{"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":"ICE Protests, Trump Accounts & Child Care Scholarships","slug":"ice-protests-trump-accounts-child-care-scholarships","published_at":"2026-07-30T13:26:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/ice-protests-trump-accounts-child-care-scholarships","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/growingupinamerica/3033991","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/193875/3033991/growingupinamerica/2026_07_30_04_47_13_dd29391c-d075-4fea-86d2-2cccd4dd29ab.mp3","summary":"On this episode, Brian Greene , President & CEO of the Houston Food Bank, and co-host Dr. Chris Kulesza aka Dr. Data discuss: ICE Protests: Krystal Gomez, Managing Attorney at the Texas Immigration Law Council, explains the legal rights of peaceful protesters, how communities are supporting immigrant families, and how to distinguish verified information from rumors during times of heightened immigration enforcement. \"Trump Accounts\": Elizabeth Colvin, Executive Director of RAISE Texas, breaks down the new child savings accounts created under the federal \"One Big Beautiful Bill.\" Leading on Early Childhood Education: State Representative Armando Walle discusses why early childhood education remains a legislative priority, the recent investment in Texas' Child Care Services scholarship program, and what still needs to be done to make high-quality, affordable child care accessible to more families. Tune in every Wednesday, live on 90.1 KPFT in Houston or stream on https://kpft.org/listen-live-hd1/ !","meta_description":"On this episode, Brian Greene , President & CEO of the Houston Food Bank, and co-host Dr. Chris Kulesza aka Dr. Data discuss: ICE Protests: Krystal Go…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3442,"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/ice-protests-trump-accounts-child-care-scholarships/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/ice-protests-trump-accounts-child-care-scholarships.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}