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Thanks For Being Here - PT's Essay "What Is A Woman?"
Season 1 Episode 197
In 1974, a suburban housewife named Pat Tiehel (aka PT), submitted an essay to a women's magazine about being angry at a system that gave her education and aspirations, then kept her pinned up at hom…
Published on 11 hours ago
Go To on AI & Raising Kids After Loss
Season 1 Episode 224
Andy Laats thought parenting was a complete alphabet—he did A through M, his wife Liz handled N through Z. After she died of ovarian cancer, he learned he'd underestimated the N through Z work, and t…
Published on 2 days, 11 hours ago
Deep Dive with Alexa Arnold and Kate Cockrill on Mom Rage
Season 1 Episode 270
What's underneath mom rage and why does it keep happening? In this second episode of The Tryhards—a 3-part series for ambitious parents trying to be the best version of themselves day by day—Kelly ta…
Published on 5 days, 11 hours ago
Thanks For Being Here - Lesley's Eulogy for Her Son Pierce
Season 1 Episode 196
A mother stands to speak about her son Pierce—the boy who had style, a memorable laugh, and a way of making ordinary moments feel like love. Lesley Hu delivered this eulogy after Pierce was shot and …
Published on 1 week ago
What a Maasai Childhood Teaches About Modern Life
Season 1 Episode 223
A Maasai girl grows up milking cows at dawn, walking ten kilometers for water, sleeping eight to a bed, surrounded by 38 siblings and five mothers who all knew her name and sang her song. Then she le…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago
Deep Dive with Alexa Arnold & Kate Cockrill on Tracking our Kids
Season 1 Episode 269
In this first episode of "The Tryhards"—a three-part series for ambitious parents trying to be the best version of themselves day by day—Kelly talks with social impact entrepreneur Alexa Arnold and l…
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
Thanks For Being Here - A Full Circle Kidney Donation Story
Season 1 Episode 195
A woman named Karen Burke listened to an episode of Thanks For Being Here and felt an overwhelming sense of certainty about something she'd never considered before. Kelly shares a remarkable full cir…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Go To on Whether We're Still Human if Robots Raise our Babies
Season 1 Episode 222
Babies attach to whoever responds to them—mother, father, grandmother, or machine. Kelly shares anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy's TED talk about what makes humans fundamentally different from other…
Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Deep Dive with Letitia Hanke on "Anything's Possible"
Season 1 Episode 268
As a 19 year old, Letitia Hanke took a job as a receptionist at the local roofing company. Within 10 years, she bought the business she has now been running (and growing) for 2 decades. If you want t…
Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Thanks For Being Here - Jerry Kinkead's Tribute to Huck
Season 1 Episode 194
A kitchen clock keeps perfect time for 55 years, witnessing countless conversations and quiet moments above a kitchen table. Kelly reads Jerry Kinkead's tribute to her brother-in-law Huck, a story ab…
Published on 3 weeks ago