The Longest Shortest Time

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Help Bring Back The Longest Shortest Time!

2024-10-1605:53

After a 5-year hiatus, The Longest Shortest Time is coming back! We're gonna talk about all things reproductive health: periods, birth control, consent, bodily autonomy, pregnancy, menopause, and so much more — but we can only create a sustainable show with your help. Please join our club, where you'll get to participate in our community AND hear a whole extra show in the LST universe. Listen to this trailer for more info and to hear what Hillary's daughter sounds like now, as a teen (!) ... Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing Here Lies Me

2021-11-0330:25

It's been 2 years since LST ended and now Hillary has a new show! Here Lies Me is dramedy about middle school for teen and adult fans of PEN15 and Big Mouth. Listen to an excerpt (plus a special message from Hillary) right here! … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: https://longestshortesttime.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Parents Sometimes Understand

2019-12-1842:13

Let's just say this one's inspired by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. *Note: there is some cursing in this episode — and some talk about the tooth fairy — so you might not want to listen with your kids.* This is the last episode of The Longest Shortest Time! But it isn't really goodbye. Hillary is cooking up something new, probably a project about middle school. UPDATE: The Longest Shortest Time is returning with new episodes on January 22, 2025! … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ina May's Guide, Completely Revised and Updated

2019-12-1142:14

The mother of modern midwifery returns to tell you (yes, YOU) that if you didn’t have a “natural birth,” you are not a failure. Heads up, this episode contains discussion of childbirth injuries and traumatic birth. ... Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Busy Philipps Works the Postpartum Hollywood System

2019-12-0440:44

Busy Philipps has been working in Hollywood since she was 19 years old. She's always played by the rules when she's had to, but after she had kids, she started making her own rules—at work and at home. This episode contains graphic language and is not suitable for children. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We Made You A Mix Tape

2019-11-2745:55

A baby picked up by the police, the joy and terror of kale, and talking birth control in front of your dad. Three little treasures that we’ve been dying to share with you! This episode contains some uncensored curse words. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Hodgman On Being A Villain Without Really Trying

2019-11-2035:42

John Hodgman has made a career out of playing elitist villains on TV. He later realized he's been a villain in real life, too — including, sometimes, to his own children. This episode contains graphic language is not suitable for children. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The, Like, Show. Wavy Edition

2019-11-1331:28

Our teen panel is back with more parenting advice! Wanna know when to give your kid a smartphone? Why mumble rap is cool? How to maintain a strong relationship with your child? Molly, Mason, and Quincy have the answers. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s A Real Mother, Part 5: Now What?

2019-11-0640:31

Author Brigid Schulte fills us in on the current state of working mom discrimination in the United States. And one brave listener shares a story that might just inspire you to fight for changes at your job. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Raina Telgemeier Got Guts

2019-10-3031:50

Bees, needles, vomit, and atomic bombs—cartoonist Raina Telgemeier was afraid of them ALL. Hear how she learned to manage her fears, and how she became a hero to children around the globe. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Accidental Gay Parents, 6

2019-10-2335:46

LST faves Trystan and Biff are back! We catch up with them about about parenthood, postpartum bodies, and if there are any more kids in their future. To join the conversation, go to longestshortesttime.com! Sign up for our newsletter. Follow us on Instagram. This episode is brought to you by Bayer Crop Science, Teen Counseling, ThirdLove, Rothy’s, and Bona Floor Cleaners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sperm Series: I Ask a Friend

2019-09-1836:23

In the final episode of our three-part series “The Single Lady’s Guide to Sperm Shopping,” your host Andrea Silenzi prepares to ask a friend to be her sperm donor. How will she decide who to pick? … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sperm Series: I Visit a Sperm Bank

2019-09-1131:16

In the second of our three-part series “The Single Lady’s Guide to Sperm Shopping,” your host Andrea Silenzi heads to California Cryobank. Will she find her dream donor? … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sperm Series: I Download an App

2019-09-0435:04

In the first of our three-part series “The Single Lady’s Guide to Sperm Shopping,” your host Andrea Silenzi explores an exciting new path towards becoming a single parent. Will she find her sperm donor using… an app? … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aack! How Cathy Became a Mom

2019-08-2833:19

When cartoonist Cathy Guisewite turned 35, she told her parents she was never getting married and never having a kids. Hear what changed her mind. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When YouTube Is Your Birth Coach

2019-08-2130:16

When Tia found out she was pregnant, she wasn’t going to let that stop her from traveling abroad… in her third trimester. Hear why her birth story made international news. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh, The Places You Shouldn't Go!

