{"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":"Immigration Updates 2026, Racial Healing and the State of Child Care.","slug":"immigration-updates-2026-racial-healing-and-the-state-of-child-care","published_at":"2026-02-19T17:36:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/immigration-updates-2026-racial-healing-and-the-state-of-child-care","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/growingupinamerica/2561097","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/193875/2561097/growingupinamerica/2026_02_19_17_36_01_404aef6e-5167-44cd-bb08-74bd620aa1b5.mp3","summary":"This episode of Growing Up in America tackles the urgent issues impacting Texas children, from the fallout of the federal government shutdown on immigration services to the shifting landscape of DEI and racial healing following the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson. Dr. Bob Sanborn and Nely Sanchez host expert guests to discuss why 4,000 immigrant students have left HISD, the current satisfaction levels with K-12 education, and new findings from the \"Paving the Way for Quality\" child care report. Tune in for a deep dive into public policy, community advocacy, and the fight for the quality of life for every child. Featuring Krystal Gomez , Managing Attorney at Texas Immigration Law Council, Cherry Steinwender , Executive Director at the Center for the Healing of Racism and Kim Kofron , Director of Early Childhood Education for CHILDREN AT RISK. Support community radio at the KPFT Donation Page . Read the latest research at CHILDREN AT RISK.","meta_description":"This episode of Growing Up in America tackles the urgent issues impacting Texas children, from the fallout of the federal government shutdown on immigrati…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3406,"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/immigration-updates-2026-racial-healing-and-the-state-of-child-care/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/immigration-updates-2026-racial-healing-and-the-state-of-child-care.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}