The Longest Shortest Time
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-y...
AI overview.Hillary Frank is an independent podcast creator known for her engaging storytelling and insightful exploration of parenting and family dynamics. With her experi…
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On the show
- Trystan2 eps
- Biff2 eps
- Negin Farsad2 eps
Also: DB, Lina Dune, Dennis Hopeless, Laura Kavanagh, Jessica, Dr. Lauren Streicher, Brian Reed, Helena de Groot, Holly Schechter, Dr. Kameelah Phillips, Kate Casey, Kiely, Jenna, Dominick, Renee Bracey Sherman, Regina Mahone, Cece Bell
Audience Interest
- parenting challenges and joys
- family dynamics and relationships
Podcast Focus
- stories about raising children
- experiences of being raised
Publishing Consistency
- 275 episodes produced
- active for 15 years
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- 🇪🇸Spain · Health & Fitness#1367.2K to 38K
- 🇯🇵Japan · Health & Fitness#1823.3K to 18K
- 🇮🇪Ireland · Health & Fitness#1551.3K to 6.7K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
12K to 62K🎙 Weekly cadence·296 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
24K to 125K🇺🇸71%🇪🇸17%🇯🇵8%+1 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
13K to 69K32K real followers tracked across platforms
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/28/26 |  LST FAVES: Coming of Age with Down Syndrome | The day Sophie got her period, there were phone calls and high-fives all around. Sophie was psyched. But her mom, author Amy Silverman, felt torn. What does it mean to have a daughter with a grown-up body, and a mind that doesn't quite match? ⭐️ This episode originally ran on March 15, 2017 and is a favorite from the archives. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with an update from Sophie and her mom! … Get Wedlocked! Hillary has a new audiobook — a thriller about women’s health. Grab a copy anywhere you get audiobooks! … • 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 | 39m 51s | ||||||
| 10/21/26 |  Let's Talk About WEDLOCKED, My New Feminist Thriller! | It’s here! My original audiobook WEDLOCKED is out now. LST production assistant Virginia Marshall turns the tables and puts me in the hot seat to talk about my new feminist thriller, steeped in the world of women’s health. (Plus, you’ll hear clips from the book!) … Get Wedlocked! • Purchase here, and listen wherever you find audiobooks! That includes Apple Books, Audible, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, Libro.fm, and Spotify. • Wanna chat with me about Wedlocked? Join LST+ and we’ll send you an exclusive link to a virtual book club on Tuesday, November 17 at 7pm ET. … Recommendations from the archive • The wild story of how birth control complications made a woman lose her pilot’s license: Xyla vs. the FAA • Sex educator Danielle Bezalel spills all: Birth Control Troubles and Vibrator Triumphs • A mystery about birth parents and secret experiments: Katz BACK in the Cradle … • 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 | 40m 06s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 |  The Art of Family Shenanigans with Zak Rosen | Today we bring you a special episode of Weirdly Helpful from one of our favorite podcasters, Zak Rosen. In this conversation, Zak talks to Rebecca Garza-Bortman about her love of “shenanigans,” or humor-driven chaos. Rebecca talks about how she works that chaos into parenting and listeners share their own family shenanigans. (Plus: Hillary shares one of her own shenanigans with Zak at the top of the show.) … More Shenanigans! • Check out Hillary’s book Weird Parenting Wins, which is chock full of shenanigans from you, our listeners! … • 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 | 29m 45s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 |  How the Algorithm Exploits New Parents | New parents know the feeling. You’re sleep-deprived, scrolling, and desperate to solve the problem with a baby product. One $2000 bassinet later, you feel bamboozled! Chabeli Carrazana, reporter for The 19th, uncovers the manipulative marketing strategies around baby-rearing. … Recommendations from the archive • My very first episode is about struggling to get a newborn to sleep! Your Singing Really Interferes With My Going-To-Sleep Process • Another early one: My Newborn, the A**hole 😂 … Episode resources • Chabeli’s article: You’ll do anything for your baby. The algorithm knows how to exploit