Second City Works presents "Getting to Yes, And‪"‬ WGN Plus

Kelly connects with David Glasgow, NYU Law School professor and the Executive Director of the Melzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. He has a new book co-written with Kenji Yoshino called “Say The Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity and Justice.” “It’s impossible to live in a biased society without bias seeping […]

Kelly sits down with MD and Chief Innovation Officer at BetterUP, Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, to discuss her new book co-authored with Martin Seligman: “Tomorrowmind: Thriving at Work – Now and in an Uncertain Future.” “Agency protects us from learned helplessness.”  “No one has shown that hugging a computer can produce oxytocin.” “Creativity need not be […]

Kelly re-connects with American University professor Caty Borum whose new book, “The Revolution Will Be Hilarious,” looks at the intersection of social justice and comedy. “Creativity and culture are still too often relegated to the theoretical sidelines of serious advocacy work.”  “Comedy resides within a great tradition of artistic activism as a mechanism to push for […]

Kelly connects with former Comedy Central executive Tara Schuster to talk about her powerful book about the work she’s done as an adult to overcome a very rough childhood. “If you’re not dealing with the thing you know you need to deal with, it’s dealing with you.”  “Time does not heal all wounds; it just gives them […]

Kelly has a wild conversation with neuroscientist Patrick House about his new book “19 Ways of Looking at Consciousness.” “The brain abhors a story vacuum.” “Like the oceans, like an orchestra, the brain has cadence.”  “Speech and laughter are uniquely human. Although there is considerable information on the neuronal representation of speech, little is known about […]

Kelly spends Valentine’s Day with Scott Barry Kaufman and Jordyn Feingold to talk about their amazing new book, “Choose Growth: A Workbook for Transcending Trauma, Fear, and Self-Doubt.” “Aside from the obvious benefits of laughter to bring about a more positive mood, the body’s experience of laughter literally stimulates our vagus nerve to allow calm to […]