The Longest Shortest Time

By Hillary Frank | Realm

Stories about the surprises and absurdities of raising other humans—and being raised by them. But you don’t need to be a parent to listen. Created and hosted by Hillary Frank.

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How many episodes does The Longest Shortest Time have?

The podcast currently has 311 episodes available.

The Longest Shortest Time episodes:

March 18, 2026 When the World Pushes You to Have a Baby (Or Two)
A lot of us wrestle with whether to start a family, or to grow the one we have. Today, Helena de Groot shares her own kid ambivalence — and the messy, intimate, confusing process of getting her husband to believe her wishes around whether or not to become a mom.
(Plus, Hillary shares something she’s never talked about publicly before!)
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Recommendations from the archive
• Should I Have Kids? Follow a former LST producer’s journey as she confronts this big question.
• Fresh Air’s Terry Gross decided not to have kids. Hear her story: Terry Gross on Not Having Kids
• Still having doubts? Listen to The 36 Questions to Ask Your Partner Before Having Kids
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Episode resources
• Hear the rest of Helena’s story in her series Creation Myth, from CBC Podcasts
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• Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!
• Follow us on Instagram
• Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media
• Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!)
• Website: longestshortesttime.com

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42min
March 11, 2026 LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 5
Audience faves Trystan and Biff are back… and they’re having a baby! We talk about what it’s like to be a pregnant man, and to share that news with your parents, your children, and the world.
⭐️ This episode originally ran on May 31, 2017 and is a favorite from the archives. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode.
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Check out the entire Accidental Gay Parents series!
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• Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!
• Follow us on Instagram
• Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media
• Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!)
• Website: longestshortesttime.com

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47min
March 04, 2026 One Woman, 3 Kids, 15 Rounds of IVF
Holly Schechter always knew she wanted to be a mom. But getting there was a journey. After a car crash and two major spine surgeries, she struggled with infertility. Today, Holly shares her remarkable story of IVF… with a hopeful ending.
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Recommendations from the archive
• Infertility got you down? Maybe you need to laugh about it with infertility sketch comedy in our episode Awkward Adventures in Infertility.
• Our early episode The Longest Longest Time is about one woman’s struggle with miscarriages for 11 years… and how she eventually came to have a baby.
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Episode resources
• Holly is now head of education at Conceive, a digital platform that provides 24/7 medical and emotional support for people trying to get pregnant.
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• Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!
• Follow us on Instagram
• Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media
• Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!)
• Website: longestshortesttime.com

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42min
February 25, 2026 LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 4
We pick up where we left off with Trystan and Biff, and their passive-aggressive standoff.
⭐️ This episode originally ran on May 3, 2016 and is a favorite from the archives. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode.
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Check out the entire Accidental Gay Parents series!
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• Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!
• Follow us on Instagram
• Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media
• Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!)
• Website: longestshortesttime.com

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29min
February 18, 2026 WTF Is Perimenopause?
Hot flashes! Weight gain! Headaches! Rage! If these symptoms sound familiar, you may be in perimenopause. But who among us actually knows what perimenopause is? Menopause specialists Dr. Rebecca Dunsmoor-Su and Dr. Amy Voedisch offer an informative and irreverent primer.
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More episodes about clinicians as patients
• #183 Postpartum House Arrest
• #230 Secrets from the Vagina Whisperer
• #38 Pediatricians, They’re Just Like Us
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More from the docs
• Rebecca and Amy’s podcast about perimenopause: OvaryActive
• Rebecca and Amy’s book: Estrogen Interrupted: A Guide to Surviving and Thriving in Perimenopause (purchasing/pre-ordering through our link helps support LST!)
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Episode resources
• Find a provider through the Menopause Society
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• Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!
• Follow us on Instagram
• Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media
• Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!)
• Website: longestshortesttime.com

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48min
February 11, 2026 LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 3
Audience faves The Accidental Gay Parents return. This time Trystan is pregnant.
⭐️ This episode originally ran on April 26, 2016 and is a favorite from the archives. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode.
…
Check out the entire Accidental Gay Parents series!
…
• Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!
• Follow us on Instagram
• Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media
• Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!)
• Website: longestshortesttime.com

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32min
February 04, 2026 Lessons in Love from YA TV
Is The Summer I Turned Pretty romantic or toxic? Is Heartstopper sweet or cringe? Hillary talks with pop culture critic Kristen Meinzer and sex educator Shafia Zaloom about love stories in YA TV, old classics teens are into, and why so many of these shows end with a dude chasing a woman down in Paris.
Do you want to talk about these shows with Hillary? You can, on our new Discord! All you need to do is join LST+.
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Shows discussed
• The Summer I Turned Pretty
• K-Pop Demon Hunters
• Heartstopper
• Heated Rivalry
• Friends
• Sex and the City
• Sex Education
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Recommendations from the archive
• #241 TV to Spark Conversations with Adolescent Kids
• #238 Shafia Zaloom’s Playful Approach to Sex Ed
• #237 YOU KNOW WHAT: An LST Spinoff
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More Shafia
• Sex, Teens, and Everything in Between
• Getting Real About Sex Ed
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More Kristen
• The Nightly - a bedtime podcast for pop culture lovers
• Happy to Be Here - featuring a My So-Called Life rewatch
• How to Be Fine
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• Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!
• Follow us on Instagram
• Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media
• Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!)
• Website: longestshortesttime.com

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42min
January 28, 2026 LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 2
The "accidental gay parents" return. This time with John's side of the story.
⭐️ This episode originally ran on July 17, 2015 and is a favorite from the archives. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode.
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Check out the entire series!
We’ll be airing the entire 6-part Accidental Gay Parents series every other week. Or, binge the entire thing here. The story takes so many twists and turns. It’s heartwarming at times; heartbreaking at others. Super relatable always.
…
• Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!
• Follow us on Instagram
• Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media
• Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!)
• Website: longestshortesttime.com

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34min
January 21, 2026 There's No Bell in Motherhood
Maia Molina-Schaefer is a boxing champ and combat veteran. But nothing has exhausted her like raising a kid. Today she shares her remarkable story of making history in the military… and pumping in a closet like any working mom.
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Recommendations from the archive
• #77 Behind Family Lines
• #87 The Mortality of Motherhood
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• Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!
• Follow us on Instagram
• Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media
• Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!)
• Website: longestshortesttime.com

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44min
January 14, 2026 LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents
One weekend Trystan and his boyfriend were clubbing in Vegas; the next they were steeped in diapers and Legos. The story of how two twenty-somethings became parents.
⭐️ This episode originally ran on June 19, 2015 and is a favorite from the archives. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode.
…
Check out the entire series!
We’ll be airing the entire 6-part Accidental Gay Parents series every other week. Or, binge the entire thing here. The story takes so many twists and turns. It’s heartwarming at times; heartbreaking at others. Super relatable always.
…
• Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe!
• Follow us on Instagram
• Sign up for our newsletter, where we recommend other parenting + reproductive health media
• Buy books by LST guests (your purchase supports the show!)
• Website: longestshortesttime.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
...more
37min

FAQs about The Longest Shortest Time:

How many episodes does The Longest Shortest Time have?

The podcast currently has 311 episodes available.

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