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Our teen panel is back with more parenting advice! Wanna know when to give your kid a smartphone? Why mumble rap is cool? How to maintain a strong relationship with your child? Molly, Mason, and Quinc...
· 33 min 58 sec
Author Brigid Schulte fills us in on the current state of working mom discrimination in the United States. And one brave listener shares a story that might just inspire you to fight for changes at you...
· 43 min 1 sec
Bees, needles, vomit, and atomic bombs—cartoonist Raina Telgemeier was afraid of them ALL. Hear how she learned to manage her fears, and how she became a hero to children around the globe.…Join LST+ f...
· 35 min 50 sec
LST faves Trystan and Biff are back! We catch up with them about about parenthood, postpartum bodies, and if there are any more kids in their future.To join the conversation, go to longestshortesttime...
· 39 min 46 sec
In the final episode of our three-part series “The Single Lady’s Guide to Sperm Shopping,” your host Andrea Silenzi prepares to ask a friend to be her sperm donor. How will she decide who to pick?…Joi...
· 40 min 23 sec
In the second of our three-part series “The Single Lady’s Guide to Sperm Shopping,” your host Andrea Silenzi heads to California Cryobank. Will she find her dream donor?…Join LST+ for community and ac...
· 33 min 46 sec
In the first of our three-part series “The Single Lady’s Guide to Sperm Shopping,” your host Andrea Silenzi explores an exciting new path towards becoming a single parent. Will she find her sperm dono...
· 37 min 34 sec
When cartoonist Cathy Guisewite turned 35, she told her parents she was never getting married and never having a kids. Hear what changed her mind.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What,...
· 35 min 49 sec
When Tia found out she was pregnant, she wasn’t going to let that stop her from traveling abroad… in her third trimester. Hear why her birth story made international news.…Join LST+ for community and...
· 34 min 16 sec
A summer romp through all the wild places a kid’s imagination can take them in nature, perfect for Boxcar Children, Ingalls Wilder-heads, and “My Side of the Mountain” super-fans.…Join LST+ for commun...
· 28 min 7 sec
When comedian Kulap Vilaysack decided to resolve questions from her family history, she did it in the most extreme way possible: by directing a documentary about her own life. The film is called Origi...
· 33 min 54 sec
Jessica Rose Schrody makes parody raps about motherhood beloved by everyone from Viola Davis to Beyoncé’s Mom.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest...
· 32 min 39 sec
Devale and Khadeen Ellis have always imagined their lives as a TV show. Specifically, a sitcom about millennial parenting that takes place in gentrified Brooklyn. But instead of waiting for their big...
· 34 min 33 sec
What will the future look like for women, families and babies? Futures critic Rose Eveleth believe the future can be more equitable, fun and interesting than we ever dreamed it would be. But, in order...
· 36 min 38 sec
What does it mean to become a parent when you’re no longer speaking to the parents who raised you? Our producer Jackie Sojico is about to find out ... because she's 7 months pregnant.…Join LST+ for co...
· 38 min 36 sec
Myra Jones-Taylor’s son is black, but it’s a constant struggle to get his peers and teachers to see him that way.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Short...
· 34 min 6 sec
Listener Soni has always dreamed about adopting, but they never expected the adoption process to be so challenging. Plus, LST’s creator Hillary Frank drops in with an exciting update about a new proje...
· 30 min 26 sec
When Nishta fell in love with her college professor Jill, she knew they were starting a journey without a roadmap.…Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shor...
· 39 min 55 sec
This week two different essays about the wounds our moms can leave us with — and what, if anything, can be done to start the healing.Note: This week’s episode includes adult language and talks about p...
· 45 min 27 sec
Over the years, we’ve talked a lot about women’s fertility and birth control. But, isn’t it about time we hear what it means when family planning is Dad’s responsibility?…Join LST+ for community and a...
· 36 min 55 sec