💙 NEW EP 💙 The hilarious Negin Farsad joined us to talk about answering her kid's existential Q's. Plus, we pose our own Q's to the former FDNY commissioner (see video - hot firefighters are invoked 🔥🚒) 🎧 GET THE EP: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3QA

✨NEW EP✨ Kate Casey's father abandoned her as a child. She later used her anger toward him as fuel to create a stable family. (And... she learned the dark truth about why he left.) 🎧LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3Qc

🌱 NEW EP 🌱 @renee.bsky.social and @byreginamahone.bsky.social proudly share their ab0rtion stories, which led one of them to realize she wanted to be a mom, and confirmed for the other that she didn’t. Plus: s*x after ab0rtion. 🎧LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3PQ

🚒 NEW EP 🚒 As the first female fire commissioner of the FDNY, Laura Kavanagh faced many false rumors… but the most hurtful was the one about her supposed pregnancy. For the first time, she shares what was *actually* going on in her reproductive life. 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3Od

🫦NEW EP🫦 Are things gettin’ dry in perimenopause? Painful? Maybe your O’s are disappointing? Dr. Lauren Streicher is here to explain why & how to get help 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3NH

🤔 NEW EP 🤔 A lot of us wrestle with whether to start a family, or to grow the one we have. Helena de Groot shares the messy, intimate, confusing process of getting her husband to believe her wishes around whether or not to become a mom. 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3Nq

🤰 NEW EP 🤱 Holly Schechter always knew she wanted to be a mom. But getting there was a *journey*. Today, Holly shares her remarkable story of IVF… with a hopeful ending. 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3Na

😱 NEW EP 😱 WTF is perimenopause?! The docs from OvaryActive join us for a fun and irreverent primer 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3N2

🥊 NEW EP 🥊 Maia Molina-Schaefer is a boxing champ and combat veteran. But she's also been asked weird, discriminatory Qs in job interviews and pumped in a closet like any working mom 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3Ml

🚨 Help! 🚨 My IG account was suspended for violating “community standards on child sexual exploitation, abuse, and nudity.” Other than clicking the appeal button, is there anything I can do? Anyone have experience with this?

🍌NEW EP🍌 Zaraia Fabunmi became a s3x educator AND a doula as a teenager. Today she shares how she's used that training to help her peers — and, at times, her teachers 🙄 — plus the fascinating research she did in India 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3Lz

Honored that @tinkmedia.bsky.social asked me to contribute to this year's Audio Delicacies ✨🎧✨ As an avid David Lynch fan since I was 13, I knew I had to pick MUBI's new season "Ladies of Lynch." Check out the entire list: tinkmedia.co/audio-delica...

🎈NEW EP 🎈The vulnerable & hilarious @jhe.bsky.social on the life cycle of her breasts. 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3Ku

🔥NEW EP🔥 S3x Bingo! Music! Shafia Zaloom walks us through her playful approach to teaching young ppl about healthy relationships - plus some tricky situations with her own kids. 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3K6

💦 Is it safe to swallow? That and more anon Qs from teens in this week's ep - a pilot for an LST spinoff called YOU KNOW WHAT. Excerpt below. 🎧 LISTEN to the full pilot + reach out if you want to partner or help make this show a reality. We need it now more than ever! wp.me/p4bvGZ-3JX

🍔 NEW EP 🍔 Loved talking to Elise Hu! Tune in for her dad’s refugee story involving sharks 🦈, the unique challenges of parenting a tall girl 👧🏻, what she ate in childbirth 🍔, and a 3rd grade disappointment that shaped her career in journalism 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3Jw

🤯 NEW EP 🤯 8 years ago, Matt Katz came on the show to talk about his mysterious bio dad. At the time, he had no clue how deep the mystery really was. Tune in for the bonkers update! 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3IX

EPISODE #234: Katz BACK in the Cradle

Eight years ago, Matt Katz came on the show after nervously revealing to his 5-year-old daughter that the man she thought was his biological father was not, in fact, his biological father. But Matt wo...

