The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood

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

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. … More episodes about clinicians as patients • #183 Postpartum House Arrest • #230 Secrets from the Vagina Whisperer • #38 Pediatricians, They’re Just Like Us … 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!) … Episode resources • Find a provider through the Menopause Society … • 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

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

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+. … Shows discussed • The Summer I Turned Pretty • K-Pop Demon Hunters • Heartstopper • Heated Rivalry • Friends • Sex and the City • Sex Education … 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 … More Shafia • Sex, Teens, and Everything in Between • Getting Real About Sex Ed … 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 … • 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

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. … 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