The Longest Shortest Time

LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 6

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Trystan and Biff are back! We catch up with them about parenthood, postpartum bodies, and if there are any more kids in their future. ⭐️ This epi...

When the World Pushes You to Have a Baby (Or Two)

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 mess...

LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 5

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 w...

One Woman, 3 Kids, 15 Rounds of IVF

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 wi...

LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 4

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

WTF Is Perimenopause?

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Hot flashes! Weight gain! Headaches! Rage! If these symptoms sound familiar, you may be in perimenopause. But who among us actually knows what perimen...

LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 3

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Audience faves The Accidental Gay Parents return. This time Trystan is pregnant. ⭐️ This episode originally ran on April 26, 2016 and is a favori...

Lessons in Love from YA TV

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Is The Summer I Turned Pretty romantic or toxic? Is Heartstopper sweet or cringe? Hillary talks with pop culture critic Kristen Meinzer and sex educat...

LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 2

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 f...

There's No Bell in Motherhood

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Birth Control Troubles and Vibrator Triumphs

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As the daughter of an OBGYN, Danielle Bezalel learned all about vaginas — but pleasure wasn’t part of the conversation. Now she’s on a mission t...

LST FAVES: Alex and the Oracular Lamb

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alex was itching to ask her partner Ben whether he’d be up for having kids one day — a question that felt scary and extra complicated because she ...

Actually, Sir, That's Not How You Put on a Condom

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

College student Zaraia Fabunmi became a sex educator and a doula as a teenager. Today she shares how she's used that training to help her peers — an...

LST FAVES: There's Something About Andy

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A young Mormon plays a long con on his childhood crush—in the hopes of starting a family with her. ⭐️ This episode originally ran on January 17...

TV to Spark Conversations with Adolescent Kids

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pop culture critic Kristen Meinzer joins us to share how as a tween, The Golden Girls — a show with grownup themes — helped her bond with her mom ...

LST FAVES: All the Feels with Rob Huebel

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Actor and comedian Rob Huebel talks about sneaking onto airplanes, why he doesn't share a bed with his wife, and what it was like to have their daught...

Bobbi Brown on the Beauty and Messiness of Motherhood

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bobbi Brown built a career making people look beautiful. Behind the scenes, she was mired in breastmilk, spit-up, and sleepless nights. Executives tol...

LST FAVES: Behind Family Lines

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Darlene's childhood dream was to join the military. She didn't imagine she'd also be raising three children solo. Tune in to hear what it’s like to ...

Breasts

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Jean Hannah Edelstein went to college, she realized she had great breasts. Like, the kind that could win a wet T-shirt contest. But they also mad...

LST FAVES: Boobs

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When you get pregnant, your body changes (duh). One of the most common changes happens in your boobs (double duh). But sometimes your boobs change in ...

Shafia Zaloom's Playful Approach to Sex Ed

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shafia Zaloom is a sex educator and advisor to Big Mouth, Nextflix’s fantastic series about puberty. Join us as she walks us through her innovative ...

BONUS: You Might Also Like: "The Second Opinion with Dr. Sharon Malone"

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today we bring you an episode of "The Second Opinion with Dr. Sharon Malone."  On Dr. Sharon’s new podcast, women take back the conversation on he...

LST FAVES: How to Make a Fella Feel Relaxed

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Strange but real lessons of American sex ed. Historian Lisa Andersen walks us through the decades. ⭐️ This episode originally ran on August 23, 2...

You Know What: An LST Spinoff

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Does more sex make you “wider”? Is it bad to swallow sperm? How do you clean a sex toy? In the pilot episode of our spinoff show, YOU KNOW WHAT, c...

Sick of "Morning" Sickness

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If pregnant people need to eat for two, why do so many of us puke morning, noon, and night? Our friends from Vox's Unexplainable investigate.  Guest...

Elise Hu on Sharks, Cheeseburgers, and Raising Kids Abroad

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Elise Hu gets personal. Tune in for her dad’s refugee story involving sharks, the unique challenges of parenting a tall girl, what ...

LST FAVES: The Mortality of Motherhood

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

NPR’s Kelly McEvers compares and contrasts childbirth vs being a war correspondent. ⭐️ This episode originally ran on July 25, 2013, with an up...

It's a Real Mother, Part 6: We've Solved It, Right?

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Eight years after It’s a Real Mother, our series on discrimination against working moms, Brigid Schulte returns to share how we’ve conquered the m...

LST FAVES: It's A Real Mother, Part 2: Ideal Worker

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why do stock images of working moms look frazzled, while stock images of working dads just look like... guys at work? Author Brigid Schulte gets to th...

Katz BACK in the Cradle

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 wa...

LST FAVES: Katz in the Cradle

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Katz is known for his fearless reporting on New Jersey governor Chris Christie. But when it comes to telling his 5-year-old daughter the truth ab...

