The Longest Shortest Time

EPISODE #64: Should I Have Kids?

Most people wrestle with this question, but few speak about it in public. Tune in as one brave woman grapples with her ambivalence over starting a family.

EPISODE #61: I’ve Got News 3

A man finds out on his 47th birthday, he’s about to become a grandpa. Plus, the rest of our popular father-daughter “I’ve Got News” series about surprise pregnancy.

EPISODE #59: Mama Don’t Understand

A game of got-yer-nose turns racial and a 6-year-old raps to her white mom about not getting her Blackness. Two stories of biracial kids schooling their mamas.

My, How We’ve Grown!

Have you heard? The Longest Shortest Time now covers ALL stages of parenthood. Send us your stories!

EPISODE #35: Picturing Her

When Giancarlo Roma was four years old, his sister Mary died the day she was born—an experience that he says trained him to write a book from the perspective of an elderly woman.

EPISODE #20: I’ve Got News 5

We conclude the I’ve Got News series with the birth of Ellen’s baby . . . and the project Tom took on to cope.

EPISODE #17: I’ve Got News 3

We continue our series following a young pregnant woman, this time with grandpa’s perspective.

EPISODE #16: I’ve Got News Too

Tom got news. Then more news. Now there’s even more.