The Longest Shortest Time

Episode #232: Adoption, but Make It a Horror-Romcom

Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig knew starting a family would be hard — but they didn’t expect the twists and scares that inspired them to write a movie.

Episode #231: A Tech Writer’s Eerie Bond with Her Fertility App

Amanda Hess writes about the internet for a living. So she didn’t expect to form an emotional bond with a fertility app during her pregnancy. But when Amanda’s pregnancy got complicated, her relationship with the app got complicated, too.

EPISODE #229: The Permanent Birth Control Option Doctors Rarely Mention

Anna North spent years reporting on reproductive health — so she was surprised when her doctor suggested a birth control method she’d never heard of. Hear why she chose to end her potential for having kids while giving birth to one… and who else might want to consider this little-known procedure.

EPISODE #288: Xyla vs. the FAA

Xyla Foxlin started flying as a teenager. By her twenties, she was piloting her own plane and building another from scratch. But when a private health crisis went public, she wound up in a battle with the FAA that could ground her for good.

EPISODE #227: Ashley Parker on Raising Girls While Covering the White House

Political reporter Askley Parker opens up about her obsession with birth stories, pregnancy loss, raising girls in the digital age, and a mistake she made as a teenager involving a camera… and boobs.

EPISODE #226: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood

Ali Yarrow thought her childbirth experience would be hers to guide. Instead, she found it was guided by the American obstetrics system — a model that was designed by men.

EPISODE #222: Cyndie and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

Cyndie Spiegel built a career on optimism — inspiring audiences with messages of hope and positive thinking. But in 2020, as she faced mounting struggles with family and health, she found that the affirmations she once preached were no longer working and she’d have to find a new way forward.

EPISODE #221: How to Not (Accidentally) Raise a Rapist

Consent education in school is mostly insufficient or non-existent — even when it’s required by state law. An organization called SafeBAE is trying to change that by training teens to teach each other about sexual violence.