{"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":162,"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":"2026-07-17T00:21:13.717821+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419"},"episode":{"title":"Growing Up Abroad, Harris County ELQN & Gen Z's Obsession with Y2K","slug":"growing-up-abroad-harris-county-elqn-gen-z-s-obsession-with-y2k","published_at":"2026-05-06T21:43:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/growing-up-abroad-harris-county-elqn-gen-z-s-obsession-with-y2k","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/growingupinamerica/2800678","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/193875/2800678/growingupinamerica/2026_05_06_21_42_59_9ab506d9-04a0-4fbf-b6b8-31e63468736b.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Owala is joined by co-host Natalie Gonzalez , Development Coordinator at CHILDREN AT RISK, to discuss the latest issues impacting children from the global stage to local neighborhoods. We’re diving into: Growing Up Around the World: Dr. Bob Sanborn, President and CEO of CHILDREN AT RISK, calls in from Europe to discuss the Iranian crisis, the impact of the Trump administration on global politics, and what Americans can learn from how children are treated abroad. ELQN & Home-Based Child Care: Martha Gonzales , Associate Director of the Early Learning Quality Network, breaks down how home-based providers are helping solve the child care crisis in Harris County and why this model is trending in Texas. Nostalgia Core & Y2K: Media Culture Correspondent Anya Osundwa unpacks why Gen Z is obsessed with the late 90s/early 2000s and what this cultural obsession says about modern technology and anxiety. Support community radio by donating to Pacifica Radio at kpft.org !","meta_description":"In this episode, Owala is joined by co-host Natalie Gonzalez , Development Coordinator at CHILDREN AT RISK, to discuss the latest issues impacting childre…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3425,"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/growing-up-abroad-harris-county-elqn-gen-z-s-obsession-with-y2k/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/growing-up-abroad-harris-county-elqn-gen-z-s-obsession-with-y2k.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}