The Longest Shortest Time

EPISODE #88: W. Kamau Bell Asks His Mom About Sex

For most of his life, comedian W. Kamau Bell assumed his single mom never had sex after she made him. Today, he gets the real story.

EPISODE #85: Dispatches from Black Motherhood

Anthonia Akitunde went looking for websites about Black working moms that broke stereotypes. She came up empty. So she started her own.

EPISODE #77: Behind Family Lines

Darlene’s childhood dream was to join the military. She didn’t imagine she’d also be raising three children solo.

EPISODE #76: Kicking Ass While Pregnant

When Marvel asked Dennis Hopeless to create a new story for Spider-Woman, he knew he wanted her to be pregnant. In this episode, he explains why. And we hear from his wife Jessie, the real-life superhero behind Spider-Woman.

EPISODE #66: Momming It Solo

One woman’s unusual path toward becoming a single mother by choice.

EPISODE #59: Mama Don’t Understand

A game of got-yer-nose turns racial and a 6-year-old raps to her white mom about not getting her Blackness. Two stories of biracial kids schooling their mamas.

EPISODE #58: The Bestest Worstest Time with Roman Mars

Roman Mars dishes on being a parent of twins. Tune in to hear how he used his boys as a secret weapon, and about the time he felt like a “f**king monster.” The 99% Invisible host’s family life, as he’s never told it before.