Kelly Corrigan Wonders podcast

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

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 actually happen? We only book nice people who have a sense of humor and know things worth knowing. Each episode ends with Kelly’s shortlist of takeaways, appropriate for refrigerator doors, bulletin boards and notes to your children.

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 actually happen? We only book nice people who have a sense of humor and know things worth knowing. Each episode ends with Kelly’s shortlist of takeaways, appropriate for refrigerator doors, bulletin boards and notes to your children.

 

#725

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

Wendy Childress shares the story of losing her beautiful daughter Chloe in the devastating... more

7 hrs Ago

18 MINS

18:57

7 hrs Ago


#724

Go To on Takeaways from Five Years of Podcasting

After 700 episodes, Kelly distills what matters most: the places where old wisdom meets ne... more

12 Dec 2025

14 MINS

14:46

12 Dec 2025


#723

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

For anyone with gift anxiety, for anyone who feels like you can’t win for losing, this is ... more

09 Dec 2025

47 MINS

47:33

09 Dec 2025


#722

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

In this episode, writer Megan Cathlin shares a eulogy written four decades after her fathe... more

07 Dec 2025

09 MINS

09:13

07 Dec 2025


#721

Go To on Fear vs. Fact

Journalist and author Amanda Ripley cuts through the noise with a startling fact: America ... more

05 Dec 2025

11 MINS

11:05

05 Dec 2025


#720

Deep Dive with Anna Quindlen on Showing Up

Anna Quindlen and Kelly share readings, stories and insights on the art of holidaying, reg... more

02 Dec 2025

46 MINS

46:20

02 Dec 2025


#719

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

Kelly shares a grandson's eulogy that captures the essence of an extraordinary relationshi... more

30 Nov 2025

08 MINS

08:37

30 Nov 2025


#718

Go To on AI & the Poetry of Family

A father in Dublin watches through a car window as his five-year-old son talks to his moth... more

28 Nov 2025

32 MINS

32:37

28 Nov 2025


#717

Deep Dive with Anna Quindlen on Turkey and Forgiveness

Anna Quindlen and Kelly work through pre-game jitters about the holidays and how they migh... more

25 Nov 2025

44 MINS

44:21

25 Nov 2025


#716

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

What happens when you show up for someone else's joy while carrying your own grief? A moth... more

23 Nov 2025

09 MINS

09:27

23 Nov 2025


#715

Go To on AI & the Chaos of Family Life

A scientist and entrepreneur built an AI to intercept every interruption in family life—th... more

21 Nov 2025

30 MINS

30:21

21 Nov 2025


#714

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

A text arrives: want to help build a movement around Jonathan Haidt's new book? Within a w... more

18 Nov 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:01

18 Nov 2025


#713

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

In 1974, a suburban housewife named Pat Tiehel (aka PT), submitted an essay to a women's m... more

16 Nov 2025

11 MINS

11:00

16 Nov 2025


#712

Go To on AI & Raising Kids After Loss

Andy Laats thought parenting was a complete alphabet—he did A through M, his wife Liz hand... more

14 Nov 2025

30 MINS

30:53

14 Nov 2025


#711

Deep Dive with Alexa Arnold and Kate Cockrill on Mom Rage

What's underneath mom rage and why does it keep happening? In this second episode of The T... more

11 Nov 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:03

11 Nov 2025


#710

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

A mother stands to speak about her son Pierce—the boy who had style, a memorable laugh, an... more

09 Nov 2025

09 MINS

09:10

09 Nov 2025


#709

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

A Maasai girl grows up milking cows at dawn, walking ten kilometers for water, sleeping ei... more

07 Nov 2025

31 MINS

31:37

07 Nov 2025


#708

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

In this first episode of "The Tryhards"—a three-part series for ambitious parents trying t... more

04 Nov 2025

56 MINS

56:35

04 Nov 2025


#707

Thanks For Being Here - A Full Circle Kidney Donation Story

A woman named Karen Burke listened to an episode of Thanks For Being Here and felt an over... more

02 Nov 2025

10 MINS

10:58

02 Nov 2025


#706

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

Babies attach to whoever responds to them—mother, father, grandmother, or machine. Kelly s... more

31 Oct 2025

27 MINS

27:47

31 Oct 2025


#705

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

As a 19 year old, Letitia Hanke took a job as a receptionist at the local roofing company.... more

28 Oct 2025

52 MINS

52:28

28 Oct 2025


#704

Thanks For Being Here - Jerry Kinkead's Tribute to Huck

A kitchen clock keeps perfect time for 55 years, witnessing countless conversations and qu... more

26 Oct 2025

08 MINS

08:00

26 Oct 2025


#703

Go To on the Mental Health AI Chatbot Made for Real Life

When someone admits they're struggling at 2 AM, should they have to wait until morning to ... more

24 Oct 2025

34 MINS

34:29

24 Oct 2025


#702

Deep Dive with Raymond Ansotegui on Great Coaching

Most people run from danger. Raymond Ansotegui spent a decade running toward it. In the fi... more

21 Oct 2025

57 MINS

57:17

21 Oct 2025


#701

Thanks For Being Here - Rachel's Letter to her Younger Self (the Coach)

Sometimes the people we think we're teaching end up being our greatest mentors. Kelly shar... more

19 Oct 2025

09 MINS

09:18

19 Oct 2025