Podcast Episodes

Thanks For Being Here - Mary Hope's Letter to her Dad on his 90th Birthday

Season 1 Episode 209

Kelly reads a birthday letter from her lifelong friend Mary Hope McQuiston to her father Bob, who is turning 90. Instead of throwing a surprise part…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Go To on Curiosity in the Movies (Her)

Season 1 Episode 236

What happens when a filmmaker refuses to judge his characters and just keeps asking "and then what would happen?" Kelly and Tammy dive into Spike Jon…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Deep Dive with Gül Dölen on Curiosity

Season 1 Episode 282

Kelly sits down with visionary neuroscientist Gül Dölen—who FedExed seven octopuses to her lab and dosed them with MDMA to understand how brains lear…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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Thanks For Being Here - A House Call from Doctor T

Season 1 Episode 208

Sometimes the most powerful thing a doctor can do has nothing to do with medicine. Kelly reads a listener letter from Ellen Versprille, who lost her …

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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Go to on Creativity at the Movies (La La Land)

Season 1 Episode 235

Kelly and Tammy explore creativity through La La Land, a film that uses color like a second language and turns a highway traffic jam into magic. Tamm…

4 months ago

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Deep Dive with George Saunders on Creativity

Season 1 Episode 281

In the 4th episode of our Super Traits series, Kelly sits down with her favorite writer George Saunders—author of 12 books including Lincoln in the B…

4 months ago

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Thanks For Being Here - "Mom, Can We Talk?"

Season 1 Episode 207

Tracy Hargen shares the story of the night her son Will came to her during his junior year of high school to say he'd been struggling with depression…

4 months ago

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Go To on Creativity (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Season 1 Episode 234

This week's Go To is another film discussion between Kelly and Tammy, this time exploring creativity through Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel.…

4 months, 1 week ago

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Deep Dive with Brian Greene on Creativity

Season 1 Episode 280

Kelly sits down with theoretical physicist Brian Greene—who might seem like an unusual choice for a conversation about creativity until you learn he'…

4 months, 1 week ago

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Thanks For Being Here - Cassia's Eulogy for her Cousin Chris Hecht

Season 1 Episode 206

Cassia van der Hoof Holstein writes about her cousin Chris, "captain of the cousins" in a family where cousin love means always having a place to go,…

4 months, 1 week ago

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