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Thanks For Being Here - Lena's Homage to Her Godmother Linda May 24, 2026

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Some people teach us things. Others show us how to live. Kelly's cousin Lena writes beautifully about her godmother Linda — painter, cook, creative force — and what it means to be shaped by someone who savors all of the beauty life has to offer.

Check out Lena's Substack "Cooking with Littles" https://cookingwithlittles.substack.com/

Go To on What It Takes to Win May 22, 2026

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Kelly's cousin Kevin Corrigan has been coaching the Notre Dame men's lacrosse team for decades — and this weekend his team is playing (yet again) for the national championship. In honor of that, we're sharing two clips from Kelly's longer conversation with Kevin about what it really means to lead, what it takes to build something that lasts, and why winning is so much harder than it looks from the outside.

Check out Kelly's longer interview with Kevin HERE:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-dive-with-kevin-corrigan-on-great-coaching/id1532951390?i=1000727017947

Deep Dive with Sara DeWitt on Creative Intention May 19, 2026

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Fred Rogers (aka "Mr. Rogers") looked at television and didn't see it as a danger for kids — he saw it as a door. Sara DeWitt has spent her career walking through it. As Senior VP and General Manager of PBS Kids, she has devoted decades to asking what children's media can be when the people making it are optimizing for something other than revenue. In the seventh episode of our Wired to Create series, Sara makes the case that the right story at the right moment can do things nothing else can — and that the most powerful screen in a child's life might be the one a caring adult is watching alongside them.

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This episode was made possible by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. To learn more, please visit: waltonfamilyfoundation.org.

Thanks For Being Here - Game Night May 17, 2026

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Graduation season is upon us, and if you're a parent in the thick of it, listener Stephanie Wass wrote this for you. It's a small, quiet essay about a game of Uno that somehow holds everything — the pride, the grief, and the very specific ache of knowing the cards are no longer in your hands.

Go To on "It's Going To Be OK" with Nora McInerny May 15, 2026

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Kelly recently appeared on Nora McInerney's podcast called, "It's Going To Be OK" — and the conversation was too good not to share here. Two people with a low tolerance for small talk and a high tolerance for the messy, beautiful, occasionally terrifying truth of being alive, trading the things that are giving them hope right now.

Introducing Family Lore May 13, 2026

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Family Lore is a weekly narrative podcast that celebrates and investigates ancestral mystique. Each episode begins with a guest sharing a fascinating family legend, followed by a historical deep-dive to uncover the truth and meaning behind the tale. Available now.

https://link.pscrb.fm/f0281/FLFD

Deep Dive with Jonathan Bijur on Creative Freedom May 12, 2026

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Kids walk into Rediscover Center in Los Angeles with nothing but an idea and leave with something that will last a lifetime. Jonathan Bijur has spent decades figuring out what makes that possible — and what gets in the way. In the sixth episode of our Wired to Create series, he makes the case for the most counter-cultural idea in education right now: that children learn more when adults get out of the way. It turns out the hardest part isn't teaching the kids.

This episode was made possible by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. To learn more, please visit: ⁠waltonfamilyfoundation.org.⁠

To learn more about Rediscover Center visit: https://rediscovercenter.org/

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Thanks For Being Here - Kelly's Eulogy for her Mom May 10, 2026

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For Mother's Day, we're sharing the eulogy Kelly wrote for her mom, Mary Corrigan. Mother's Day means something different to everyone — whether you're celebrating today, grieving, or somewhere in between — we're thinking of you. (Previously aired)

Go To - Christy Turlington Burns and Bono Talking Moms May 08, 2026

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Today's episode is a part of our "About Your Mother" series honoring Every Mother Counts. Bono lost his mother Iris when he was 14 years old. She had an aneurysm at her father’s funeral and as he says, he’s been singing to her ever since. This is a very special conversation, possibly my favorite interview of all time, made more lovely and intimate by the friendship between Bono and Christy going back many years now. (Previously aired)

This series supports Every Mother Counts, founded in 2010 and led every day since by Christy Turlington Burns. Please consider joining us with a donation here. https://everymothercounts.org/donate/

Maternal health is a human right and as Bono says, raising kids takes a village and a mother is a village.

Deep Dive with Beth Stelling on Creative Courage May 05, 2026

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Beth Stelling grew up making people laugh before she knew it was a skill worth taking seriously. It took years of open mics and a lot of hard-won stage time before she found her truest voice. In the fifth episode of our Wired to Create series, Beth talks about the family that shaped her, the speech and debate program that first put her on a stage, the years it took to finally sound like herself in front of a crowd, and what she's learned from helping younger comedians find their way.

This episode was made possible by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. To learn more, please visit: waltonfamilyfoundation.org.

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