The Longest Shortest Time

EPISODE #220: The Staircase

We’re back after a 5-year hiatus! Hillary kicks us off with a story about her anxiety over her daughter’s first experience with unwanted male attention — and her subsequent misadventures in trying to get the girl’s school to teach consent.

Here Lies Me

While LST was on hiatus, Hillary created a fiction podcast about middle school called Here Lies Me. Check it out!

EPISODE #134: How to Make a Fella Feel Relaxed

That… and other lessons of American sex ed. An actual historian walks us through the decades.

EPISODE #103: Real Teens, REAL Babies

Breaking *robot baby* news! Join us as we try to make sense of a study that sheds some shocking light on our This American Life collab from 2 years ago.

Breaking Robot-Baby News!

Remember our This American Life collab about Paige and Rachel, the polar opposite girls who had polar opposite reactions to the robot babies in sex ed? Well, today there was breaking news about the robot babies. Check out my update on This American Life’s blog! The Longest Shortest Time may earn a small commission from […]

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?

Books: For Talking the Birds & the Bees with Your Kid

Dreading “the talk”? Here are some age-appropriate reads for pre-schoolers through high-schoolers. Plus, a few picks for you.