The Longest Shortest Time: A Women’s Health Show for Everyone

The Longest Shortest Time: A Women’s Health Show for Everyone

By Hillary Frank | RealmHealth & Fitness
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  • The Scary, Beautiful Teenage Brain

    Why would a sweet kid from Minnesota try to join ISIS? Reporter Dina Temple-Raston fills us in on the complexities of the teenage brain, with help from pizza and poetry. Plus: "What's Up with Hillary?" - Nor'easter Edition.

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    45 min
  • Forget Childbirth

    For generations, women elected to forget the pain of childbirth with help from powerful drugs called twilight sleep. Author Randi Hutter Epstein helps us shed light on an (intentionally) forgotten history.

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    50 min
  • Let's Get Unladylike

    Andrea talks to Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin, hosts of the fabulous Unladylike podcast, about abortion, nannies, and counting your eggs before they’re… inseminated. Plus, how to speak up, vocal fry and all.

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    48 min
  • Sperm Shopping by Color

    When Rosa and her wife started seeking a sperm donor, they were surprised by the complexity of the questions they faced — from “What kind of racial identity matters to us?” to “Should we buy in bulk?”

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    33 min
  • The Sisterhood of "Donor Don"

    Sister wives, a fertility cult, and New Kids on the Block: A listener initiates us into the strange world of sperm donation.

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    35 min
  • I'll Be Watching You

    NY Times tech writer Farhad Manjoo is on a quest to capture his kids’ important childhood moments… by installing around-the-clock cameras all over their home.

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    37 min
  • His Id Speaks English

    Research shows that kids who learn languages early have lots of advantages. This week, a dad who speaks five languages makes the case for teaching his kid only one. English.

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    43 min
  • Choose Your Own Mom-venture

    This week, Andrea’s opening up. A lot. She’ll be sharing the plan she’s always had for becoming a mom, and why she’s just realizing now… there might be another adventure in store for her.

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    38 min
  • The Handoff

    Have you heard? We've got a new host. We get to know the fabulous Andrea Silenzi, with help from some very important people in Hillary's life. There'll be skunks and warts and singing and... just listen.

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    42 min
  • BONUS: Katie Couric and Sheryl Sandberg on Living Option B

    We'll be back on January 24th with a brand new season of LST! But to tide you over, here's an episode from Katie Couric's podcast. She talks to her friend Sheryl Sandberg, of Lean In fame, about finding joy after the sudden death of Sheryl's husband, Dave.

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    1 hr 2 min

About The Longest Shortest Time: A Women’s Health Show for Everyone

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Stories of pregnancy, birth, fertility, intimacy after kids, and the surprises of perimenopause. The Longest Shortest Time is your companion for all stages of reproductive and women's health. Host and journalist Hillary Frank brings depth and humor to conversations about the physical and emotional realities of parenting, and of living in a body that keeps changing—but you don’t have to be a parent (or woman) to listen!

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