The Longest Shortest Time

PODCAST #39: Owner of a Holey Heart

A baby gets two holes in his heart and a Mormon stranger comes to the rescue, believing she is doing something illegal.

EPISODE #38: Pediatricians, They’re Just Like Us

Pediatrician Jessica Franklin figured she had a handle on newborns. But then she had a baby and wound up feeling like the “worst, most educated rookie ever.”

EPISODE #37: What Makes a Happy Family?

Comedian Julian McCullough’s mom left the family when he was a kid. Now that he’s got a family of his own, we talk about what makes a happy family.

EPISODE #36: Lucy & the Bike Girl

Pregnant best friends who can never meet because being in the same room could be lethal.

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 #34: The Parents’ Guide to Eating Over the Sink

Getting kids to eat healthy meals can be messy. But what about how YOU eat once you have kids? Dan Pashman tells me how to make scarfing down food over the sink as delicious as possible. But grosses me out in the process.

EPISODE #33: How Cute! Is He Yours?

When Nicole Blades started a family with a white guy, she knew their kid’s skin color would be lighter than hers. But she didn’t count on people routinely mistaking her for the nanny.

EPISODE #32: The Reluctant Father & His Wife

The cautionary tale of a photographer who battles his wife’s saccharine love for their daughter with ugly baby pictures.