Work in Progress: Kristen Welker Part 2
Work in Progress with Sophia Bush
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4.6 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Sophia's candid conversation continues with "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker. The acclaimed journalist sets her objectivity aside and shares which guests tested her view of authority, vulnerability, courage, and restraint. Plus, Kristen reveals the surprising way she prepared for her high-stakes role in one of this country's most pivotal presidential debates.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | Hi, everyone. It's Sophia. |
| 0:06.8 | Welcome to Work in Progress. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome back to Part 2 of Work in progress with the inimitable Kristen Welker. |
| 0:25.9 | Let's continue. |
| 0:27.6 | I wanted to ask you about some of your favorite conversations because, yes, I want to know all the details about, you know, journalistic standards and how the show works. |
| 0:38.6 | And in the same way that you have these more personal moments on Meet the Moment, they really |
| 0:43.9 | excite me. And, you know, you brought it up when you mentioned your interview on that show with, |
| 0:50.5 | or that segment, rather, with Olivia Munn. And I thought you guys did such a beautiful |
| 0:57.0 | job having that conversation. And it touched me a lot, listening to you to, you know, |
| 1:04.0 | discuss obviously her illness and how that shifted what she thought her plans would be for her motherhood. |
| 1:12.7 | You shared and have shared so, I think, beautifully and vulnerably about infertility and surrogacy. |
| 1:22.5 | And, you know, it's been, I think, until recent years, a very kind of, you know, |
| 1:28.8 | brown bag, bottom shelf conversation. |
| 1:32.0 | Women go through this and then they're welcomed into groups, but no one was really |
| 1:36.0 | talking about it in public. |
| 1:38.4 | And I watch sometimes when women do, there's so much support for the journey, |
| 1:44.9 | and then I don't have to tell you, |
| 1:46.8 | there's this horrible segment of commenters |
| 1:50.8 | who just say the most awful things. |
| 1:54.1 | I'm really curious, you know, |
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