A Very Vaginal Voyage with Rachel Gross

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a deep (and delightfully nerdy) dive into the misunderstood world of vaginas, where we’ll learn about orgasm-chasing royalty, clitoral w...

LST FAVES: Mama Don't Understand

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 the...

Adoption, but Make It a Horror-RomCom

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

LST FAVES: The True History of a Child Chef & His Mom

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Judah is 12. He makes a mean beef Wellington. Hear how he became a child chef, and how his mom had him when she was just a kid herself. ⭐️ This e...

A Tech Writer's Eerie Bond with Her Fertility App

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Amanda Hess writes about the internet for a living. So she didn’t expect to form an emotional bond with a fertility app during her pregnancy. But wh...

LST FAVES: Real Teens, Fake Babies

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Did your high school health teacher ever try to teach you the risks of sex by making you carry around an egg and pretend it was a baby? These days, th...

LST FAVES: The Parents' Guide to Affairs with Esther Perel

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us, at some point, will be touched by an affair—whether in our own relationships, or because one of our parents cheated, or because we are a...

LST FAVES: W. Kamau Bell Asks His Mom About Sex

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For most of his life, comedian W. Kamau Bell assumed his single mom, Janet, never had sex after she made him. But in his 40s, Kamau started to get the...

Secrets from the Vagina Whisperer

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Sara Reardon’s friends discovered she had answers for all their (and their moms’) weird vagina questions, they called her “The Vagina Whisp...

The Permanent Birth Control Option Doctors Rarely Mention

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anna North spent years reporting on reproductive health — so she was surprised when her doctor suggested a birth control method she’d never heard ...

Xyla vs. the FAA

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Xyla Foxlin started flying as a teenager. By her twenties, she was piloting her own plane and building another from scratch. But when a private health...

Introducing: Add to Cart

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we’re bringing you something special: an episode from Add to Cart, a show we love hosted by Kulap Vilaysack and SuChin Pak. You might rem...

Ashley Parker on Raising Girls While Covering the White House

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ashley Parker has covered some of the biggest political events of our time — but for years she’s been obsessed with a very different type of story...

The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ali Yarrow thought her childbirth experience would be hers to guide. Instead, she found it was guided by the American obstetrics system — a model th...

StoryCorps: The Birds, the Bees, and My Dad

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Howie Gordon starred in over a hundred porn films in the 70s and 80s under the name Richard Pacheco. But his greatest role was as a father. At StoryCo...

Becoming a Single Dad While Trans 2

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When we last heard from CJ, they were struggling to figure out how to achieve their lifelong dream of becoming a dad. CJ now has a kid, but getting th...

Sex-Positive Books for Tweens and Teens (And Parents!)

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sex ed in schools isn’t cutting it, and studies show that kids are turning to porn for answers. In this episode, Traci Thomas of The Stacks podcast ...

When Andrea Silenzi Joined Mom Club

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last time we heard from Andrea Silenzi, she was navigating the wild world of sperm shopping as a single woman in her mid-30s who wanted to become a mo...

Cyndie and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cyndie Spiegel built a career on optimism — inspiring audiences with messages of hope and writing a bestselling book about the benefits of positive ...

How to Not (Accidentally) Raise a Rapist

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Consent education in school is mostly insufficient or non-existent — even when it’s required by state law. An organization called SafeBAE is tryin...

The Staircase

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back after a 5-year hiatus! Hillary kicks us off with a story about her anxiety over her daughter’s first experience with unwanted male atte...

Help Bring Back The Longest Shortest Time!

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After a 5-year hiatus, The Longest Shortest Time is coming back! We're gonna talk about all things reproductive health: periods, birth control, consen...

Introducing Here Lies Me

03 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Parents Sometimes Understand

18 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 too...

Ina May's Guide, Completely Revised and Updated

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 e...

Busy Philipps Works the Postpartum Hollywood System

04 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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, sh...

We Made You A Mix Tape

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 d...

John Hodgman On Being A Villain Without Really Trying

20 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

The, Like, Show. Wavy Edition

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 rel...

It’s A Real Mother, Part 5: Now What?

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

How Raina Telgemeier Got Guts

30 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 bec...

The Accidental Gay Parents 6

23 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

Sperm Series: I Ask a Friend

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Sperm Series: I Visit a Sperm Bank

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Sperm Series: I Download an App

04 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 toward...

Aack! How Cathy Became a Mom

28 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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. …...

When YouTube Is Your Birth Coach

21 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Oh, The Places You Shouldn't Go!

14 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Breaking Cycles (and Chairs!) with Kulap Vilaysack

07 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When comedian Kulap Vilaysack decided to resolve questions from her family history, she did it in the most extreme way possible: by directing a docume...

