{"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":"HISD Updates, Learning Recession, Hantavirus & Ebola Outbreaks","slug":"hisd-updates-learning-recession-hantavirus-ebola-outbreaks","published_at":"2026-06-11T13:00:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/hisd-updates-learning-recession-hantavirus-ebola-outbreaks","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/growingupinamerica/2904792","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/193875/2904792/growingupinamerica/2026_06_10_19_53_21_d2e7854a-c197-489e-bae2-7514cc696233.mp3","summary":"On this episode, Dr. Bob Sanborn and co-host Dr. Chris Kulesza, aka \"Dr. Data,\" explore key issues affecting students, families, and public health in Texas. HISD Updates: Megan Menchaca, Senior Education Reporter at the Houston Chronicle, discusses the latest STAAR results, the state takeover of HISD, enrollment trends, and changes to universal free meal programs. The Learning Recession: Dr. Cathy Horn, Dean of the University of Houston College of Education, examines declining student achievement, the future of assessments, and challenges facing higher education. Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Dr. Michael Chang, Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, explains recent concerns surrounding Hantavirus and Ebola, and discusses how experts communicate during emerging public health events. Tune in every Wednesday, live on kpft.org !","meta_description":"On this episode, Dr. Bob Sanborn and co-host Dr. Chris Kulesza, aka \"Dr. Data,\" explore key issues affecting students, families, and public health in Texa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3396,"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/hisd-updates-learning-recession-hantavirus-ebola-outbreaks/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/hisd-updates-learning-recession-hantavirus-ebola-outbreaks.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}