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Icons David Byrne and Judy Woodruff on Staying Positive Mar 01, 2022

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Talking Heads. American Utopia. Singular creative David Byrne talks with Kelly about how he stays just cheerful enough to keep making art in a world of chaos. Then, Kelly sits with Judy Woodruff on the set of PBS NewsHour to talk about holding on to the positive on even the very hardest days and how she processes the news as both an American, a special needs mom and a media professional. To watch the full Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan series, go to PBS.org/kelly.

Love, Hope and Grief for Shawn's Father Feb 27, 2022

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Shawn remembers her father Dave and why being stubborn isn't such a bad thing.

My dad, her husband and thoughts on the anniversary of Greenie's passing Feb 25, 2022

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When I was in high school, I found a pile of old letters that my dad had written to my mom when she was just a girl from Baltimore. I revisit them here in memory of my dad on the day he died.

Scott Galloway and Dolores Huerta on Saying Hard Things Feb 22, 2022

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Scott Galloway repeatedly asks us to square our worship of technology and innovators with what we know is and is not good for us and society. He wants us to face the slow but certain damage we allow corporations to inflict, every day, on our kids and ourselves. Standing on a firm foundation of facts and insight, he asks the hardest and most consequential questions of our time. Dolores Huerta worked side by side with Cesar Chavez for decades. She stood next to Robert Kennedy the night he was shot. She convinced 18 million people to boycott grapes. These back to back conversations, recorded on the set of Kelly’s PBS show, Tell Me More, are part wake up call and part roadmap. To watch all episodes of Tell Me More, go to pbs.org/kelly.

Love, Hope and Grief for Harry's Brother Feb 20, 2022

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19 year-old Harry lovingly remembers his younger brother Charlie.

Mental Health Check on Love and Taking An Interest Feb 18, 2022

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Dipping back into some early GOTOs, here’s a second run of an idea that bears repeating: kids remember when we follow their lead. It feels like love because it is. *Includes a reading about my dad, forever a fan by nature, who used to watch me practice diving long after the rest of the world went home for dinner.

Bianca Valenti and Melinda French Gates on Making Waves Feb 15, 2022

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Today I’m talking with big wave surfer Bianca Valenti and big time philanthropist Melinda French Gates. Whether it’s facing down a 50-foot wave or world-wide criticism over choices made, they’ll explain why it’s been so worth it to push beyond any fear or discomfort. They’ll also tell you that if you’re tracking culture and equity here in the United States or abroad, there is real progress to celebrate, progress that might help us stay the course and finish the work of making a world that is fair for girls and women. To watch the full Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan series on PBS, visit pbs.org/kelly.

Love, Hope and Grief for Andy's Dad Feb 13, 2022

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This is the first episode of our new series Thanks For Being Here. It will be a very short pod that comes out every Sunday morning as Sundays are, for a lot of people, a time of reflection, a time to let go of the day to day and to touch base with what matters, what will matter and what will have mattered.

The answer to that question for me is often found in ceremonies. I could literally watch strangers get married once a week, and I'm even more effected by funerals, sitting in a service, taking in the story of one life, just another ordinary person who they loved, who loved them. I feel a clarity and direction that I often can't find in the daily push and pull and eulogies in particular are about the most succinct source of direction I can think of.

So, I asked readers and listeners who have lost someone to share their eulogies and every week I'll read one here so that we don't forget, there is a point to the pain, that we have much to offer, that we affect each other and that ordinary lives are really kind of exquisite when you look at them closely.

This first episode features a eulogy beautifully written by my editor at Random House, Andy Ward, to honor his father.

Mental Health Check on Mindsets Feb 11, 2022

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Thanks to a PhD I used to talk to quite a bit when our kids were in school together, I got a shape up on the ways I think and talk about whose good at what and why.

Steve Kerr and W. Kamau Bell on Speaking Up Feb 08, 2022

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People say “Stay in your lane” but I don’t buy it. I like people who care about a lot of things, not just winning another NBA championship (I see you Steve Kerr, eyeing #9) or making another world class docu-series (I see you W Kamau Bell, with your devastating Cosby series). I like people who dare to say unpopular things into microphones because they have a platform and they feel compelled to use it. This is an episode with two of my favorite people — Warriors coach Steve Kerr and comedian, producer and director W. Kamau Bell — talking about what they do beyond what they do, if you get my drift. Go to pbs.org/kelly to watch Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan.

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