NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly on Her Memoir ‘It. Goes. So. Fast.’

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🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The work she loved often kept NPR co-host Mary Louise Kelly from going to her kids’ soccer games or other events. Whether it was because she was anchoring “All Things Considered” or in the field reporting from North Korea, Iraq or Ukraine, sometimes Kelly could not be on the sidelines. She kept saying she’d do better next year. And then she realized her oldest son was headed to college, and there were no more next years. So, she vowed to show up, whenever she could. We’ll talk to Kelly about her new memoir, “It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs” and explore what it means to be both a good reporter and a good parent. Guests: Mary Louise Kelly, co-host, NPR's "All Things Considered." Kelly's new memoir is titled "It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs." Kelly is also a former National Security Correspondent for NPR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.1	Thank you. From KQED in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Mina Kim, coming to you today from KVCR in the Inland Empire.
0:56.0	This hour will talk with a familiar voice, NPR All Things Considered, host Mary Louise Kelly.
1:02.0	Kelly has reported from war zones and hostile nations. She's made headlines for pressing
1:06.6	then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Ukraine. She's been living with hearing loss, all while
1:12.7	raising two boys who are or are nearly college age. It goes so fast is the title of Mary Louise
1:19.1	Kelly's memoir. She of us have listened to Mary Louise Kelly, host of all things considered. We've heard her probing questions, her empathy for her interviewees, the weight of her knowledge and experience as a former national security reporter being helicoptered into war zones.
1:53.4	In her new book called It Goes So Fast, Kelly brings us into her life outside NPR studio walls, where she's trying to make it to her
2:01.8	son's soccer games, facing hearing loss, and ending marriage, and grieving her father's
2:07.0	death, all while trying to show up for the final year before her oldest leaves for college.
2:12.5	She calls it the year of no doovers.
2:16.0	And Mary Louise Kelly joins me now.
2:20.3	Welcome to Forum. Mina, it is a great pleasure to be with you. And thanks for that lovely introduction. Oh, you're welcome. It is an honor
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