Podcast Episodes

Thanks For Being Here Lily's College Essay - "We Rise"

Season 1 Episode 39

Lily Janas, now a student at Bowdoin College, wrote this stirring college admissions essay called “We Rise”. She sets the scene at 2am and …

3 years, 4 months ago

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Parenting Check In: The Fear of Suicide

Season 1 Episode 68

Kelly asks Dr. Ken Ginsburg, long time pediatrician, what to do about the ultimate fear.

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3 years, 4 months ago

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The Things You Learn When You Talk about Books with Dr. Clara Oropeza

Season 1 Episode 112

Santa Barbara has one of the best community colleges in the country. Kelly and her producer Tammy spent a day on the campus of Santa Barbar…

3 years, 4 months ago

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Thanks For Being Here Stephen's College Essay - The J-Team

Season 1 Episode 38

Stephen Gallagher’s college essay takes a look at what could have just been a simple summer job but became so much more. It’s often a tough…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Parenting Check In on Unconditional Love with Dr. Ken Ginsburg

Season 1 Episode 67

The 4th of 5 quick check ins with Dr. Ken Ginsburg about the differences between unconditional love, unconditional like and unconditional ac…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Learning How to Learn with Dr. Marcia Chatelain

Season 1 Episode 111

It’s easy for academia to become remote, unless you have a professor like Dr. Marcia Chatelain. She teaches history at Georgetown and spend…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Thanks For Being Here Mowing the Lawn with Dad

Season 1 Episode 37

This moving essay was written by a listener as her college admissions essay. She writes about how as a kid she felt a terrific desire to con…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Parenting Check In on Rejection and Risk with Dr. Ken Ginsberg

Season 1 Episode 66

Super interesting note from respected pediatrician and parenting guide Dr. Ken Ginsburg on using elements of our environment to start conver…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Love and Old Age, How To Be Caring

Season 1 Episode 110

Replay of Episode 73 from February 2022. With tenderness and optimism, Atul Gawande (author of Being Mortal, a must read) and Ai-jen Poo (w…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Thanks For Being Here Tracy's Dad Joe

Season 1 Episode 36

Today’s submission is introduced in the episode as a eulogy but it’s actually an essay that writer, speaker and advocate Tracy Hargen wrote …

3 years, 5 months ago

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