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🦅 NEW EP 🦅 It's not a little nub, it's a bird! Science writer Rachel Gross dispels myths abt the cl!t + neighboring organs. You won't want to miss this delightfully nerdy voyage, whether you have a v@gina or not. (Ca-caw!) 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3If

Episode #233: A Very Vaginal Voyage with Rachel Gross

Join us for a deep (and delightfully nerdy) dive into the misunderstood world of vaginas, where we’ll learn about orgasm-chasing royalty, clitoral wingspans, vagina lollipops, wandering wombs — and th...

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🎉 HOORAY 🎉 Thrilled to be on @time.com's incredible 100 Best Podcasts of All Time list, along w/some of our fav colleagues time.com/collections/...

'The Longest Shortest Time' Is on The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time

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✨ NEW EP ✨ Such a delight talking to Brian Crano + David Joseph Craig abt the true story behind their adoption horror-romcom "I Don't Understand You" 📽️ starring Nick Kroll + Andrew Rannells 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3HK

Episode #232: Adoption, but Make It a Horror-Romcom

Brian Crano and David Joseph Craig knew starting a family would be hard — but they didn’t expect the twists and scares that inspired them to write a movie.

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⭐ NEW EP ⭐ Loved talking to the wonderful @amandahess.bsky.social abt her unexpected, eerie bond w/her fertility app during pregnancy 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3Hg

🔥 NEW EP 🔥 So excited to have Sara Reardon, aka "The Vagina Whisperer," on with all the tips you need to keep things healthy down there for the next 40+ years 🤸‍♀️ 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3Fs

EPISODE #230: Secrets from the Vagina Whisperer

Leaky vaginas! Dry vaginas! Painful vaginas! Smelly vaginas! Aging vaginas! Sara Reardon, aka The Vagina Whisperer, joins us with tips on taking care of your pelvic floor.

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I was on one of my favorite podcasts, @longestshortest.bsky.social, talking about my experience getting a salpingectomy!

✨NEW EP✨ One of our fav parenting + repro health writers @annanorth.bsky.social talks abt her decision to get sterilized + the surprising imagery it brought up for her. 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3FB

EPISODE #229: The Permanent Birth Control Option Doctors Rarely Mention

Anna North spent years reporting on reproductive health — so she was surprised when her doctor suggested a birth control method she’d never heard of. Hear why she chose to end her potential for having...

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Excited to be featured in @montclairlocalnews.bsky.social 😊 If you’re in Montclair and care abt sex ed, reach out! montclairlocal.news/2025/05/mont...

Montclair’s Hillary Frank Reimagines Her Parenting Podcast

Explore Hillary Frank's journey as she brings back her acclaimed podcast to tackle teen issues and reproductive health.

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🔥NEW EP🔥 The incredible @xylafoxlin.bsky.social joins us to tell her story abt the intersection btwn birth control, mental health & the FAA. (Plus an airplane named Lady Lamar ✈️) You're gonna ❤️ this one. 🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3F4

So fun chatting w @thisishillaryfrank.bsky.social on @longestshortest.bsky.social about parenting, politics, teenage mishaps (👙), and my miscarriage essay in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/family/archi... Listen here—> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Ashley Parker on Raising Girls While Covering the White House

Podcast Episode · The Longest Shortest Time · 04/30/2025 · 42m

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Even before I was a mom, @longestshortest.bsky.social was one of my favorite podcasts. Now it’s back after a 5-year hiatus, and I was so honored to join @thisishillaryfrank.bsky.social to talk parenting, politics, and Varsity Blues whipped cream bikinis (IYKYK): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Here is the moving essay @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and I talk about in today's episode: "Ashley Parker on Raising Girls While Covering the White House"

Ashley Parker@ashleyrparker.bsky.social · last yr.

Too many women have miscarriage stories. This is mine. www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

I'm thrilled to be a guest on one of my fav podcasts, @longestshortest.bsky.social, w @thisishillaryfrank.bsky.social! I go deep on parenting, pregnancy, childbirth... and a mistake I made as a teen involving "whipped cream bikinis." 👙 😬🎧 LISTEN: wp.me/p4bvGZ-3EG

EPISODE #227: Ashley Parker on Raising Girls While Covering the White House

Political reporter Askley Parker opens up about her obsession with birth stories, pregnancy loss, raising girls in the digital age, and a mistake she made as a teenager involving a camera… and boobs.

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