Talking About Kids
Talking About Kids is a weekly podcast for parents, educators, and direct service providers that explores the latest information on issues impacting children and adolescents, from preventing bullying to unlocking creativ...
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On the show
- Lawrence C. Harris1 ep
- Jeremy Heffner1 ep
- Veronica Moya1 ep
Also: Daniel Shapiro, Luba Patlakh, Maegan Zelner
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- 🇺🇸United States · Kids & FamilyHOME#1467.4K to 39K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
7.4K to 39K🎙 Weekly cadence·237 episodes·Last published 2d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
15K to 78K🇺🇸100% - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
8.1K to 43K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/19/26 | What you need to know about picky eaters with Katie Kimball | Send us Fan Mail Picky eaters are not born. They are created. For over 17 years, Katie Kimball has been helping families come to grips with this fact so that they can undo harmful patterns and establish food customs that promote health and wellbeing. It is a process she lays out in her new book, The Picky Eater Playbook. Katie and I discuss her work, the book, and steps you can take to help the picky eaters in your life. More information about Katie, including a link for preordering The Picky... | 37m 05s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | Indigenous People's Day Episode: What kids need to know about migration | Send us Fan Mail This episode is being released on Indigenous Peoples Day or Columbus Day, depending on which you observe. Humans have always migrated. Out of desperation, ambition, and captivity, individuals and groups of individuals have and continue to try to start their lives anew. Sometimes the humans in one location benefit from the newcomers, and sometimes they are irreparably harmed. What is certain is that migration changes the migrants and the residents. I believe that helping kids ... | 3m 40s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | What you need to know children’s exposure to plastics (part 2 of 2) with Imogen Napper | Send us Fan Mail My guest for the second part of Talking About Kids’ miniseries on children and plastics is Imogen Napper. Imogen is a Post Doctoral Researcher at The University of Plymouth, where she studies plastic pollution in the environment. Imogen is a National Geographic Explorer and Sky Ocean Rescue Scholar. Her influential research has been reported by news outlets like The Guardian, cited in government testimony, and criticized by Chris DeArmitt (my guest for the first part of this ... | 36m 58s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | What you need to know children’s exposure to plastics (part 1 of 2) with Chris DeArmitt | Send us Fan Mail As people who care about kids, we are ripe for exploitation by all sorts of bad actors who use fear to peddle products, sell books, and get clicks. Countering such exploitation with research and science is one of the guiding principles of Taking About Kids, so I listened when Chris DeArmitt – materials scientist; author of Shattering the Plastics Illusion: Exposing Environmental Myths; and Founder of the Plastics Research Council – offered to replace “‘plastic panic’ with evi... | 42m 22s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | How an AI-powered app can help you co-parent with Sol Kennedy | Send us Fan Mail Business taglines featuring phrases like “AI” and “AI powered” are everywhere, as are stories about AI errors, its harmful impact on education, its bad counsel, and the natural resources it consumes. This is why I was excited to talk to Sol Kennedy. The app Sol founded, BestInterest, uses AI to improve communication between co-parents in ways that benefit their children and their own mental health. I am not alone in thinking that BestInterest in amazing. Therapists, mediators... | 28m 21s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 | Why be useless, be empty, and live a better story might be good advice for kids with Curtis White | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Curtis White returns to discuss his latest book, On Resistance: A Manifesto, and to explain why his advice to “make yourself useless,” “take back your emptiness,” and “live better stories” might be the best advice we can give kids today. More information about Curtis and his book is at talkingaboutkids.com. | 42m 19s | ||||||
| 9/7/26 | resiliencepersonal transformation+3 | Lawrence C. Harris | Think Feel Live Different | — | resiliencepersonal growth+5 | — | 39m 11s | ||
| 8/31/26 | AI chatbotsparenting+3 | Jeremy Heffner | Proof of the Impossible: What the AIs Are Really “Thinking” | — | AIchatbots+5 | — | 37m 56s | ||
| 8/24/26 | mindfulnessmeditation+3 | Veronica Moya | — | — | mindfulnessmeditation+3 | — | 35m 35s | ||
| 8/17/26 | chessparenting+3 | Daniel Shapiro | Decoding Genius: The Unexpected Lessons of After-School Chess Club | — | chessparenting+5 | — | 33m 42s | ||
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| 8/10/26 | speech-language pathologychild development+3 | Luba Patlakh | Kidology | — | speech-language pathologistchildren+3 | — | 37m 42s | ||
| 8/3/26 | cookingfamily activities+3 | Maegan Zelner | Raddish Kids | — | cooking activitiesfamily meals+3 | — | 28m 48s | ||
| 7/27/26 | summer vacationrecommendations+4 | — | — | — | summer episoderecommendations+5 | — | 3m 34s | ||
| 7/20/26 | summer activitiesrecommendations+4 | — | Talking About Kids | — | summerrecommendations+5 | — | 4m 02s | ||
| 7/13/26 | summer activitiesrecommendations+4 | — | Talking About Kids | — | summerrecommendations+5 | — | 3m 35s | ||
