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Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan
Mental Health
Parenting
Grief
Creativity
Family
Motherhood
Every Mother Counts
Artificial Intelligence
Eulogy
Humility
Eulogies
Love
Maternal Health
Family Dynamics
Education
Community Support
Forgiveness
Family Relationships
Time Management
Resilience

Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders, a place for people who like to laugh while they think and find it useful to look closely at ourselves and our weird ways in the hopes that knowing more and feeling more will help us do more and be better. Author of 4 New York Times bestsellers about family life, Kelly wonders about loads of stuff: is knowing more always good? Can we trust our gut? How does change... more

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Sadly, this is the last conversation with Claire Danes and Kate Bowler about what makes life worth all the trouble, worry and suffering. In this freewheeling ride, we dig into just how inevitable personal ethical failure is and therefore, what does r... more

Some people meet old age and loss with bitterness. Dick Bolz met it with gratitude so genuine it left everyone around him a little changed. Lutheran pastor & author Nadia Bolz-Weber's eulogy for her father is short, funny, and moving — the kind of th... more

Ten years ago, when Kelly's dad Greenie was nearing the end of his life, she stumbled onto a question that quietly reorganized the way she has moved through almost every interaction since. It's just a single question — which when asked early enough ... more

Claire Danes, Kate Bowler and I try to figure out how the hell to live lives of real meaning and discovery, how to depersonalize the slings and arrows of any season, how to remember our agency and mobility.

Based on Life Worth Living: A Guide to Wha... more

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Recent Guests

Cody Vasquez
Grandson who authored and delivered the eulogy for Pat Minitti
Harvard University (alumnus)
Episode: Thanks For Being Here - Cody's Eulogy for His Grandfather Pat Minitti
Sophie G
Friend's daughter who shared the Lawrenceville speech
Personal connection to the host
Episode: Go To on 10 Life Tips for All of Us
Dr. Cunningham
Professor who presented the Lawrenceville speech with ten life tips
Lawrenceville (as presenter of the speech)
Episode: Go To on 10 Life Tips for All of Us
Kate Bowler
Duke divinity professor, author, and cancer survivor
Duke University
Episode: Deep Dive with Claire Danes and Kate Bowler - Book Clubbing with Kelly Part 1
Claire Danes
Actress, author, podcaster, and professor
Unknown (guest)
Episode: Deep Dive with Claire Danes and Kate Bowler - Book Clubbing with Kelly Part 1
Mary Plisco
Listener who wrote a tribute letter about Judy Heumann; psychologist
Episode: Thanks For Being Here - Mary's Homage to Judy Heumann
Kava Menzies
Music teacher from Oakland discussed in Wired to Create series
Wired to Create (interview)
Episode: Go To on What We Lose When We Know Too Much
Steve Day
Principal and education innovator at Cherry Creek Innovation Campus (CCIC)
Cherry Creek Innovation Campus (CCIC), Colorado
Episode: Deep Dive with Steve Day on Creative Pathways
Aditya Vishwanath
Learning scientist and co-founder of MakerGhat; Stanford PhD
MakerGhat
Episode: Deep Dive with Aditya Vishwanath on Creative Access

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Kelly Corrigan
Host of the show, introducing and guiding the conversation

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 4.3k ratings
  • Especially loved the latest series

    Longtime listener and so appreciate the honest and intimate conversations you have with every guest on a variety of topics. This latest series was especially enjoyable and hope affirming. In our chaotic timeline of late, the thoughtful conversations you share are insightful, grounding, and inspiring. Appreciate you sharing with us!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    SKT71
    United States3 months ago
  • Love and grief

    Kelly, I have listened to your podcast for years and always enjoy them immensely… But this Sunday’s “thanks for being here”-about why did Kaitlin die in February? Really resonated with me… I just happen to have a sister who also died in February -28 years ago… and a beautiful three-year-old grandson who looks at the high school picture of my sister and asks amazing questions …It is so fascinating to me-just how similar these podcasts are to our everyday lives-it absolutely “takes my breath away ... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Binka51
    United States5 months ago
  • The one podcast companion for the desert island

    Kelly and her Wonders will go with me if I ever have to go to that imagined desert island where we can only take a few treasured things from civilization. She is so deeply human and always curious. I am so grateful Kate Bowler introduced me to this podcast.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Gyles4
    Canada5 months ago
  • Tugjd

    This nonsense is for noobs

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    olivia yang98
    United States6 months ago
  • Loved the episode w/3 moms

    I loved the episodes when you and your mom friends were talking about parenting some of the best episodes in years. I hope you have more like this. More relational. Less academic and I say this as an academic. I like the conversations you have with ordinary people the best. Sometimes the pod gets a little too theoretical and isn’t practical or relatable. The intellectual humility (while important) felt a little overdone. I like the stories and specific examples versus theoretical concepts. I a... more

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Meg Reynolds1983
    United States6 months ago

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Listeners praise honesty, intimate conversations, and grounding insights across diverse guests.
Audience often notes the host's warmth and her ability to mix personal stories with meaningful topics.

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Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Deep Dive with Aditya Vishwanath on Creative Access
Q: What should we teach in middle school and high school?
He argues for socio-emotional skills, collaboration, data literacy, and problem-solving over rote memorization, emphasizing experiential and hands-on learning, design thinking, and repair-oriented mindsets as essential for AI-era resilience.
Deep Dive with Aditya Vishwanath on Creative Access
Q: Will you give us a sense of your own schooling?
Aditya describes moving through many schools due to his father's banking job, his success as a topper in India, and how the system trained him to memorize, which contrasted with his later work focusing on hands-on, community-based education in the U.S. and India.
Go To on "It's Going To Be OK" with Nora McInerny
Q: What inspired the Go To segment and its format?
The segment aims to share small, universally accessible 'OK' moments and insights that help people feel connected and hopeful, often through personal stories.
Deep Dive with Jeff Kinney on Creative Constraints
Q: How did you sustain motivation during the long development period for Wimpy Kid?
He leaned on a personal North Star, Benjamin Franklin's “well done is better than well said” mindset, stayed focused on doing the work rather than chasing quick validation, and relied on a deep belief in the project.
Deep Dive with Jeff Kinney on Creative Constraints
Q: What were the early reactions you got from potential publishers or agents to your cartoon text combo?
Kinney describes many rejections and the sense that his early work wasn't going to land, but he kept at it, developing the concept in journals and gradually refining it into Diary of a Wimpy Kid over eight years.

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2. Sophie G
3. Dr. Cunningham
4. Kate Bowler
5. Claire Danes
6. Mary Plisco
7. Kava Menzies
8. Steve Day

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