{"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":"Human Trafficking and the World Cup, Immigrant Children & STAAR Testing Results from HISD","slug":"human-trafficking-and-the-world-cup-immigrant-children-staar-testing-results-from-hisd","published_at":"2026-06-25T13:21:29+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/human-trafficking-and-the-world-cup-immigrant-children-staar-testing-results-from-hisd","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/growingupinamerica/2942954","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/193875/2942954/growingupinamerica/2026_06_25_13_21_16_8abce9ec-8c0b-48ae-9793-6255d398ba96.mp3","summary":"On this episode, Owala Maima and co-host Abbi Antoun, Development Intern at CHILDREN AT RISK, dive into some key issues impacting children and families across Texas. HISD Updates: Megan Menchaca , Senior Education Reporter at the Houston Chronicle, breaks down HISD's new Kinder Bridge program, early literacy initiatives, and what the latest STAAR results reveal about student learning across the district. Human Trafficking & the World Cup: Dr. Higinio Fernandez-Sanchez of UT Health discusses human trafficking as a public health issue, who is most vulnerable, and what communities should know as Houston prepares to host World Cup events. Immigrant Children: Krystal Gomez , Managing Attorney at the Texas Immigration Law Council, explores how immigration policies affect children and families, the challenges facing immigrant youth in Texas, and what policymakers should consider when crafting immigration policy. Tune in every Wednesday, live on kpft.org !","meta_description":"On this episode, Owala Maima and co-host Abbi Antoun, Development Intern at CHILDREN AT RISK, dive into some key issues impacting children and families ac…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3387,"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/human-trafficking-and-the-world-cup-immigrant-children-staar-testing-results-from-hisd/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/human-trafficking-and-the-world-cup-immigrant-children-staar-testing-results-from-hisd.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}