When Mommy Boobs Go Viral

31 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Rose Schrody makes parody raps about motherhood beloved by everyone from Viola Davis to Beyoncé’s Mom. … Join LST+ for community and acce...

Give The Ellises a Sitcom Already

24 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Devale and Khadeen Ellis have always imagined their lives as a TV show. Specifically, a sitcom about millennial parenting that takes place in gentrifi...

Artificial Wombs, Space Babies and Robot Nurses… Oh My!

19 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What will the future look like for women, families and babies? Futures critic Rose Eveleth believe the future can be more equitable, fun and interesti...

I'm Pregnant!

12 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to become a parent when you’re no longer speaking to the parents who raised you? Our producer Jackie Sojico is about to find out ....

How Will They Know I’m Black?

05 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Myra Jones-Taylor’s son is black, but it’s a constant struggle to get his peers and teachers to see him that way. … Join LST+ for community and ...

Transracial Adoption When You’re a POC

29 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Listener Soni has always dreamed about adopting, but they never expected the adoption process to be so challenging. Plus, LST’s creator Hillary Fran...

Lactation Muffins, Tape Measure Ponytails and Other Adventures in Adoption

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When Nishta fell in love with her college professor Jill, she knew they were starting a journey without a roadmap. … Join LST+ for community and acc...

What My Mother And I Don't Talk About

15 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week two different essays about the wounds our moms can leave us with — and what, if anything, can be done to start the healing. Note: This wee...

Vasectomies! Get Nuts! Go Nads!

08 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Over the years, we’ve talked a lot about women’s fertility and birth control. But, isn’t it about time we hear what it means when family plannin...

One Mom’s Late-Term Abortion

01 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Late-term abortions are extremely rare, except for in political rhetoric. We’ll hear the story behind the headlines from a mom who ended her pregnan...

The Qualities and Characteristics of 7th-Borns

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Robby Hoffman is a comedian, and she is the seventh-born child in her family. She's never met another #7 ... until now. … Join LST+ for community an...

The Political Power of Black Motherhood

20 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Author Dani McClain explains what makes mothering an inherently political act, especially for black women. … Join LST+ for community and access to Y...

Dani Shapiro’s Family Secret

13 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When a bestselling memoirist took a DNA test on a whim, the results were confusing. But then, her whole life suddenly made sense. … Join LST+ for co...

Rewriting Your Adoption Story

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When you decide to have a baby, you plan on extending your family. But when Nicole got pregnant, she took that really seriously. … Join LST+ for com...

Toy Stories

27 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Toys are these powerful objects that test and tax the caregiving abilities of children and parents alike. Today on the show, an American Girl Doll sup...

Baby Shark Attack

20 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We dive deep into the hit kids song and hopefully come up alive (doo doo doo doo doo doo). … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, an...

MILF

13 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Is MILF a fun shorthand for "sexy mom" or does it tell another story? Note: This episode contains adult language and themes. … Join LST+ for communi...

Lucy Knisley Redraws Her Birth Story

06 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cartoonist Lucy Knisley couldn’t wait to draw the day her son was born. But how do you draw something if you can’t remember it? Note: This episode...

When the Family Band Isn’t Your Thing

30 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When you're born into a family famous for their musical ties, is joining them a birthright or a curse? Lucy Wainwright Roche and her mom Suzzy Roche j...

Weird Parenting Wins FTW

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our show’s host Andrea Silenzi is talking with LST’s executive producer/creator Hillary Frank today to answer parenting problems using only things...

Postpartum House Arrest

19 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After Jessica gave birth to her first child, her own mother sabotaged her plans of postpartum bliss. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Kno...

When Your Uterus Wants Out

12 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A woman finds she can’t become a mom without a hysterectomy. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Sh...

Must Love Fish

05 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

When Geneva was looking for her future partner, she made a list of 37 things she wanted. Number one was Native. In this episode, we used an excerpt fr...

The Polycule

28 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wondered how polyamorous parents do their thing? Turns out it’s not just about sex?! … Join LST+ for community and access to You Kno...

Mom, Can I Wait in the Car?

21 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Six years ago, Kim Brooks was home visiting her folks in Virginia… when she made a split-second decision that got her in serious trouble with the la...

Stuff We Love

14 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stories about family are some of the richest, most riveting stories that you can tell. We invited three panelists to our studio to talk about their fa...

When Moms Run for Office

07 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy shares what it was like to run for office in 2016... while pregnant with twins! Plus, what happens when we elect more mo...

Scared Sh!tless

31 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

For our Halloween special, stories about when parenthood isn’t all poops and giggles. Sometimes it’s just a lot of poop. … Join LST+ for communi...

You Up?

24 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Your 3am bedside companion — literally! In this episode, we open up our phone lines in the middle of the night to hear what’s keeping you all awak...