Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Go To on What We Lose When We Know Too Much

12 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We can see the menu before we go to the restaurant. We can watch the trailer before we buy the ticket. We can read three years of someone's Instagram ...

Deep Dive with Cava Menzies on Creative Attunement

09 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There's a game Cava Menzies plays with her students. She asks each of them to say a word — snowfall, nightmare, dragons — and then she translates ...

Thanks For Being Here - Amy's Mom PT

07 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This weekend marks what would have been producer Tammy (Tiehel) Stedman's mom's 85th birthday — she passed away in March 2022. All three of the T...

Go To on Assuming the Identity You Want

05 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There's a body of research that says the clothes you wear don't just change how others see you — they change how you see yourself. Kelly traces this...

Deep Dive with Steve Day on Creative Pathways

02 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What if a high school student could spend their day fixing a plane, machining a part destined for a rocket launch, or building a house that a family w...

Thanks For Being Here - Christina's Gratitude for Mr. O'Brien

31 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes all it takes is one person asking the right question at the right moment. Listener Christina Bonvouloir was fourteen, grieving the loss of h...

Go To on Advice for Grads

29 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a speech to high school graduates, Kelly shared her take on the things only we know about ourselves — and how keeping our internal dialog honest...

Deep Dive with Aditya Vishwanath on Creative Access

26 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There's a version of education that produces brilliant test-takers and has very little to do with learning. Aditya Vishwanath, Stanford-trained educat...

Thanks For Being Here - Lena's Homage to Her Godmother Linda

24 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Some people teach us things. Others show us how to live. Kelly's cousin Lena writes beautifully about her godmother Linda — painter, cook, creative...

Go To on What It Takes to Win

22 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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) fo...

Deep Dive with Sara DeWitt on Creative Intention

19 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Thanks For Being Here - Game Night

17 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Go To on "It's Going To Be OK" with Nora McInerny

15 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Introducing Family Lore

13 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Family Lore is a weekly narrative podcast that celebrates and investigates ancestral mystique. Each episode begins with a guest sharing a fascinating ...

Deep Dive with Jonathan Bijur on Creative Freedom

12 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Thanks For Being Here - Kelly's Eulogy for her Mom

10 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Go To - Christy Turlington Burns and Bono Talking Moms

08 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Deep Dive with Beth Stelling on Creative Courage

05 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 stag...

Thanks For Being Here - When My Mama Left This World

03 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Some people move through the world so quietly and so generously that you don't fully understand what they were doing until they're gone. Courtenay Rad...

Go To - Christy Turlington Burns and Jennifer Garner Talking Moms

01 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Jen G, as we call her in my house, is as special and wonderful as you think she is. She is such a ready learner that she carries around a pen and note...

Deep Dive with Blythe Harris on Creative Routines

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

At 22, Blythe Harris was hit by an 18-wheeler in downtown San Francisco, pronounced dead on arrival, and spent the next several years rebuilding her i...

Thanks For Being Here - Remembering Ms. Marber

26 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Some teachers don't just teach you things — they show you who you are. Listener Nicole McDermott wrote this the night she found out her high school ...

Go To - Spike Lee and Christy Turlington Burns Talking Moms

24 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is part of our special 5-part series about moms in honor of Every Mother Counts. Christy and I recently spent an unforgettable Saturday a...

Deep Dive with Jeff Kinney on Creative Constraints

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Kinney spent eight years working on Diary of a Wimpy Kid almost entirely in silence — no feedback, no applause, no guarantee it would ever amou...

Thanks For Being Here - Janice Finn Weekes on What Volunteering Gives Back

19 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Janice Finn Weekes retired from a career in adult training and wasn't sure she was qualified to teach an AARP safe driving course. Her friends set her...

Go To - Edward Burns and Christy Turlington Burns Talking Moms

17 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Funny with a touch of Irish melancholy. That's how actor, director, producer Edward Burns described Molly, his mother, to me and my co-host, Christy T...

Deep Dive with Allison Jones on Creative Hiccups

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Before there were algorithms and tape submissions and studio approved lists, Allison Jones was sitting in the back rows of comedy clubs — memorizing...

Thanks For Being Here - Jane Curran on "A Moment of Mercy"

12 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A listener named Jane Curran was coming in the door from her morning walk when she got the call that her sister had been airlifted to the hospital. Sh...

Go To - Amy Schumer and Christy Turlington Burns Talking Moms

10 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Amy Schumer is as sharp a writer as she is a performer. I love her always-on-point work in Life & Beth, Trainwreck and all 44 episodes of Inside Amy S...

Deep Dive with Ed Helms on Creative Flow

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ed Helms has a well-organized workshop, a banjo, a treehouse he built during the pandemic, and a deeply inconvenient habit of doing his best work at t...

Thanks For Being Here - Jane Perlez's Essay "Dear Marjorie"

05 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our Women of Consequence series, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jane Perlez writes a letter honoring a woman she watched from a distance...

Go To on What Women of Consequence Taught Kelly

03 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past month, Kelly sat down with five women who are quietly — and not so quietly — changing the world: an entrepreneur, an Olympic champio...

