The Longest Shortest Time

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 motherhood penalty! Just kidding, it’s still alive and well. But there are some bright spots. We’ll talk about the highs, the lows, and simple things we can do to improve working conditions for moms — and everyone! … It’s a Real Mother Check out the full series. • Our first episode with Brigid is #142: It’s a Real Mother, Part 2: Ideal Worker • Our second episode with Brigid is #213: It’s a Real Mother, Part 5: Now What? … More on Brigid Schulte (using our affiliate book links supports the show!) • Brigid runs a nonpartisan think tank at New America called The Better Life Lab • Brigid’s first book: Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time • Brigid’s latest book: Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life … Sponsors (using our links supports the show!) • Caraway: 10% off your next purchase at carawayhome.com/LONGSHORT or use code LONGSHORT at checkout … 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

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 the heart of why discrimination against working moms is so deeply embedded in our culture—and what we can do to change it. ⭐️ This episode originally ran on November 8, 2017 as a part of our critically acclaimed series about working moms, It’s a Real Mother. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode. … Brigid’s book (using our affiliate link supports the show!) Overwhelmed: How to work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time … 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

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 would later learn that the truth about his biological father was much more complicated than he even realized. As he followed the twists and turns of this story, Matt became a bio dad detective — chasing clues at home and abroad, and concocting intricate, fantastical theories along the way. *NOTE: Before listening to this episode, we highly recommend listening to the prequel, “Katz in the Cradle,” which you will find in your podcast feed right before this episode. ... Matt’s podcast Our episode only scratches the surface of this wild story. In Inconceivable Truth, Matt tells it in full. … 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

Matt Katz, a fearless reporter for New York Public Radio, shares his challenges in telling his daughter about his family history. He reflects on his journey from Matt Russicao to Matt Katz, weaving poignant memories of his upbringing in New York City. Katz opens up about the complexities of father-son relationships, adoption, and the impact of his father's erratic behavior. This heartfelt narrative captures the innocence of youth while navigating deep familial ties, promising a wild update on his secrets next week.

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 the research on female anatomy we still desperately need. Science writer Rachel Gross is our fearless guide. … Recommendations from the archive #27 Rewriting Your Birth Story … Writing by Rachel • Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage (using this book link supports our show!) • Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It? (NYT) • Women in Menopause Are Getting the Short Shrift (The Atlantic) • What Can We Learn from Menstrual Blood? (The New Yorker) • Body Language (NYT series on the history of medical language) … More on the clitoris & friends • The Clitoris, Uncovered (video by Rachel for Scientific American) • Cliteracy Reel (3D depictions by Sophia Wallace) • SEX-ED+ (company that makes silicone molds of clitorises and vulvas for educational purposes) • Tight Lipped (grassroots movement by and for people with chronic vulvovaginal and pelvic pain) … 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

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 their mamas. ⭐️ This episode originally ran on Fri, 05 Jun 2015 and is a favorite from the archives. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode. … 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

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. In this episode, they share the true, messy tale behind I Don’t Understand You, their horror-romcom starring Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells. … Recommendations from the archive #95 The True History of a Child Chef & His Mom … Sponsors (using our links supports the show!) Caraway: carawayhome.com/LONGSHORT or code LONGSHORT at checkout for free shipping, a 30-day trial, and 10% off … 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

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 episode originally ran on September 7, 2016 and is a favorite from the archives. Find fun pictures of Judah and Kara at our website. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode. … 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

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 when Amanda’s pregnancy got complicated, her relationship with the app got complicated, too. … Recommendations from the archive We recently re-aired some favorite episodes from our ongoing Sex + Parenthood series. Check them out in your podcast feed (the most recent eps before this one) or find the full series here. … More Amanda Hess • Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age (using this affilitae link supports the show!) • Amanda’s work in the New York Times … Sponsors (using our links supports the show!) Quince: quince.com/longshort for FREE shipping + 365-day returns Green Chef: greenchef.com/50LST for 50% off your first month, then 20% off for two months with FREE shipping … 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

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, the pretending isn’t as much of a stretch. Lots of schools are opting to use robotic babies that cry throughout the day and night just like a real infant. In this episode, we follow two teenage girls over the course of 48 hours with the “babies,” and their conclusions surprise us! We also revisit the story after an eye-opening study in The Lancet that shed new light on our reporting. ⭐️ Versions of this episode originally aired on March 1, 2015 and November 16, 2016 and the story is a favorite from the LST archives. It’s also part of our ongoing Sex & Parenthood series. We’ve been airing a few episodes from the series over the next few weeks, while we gear up for our next batch of new episodes. You can find the full series here. … 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