When Grace Lin was a kid, she hated being Chinese. In this interview, the Newbery-award-winning author talks about how a handful of boring books and an inquisitive Italian helped her to embrace her parents’ culture.
Actress and comedian Casey Wilson’s mom died before Casey made it on TV, got married, and had a kid. Casey talks about the long, messy process of grieving her mom’s sudden death, and what it’s like to parent without a mother of your own.
Get a peek behind the scenes at LST, as our editor Peter Clowney challenges Hillary to describe a smell better and asks a very important question about Terry Gross’s cat. Plus an oddly specific request for YOUR stories!
How do you keep the fire alive? Can motherhood awaken your inner lesbian? Couples therapist and author Esther Perel answers YOUR sex advice questions.
Judah is 12. He makes a mean Beef Wellington. Hear how he became a child chef, and how his mom had him when she was just a kid herself.
Remember our This American Life collab about Paige and Rachel, the polar opposite girls who had polar opposite reactions to the robot babies in sex ed? Well, today there was breaking news about the robot babies. Check out my update on This American Life’s blog! The Longest Shortest Time may earn a small commission from […]
Marlo Mack from the wonderful “How to Be a Girl” podcast joins us to talk about raising a girl who seems to have the body of a boy … and what a girl even is in the first place.
Death, Sex & Money host Anna Sale on her parents, her baby, a trampoline, and potato chips.