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.
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Recommendations from the archive
#27 Rewriting Your Birth Story
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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)
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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)
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LST FAVES: Mama Don't Understand
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.
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Adoption, but Make It a Horror-RomCom
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.
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Recommendations from the archive
#95 The True History of a Child Chef & His Mom
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LST FAVES: The True History of a Child Chef & His Mom
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.
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A Tech Writer's Eerie Bond with Her Fertility App
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.
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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.
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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
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Stories about the surprises and absurdities of raising other humans—and being raised by them. But you don’t need to be a parent to listen. Created and hosted by Hillary Frank.
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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