LST FAVES: Coming of Age with Down Syndrome
The day Sophie got her period, there were phone calls and high-fives all around. Sophie was psyched. But her mom, author Amy Silverman, felt...
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The Longest Shortest Time
The parenting show for for everyone. Hosted by This American Life contributor and author Hillary Frank. A Stitcher Production.
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Let's Talk About WEDLOCKED, My New Feminist Thriller!
It’s here! My original audiobook WEDLOCKED is out now. LST production assistant Virginia Marshall turns the tables and puts me in the hot se...
The Art of Family Shenanigans with Zak Rosen
Today we bring you a special episode of Weirdly Helpful from one of our favorite podcasters, Zak Rosen. In this conversation, Zak talks to R...
How the Algorithm Exploits New Parents
New parents know the feeling. You’re sleep-deprived, scrolling, and desperate to solve the problem with a baby product. One $2000 bassinet l...
LST FAVES: Love Yurts
A marriage; a miscarriage. A divorce; a guy who looks (and smells) like a caveman. All in this epic love story. ⭐️ This episode originally r...
Ophira Eisenberg Was Nicer Before Motherhood
Becoming a parent can make you more nurturing... but it can also make you meaner. Stand-up comic Ophira Eisenberg confesses her not-so-nice...
LST FAVES: Outnumbered By Animals
What's it like to nurse piglets in one hand and your own baby in the other? Life on a farm, with baby. ⭐️ This episode originally ran on Feb...
Sona Movsesian Feels Like the World's Worst Mom
Like many first-time parents, Sona Movsesian felt as if she was doing everything wrong. In this episode, she opens up about the challenges o...
LST FAVES: Terry Gross on Not Having Kids
Public radio icon Terry Gross talks about why she chose to never have children. And her recurring nightmare about a baby. ⭐️ This episode or...
The Sex Lives of College Kids
According to surveys, Gen Z is having less sex than previous generations. But why? Carter Sherman is here to explain. … Recommendations from...
LST FAVES: My Best Friend's Baby
Two friends try to figure out how to stay friends after one of them has a baby. The one without the baby hatches a secret plan. ⭐️ This epis...
The Pressure to Be the Perfect Black Father
After a panic attack nearly made him lose control on the highway, Mark Anthony Neal continued to bottle up his anxiety and pretend everythin...
LST FAVES: How To Not (Accidentally) Raise A Racist
What's the best way for white parents to talk to their kids about race? We called in Dr. Brigitte Vittrup, who studies children's racial att...
Jamilah Lemieux on Black Single Motherhood
Jamilah Lemieux’s greatest fear was becoming a single mom. When she found herself pregnant without a partner, she panicked and tried to conv...
LST FAVES: The Secret Life of a Deaf Superhero
Cece Bell lost her hearing at age four. In this interview, the Newbery-award-winning author and illustrator talks about how she's used her h...
Even Sexperts Struggle with Intimacy in Motherhood
As curator of the Museum of Sex, Sarah Forbes was an expert on kinks and turn-ons. But motherhood taught her that sex is more complicated th...
Getting Kids to Bed with Naturepedic's Arin Schultz
As the father of four boys, Arin Schultz treasures his sleep… and because he works at a mattress company, he spends most of his waking hours...
Preventing Teens from Joining the Manosphere
Most consent education focuses on survivors, and rightly so. But that leaves perpetrators without resources to repair harm. Drew Davis, a di...
LST FAVES: How to Not (Accidentally) Raise a Rapist
Consent education in school is mostly insufficient or non-existent — even when it’s required by state law. An organization called SafeBAE is...
Negin Farsad Tackles Her Daughter's Unanswerable Questions
In 2017, comedian Negin Farsad came on the show to tackle kids’ unanswerable questions. Now she’s a mom, wrestling with how to explain death...