Go To on Humble Leadership with Governor Wes Moore

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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What makes a leader stay grounded? Kelly sat down with Maryland Governor Wes Moore at the Aspen Ideas Festival to talk about power and humility, loss and faith, and the forces that shape who we become. Moore shares stories from his childhood—losing his father at three, finding himself caught between worlds as a teenager, getting sent to military school—and reflects on how those early experiences inform the way he leads today. This conversation explores big questions about fairness and opportunity, asking what we owe each other and how much context matters when we're measuring success. Books by Governor Moore mentioned in this episode: The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-other-wes-moore-wes-moore/1101000890 Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/five-days-wes-moore/1134703904?ean=9780525512387 Special Thanks to the Aspen Ideas Festival 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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0:33.7	Hey, everybody. This short segment is called a go-to. It refers back to this crazy thing we used to do at the end of our sorority meetings in college. If you can believe that, it was called for the good of the order. And it was a way to share something that had emerged over the course of the week, which really was a bit of learning or thinking or feeling that was to everyone's benefit to share.
1:02.9	And so that's all we'll do here. Every Friday, we release a go-to, and we encourage you to share it with friends around the country.
1:10.3	We know that people use it as a way to stay in touch with their best friends across the country
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1:26.4	This is Kelly Corrigan Wonders in our weekly
1:28.7	segment called Go To. This week's go-to is kind of special. I got to sit with the governor
1:38.6	of Maryland. His name is Westmore. I'm sure you've heard of him. He's written a beautiful book called
1:43.4	The Other Westmore, where he looks you've heard of him. He's written a beautiful book called The Other Westmore,
1:45.6	where he looks at a man whose life has not turned out as well as his. And since then,
1:52.2	he has made a remarkable name for himself. He's really, really respected public servant.
1:59.1	And so I wanted to share this conversation we had. Please enjoy this.
2:03.0	This is straight from the Aspen Ideas Festival. The spirit of this is to think about humility.
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