# The Longest Shortest Time: A Women’s Health Show for Everyone

A podcast by Hillary Frank | Realm. Stories of pregnancy, birth, fertility, intimacy after kids, and the surprises of perimenopause. The Longest Shortest Time is your companion for all stages of reproductive and women's health. Host and journalist Hillary Frank brings depth and humor to conversations about the physical and emotional realities of parenting, and of living in a body that keeps changing—but you don’t have to be a parent (or woman) to listen! The Longest Shortest Time is back after a 5-year hiatus! New episodes drop every other Wednesday. Join LST+ for community, ad-free listening, and access to You Know What, our premium show featuring college students speaking candidly about sex, dating, and relationships. If you’re new to the show or want to get reacquainted, check out some of our classic episodes: • #27 Rewriting Your Birth Story • #88 W. Kamau Bell Asks His Mom About Sex • The Accidental Gay Parents Series (#60, #62, #80, #81, #125, #211) • #79 Terry Gross on Not Having Kids • It's a Real Mother: A Series About Workplace Discrimination (#141, #142, #143, #145)

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## Latest episodes

- [Let's Talk About WEDLOCKED, My New Feminist Thriller!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/c400281cd45c) (2026-10-21, 41 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP7600163790.mp3
- [The Art of Family Shenanigans with Zak Rosen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/b77c40919c74) (2026-10-14, 30 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP2043483876.mp3
- [How the Algorithm Exploits New Parents](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/c6e34fe27049) (2026-10-07, 43 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP1199029472.mp3
- [LST FAVES: Love Yurts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/63e3f522e184) (2026-09-30, 40 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP5943566932.mp3
- [Ophira Eisenberg Was Nicer Before Motherhood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/3a67b6a987c8) (2026-09-23, 42 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP5984293128.mp3
- [LST FAVES: Outnumbered By Animals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/67cfc8de85de) (2026-09-16, 28 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP2118497385.mp3
- [Sona Movsesian Feels Like the World's Worst Mom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/9d413c556a55) (2026-09-09, 44 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP2860764020.mp3
- [LST FAVES: Terry Gross on Not Having Kids](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/b98ca79d7ff2) (2026-08-26, 38 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP7279685305.mp3
- [The Sex Lives of College Kids](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/a7e9e2b274f2) (2026-08-19, 45 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP7739211693.mp3
- [LST FAVES: My Best Friend's Baby](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/b5b83e295797) (2026-08-12, 41 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP2545611556.mp3
- [The Pressure to Be the Perfect Black Father](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/7705978fed7a) (2026-08-05, 45 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP4063365819.mp3
- [LST FAVES: How To Not (Accidentally) Raise A Racist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/51395fdec432) (2026-07-29, 51 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP9297201710.mp3
- [Jamilah Lemieux on Black Single Motherhood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/b3302035641d) (2026-07-22, 45 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP4103062827.mp3
- [LST FAVES: The Secret Life of a Deaf Superhero](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/7a0d1b669e4f) (2026-07-15, 44 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP1995541952.mp3
- [Even Sexperts Struggle with Intimacy in Motherhood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/0058c07cf10b) (2026-07-08, 41 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP2586275101.mp3
- [Getting Kids to Bed with Naturepedic's Arin Schultz](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/254bc4513885) (2026-07-01, 35 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP8210082954.mp3
- [Preventing Teens from Joining the Manosphere](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/16857ba292d0) (2026-06-24, 43 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP7692034722.mp3
- [LST FAVES: How to Not (Accidentally) Raise a Rapist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/0e4516532106) (2026-06-17, 47 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP6852080504.mp3
- [Negin Farsad Tackles Her Daughter's Unanswerable Questions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/35530d638639) (2026-06-10, 40 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP4734684915.mp3
- [LST FAVES: Kids Ask Negin Farsad Unanswerable Questions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/e0d5b9b56465) (2026-06-03, 36 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP8513936761.mp3
- [Building a Family After Childhood Trauma](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/7a5b6b17bb15) (2026-05-27, 38 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP2918492446.mp3
- [LST FAVES: Uterus + Sperm + Uterus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/4688bdaf823e) (2026-05-20, 31 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP2809757024.mp3
- [Embracing Your Abortion Story](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/0e8e861ce61c) (2026-05-13, 35 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP4568687096.mp3
