'It goes so fast': NPR's Mary Louise Kelly on her life as journalist and mother

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Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.2 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly has reported from around the world. In her new book, she looks back on the choices she made as a reporter and a mother.

Mary Louise Kelly joins Meghna Chakrabarti, live at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Mass.

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0:53.9	This is OnPoint.
0:54.9	I'm Megna Chacrabardi.
0:56.8	You know Mary Louise Kelly as the smart, insightful, tough co-host of NPR's All Things
1:02.2	Considered.
1:03.2	She's reported from Iran, North Korea, Ukraine, Pakistan and elsewhere, bringing urgent
1:08.7	stories from around the world closer to home for listeners in the US.
1:13.2	And she's done all that while also raising two boys, one of whom is soon off to college.
1:18.8	And until recently, she always thought she'd have time later to make good on promises
1:23.3	to her boys.
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