The Longest Shortest Time

EPISODE #213: It’s A Real Mother, Part 5: Now What?

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 your job.

Episode #210: Sperm Series: I Ask a Friend

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?

Episode #209: Sperm Series: I Visit a Sperm Bank

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?

Episode #208: Sperm Series: I Download an App

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 donor using… an app?

EPISODE #198: Transracial Adoption When You’re a POC

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 project she’s working on.

EPISODE #178: Stuff We Love

Stories about family are some of the most riveting stories that you can tell — we’re here to recommend some of our favorite TV shows, movies, and books about family for you!

EPISODE #172: Child-Free… With Children

Even though Glynnis MacNicol doesn’t have kids of her own, her life is far from child-free.

EPISODE #170: Becoming a Single Dad While Trans

The thing CJ Kemal wants most in life? To be a dad. But when you’re trans and single, it’s hard to know where to start.