that. • Subscribe to Chabeli’s newsletter about mom guilt and consumerism • There’s tons of other great reporting on gender, politics, and power from The 19th … Get Wedlocked! I promise, if you love this show, you’re gonna love my original audiobook, Wedlocked. It’s basically a thriller about all of the things we cover on the podcast. Preorder now! … • 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 | 42m 34s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 |  LST FAVES: Love Yurts | A marriage; a miscarriage. A divorce; a guy who looks (and smells) like a caveman. All in this epic love story. ⭐️ This episode originally ran on February 10, 2016 and is a favorite from the archives. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode. … • 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 | 39m 42s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 |  Ophira Eisenberg Was Nicer Before Motherhood | Becoming a parent can make you more nurturing... but it can also make you meaner. Stand-up comic Ophira Eisenberg confesses her not-so-nice tendencies, and shares tips on how to heckle your haters. … Recommendations from the archive We have a bunch of stories from comedian-moms! Check them out. • Sona Movsesian Feels Like the World’s Worst Mom • Negin Farsad Tackles Her Daughter’s Unanswerable Questions • Casey Wilson on Mothering Without a Mother • Lauren Lapkus Answers Kids’ Unanswerable Questions … Get Wedlocked! If you like stories about women unleashing bottled up rage, you’re gonna love my new audiobook! Wedlocked is a feminist thriller with lots of blood, gaslighting, marriage trouble, and gynecology. Preorder now! … More from Ophira • Watch Ophira’s new special—I Used to be Nicer—on her website • Check out Ophira’s special about deciding to have a kid: Inside Joke • Ophira’s podcast: Parenting Is a Joke • Ophira’s book: Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy … • 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 | 41m 47s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 |  LST FAVES: Outnumbered By Animals | What's it like to nurse piglets in one hand and your own baby in the other? Life on a farm, with baby. ⭐️ This episode originally ran on February 22, 2016 and is a favorite from the archives. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode. … • 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 | 27m 40s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | parentingIVF+3 | Sona Movsesian | RealmThe World’s Worst Mom+5 | — | parentingIVF+3 | — | 43m 05s | ||
| 8/26/26 | parenting choiceschildfree lifestyle+3 | Terry Gross | Realm | — | Terry Grossnot having kids+3 | — | 38m 00s | ||
| 8/19/26 | Gen Zsexual health+4 | Carter Sherman | National Women’s Law CenterTime’s Up Legal Defense Center+6 | — | Gen Zsex education+5 | — | 44m 09s | ||
| 8/12/26 | friendshipparenting+3 | — | LST+Instagram+2 | — | friendshipbaby+3 | — | 40m 01s | ||
| 8/5/26 | mental healthBlack masculinity+4 | Mark Anthony Neal | Longest Shortest TimeRealm+1 | — | mental healthBlack fatherhood+5 | — | 44m 02s | ||
| 7/29/26 | raceparenting+3 | Dr. Brigitte Vittrup | The Longest Shortest Time | — | raceparenting+3 | — | 50m 45s | ||
| 7/22/26 | single motherhoodco-parenting+3 | Jamilah Lemieux | The 50/50 Solutionlongestshortesttime.com+3 | — | single momco-parenting+3 | — | 44m 34s | ||
| 7/15/26 | deafnesssuperheroes+3 | Cece Bell | El Deafo | — | deaf superheroCece Bell+3 | — | 43m 52s | ||
| 7/8/26 | motherhoodintimacy+3 | Sarah Forbes | Museum of SexLST++2 | — | intimacymotherhood+5 | — | 40m 35s | ||
| 7/1/26 | sleepparenting+3 | Arin Schultz | Longest Shortest TimeYour Singing Really Interferes With My Going-To-Sleep Process+2 | — | sleepparenting+5 | NaturepedicLONGSHORT | 34m 37s | ||
| 6/24/26 | consent educationteen prevention+3 | Drew Davis | SafeBAElongestshortesttime.com+2 | — | consentteens+5 | — | 42m 13s | ||
| 6/17/26 | consent educationsexual assault+3 | Shael Norris | SafeBAE | — | consenteducation+5 | — | 46m 51s | ||
| 6/10/26 | parentingchildren's questions+5 | Negin Farsad | Fake the NationHow to Make White People Laugh+2 | — | Negin Farsadparenting+6 | M.M.LaFleurLONGSHORT15 | 39m 42s | ||
| 6/3/26 | kids' questionsparenting+3 | Negin Farsad | Fake the Nationlongestshortesttime.com | — | Negin Farsadunanswerable questions+3 | — | 35m 21s | ||
| 5/27/26 | family dynamicschildhood trauma+3 | Kate Casey | Reality Life With Kate CaseyLST++2 | — | familytrauma+5 | — | 37m 43s | ||