Deep Dive with Reese Witherspoon on Narrative Power

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Reese Witherspoon has built an empire by betting on one simple truth: when you put women in charge of telling stories, you uncover whole themes that g...

Thanks For Being Here - Nora McInerny Honors her Grandmother Mary Jane

29 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our Women of Consequence series, Kelly sits down with podcaster and author Nora McInerny, who says without hesitation that her life is the ...

Go To on Asking a Better Question

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For 16 years, advocates in New Mexico asked for a constitutional amendment to fund pre-K, and for 16 years the answer was no. Then Governor Michelle L...

Deep Dive with Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Asking Better Questions

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham once dyed her hair red, said goodbye to her husband, and went undercover in a nursing home to expose the neglect that ...

Thanks For Being Here - Poppy Harlow's 80th Birthday Letter to her Mom

22 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our Women of Consequence series, journalist Poppy Harlow sits down with Kelly to read a letter she wrote to her mother Mary, who is turning...

Go To on Why Empathy Doesn't Scale

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There's a problem with leading with your heart: empathy doesn't scale. One sick child and we open our wallets. A thousand sick children and we change ...

Welcome to Becoming You with Suzy Welch

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wonder “What should I actually do with my life?” Today we’re excited to introduce you to Suzy Welch. As a three-time New York Times bests...

Deep Dive with Olivia Walton on Making Change

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Olivia Walton went from asking questions as a business journalist to creating solutions as a philanthropist—and she's learned that the best way to f...

Thanks For Being Here - Liz Moody on the Women Who Gather

15 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us are still waiting for that one perfect mentor to appear and show us the way. Podcaster Liz Moody decided to stop waiting and start sending ...

Go To on Pushing Through Fear

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We carry around this dangerous myth that brave people feel brave—that somewhere out there, women are standing up in meetings and saying the hard thi...

Deep Dive with Allyson Felix on Speaking Up

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Allyson Felix has 11 Olympic medals, which makes her the most decorated American track and field athlete in history. But here's the thing—most peopl...

Thanks For Being Here - Anne Lamott on her "Other Mother"

08 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Anne Lamott tells Kelly about the "other mother" from her childhood—her best friend's mom who thought she was fabulous when her own parents h...

Go To on Trusting Our Lived Experience

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly reflects on a moment from Tuesday's conversation with Laura Modi, founder of the infant formula company Bobbie, who had 48 hours to decide wheth...

Deep Dive with Laura Modi on Trusting Yourself

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Laura Modi had mastitis five days into motherhood— blistered and bleeding, fever raging—and when she finally turned to formula, she discovered the...

Thanks For Being Here - Love Letter to a Judge

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Newly appointed Judge Kristine Burk's investiture ceremony became unexpectedly tender when her 19-year-old son Tyler took the podium. Moving beyond th...

Go To on the Trap of Being "Good"

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

You may be familiar with this woman: she wakes up before anyone else, eats standing up, clears the dishes first—and if you told her she was good, sh...

Deep Dive with Courtney Smith on the Stories We Tell Ourselves

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly sits down with Enneagram coach Courtney Smith, co-author (with Elise Loehnen) of the workbook Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness, to explore the c...

Thanks For Being Here - Karen's Story "Bono, Frank & Divine Timing"

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Karen Frost held hands with a stranger named Frank at a U2 concert in Chicago—a man she sensed didn't have much time left. They didn't exchange cont...

Go To on Community as Medicine

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What if the most powerful response to tragedy isn't professional intervention, but something much simpler and closer to home? Kelly weaves together a ...

Deep Dive with Dr. Matt Walker, W. Kamau Bell and Maya Shankar on Sleep

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Quick afternoon nap? Gummies before bed? Hitting snooze? Here’s a thorough look at how to get our sleep right with one of the world’s most informe...

Thanks For Being Here - Molly Merrihew's Essay for Cait & CeCe

15 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes kids just know things. Molly Merrihew's almost-three-year-old daughter Cecelia asks out of nowhere, "Why did Caitlin die in February?" while...

Go To on Curiosity in the Movies (WALL-E)

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly and Tammy explore Pixar's WALL-E, a film that dares to say almost nothing for the first forty minutes—and somehow says everything about curios...

Deep Dive with Pico Iyer on Curiosity

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What if the antidote to our frenzied, overscheduled lives isn't found in distant places or grand revelations, but in the radical act of paying attenti...

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

08 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 party...

Go To on Curiosity in the Movies (Her)

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 Jonz...

Deep Dive with Gül Dölen on Curiosity

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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

Thanks For Being Here - A House Call from Doctor T

01 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 m...

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

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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. Tammy...

Deep Dive with George Saunders on Creativity

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

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

25 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Go To on Creativity in the Movies (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

Deep Dive with Brian Greene on Creativity

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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

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

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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, ...

Go To on Humility in the Movies (The Pursuit of Happyness)

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly and Tammy continue their Friday movie tradition, this time exploring humility in The Pursuit of Happyness. They discuss the difference between h...

Deep Dive with Father Greg Boyle on Humility

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly sits down with Father Greg Boyle, who has run Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years—the largest gang intervention program in t...