2019-08-1425:37

A summer romp through all the wild places a kid’s imagination can take them in nature, perfect for Boxcar Children, Ingalls Wilder-heads, and “My Side of the Mountain” super-fans. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Breaking Cycles (and Chairs!) with Kulap Vilaysack

2019-08-0731:24

When comedian Kulap Vilaysack decided to resolve questions from her family history, she did it in the most extreme way possible: by directing a documentary about her own life. The film is called Origin Story, and to this day, Kulap’s still not sure if she should have made it. Heads up! This episode contains a discussion about physical and emotional abuse from a parent and miscarriage. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Mommy Boobs Go Viral

2019-07-3130:09

Jessica Rose Schrody makes parody raps about motherhood beloved by everyone from Viola Davis to Beyoncé’s Mom. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Give The Ellises a Sitcom Already

2019-07-2432:03

Devale and Khadeen Ellis have always imagined their lives as a TV show. Specifically, a sitcom about millennial parenting that takes place in gentrified Brooklyn. But instead of waiting for their big shot, the Ellises started sharing their story online. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comments (14)

Omar Heron

wow... generation of fear. I remember growing up and my mother would allow me to stay in the car if we've been out all day and I didn't want to go into a shop or two. this could take 10 minutes or 30... sometimes you'd be left with the keys to listen to the radio. nothing never happened. As a parent now, my wife would never leave our kids in the car. I have and would. Nothing longer than 10 minutes. I have no idea how this shift happened, but it's ruining kids, parents and more.

May 8th

kate leblanc

great episode. kindly note that late-term abortion is not an actual term. thank you!

May 4th

Chelsea Armstrong

I cried for nearly an hour while listening to this. I had to terminate at 23.6 weeks last April due to brain issues and so much of this echoed my own experience. I'm forever changed. Thank you for highlighting how awful it is on the mom to have to make this decision.

May 1st

Jeff Juergens

yfy : zfdftz right under ifcnz📣🎷

Feb 4th

Mark Engels

This would be so much better if the interviewer and interviewee did not display the most intrusive "vocal fry" I've ever encountered!

Dec 11th

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iTunes User

Well done. Sound quality great. It is nice to hear that motherhood is not a walk in the park for others as well. It reminds me of a coffee house chat with moms sitting around talking about parenting and child birth stories! I would like more episodes. Maybe branch out more into toddlerhood. I have one 3 year old and three 1 year olds. The babies are a piece of cake compared to the 3 year old!

Aug 31st

I’m in grad school. I don’t have kids, and only a handful of my friends are starting families at this point. How did I even find my way here? All that aside, I really enjoy The Longest Shortest Time. I find Hillary Frank thoughtful and sincere, and, in my opinion, the topics are both interesting to and engaging for an audience wider than one might expect.

Reply (1)

I generally enjoy listening to this podcast, with the exception of a few episodes. Hillary does a great job of drawing out people’s stories. However, I am stunned by the dearth of cultural diversity among the subjects! I can recall only one episode that talked about the parenting experience of a black woman. There is so much richness to explore in the unique experiences of people of color, immigrants, and second generation people who are parenting as members of a different economic class than the one they grew up in. It seems that most guests are people Hillary knows one way or another, so they tend to be white and middle or upper-middle class. But she needs to try harder and branch beyond her social circle.

Amanda Beyne Rodriguez

OMG the end of this one made me cry!

Aug 3rd

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Omar Heron

kate leblanc

Chelsea Armstrong

Jeff Juergens

Mark Engels

iTunes User

iTunes User

iTunes User

Amanda Beyne Rodriguez