| 7/6/26 | summer vacationmovies+4 | — | — | — | summerentertainment+5 | — | 2m 59s | ||
| 6/29/26 | How to organize your photos to bring your family closer together with Megan O’Hare | Send us Fan Mail Family photos can help build resilience in kids by connecting them with their heritages or reminding them of times when they felt competent, safe, and loved. In the digital age, we create more family photos than ever, but, ironically, we seem to be appreciating them less. My guest this episode, Megan O’Hare, teaches adults how to organize and keep their photos safe and how to convert them into formats that kids enjoy accessing and sharing. Megan and I discuss her tips for sta... | 38m 52s | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | How 12 years of mentoring benefits kids with Jorie Das | Send us Fan Mail Research shows that mentoring improves health, mental health, and other outcomes for mentees. But these outcomes can be compromised and even worsened when mentor relationships are brief, inconsistent, or inadequately supported. Jorie Das, my guest this episode, is the Executive Director of Friends LA. Like all Friends of the Children chapters, the mission of Friends LA is to provide every child involved in the child welfare system with a single, trained mentor for the entiret... | 33m 47s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | How to bring the benefits of camp experiences to more kids with Shawna Rosenzweig | Send us Fan Mail It is Shawna Rosenzweig’s vision to bring the benefits of structured outdoor experiences to all kids. If she is seeing farther than some, it is because she stands on the shoulders of the benevolent 100-year-old giant that is Camp Fire. Shawna and I discuss how outdoor experiences boost self-efficacy and equality, Camp Fire’s pioneering legacy, the hallmarks of great outdoor programs, and how to bring those programs, or elements of them, to the kids in your life. More informat... | 38m 30s | ||||||
| 6/8/26 | How correcting clubfoot improves the lives of kids with Daphne Sorensen | Send us Fan Mail I have spent decades trying to help kids thrive. Unfortunately, the adversities children and youth face are varied and persistent, and the victories over them are few and far between. Consequently, when I encounter an intervention that dramatically improves the lives of kids efficiently and universally, I get excited because we all need a win sometimes. MiracleFeet provides technical and financial support to a network of local partners in 38 countries to provide best-in-class... | 37m 43s | ||||||
| 6/1/26 | How executive functioning coaches help neurodivergent kids with Norrine Russell | Send us Fan Mail Interest in executive functioning coaches for neurodivergent kids has grown considerably over the last five years, which is both exciting and worrisome. It is exciting because coaches promise to help students plan, organize, focus, and manage their emotions and tasks. It is worrisome because there are no degree, training, or licensing requirements to be an executive functioning coach. To help me parse this and to gain a better understanding of executive functioning coaches, h... | 36m 25s | ||||||
| 5/25/26 | Memorial Day Episode: Poppies for remembrance | Send us Fan Mail In this mini Memorial Day episode, I look at poppies as a symbol of remembrance that you can share with the kids in your life. A link to “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae is at talkingaboutkids.com. Full-length Talking About Kids episodes return next week (June 1, 2026). | 4m 06s | ||||||
| 5/18/26 | How homeopathy can help families with Marcus Fernandez | Send us Fan Mail The science is clear: A one-size-fits-all approach to education or mental health does not work. But what about physical health? I am hearing more and more parents complain about the healthcare their children receive. At the same time, I am being overwhelmed with ads for potions, diets and supplements that promise to cure everything instantly. This is why I was eager to speak with Marcus Fernandez. Marcus has spent three decades advocating for preventative, homeostatic approac... | 51m 21s | ||||||
| 5/11/26 | How storytelling builds resilience in kids with Candace Lee and Eric Newman | Send us Fan Mail The children’s middle grade action and adventure novel, George Goodwin, Dragon Slayer: A Scouting Legend, was written by long-term collaborators Candace Lee and Eric Newman. Bringing it to fruition was an act of resilience, so it is not surprising that resilience is theme in the book and a skill the authors hope the book fosters in its readers. Candace, Eric, and I discuss this, the importance of scouting and exploration, and the depth of the world they created. More informat... | 35m 25s | ||||||
| 5/4/26 | What quality out-of-school-time programming does for kids with Kevin Cripe | Send us Fan Mail Kevin Cripe changed the culture of his under-resourced school in Modesto, California, with an afterschool program devoted to…chess. Kevin and I discuss his motivation for starting the program, how he did it, and, importantly, why he chose chess. I believe the lessons Kevin learned in the process can benefit all out-of-school time (OST) programs. More information about Kevin – including information on his books, how to engage him as speaker, and a picture of one his many chess... | 37m 12s | ||||||
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Chart history for Talking About Kids
Peaked at #146 in United States, currently #146 in United States.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| United States | — | #146 | #146 | — |
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.