Best Of: NPR's Mary Louise Kelly / Josh Groban

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🗓️ 15 April 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Mary Louise Kelly, a host of NPR's All Things Considered, and former national security correspondent, talks about the difficulties juggling her career and being a mother. Her memoir is It. Goes. So. Fast.

Then Justin Chang reviews the new film Showing Up.

Also, Josh Groban first auditioned to play Sweeney Todd back in high school. He didn't get the part then; now he's starring in the Broadway revival. He spoke with Fresh Air's Ann Marie Baldonado.

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0:00.0	From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend.
0:06.7	Today, Mary Louise Kelly, a host of NPR's All Things Considered, talks about the difficulty
0:12.0	she's faced, juggling her career and being a mother.
0:15.8	She's faced constant breaking news and deadlines and is reported from around the world, including
0:20.4	war zones.
0:21.8	She left NPR twice to take care of her children.
0:25.2	She's written a new memoir.
0:26.8	Also we hear from singer and actor Josh Groben.
0:29.8	He's playing Swini Todd in a new Broadway revival of the Steven Sontai musical about a barber
0:35.4	out for revenge.
0:37.2	I put it on a button when you know if it's going to run.
0:43.5	Groben has sold millions of records since he started his singing career when he was 17.
0:49.3	And Justin Chang reviews showing up a new film about making art starring Michelle Williams.
0:55.0	That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.
1:01.5	This is Fresh Air Weekend.
1:03.0	I'm Terry Gross.
1:04.6	My guest, Mary Louise Kelly, is a host of All Things Considered.
1:08.1	And prior to that, reported on national security for NPR for about two decades.
1:13.6	Like every working mother, she's had to juggle her work and parenting.
1:17.7	The Juggling Act has been especially complicated for her.
1:21.0	She spent time away from home, reporting from around the world, sometimes in war zones.
1:26.2	Reporting from Iraq while covering a visit by the Secretary of Defense, she was on a
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