Being 12: The Most Awkward, Essential Year of Our Lives
For a lot of American adults, age 12 is probably just one more moment in the extended blur that is adolescence, located smack dab in the middle of those forgettable middle school years. We're here to...
View ArticleStoryCorps Podcast 417: Remembering Wil Smith
Today, StoryCorps remembers Wil Smith, who recorded a conversation with his daughter, Olivia, about being a single dad in college. At the time of this interview in 2012, Wil had just been diagnosed...
View ArticleMother's Day
From old gems like Belle Baker's "Baby Your Mother" and the Osmond Brothers' "I Wouldn't Trade the Silver In Mother's Hair For All the Gold In the World," to more modern takes on motherhood from Vashti...
View Article[Unedited] Mary Oliver with Krista Tippett
Mary Oliver has received the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She has published over 25 books of poetry and prose including "Dream Work," "A Thousand Mornings," and "A Poetry...
View ArticleMary Oliver — Listening to the World
Often quoted, but rarely interviewed, Mary Oliver is one of our greatest and most beloved poets. She’s just released a new volume, Felicity, at the age of 80. And so we’re revisiting the interview she...
View ArticleMr. Rogers Shaped Childhood, and Pittsburgh
Mr. Rogers taught millions of kids the importance of kindness and the value of empathy. His legacy lives on, in the neighborhood that Mr. Rogers called home.
View ArticleHelicopter Parenting Meets Frontier Parenting
When Ulysses S. Grant was ten, he was in charge of selling his family’s horses. Why don’t we give kids that much responsibility today? Paula Fass has the answer.
View ArticleWhy Helicopter Parenting Doesn't Make Geniuses
Want your kids to be creative? According to Eric Weiner, you shouldn’t make things easy for them.
View ArticleTo improve lifelong health, Memphis tries rooting out childhood trauma
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: There is more and more evidence that traumatic events experienced in childhood, like abuse, neighborhood violence or the death of a parent, can...
View ArticleDiane Guerrero on Debt and Deportation
Diane Guerrero was just 14 years old when she came home to an empty apartment. Her parents had been taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and would soon be deported to their native Colombia....
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: World Science Festival; Comedian Negin Farsad, Bugs...
A few of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.World Science Festival (First) | Comedian Negin Farsad (Starts at 24:11) | Bugs Bunny as Inspiration (Starts at 41:50)If you don't...
View ArticleFull Show: Reinventing Childhood
We dive deep into how technology is affecting our kids. This week on Innovation Hub: growing up in the digital age.
View ArticleFull Show: Reinventing Childhood
We dive deep into how technology is affecting our kids. This week on Innovation Hub: growing up in the digital age.
View ArticleImaginary Friends Forever
Lots of kids have imaginary friends — a young Kurt Andersen had a gaggle including Robbie Dobbie, Crackerpin, Jimmy the Cat, a poodle called Genevieve. Marjorie Taylor, a psychology professor at the...
View ArticleHelicopter Parenting Meets Frontier Parenting
When Ulysses S. Grant was ten, he was in charge of selling his family’s horses. Why don’t we give kids that much responsibility today? Paula Fass has the answer.
View ArticleWhy Helicopter Parenting Doesn't Make Geniuses
Want your kids to be creative? According to Eric Weiner, you shouldn’t make things easy for them.
View ArticleFull Show: Reinventing Childhood
We dive deep into how technology is affecting our kids. This week on Innovation Hub: growing up in the digital age.
View ArticleGrowing Out of Innocence
Emily Fridlund joins us to discuss her debut novel, History of Wolves. It tells the story of Linda, a 14-year-old girl living on a nearly abandoned commune in the Minnesota woods. Her life takes...
View ArticleFull Show: Reinventing Childhood
We dive deep into how technology is affecting our kids. This week on Innovation Hub: growing up in the digital age.
View ArticleMary Oliver — Listening to the World
Often quoted, but rarely interviewed, Mary Oliver is one of our greatest and most beloved poets. She’s just released a new volume, "Felicity," at the age of 80. And so we’re revisiting the interview...
View ArticleHow Childhood Stress Leads to Lifelong Health Problems
Nadine Burke Harris, the founder and CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point, discusses her book The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood...
View ArticleThe Culture of Consent, Applying 'The Daily Show' Model in Nigeria, Health &...
Comedians Leah Bonnema, Jena Friedman and Judy Gold discuss #MeToo, harassment and the larger question of consent in light of the recent babe.net story about Aziz Ansari. New Yorker staff writer Adrian...
View ArticleHow Inequality Plays Out in Preschool
It’s not hard to see the achievement gap in education. Students from lower-income backgrounds on average score lower on their SATs and are less likely to graduate from college than their higher-income...
View ArticleFull Show: Childish Things
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it’s Superman... A character who both reflected - and changed - American pop culture. There’s a huge achievement gap in education. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek explains when it...
View ArticleKaren Russell Reads "Orange World"
Karen Russell reads her story "Orange World," from the June 4 & 11, 2018, issue of The New Yorker. Russell is the author of two short-story collections, and the novel "Swamplandia," which was a...
View ArticleThe kids aren’t all right
Federal law requires colleges and universities to track and disclose sexual assaults on campus. It’s different for kindergarten through 12th grade, where there are no similar requirements for cases...
