The Longest Shortest Time

Sex & Parenthood Series!

Check out our entire Sex & Parenthood series here!
Below you’ll find all four episodes from the series, as well as links to related blog posts with recommended reading (and vibrators). If you want to see pictures from the stories and join some amazingly deep conversations about all aspects of sex & parenthood, click the FULL POST links below each audio player.

We are pleased to announce that we won a Silver Award in the Health category from the New York Festivals World’s Best Radio Programs for this series.

EPISODES
Part 1 (Jan 21): The Parents’ Guide to Doing It
Dan Savage (Savage LoveCast) and Jane Marie (This American Life, Millihelen) join us with some NSFW sex advice for parents. Actually, there’s some pretty amazing actionable advice in here for any human with a sex life.

Trouble in the sack after having kids? What’s worked? What hasn’t? Tell us in the full post for this episode.

Part 2 (Feb 4): Healing After Childbirth
Injuries in childbirth can make sex painful for months. Or years. Or forever. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this episode, we find out how.

Got a hurtin’ pelvis? Found help? Too scared to even try? Talk to others like you in the full post for this episode.

Part 3 (Feb 18): Mom, It’s Time We Had the Talk
An 8-year-old forces the sex talk on his mom. All. Day. Long.

How have you answered YOUR kids’ questions about the birds and the bees? Was it funny? Awkward? Bonding? We want details. Parents are comparing notes—over in the full post for this episode.

Part 4 (March 4): Real Teens, Fake Babies
Two teens, two robot babies. Lessons learned in premarital sex and parenthood. A collaboration with This American Life!

Did you carry around an egg or flour sack in high school? Or maybe even a robotic baby? Did it change your thoughts on sex and parenthood? We wanna hear all about it. Join the conversation in the full post for this episode.

UPDATE: Since this series aired, we did more Parents’ Guide to Doing It episodes.

In episode 68, Twanna Hines and Dr. Hilda Hutcherson answered questions before a live studio audience, and boy were we surprised by the prop Dr. Hilda brought with her.

We also did two episodes with Esther Perel. One on general sex stuff…

… and another on affairs.

And please do yourself a favor and treat yourself to one of our favorites eps of all time: W. Kamau Bell Asks His Mom About Sex.

PRESS
Salon says we’re one of 7 “feminist podcasts that are way, way sexier than Serial.” Find the full article, with the other 6 podcasts, feminist podcasts that are way, way sexier than Serial.”

The Takeaway brings you a sneak peek into why we’re doing this series, and why you don’t need to give up on getting it on.

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