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A Killer Story
Episode 159
For our special Mother’s Day episode, poet and writer Rachel Zucker explores her complex relationship with her mom, Diane Wolkstein.
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7 years, 11 months ago
Black Lives Matter for Middle Schoolers
Episode 158
In the novel Ghost Boys, a twelve-year-old unarmed black boy is shot by a white police officer. Jewell Parker Rhodes talks about why she wrote this s…
7 years, 11 months ago
Car Births, Call-In Style
Episode 157
When you’re expecting a baby, it’s common to take some time to write out a birth plan. (Well, more like birth wishes.) But you know what no one ever …
7 years, 11 months ago
The Scary, Beautiful Teenage Brain
Episode 156
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 fr…
8 years ago
Forget Childbirth
Episode 155
For generations, women elected to forget the pain of childbirth with help from powerful drugs called twilight sleep. Author Randi Hutter Epstein help…
8 years ago
Let's Get Unladylike
Episode 154
Andrea talks to Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin, hosts of the fabulous Unladylike podcast, about abortion, nannies, and counting your eggs before t…
8 years, 1 month ago
Sperm Shopping by Color
Episode 153
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 i…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Sisterhood of "Donor Don"
Episode 152
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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8 years, 1 month ago
I'll Be Watching You
Episode 151
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 th…
8 years, 1 month ago
His Id Speaks English
Episode 150
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 hi…
8 years, 2 months ago