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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 H…
9 months, 3 weeks 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 wh…
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …
9 months, 4 weeks 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 con…
10 months 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 wh…
10 months 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 …
10 months 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 Kinkea…
10 months, 1 week ago
Go To on the Mental Health AI Chatbot Made for Real Life
Season 1 Episode 221
When someone admits they're struggling at 2 AM, should they have to wait until morning to talk to another human? Kelly shares her TED stage conversat…
10 months, 1 week ago
Deep Dive with Raymond Ansotegui on Great Coaching
Season 1 Episode 267
Most people run from danger. Raymond Ansotegui spent a decade running toward it. In the final episode of our Great Coaches series, Kelly talks with a…
10 months, 1 week ago
Thanks For Being Here - Rachel's Letter to her Younger Self (the Coach)
Season 1 Episode 193
Sometimes the people we think we're teaching end up being our greatest mentors. Kelly shares a letter from Rachel Hicks—longtime collaborator on Kell…
10 months, 2 weeks ago