Kelly speaks with the author and pen monkey Chuck Wendig. They discuss letting characters write the story, finding one's unique voice as a writer, and what it's like to bleed on the page for all the world to see. The show starts with Kelly's cousin Dennis Carlin coming by and chatting with Kelly about the word "retard," why it's offensive to some and the whole problem of trying to control speech.

Kelly hangs with British Comic, Matt Kirshen and Pakistani Hip-hop artist Adil Omar and the three of them take international relations forward at least a few millennia.

Kelly has Charles Freericks read from his book "My Imaginary Friend Was Too Cool to Hang Out with Me," and she plays a cut from Dylan Brody's new CD Chronological Disorder, and she even reads a bit of her own writing!

Sara Benincasa, comedian, author and radio host, discuss both of their battles with Agoraphobia, what it takes to commit to a Plan A, and why peeing in a jar seems logical at times.

Howard Bloom, thinker, scientist and author of Genius of the Beast, discuss the amazing achievements of western capitalism, the danger of the radical left and right and how the media no longer does its job.

Kelly talks with Suzanne Whang about her inspirational journey of making cancer her bitch, and then she talks with the daughter of Joseph Heller, Erica Heller, about how her life was a Catch-22.

Michael and Kelly talk about improv, live theater, memorizing lines and who was it that deliberately used language for the first time to get a laugh.

Kelly and Dan (aka Tom Tomorrow of This Modern World) talk about this modern over-mediated world, how comic strips are like haikus, and that the right-wing wish they could elect the Man in the Reagan Mask.

Kelly begins the show musing about the Winter Solstice & floats some questions to ponder this time of year. Then she and Daryl talk about race, what it means to live in a victim mentality and what it means to be an adult in this culture.

Kelly and Ted discuss his style and approach to comedy, and then his involvement in the Occupy Wall Street movement. Kelly's second guest Spencer Mills, or @OakFosho, talk about his courageous participation in the Occupy movement as a citizen journalist.