Negin Farsad Tackles Her Daughter's Unanswerable Questions

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | Realm

Sexuality, Parenting, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In 2017, comedian Negin Farsad came on the show to tackle kids’ unanswerable questions. Now she’s a mom, wrestling with how to explain death, slavery, and war to her own child. Plus, a delightful episode crossover moment with another former guest. (Hint: hot firefighters!) … Recommendations from the archive Want to hear more comedians answer kids’ questions? Check out the whole series! • Kids Ask Negin Farsad Unanswerable Questions • Lauren Lapkus Answers Kids’ Unanswerable Questions • Kids Ask Chris Gethard Unanswerable Questions … Episode resources • Negin’s podcast: Fake the Nation • Negin’s book: How to Make White People Laugh • We recorded this episode at the women’s clothing company M.M.LaFleur in Manhattan. And they’ve got a special promo for you! You get 15% off first-time orders with the code LONGSHORT15 … • 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 … Cover photo credit: Joyce Zhang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.7	In 2017, we invited the comedian Nguin Farsad on the show, and we presented her with a challenge.
1:10.2	We played her tape that listeners had sent
1:12.4	in of their children asking unanswerable questions, and then we asked Nagine to attempt to answer
1:18.2	those questions. Things like, am I allergic to falling? What cloud does God live behind? What would
1:25.4	happen if you eat fire and your clothes are made of a couch?
1:30.1	Nguine's answers were truly inspired. She informed us that God doesn't live behind a cloud. He
1:36.0	lives in fire hydrants. And she advised our aspiring fire eater to not wear clothes made of a couch,
1:42.7	period. It's just bad fashion. I highly recommend listening
1:47.7	to that episode. Kids ask Nagin Farsad unanswerable questions. It's in your feed right before this one.
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