Thanks For Being Here - Chris Duffy's Thank You to Gary the 10-Year Old Food Critic

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Duffy—standup comedian and author of Humor Me—writes a thank you letter to Gary, a 10-year-old "food critic" who changed his life. Gary was ...

Go To on Humility in the Movies (The King's Speech)

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly and producer Tammy launch a new Friday tradition for the Super Traits series—breaking down movies that put the virtues of humility, creativity...

Deep Dive with Steve Kerr on Humility

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What does humility look like when you're standing at the absolute top? Kelly talks with Steve Kerr—nine-time NBA champion—about the tension betwee...

Thanks For Being Here - A Love Letter to the In-Town Problem Solvers

04 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Beth Mason wrote this love letter to her sister Susan who, as the "in town" sibling, became their parents' default caregivers. Beth encourages us all ...

Go To on Embracing Humility, Creativity & Curiosity in the New Year

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What if your New Year's resolutions weren't about losing weight or getting organized, but about becoming more curious, humble, and creative? Kelly ref...

Deep Dive with Kate Bowler on the Happy Files 2025

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly and Kate Bowler return for the second half of their annual "Crappy/Happy" tradition—this time, the happy. They share the moments from 2025 tha...

THX - Karen Mulvaney's Eulogy for her Father

28 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Karen Mulvaney writes about her father—a man who did cartwheels in a cornfield when her mother said "Yes!", who woke his kids with pots and pans at ...

Go To on Going For It

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly had a dream. Over a decade, the dream started to seem stupidly out of reach so she went about her business raising money for non profits. But in...

Deep Dive with Kate Bowler on the Crappy Files 2025

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly and Kate Bowler return for their annual, end-of-the-year "Crappy Happy" tradition—this week, the crappy. They wade into the losses that don't ...

Thanks For Being Here - Mary Pat's Christmas Stockings

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Colleen Gilroy tells the story of her mother, Mary Pat—a woman who stayed up deep into the night knitting Christmas stockings, thinking about each r...

Go To on Attention and Awe

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to truly see someone before they're gone? Kelly shares an essay she wrote for an evening celebrating awe, reflecting on attention as...

Deep Dive with Dr. Francis S. Collins on Nature

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How much can we blame DNA for our depression and anxiety? Is something about our mental health pre-written into our genetic code? How much trauma carr...

Thanks For Being Here - Wendie's Tribute to Joanie and Da

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wendy Childress shares the story of losing her beautiful daughter Chloe in the devastating Camp Mystic floods in Texas, and writes a deeply moving tri...

Go To on Takeaways from Five Years of Podcasting

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After 700 episodes, Kelly distills what matters most: the places where old wisdom meets new science, what eulogies teach us about greatness, and why v...

Deep Dive with Anna Quindlen on The Art of Gifting and Regifting

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For anyone with gift anxiety, for anyone who feels like you can’t win for losing, this is the conversation for you. Full of reminders and insights a...

Thanks For Being Here - Meghan's Eulogy for her Father, Forty Years Later

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, writer Megan Cathlin shares a eulogy written four decades after her father's death by suicide when she was five years old. She reflec...

Go To on Fear vs. Fact

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Deep Dive with Anna Quindlen on Showing Up

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 w...

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

30 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Go To on AI & the Poetry of Family

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 headligh...

Deep Dive with Anna Quindlen on Turkey and Forgiveness

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 eve...

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

23 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Go To on AI & the Chaos of Family Life

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

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

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ho...

Thanks For Being Here - PT's Essay "To Be A Woman"

16 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 educatio...

Go To on AI & Raising Kids After Loss

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 lear...

Deep Dive with Alexa Arnold and Kate Cockrill on Mom Rage

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What's underneath mom rage and why does it keep happening? In this second episode of The Tryhards—a 3-part series for ambitious parents trying to be...

Thanks For Being Here - Lesley's Eulogy for Her Son Pierce

09 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A mother stands to speak about her son Pierce—the boy who had style, a memorable laugh, and a way of making ordinary moments feel like love. Lesley ...

Go to on AI & Being the Bridge to the Next Generation

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Maasai girl grows up milking cows at dawn, walking ten kilometers for water, sleeping eight to a bed, surrounded by 38 siblings and five mothers who...

Deep Dive with Alexa Arnold & Kate Cockrill on Tracking our Kids

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this first episode of "The Tryhards"—a three-part series for ambitious parents trying to be the best version of themselves day by day—Kelly tal...

Thanks For Being Here - A Full Circle Kidney Donation Story

02 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A woman named Karen Burke listened to an episode of Thanks For Being Here and felt an overwhelming sense of certainty about something she'd never cons...

Go To on Whether We're Still Human if Robots Raise our Babies

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Babies attach to whoever responds to them—mother, father, grandmother, or machine. Kelly shares anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy's TED talk about w...

Deep Dive with Letitia Hanke on "Anything's Possible"

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As a 19 year old, Letitia Hanke took a job as a receptionist at the local roofing company. Within 10 years, she bought the business she has now been r...