It. Goes. So. Fast. with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly

Dr. Dan interviews the one and only Mary Louise Kelly of NPR’s All Things Considered about her new memoir and parenting book It. Goes. So. Fast. The Year of No Do-Overs.  

This unforgettable episode is an honest look at Mary Louise’s parenting journey as well as her famous career as a journalist. Listeners will connect deeply with Dr. Dan and Mary Louise’s conversation about the year before her oldest son goes to college –  the year she calls her year of no do-overs and the inspiration for her book. Soccer games, family dinners, Mom guilt, deadlines, travel, tears, illness, and joy are all part of today’s riveting discussion.

Listeners will love hearing Mary Louise Kelly’s iconic voice on Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan and will love hearing her personal story (one that we don’t often glimpse on her daily NPR broadcast) even more. Mary Louise’s honesty, humanity, humor, and authentic examination of parenting will deeply affect parents everywhere – this poignant episode will stay with listeners for a long time.

Mary Louise Kelly is a mother, a daughter, a wife, a journalist and a novelist. The order of these titles—the order by which she defines herself—might shift, depending on which moment you catch her.  When not driving soccer carpool, Mary Louise co-hosts All Things Considered, NPR’s flagship evening newsmagazine. Previously, she spent a decade as national security correspondent for NPR News, and she’s kept that focus in her role as anchor. That’s meant taking All Things Considered to Russia, North Korea, Iran, Ukraine and beyond. Mary Louise’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, Newsweek, and other publications. A Georgia native, her first job was working as a staff writer at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Mary Louise was educated at Harvard University and at Cambridge University in England. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and their two sons. Since 2003, when her first child was born, “Mom” has been the name she is proudest to answer to. For more information visit www.marylouisekellybooks.com and at NPR. 

Author photo by Mike Morgan for NPR.