Go To on Curiosity in the Movies (WALL-E)

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Kelly Corrigan Show

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Kelly and Tammy explore Pixar's WALL-E, a film that dares to say almost nothing for the first forty minutes—and somehow says everything about curiosity, connection, and what it means to be alive. They talk about how the filmmakers watched silent films for months to learn how emotions work without dialogue, why a frictionless life is enfeebling, and what a lonely robot can teach us about slowing down and looking closer. It's about the magic of noticing small things and why the films WALL-E and Her both arrive at the same moral: meaningful connection is what saves us. This Go To is supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. To learn more, please visit: templeton.org. Check out our previous episode with Pixar's Pete Docter: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-dive-with-pixars-pete-docter-on-making/id1532951390?i=1000698705898 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.
0:09.7	This short segment is called a go-to.
0:13.7	It refers back to this crazy thing we used to do at the end of our sorority meetings in college.
0:17.8	If you can believe that, it was called for the good of the order.
0:20.1	And it was a way to share something that had emerged over the course of the week, which really
0:25.8	was a bit of learning or thinking or feeling that was to everyone's benefit to share.
0:32.9	And so that's all we'll do here. Every Friday, we release a go-to, and we encourage you to share it with
0:38.7	friends around the country. We know that people use it as a way to stay in touch with their best
0:43.8	friends across the country, and of course, far-flung family members, wherever they might be.
0:50.2	And as for your local nearest and dearest, consider it fodder for discussion over the course of the weekend.
0:56.4	This is Kelly Corrigan Wonders in our weekly segment called GoTo.
1:02.5	Today's go-to is the sixth and final go-to where we're focusing on these super traits we've been thinking about with people like
1:12.0	Pico Iyer and Steve Kerr and Father Greg Boyle. And today we're talking about a movie that is
1:20.0	in and of itself just a phenomenal expression of filmmaker curiosity. And it's Wally.
1:29.3	So Tam's going to lead us.
1:31.2	Yes. So, oh, my God.
1:33.5	So I just watched it again this morning.
1:36.6	I had seen it years ago, but I just watched it.
1:38.0	So it's very fresh in my mind.
1:40.7	And it brought tears to my eyes.
1:41.6	I know.
1:43.9	I mean, it's about curiosity for sure. But the second thing, and maybe the
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