{"podcast":{"title":"Growing Up In America: The Way It Is","slug":"growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419","podcast_index_feed_id":6419419,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/growingupinamerica/feed.xml","website_url":"https://childrenatrisk.org/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/growingupinamerica/20251029_051005_f6b6876ce66bafd6a70177f0e5c0c8aa.png","author":"Dr. Robert Sanborn","episode_count":172,"summary":"Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk: The Voice of Texas’ Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law and collaborative action on behalf of Texas’ Youth. Each episode, we aim to fill these same 60 minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas with experts on the quality of life for our children.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T16:19:18.424634+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419"},"episode":{"title":"Childhood Hunger, Texas College Curriculum Changes & A-F Ratings","slug":"childhood-hunger-texas-college-curriculum-changes-a-f-ratings","published_at":"2026-08-19T20:05:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/childhood-hunger-texas-college-curriculum-changes-a-f-ratings","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/growingupinamerica/3082091","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/193875/3082091/growingupinamerica/2026_08_19_20_03_34_dd0897b4-91ec-45ca-a74c-407b734072a3.mp3","summary":"On this episode of Growing Up in America , Dr. Bob Sanborn and co-host Liza Gomez (Deputy CEO at CHILDREN AT RISK) discuss: Childhood Hunger: John Day , Chief Operations and Programs Officer at Kids’ Meals Inc., discusses childhood hunger in Harris County, what food insecurity looks like for young children and their families, and how Kids’ Meals is working to provide nutritious meals to children ages five and under. Higher Education: Samantha Ketterer , Higher Education Reporter at the Houston Chronicle , breaks down the latest developments at the University of Houston and other Texas universities as they respond to Senate Bill 37. Future of Texas Education: Commissioner Mike Morath of the Texas Education Agency discusses this year’s A–F school accountability ratings, what the results tell us about student outcomes across Texas and where schools are making progress. Listen live every Wednesday, live on 90.1 KPFT in Houston or stream at https://kpft.org/listen-live-hd1/ !","meta_description":"On this episode of Growing Up in America , Dr. Bob Sanborn and co-host Liza Gomez (Deputy CEO at CHILDREN AT RISK) discuss: Childhood Hunger: John Day , C…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3491,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/episodes/childhood-hunger-texas-college-curriculum-changes-a-f-ratings/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/childhood-hunger-texas-college-curriculum-changes-a-f-ratings.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}