The Longest Shortest Time

EPISODE #51: Real Teens, Fake Babies

We conclude our Sex & Parenthood series with the story of two polar opposite teens, two robotic babies, and lots of drama. In collaboration with This American Life!

EPISODE #50: Mom, It’s Time We Had the Talk

A mom has the birds and the bees talk with her 8-year-old son. Or does he have it with her?

EPISODE #49: Healing After Childbirth

One brave listener shares her story of giving up on pain-free sex after a childbirth injury; one pelvic floor expert tells us why she doesn’t have to.

EPISODE #48: The Parents’ Guide to Doing It

We kick off our three-part Sex & Parenthood series with some NSFW advice from Dan Savage and Jane Marie. People without kids: you can learn things from this too!

EPISODE #47: Your Parenting Resolutions, 2015

Turns out parents want to go easier on themselves in 2015. Or, as in our host’s case, get more combative with their offspring. Plus, we make a big show announcement!

EPISODE #46: Music Together-ish

Four years ago, we aired our very first episode, about a baby who hated lullabies. Today we hear from that baby. As a teenager. And he sings!

EPISODE #45: Love Yurts

A marriage; a miscarriage. A divorce; a guy who looks (and smells) like a caveman. All in this epic love story.

EPISODE #44: There’s No Place That’s Home

Dreading a long holiday drive with the kids? Imagine if your whole life was on the road. That’s how it is for makeup artist Christina Tracey, who tours with the Broadway show Wicked, and brings her toddler along.

EPISODE #43: It’s Like She Knows Us

Sick of all the white couches and salads in stock photos of family life? Sara Given’s hilarious Tumblr “It’s Like They Know Us” skewers that world. And it all started here!

EPISODE #42: Peeping Mom

Most people get through postpartum depression with therapy. But for Megan Stielstra, the answer was spying on her neighbor.