View ArticleNo where to run
In Texas, the foster care system is failing the vulnerable children it’s meant to protect, leaving them without a safe place to live. Many end up on the streets or in jail, which is one of the few...
View ArticleMary Oliver — Listening to the World
Mary Oliver was one of our greatest and most beloved poets. She is often quoted by people across ages and backgrounds — and it’s fitting, since she described poetry as a sacred community ritual. “When...
View Article[Unedited] Mary Oliver with Krista Tippett
Mary Oliver was one of our greatest and most beloved poets. She is often quoted by people across ages and backgrounds — and it’s fitting, since she described poetry as a sacred community ritual. “When...
View ArticleKids These Days Will Never Get Away from Their Social Media Past
Kate Eichhorn, associate professor of Culture and Media at The New School and the author of The End of Forgetting: Growing Up with Social Media (Harvard University Press, 2019), argues the danger to...
View ArticleIke
Ike is a listener from Chandler, Arizona. He is 11 years old and an artist. Join the 10 Things That Scare Me conversation, and tell us your fears here. And follow 10 Things That Scare Me on Instagram,...
View ArticleDavid Rabe Reads “Things We Worried About When I Was Ten”
David Rabe reads his story from the February 3, 2020, issue of the magazine. Rabe, a fiction writer, playwright, and screenwriter, is the author of more than a dozen plays, including the Tony...
View ArticleIntroducing ‘Poetry Unbound’
We’re excited to share the first episode of our new podcast, Poetry Unbound. It’s your new ritual: Immerse yourself in a single poem, guided by Pádraig Ó Tuama. Short and unhurried; contemplative and...
View ArticleAdam Levin Reads “Kid Positive”
Adam Levin reads his story from the March 2, 2020, issue of the magazine. Levin is the author of the novel “The Instructions” and the story collection “Hot Pink.” A new novel, “Bubblegum,” will be...
View ArticleWhat’s Missing From Childhood Today?
Childhood today is radically different than it was just a few generations ago. These days, kids’ busy schedules include school, homework, chores, sports, music lessons and other activities. But those...
View ArticleHoney, Income Inequality Led Me to Overwork the Kids
How would you describe your childhood? Did your parents have a laissez faire attitude, letting you run wild and free, or did they have more rigid rules, which dictated your life choices? Perhaps you’re...
View Article'Girlhood'
A new book simply titled, Girlhood, combines memoir and reporting to examine what the formative years of a girl’s adolescence teaches her about what it means to be a woman. Author Melissa Febos joins...
View ArticleLaunching the All Of It Leftover Challenge, Oscar-Nominated Films,...
Bestselling cookbook author Julia Turshen joins us to kick off our Earth Week series, "Chew It Over: Rethinking Leftovers & Food Waste" and help us launch the All Of It Leftover Challenge. Julia...
View Article20 Years Later: How 9/11 Changed Childhood
Listeners under 35 -- who were kids on September 11th -- talk about how 9/11 changed their childhoods.
View ArticleThe Evolution of Play
Childhood today is radically different than it was just a few generations ago. Before the coronavirus pandemic, kids’ busy schedules included school, homework, chores, sports, music lessons and other...
View ArticleBen Lerner Reads Julio Cortázar
Ben Lerner joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “In the Name of Bobby,” by Julio Cortázar, translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa, which was published in The New Yorker in 1979. Lerner is...
View Article[Unedited] Mary Oliver with Krista Tippett
The late poet Mary Oliver is among the most beloved writers of modern times. Amidst the harshness of life, she found redemption in the natural world and in beautiful, precise language. She won the...
View ArticleMary Oliver — “I got saved by the beauty of the world.”
The late poet Mary Oliver is among the most beloved writers of modern times. Amidst the harshness of life, she found redemption in the natural world and in beautiful, precise language. She won the...
View ArticleFrom Homophobia to Transphobia; NYC Health Commissioner; NYS Legislators Rush...
Coming up on today's show: To kick off Pride Month, William Eskridge, Yale Law School professor and author of many books, including (with Christopher Riano) Marriage Equality: From Outlaws to In-Laws...
View ArticleSchool Misrule
On this week’s SELECTED SHORTS, we're going to hear stories about students and schools that abandon the usual rules to follow their own, unusual, codes of behavior. In "Singin' in the Acid Rain," by...
View ArticlePride Inside
It’s June, time to celebrate Pride privately and publicly. Host Meg Wolitzer presents four works that delve into the complexities of love, family and belonging. Ivan E. Coyote’s “No Bikini,” read by...
View ArticleDAD: EP1 - Forgive and Forget
Kaitlin and her Dad fought so much when she was a teenager that the family calls those years '“World War III”. She tells the story of what happened after she left home and decided to love him anyway....
View ArticleDAD: It Takes Two to Tango
Kaitlin's father, Greg, proudly claims the title of mister mom in 1986. He's always wanted to be a dad. When the apple of his eye enters her tween years and starts hating him he struggles to be the...
View ArticleOvercoming Childhood Trauma
Jenisha Watts, senior editor at The Atlantic, talks about how she overcame and left behind a traumatic childhood to become a successful journalist who is able to navigate a world very different than...
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