Waking from the American Dream

In today's live call-in show Kelly examines the issue of failure from multiple angles. The personal toll and gifts of it, the culture's difficulty with it and how ultimately when we make friends with it, it is an agent of transformation. Her callers include Dylan Brody, Paul Myers and Judith Cohen.

In Kelly's first call-in show, she opens the discussion with how do we know what we are worth to ourselves and out in the world; how do we deal with doubt; why we are so intolerant of each other and never forgive in our culture; and how all this ties into comics and hecklers.

Carlos Kotkin reads a few stories from his new book of hilarious autobiographical essays, "Please God, Let It Be Herpes." Kelly also plays some very funny snippets from her father's 75th birthday party from Garry Shandling, Daryl Wright, Dana Gould and Paul Reiser's sets at the celebration.

Kelly and guests Dylan Brody, Chris Bonno, Erin Brown and Laraine Newman discuss Tesla, erections, Daemons and Scotland.

Kelly and Dylan Brody, Erin Brown, Chris Bonno and Chad Einbinder discuss the topic of power from at least eight angles.