On Being: Kevin Kling on the losses and the laughter we grow into

March 10, 2013 - On this episode of On Being, Krista Tippet interviews Minnesota writer Kevin Kling, who shares hear his own special angle on life's humor and its ruptures. Born with a partially disabled left arm, in his 40s, Kling then lost the use of his fully functional right one after a motorcycle accident nearly killed him. Being able-bodied, he says, is always only a temporary condition. Take in his wisdom on the losses we're born with, and the losses we grow into - and why we turn these things into stories.