| 5/20/26 | pregnancysperm donation+3 | KielyJenna+1 | Longest Shortest Time | — | pregnancysperm donor+3 | — | 30m 52s | ||
| 5/13/26 | abortionparenthood+3 | Renee Bracey ShermanRegina Mahone | liberatingabortion.orgLST++9 | — | abortion storiesparenthood readiness+3 | — | 34m 45s | ||
| 5/6/26 | reproductive healthfamily planning+3 | — | — | — | uterussperm+4 | — | 31m 38s | ||
| 4/29/26 | perimenopausemood swings+3 | Dr. Kameelah Phillips | Calla Women’s HealthLongest Shortest Time+4 | — | perimenopausemood swings+3 | — | 40m 07s | ||
| 4/27/26 | Heated RivalryBL+4 | DBLina Dune | SubstackInstagram+5 | — | Heated RivalryLina Dune+6 | LST+ | 37m 25s | ||
| 4/22/26 | pregnancycomics+3 | Dennis Hopeless | MarvelSpider-Woman | — | Spider-WomanDennis Hopeless+5 | — | 32m 50s | ||
| 4/15/26 | fire commissionerfalse rumors+3 | Laura Kavanagh | FDNYFortune+2 | — | fire commissionerLaura Kavanagh+4 | LST+ | 41m 08s | ||
| 4/8/26 | postpartum recoverychildbirth+3 | Jessica | The Longest Shortest Time | — | postpartumchildbirth+5 | — | 43m 39s | ||
| 4/1/26 | perimenopausesexual health+3 | Dr. Lauren Streicher | RealmSex Rx+3 | — | perimenopausepainful sex+3 | — | 42m 18s | ||
| 3/30/26 | fact-checkingfamily dynamics+4 | Brian Reed | ProxyLongest Shortest Time | — | fact-checkingAlzheimer's+5 | — | 55m 30s | ||
| 3/25/26 | parenthoodpostpartum bodies+3 | TrystanBiff | Longest Shortest Time | — | parenthoodpostpartum+3 | — | 38m 30s | ||
| 3/18/26 | family planningparenting+3 | Helena de Groot | CBC PodcastsFresh Air | — | familymotherhood+3 | — | 41m 18s | ||
| 3/11/26 | pregnancyparenting+3 | TrystanBiff | Realm | — | pregnant manLGBTQ parenting+3 | — | 46m 54s | ||
| 3/4/26 | infertilityIVF+3 | Holly Schechter | ConceiveLST++4 | — | infertilityIVF+3 | — | 41m 08s | ||
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Distribution & Reach
About the show, platforms, and key insights.
Distribution & Reach
About the show, platforms, and key insights.
Hillary Frank is an independent podcast creator known for her engaging storytelling and insightful exploration of parenting and family dynamics. With her experience in audio journalism, she brings a unique perspective to her work, particularly in "The Longest Shortest Time," a podcast that delves into the surprises and absurdities of raising children and the experiences of being raised. What sets "The Longest Shortest Time" apart is its blend of humor and vulnerability in addressing the complexities of parenting, health, and sexuality. The show features a diverse range of topics and formats, including personal stories, interviews, and community discussions. Following a five-year hiatus, it has returned with new episodes every other Wednesday, offering listeners both entertainment and enlightenment. The podcast appeals to a broad audience, including parents and those interested in family and health topics, with listeners drawn to its relatable content and authentic storytelling. The value lies in its ability to foster community and provide a space for candid conversations about parenting and relationships, enhanced by the ad-free experience and additional content available through LST+.
By the numbers
- Total followers: 32K
- Total plays: 328K
- Total reviews: 4.1K
Platforms
TuneIn
- Followers: 1.7K
Castbox
- Followers: 24K
- Plays: 328K
- Reviews: 16
YouTube
- Subscribers: 99
- Views: 492
- Videos: 1
Podcast App
- Followers: 4.1K
- Reviews: 4.1K
Podcast Republic
- Followers: 1.9K
- Reviews: 4
Audience
family, kids, adults
Key insights
What the show covers
- stories about raising children
- experiences of being raised
- interviews with parents and experts
- candid discussions on relationships
Audience interests
- parenting challenges and joys
- family dynamics and relationships
- health and wellness topics
- child development insights
Platform reach
- available on multiple podcast platforms
- growing community through LST+
- ad-free listening options
- premium content for subscribers
Publishing consistency
- 275 episodes produced
- active for 15 years
- new episodes every other Wednesday
- weekly or more often cadence
Chart history for The Longest Shortest Time
Peaked at #136 in Spain, currently #136 in Spain.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | — | #136 | #136 | — |
| Ireland | — | #155 | #155 | — |
| Japan | — | #182 | #182 | — |
Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.
Chart Positions
3 placements across 3 markets.