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The Longest Shortest Time

TV to Spark Conversations with Adolescent Kids

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | Realm

Kids & Family, Sexuality, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Pop culture critic Kristen Meinzer joins us to share how as a tween, The Golden Girls — a show with grownup themes — helped her bond with her mom and grandma. She also recommends contemporary shows she loves watching with adolescents to spark fun and deep conversations. … Recommendations from the archive #118 All the Feels with Rob Huebel #140 Zombies, Caillou, and Other Creepy Things … Kristen’s full list We couldn’t fit Kristen’s full list in the show. Find all of her recommendations here! … More on Kristen Meinzer Kristen has all kinds of amazing projects, which you can find at her website. Here’s a sampling: • Kristen is a featured voice in ABC-HULU’s official 40th anniversary Golden Girls documentary, available in November • She’s a host of The Nightly, a pop culture bedtime podcast • She’s the co-author of How to Be Fine: What We Learned from Living by the Rules of 50 Self-Help Books … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there, listeners. I've got a couple announcements for you this holiday season.

0:09.2

First, we're offering a limited time discount on our special club, LST Plus, now through Christmas.

0:16.3

Annual membership is usually 50 bucks, but right now you can get in for 40 bucks. When you're in the

0:22.2

club, you get access to ad-free listening, our community, and exclusive bonus episodes.

0:28.6

Sign up or give the gift of membership at Longest Shortestime.com slash club and use code

0:35.1

yay LST. That's Y-A-Y-L-S-T. Now, for the most exciting announcement,

0:43.2

this year I'm offering an extra special gift option, a keepsake interview with me, your host,

0:50.2

Hillary Frank. This is something I did for my Kickstarter back in 2013. Here's how it works. I will

0:57.0

interview you about anything having to do with family or pregnancy or childbirth or any of the

1:03.0

kinds of things we talk about on the show. And then you keep the recording and you can give it as a

1:08.5

gift to anyone you like. Or you can give the interview as a gift

1:12.8

and I will interview that person and they keep the recording. Or I'll interview you together

1:19.3

with that person and you both keep the recording. I know you've got a great story and we'll get

1:26.2

all the funny stuff and emotional stuff on tape so

1:29.4

you can remember it. And then when you want to feel close to the person or people that you're

1:33.5

talking about, all you need to do is hit play on the recording. And when you purchase this gift,

1:40.4

it's a gift to me as well because it helps me to keep the show going, which I hope is in return a gift for you.

1:48.1

This truly is the gift that keeps on giving.

1:51.0

For more information and to order your keepsake interview, go to longestortestime.com slash gift.

2:07.8

A door, a locked door that I can't open.

2:09.4

That's the first thing I always see.

2:11.3

I call it baby jail.

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