- [LST FAVES: Uterus + Sperm](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/d329bee7b5b0) (2026-05-06, 32 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP2450266782.mp3
- [Managing Your Perimenopausal Rage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/7e7ce04b75bb) (2026-04-29, 41 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP2763931626.mp3
- [Why Heated Rivalry Is SO HOT (it's not just the sex scenes)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/b36d576d6fa7) (2026-04-27, 38 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP6325912976.mp3
- [LST FAVES: Kicking Ass While Pregnant](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/57987106dcb9) (2026-04-22, 33 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP3480181858.mp3
- [When Rumors Spread Like Wildfire About the Fire Commissioner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/ba198397822b) (2026-04-15, 42 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP2574230294.mp3?updated=1776216371
- [LST FAVES: Postpartum House Arrest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/3a1843433eae) (2026-04-08, 44 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP9804957537.mp3?updated=1775231696
- [Painful Sex and Elusive Orgasms in Perimenopause](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/313b64c2b652) (2026-04-01, 43 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP1557592693.mp3?updated=1775230732
- [Brian Can't Stop Fact-Checking His Mother-In-Law](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/924c4ba8ce3f) (2026-03-30, 56 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP3493969199.mp3?updated=1774632780
- [LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 6](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/1eef2549057c) (2026-03-25, 39 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP3460194865.mp3?updated=1772737224
- [When the World Pushes You to Have a Baby (Or Two)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/06a7ca97a696) (2026-03-18, 42 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP7653518554.mp3?updated=1773425846
- [LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 5](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/fa7ba1dd3e06) (2026-03-11, 47 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP4544555805.mp3?updated=1772485340
- [One Woman, 3 Kids, 15 Rounds of IVF](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/594aa5682a8b) (2026-03-04, 42 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP9005347921.mp3?updated=1772124637
- [LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/27c7d9d85b25) (2026-02-25, 29 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP4691289529.mp3?updated=1771882774
- [WTF Is Perimenopause?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/bca3a77b0842) (2026-02-18, 48 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP5752833268.mp3?updated=1771363887
- [LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/830dab29c736) (2026-02-11, 32 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP3132053558.mp3?updated=1770737923
- [Lessons in Love from YA TV](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/17baa1161a88) (2026-02-04, 42 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP6666683191.mp3?updated=1770150684
- [LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/b33a1ede836b) (2026-01-28, 34 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP2611471751.mp3?updated=1768340893
- [There's No Bell in Motherhood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/7e48591dd86e) (2026-01-21, 44 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP7846752787.mp3?updated=1768928239
- [LST FAVES: The Accidental Gay Parents](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/c63785eb4629) (2026-01-14, 37 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP9955544252.mp3?updated=1768340399
- [Birth Control Troubles and Vibrator Triumphs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/1d676f8c2c52) (2026-01-07, 39 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP4025768347.mp3?updated=1767636568
- [LST FAVES: Alex and the Oracular Lamb](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/b84727f824b2) (2025-12-17, 46 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP2559823174.mp3?updated=1765822697
- [Actually, Sir, That's Not How You Put on a Condom](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/1f78517748ee) (2025-12-10, 38 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD8968192975.mp3?updated=1765230051
- [LST FAVES: There's Something About Andy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/14c66598fd3a) (2025-12-03, 41 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP4523998000.mp3?updated=1770059193
- [TV to Spark Conversations with Adolescent Kids](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/9c658da49a9f) (2025-11-26, 39 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD9155744444.mp3?updated=1764007737
- [LST FAVES: All the Feels with Rob Huebel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/03bf04372ce5) (2025-11-19, 43 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP4242338857.mp3?updated=1768928003
- [Bobbi Brown on the Beauty and Messiness of Motherhood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/80d62c7bf234) (2025-11-12, 38 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD4546569991.mp3?updated=1762555225
- [LST FAVES: Behind Family Lines](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/412457621/df7617994b99) (2025-11-05, 33 min): audio https://pdrl.fm/97249a/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/tracking.swap.fm/track/bwUd3PHC9DH3VTlBXDTt/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP9950409469.mp3?updated=1761926550

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