stubborn isn't such a bad thing. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When I was in high school, I found a pile of old letters that my dad had written to my mom when she was just a girl from Baltimore. I revisit them here in memory of my dad on the day he died. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott Galloway repeatedly asks us to square our worship of technology and innovators with what we know is and is not good for us and society. He wants us to face the slow but certain damage we allow corporations to inflict, every day, on our kids and ourselves. Standing on a firm foundation of facts and insight, he asks the hardest and most consequential questions of our time. Dolores Huerta worke...

19 year-old Harry lovingly remembers his younger brother Charlie. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dipping back into some early GOTOs, here’s a second run of an idea that bears repeating: kids remember when we follow their lead. It feels like love because it is. *Includes a reading about my dad, forever a fan by nature, who used to watch me practice diving long after the rest of the world went home for dinner. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacy...

Today I’m talking with big wave surfer Bianca Valenti and big time philanthropist Melinda French Gates. Whether it’s facing down a 50-foot wave or world-wide criticism over choices made, they’ll explain why it’s been so worth it to push beyond any fear or discomfort. They’ll also tell you that if you’re tracking culture and equity here in the United States or abroad, there is real progress to cele...

This is the first episode of our new series Thanks For Being Here. It will be a very short pod that comes out every Sunday morning as Sundays are, for a lot of people, a time of reflection, a time to let go of the day to day and to touch base with what matters, what will matter and what will have mattered. The answer to that question for me is often found in ceremonies. I could literally watch str...

Thanks to a PhD I used to talk to quite a bit when our kids were in school together, I got a shape up on the ways I think and talk about whose good at what and why. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People say “Stay in your lane” but I don’t buy it. I like people who care about a lot of things, not just winning another NBA championship (I see you Steve Kerr, eyeing #9) or making another world class docu-series (I see you W Kamau Bell, with your devastating Cosby series). I like people who dare to say unpopular things into microphones because they have a platform and they feel compelled to use...

Thanks to a listener who makes an excellent point, I am correcting some recurring remarks about piano lessons being a total bust. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With tenderness and optimism, Atul Gawande (author of Being Mortal, a must read) and Ai-jen Poo (who supports caregivers across the country) give us all a way to think about love, caregiving and facing mortality. To watch Kelly’s conversations with Atul and Ai-jen, go to www.pbs.org/kelly. If you love our pod, please give us a nice juicy 5 star rating. It takes about 2 seconds and helps lots of ot...

Thoughts on doing things for no reason whatsoever, including an excerpt from Kate Bowler’s little book of devotionals called Good Enough, and my embarrassing need for rationalizing doing nothing as doing something. You’ll see. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.co...

Puzzles. Pickle Ball. Backgammon, hearts, Rummikub. Collaging, watercolors, knitting. What might have seemed nice-to-have is actually a must-have if you want to protect your mental, physical and intellectual well being. Catherine Price, a science journalist, has rounded up the evidence and it’s clear: fun matters. Listen to Kelly and Catherine talk through the when, how and why of playing. Share w...

Right around this time, especially this year, there can be a pervasive feeling that change actually never happens. that things go in circles, that progress is a lullaby. I say no! Here’s my formula for keeping hope alive. Share with anyone who might be slowly sinking under the weight of it all. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-pol...

A big word for me as I get my head around 2022 is notice. What am I letting happen to myself? What might I be able to adjust or reject? Noticing seems like the obvious first step in self-management. Today’s conversation with Pamela Paul is about the things we have lost to the Internet and what, if anything, we want to do about it. What ideas, objects, habits and preferences has the Internet washed...

In exploring a project about eulogies, I noticed something that made me question all the guilt I’m hearing about from parents who listened to my conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims. I mean, yes, we make mistakes and those mistakes have consequences but our giant gorilla heart love doesn’t go unnoticed either. Share this with anyone who gets down on themselves about the bumpy ride that is family...

With not much more than a bag of chips and a tuba, Richard White found his way from intermittent homelessness and into the symphony This is a story to make you remember how much we can and do overcome. If you love this episode, you’ll also like hearing ultra-athlete Rich Roll talk about his long walk to solid ground and the irresistible Devone Boggan talk about the guys he takes to Disneyland ever...

After re-listening to my conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims about overparenting and reading hundreds of comments online, it seemed to me like there might be a way to transition from the hovering at close range to cheering from a safe distance. Here’s 3 minutes on the 3 steps I’m trying. Please share our work with your friends, or I should say KEEP sharing (clearly you have been since our reach...

There’s a lot to learn about how to help (or let) a kid become an adult from someone who worked with Stanford students for 10 years, not to mention someone who wrestles with every major moment in parenting herself. Julie Lythcott-Haims is the author of How to Raise an Adult and Your Turn: How to Be an Adult and is as honest as they come. This is one to play on repeat. If you loved this conversatio...

Ages ago, M Scott Peck (of The Road Less Traveled) studied success (personal and professional) and was surprised to discover that all the people in his study had one thing in common: they all report the exact same “most important” thing. As I sink into the reality of an empty nest, I felt the need to remind myself that it is not my children’s job (nor is it Edward’s) to make me happy. Hope you fin...

Kelly listens in tears as long time death row inmate Anthony Ray Hinton tells her the best story she's ever heard. With thanks to listeners for voting and Bryan Stevenson at the Equal Justice Initiative for introducing us to Mr. Hinton. Please share widely. This one will heal us. Other 2021 listener favorites mentioned in this episode include BJ Miller on Losing the Ones We Love and Anna Quindlen...

A lovely story about a neighborhood in Baltimore has been circulating this week. Like so many people, I was moved. For today’s very quick GOTO, I wanted to underline one unusual choice that made all this beauty possible: the minute Kim Morton decided to say something real. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about y...

Kelly talks with a favorite writer: the kind, wise, funny and wicked smart George Saunders. They go deep on ignoring the persistent whispering of our tricky egos and work through the ongoing challenge of returning ourselves to a state of wonder and empathy. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices....

For anyone who finds themselves going to war with reality…this one is for you. A deep dive into where we get our expectations of consistency and resolution. Share with your pals. Podcasts make the perfect fodder for friendship. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.c...