Podcast Episodes

Go To on Fear vs. Fact

Season 1 Episode 227

Journalist and author Amanda Ripley cuts through the noise with a startling fact: America is on track for its lowest murder rate since 1960, yet most…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Deep Dive with Anna Quindlen on Showing Up

Season 1 Episode 273

Anna Quindlen and Kelly share readings, stories and insights on the art of holidaying, regular-people style - and focus on why showing up for those …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Thanks For Being Here - William Wallace's Eulogy for Grams

Season 1 Episode 199

Kelly shares a grandson's eulogy that captures the essence of an extraordinary relationship with his grandmother. Through William Wallace's memories,…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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Go To on AI & the Poetry of Family

Season 1 Episode 226

A father in Dublin watches through a car window as his five-year-old son talks to his mother in the front seat—the pale face in the glow of headlight…

4 months ago

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Deep Dive with Anna Quindlen on Turkey and Forgiveness

Season 1 Episode 272

Anna Quindlen and Kelly work through pre-game jitters about the holidays and how they might turn out okay after all. Kelly shares a reading on the ev…

4 months ago

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Thanks For Being Here - Emma's Essay "Go to the Party, Even When Life Doesn't Feel Like One"

Season 1 Episode 198

What happens when you show up for someone else's joy while carrying your own grief? A mother steps away from caregiving for 72 hours to witness a bat…

4 months ago

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Go To on AI & the Chaos of Family Life

Season 1 Episode 225

A scientist and entrepreneur built an AI to intercept every interruption in family life—the basketball emails, the field trip forms, the play rehears…

4 months, 1 week ago

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Deep Dive with Alexa Arnold & Kate Cockrill on Working & Parenting

Season 1 Episode 271

A text arrives: want to help build a movement around Jonathan Haidt's new book? Within a week, Alexa Arnold is sitting in his NYU office discussing h…

4 months, 1 week ago

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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 educati…

4 months, 1 week ago

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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 learn…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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