LST FAVES: Behind Family Lines

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | Realm

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Darlene's childhood dream was to join the military. She didn't imagine she'd also be raising three children solo. Tune in to hear what it’s like to be pregnant, breastfeed, and raise kids on your own in the Army. And to get shot in the back. Twice. ⭐️ This episode originally ran on March 7, 2016 and is a favorite from the archives. We hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with a brand new episode. … Recommendations from the archive #19 The Mortality of Motherhood … • 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

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0:00.0	Hey there, longest, shortest time listener. It's Hillary Frank. And right now, I'm working on a new episode that we will bring you next week. In the meantime, to tide you over, we're airing one of my favorites from the archives. I hope you enjoy it. And I also hope you'll join our special club. It's called LST Plus. And when you
0:24.1	join, you get all kinds of cool stuff. You get to be part of our community where you can bond with
0:29.2	other listeners. You get to suggest story ideas for future episodes. You get access to a whole other
0:35.5	show with super awesome college kids talking about sex, dating, and relationships. And you get access to a whole other show with super awesome college kids talking about sex, dating, and relationships.
0:40.8	And you get to hang out with me and reproductive health experts and past guests and ask them questions.
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