Go To on Curiosity in the Movies (Her)

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

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 Jonze's Her, a film made in 2013 that somehow predicted our current moment of AI engagement with unsettling precision. They wander through questions about embodiment and consciousness, the dangerous beauty of unchecked curiosity, and why conviction kills creativity before it can bloom. This Go To episode is supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. To learn more, please visit: https://www.templeton.org/ 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

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody.
0:09.3	This short segment is called a go-to.
0:13.5	It refers back to this crazy thing we used to do at the end of our sorority meetings in college.
0:17.6	If you can believe that, it was called for the good of the order.
0:20.0	And it was a way to share something that had emerged over the course of the week, which really was a bit of learning
0:27.7	or thinking or feeling that was to everyone's benefit to share. And so that's all we'll do here.
0:34.4	Every Friday, we release a go-to, and we encourage you to share it with friends around
0:39.1	the country. We know that people use it as a way to stay in touch with their best friends
0:44.0	across the country and of course far-flung family members wherever they might be. And as for your
0:50.9	local nearest and dearest, consider it fodder for discussion over the course of the weekend.
0:56.2	This is Kelly Corrigan Wonders in our weekly segment called GoTo.
1:01.0	This week's Go To is a continuation of our discussion of movies that reflect the virtues we're highlighting in our super trait series.
1:08.6	Today, we're looking at curiosity.
1:11.4	So we're back.
1:12.4	Hi, Tam.
1:12.9	Hi.
1:13.5	How are you?
1:14.2	Good.
1:14.8	I just spent 23 minutes last night and then an hour and a half this morning, rewatching
1:21.8	her.
1:22.4	Do you remember her, Spike Jones movie about like an AI?
1:25.9	Yes.
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