The Longest Shortest Time

Sex & Parenthood Series

Sex is complicated for all humans, and it’s extra complicated for parents. Not only do we have to figure out how to talk to our kids about how to navigate this stuff, we have to navigate it ourselves. Maybe you’re dealing with a childbirth injury; maybe your relationship is on the rocks; maybe you’re entering a new relationship; maybe you want to try polyamory; maybe you’d be psyched to just figure out how to work regular old sex back into your life. This series has got you covered. We began it in 2015, and it’s been going strong ever since. We’ve even won some awards for these episodes!

We’ve broken the episodes down below into two categories: Sex Advice for Parents and Talking to Kids About Sex.

SEX ADVICE FOR PARENTS

#48 The Parents’ Guide to Doing It
In the “Parents’ Guide” episodes, we invite sexperts to answer listener questions about intimacy. To kick us off, Jane Marie and Dan Savage answer questions from new parents struggling in the sack.

#68 The Parents’ Guide to Doing It 2

In the second installment of “The Parents’ Guide to Doing It,” Twanna Hines and Dr. Hilda Hutcherson join us for a raunchy live Q&A.

#96 The Parents’ Guide to Doing It with Esther Perel

Sex and relationships therapist Esther Perel joins us in-studio to offer advice to callers.

#146 The Parents’ Guide to Affairs

Esther returns to answer listeners’ questions about affairs.

#49 Healing After Childbirth
Injuries in childbirth can make sex painful for months. Or years. Or forever. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this episode, we find out how.

#180 The Polycule
Andrea Silenzi gets the inside scoop on what it’s like to raise kids in a polycule.

TALKING TO KIDS ABOUT SEX

#50 Mom, It’s Time We Had the Talk
Most parents strategize (and often dread) how and when to talk to their kids about the bird and the bees. But 8-year-old Callum didn’t wait for his mom to bring it up. He wanted to talk to her about it all day long.

#88 W. Kamau Bell Asks His Mom About Sex
W. Kamau Bell assumed for most of his life that his mom, Janet, didn’t have sex after he was born since she raised him single. Then, as an adult, he started to wonder if that assumption was wrong. In this episode, Kamau bravely asks his mom for the truth — and Janet bravely answers.

#224 Sex-Positive Books for Tweens & Teens (And Parents!)
Traci Thomas from The Stacks joins Hillary to swap favorite titles about sex and relationships for older kids. Listen to the end for suggested books to help spice up parents’ sex lives, too!