Thanks For Being Here - Jane Perlez's Essay "Dear Marjorie"

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Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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As part of our Women of Consequence series, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jane Perlez writes a letter honoring a woman she watched from a distance as a child — a writer who sat on a balcony overlooking a river, filling up legal pads in a curvy scroll, and showed a young girl what one person could accomplish when they refused to be defined by others. Some influences arrive early and never leave. This episode has been made possible by a grant from Ingeborg Initiatives, a social impact platform dedicated to improving maternal health and making it easier to raise a family. To learn more, please visit: ingeborginitiatives.com https://www.ingeborginitiatives.com/ 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	Jamie Lang and Sophie Haboo have arrived on Disney Plus.
0:04.0	We're having a baby.
0:06.0	We're having a baby.
0:07.0	I've always wanted to be mom.
0:09.0	And we're bringing you on our journey through everything.
0:12.0	I have no idea what we're doing.
0:13.0	Thank you. I have more of an idea.
0:15.0	I think of it like a Tamagocchi.
0:17.0	At the end of all of this...
0:20.0	We're going to have a little baby. Raising Chelsea, a Hulu original
0:24.1	series streaming exclusively on Disney Plus. 18 plus subscription required T's and T supply. Hi everyone. Welcome
0:31.1	to thanks for being here, a short weekly pod to remind us of the many essential and beautiful ways
0:37.4	we affect one another. Every Sunday,
0:40.3	I'll read a submission from a listener of Kelly Corrigan Wenders. Could be wedding vows or a
0:45.5	bat mitzvah toast, a eulogy, or retirement speech. We believe this is probably the loveliest way
0:51.8	to tap into our better selves and remember our highest values.
0:56.1	We encourage you to share this podcast each week with one person you love.
1:00.5	Maybe someone you miss and need to bring closer,
1:03.3	someone you want to feel your appreciation or admiration or both.
1:08.2	This is thanks for being here.
1:20.8	This week's thanks for being here comes from Jane Perlis.
1:26.6	She is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who hosts a podcast called Face Off with Rana Mitter.
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