Kelly Corrigan Wonders

One of the nicest things that has happened to me in my professional life is crossing paths with Michael Lewis. I think he is the best storyteller in America and our handful of collaborations have been spectacular experiences for me. Next week you’ll hear a long interview him. Today, in anticipation of that conversation, I wanted to share a piece about grief and the way the mind seeks certainty and story. Please share with anyone you know who is wrestling with loss. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Once upon a time there was a girl who got pink-eye and went to the Met. Author and podcaster Gretchen Rubin (The Happiness Project, Happier with Gretchen Rubin) joins Kelly to talk about how a visit to her eye doctor inspired her to start engaging with her five senses like never before. Gretchen’s intriguing new book Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me out of my Head and Into the World is available 4/18/23. Special thanks to Dean Kattari for the wonderful new show open/theme music debuting in today’s episode. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As families gather in homes across the country and around the world this week for Passover and Easter, we thought it would be nice to share this heartfelt eulogy Katie Dahm wrote for her childhood home: 8107 Warren Avenue. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s a new book out - LIFE WORTH LIVING - that I have been loving (and relying on) since I got an early copy six months ago. I think it might be my go to guide to how to think about what’s worth doing. it’s based on the very popular Yale class of the same name. So I rallied some Yalies — Claire Danes and Kate Bowler — to read it and walk through the major questions with me in a 5-part pod series that starts right after Memorial Day. You can follow along even if you haven’t read the book but honestly, I can’t think of a better way to immerse yourself in the big questions every thinking person wrestles with over the course of a lifetime. Today’s GOTO is a few compelling passages to get your wheels turning. Please share with your book club. It’s a perfect read-along. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Need a bounce in your step? Click play. You will spend the better part of an hour with two young people who are coming into their power just as we need them most. JerDrema (Dreme) Flynt is a Fulbright Scholar and tech entrepreneur. Will McQuiston is well on his way to a degree from Harvard after a harrowing childhood in Prattville, Alabama. In a sea of gnarly headlines and a culture of name calling and blame gaming, these Gen Z superstars soothed our nervous systems and made us more ready to participate in the great correction. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joy Netanya Thompson submitted this moving eulogy for her paternal grandmother Zelda, a Holocaust survivor who endured so much and yet threw her arms open to life. Zelda danced at every opportunity and basked in the presence of her grandchildren like they were sunshine. Replay of Episode #27 which originally aired on August 14, 2022. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This GOTO is a replay of Kelly Corrigan Wonders Ep 18, “A Mother and Son Story of the Ultimate Transition”, which originally aired in January 2021. We’re sharing it again today in celebration of International Transgender Day of Visibility and to honor Alex and his mom. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyone loves a list. Everyone needs a way to cut through all the noise and move forward with expert guidance. That’s what today’s episode is all about. For those who are making the big investment in college, here are the tips for how to make the best of it from two people who know: Katie Gayman, who has worked in the field of college counseling for 13 years and Dr. Angel Perez, CEO of the National Association for College Admission Counseling. Share this episode widely so that everyone can get the most out of their time on campus. Special thanks to the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations for supporting this series. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As many of our listeners know, Kelly has a dear cousin, Kathy, who turns up, one way or another, in all of Kelly’s books. Kathy and her husband Tony have three children. Their oldest, Aaron was killed in a car accident 20 summers ago, just after his freshman year in college. Tomorrow, March 28, 2023 would have been his 40th birthday. To mark the moment, Aaron’s sister Lena shared a short, unforgettable piece about remembering. Posted with love to Kath, Tony Z, Lena and Mags. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pallie Savoie’s sister Laurel was always her role model. Although their relationship went through different phases over the course of their lives, they’re now not just two sisters who love and care for one another…they’re the closest of friends. This is an episode for anyone who has ever looked up to an older sister or brother. Please share widely, whether you’re close with your sibling(s) - or you want to be. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices