{"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":"Home-Based Child Care, Childhood Vaccinations & Texas School Choice","slug":"home-based-child-care-childhood-vaccinations-texas-school-choice","published_at":"2026-08-27T03:16:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/home-based-child-care-childhood-vaccinations-texas-school-choice","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/growingupinamerica/3099477","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/193875/3099477/growingupinamerica/2026_08_27_03_16_47_d2d0cd9a-8e77-4af8-a5f8-3c2beedf40d9.mp3","summary":"On this episode of Growing Up in America , Owala Maima and co-host Lucy Lusk (Media Activism Intern at CHILDREN AT RISK) discuss: Home-Based Child Care: Mieko Carter , Early Childhood Education Specialist and Advocate with the National Association for Family Child Care, joins us to talk about the challenges facing home-based child care providers and the families who rely on them. Childhood Vaccinations and Health Care Access: Dr. Sanghamitra Misra , Medical Director of the Texas Children’s Mobile Clinic Program, discusses barriers to pediatric care and the importance of preventive health services for children. Texas School Choice: Colleen Dippel , Co-Founder and CEO of Families Empowered, shares her perspective on Texas’ Education Savings Account program and the experiences of families navigating their educational options. Tune in live every Wednesday on 90.1 KPFT in Houston or stream online at kpft.org !","meta_description":"On this episode of Growing Up in America , Owala Maima and co-host Lucy Lusk (Media Activism Intern at CHILDREN AT RISK) discuss: Home-Based Child Care: M…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3358,"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/home-based-child-care-childhood-vaccinations-texas-school-choice/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/home-based-child-care-childhood-vaccinations-texas-school-choice.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}