{"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":"Mid-term Elections, AI in Education and Bold Predictions for the New Year!","slug":"mid-term-elections-ai-in-education-and-bold-predictions-for-the-new-year","published_at":"2026-01-14T22:40:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/mid-term-elections-ai-in-education-and-bold-predictions-for-the-new-year","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/growingupinamerica/2461018","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/193875/2461018/growingupinamerica/2026_01_14_22_40_18_deddf357-c74f-4d48-8e23-5a80aa219001.mp3","summary":"This week on Growing Up in America: The Way It Is , host Dr. Bob Sanborn (CHILDREN AT RISK) is joined by Dr. Chris Kulesza (Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University) for a special look ahead at 2026. Together with a panel of national and Texas-based experts, this episode explores pediatric health and vaccination trends, AI integration, major cultural moments in sports and entertainment, and what lies ahead for Texas and national politics. Guests include Dr. Michael L. Chang, pediatric infectious disease expert at McGovern Medical School and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital; Dr. Arturo Brito, President and CEO of Children’s Health Fund; Jason Sabo, Founder of Frontera Strategy; Megan Menchaca, Senior Education Reporter at the Houston Chronicle ; Nadia Salibi, Chief Impact Officer (CHILDREN AT RISK) and Mandi Kimball, Vice President & Chief Government Affairs Officer (CHILDREN AT RISK).","meta_description":"This week on Growing Up in America: The Way It Is , host Dr. Bob Sanborn (CHILDREN AT RISK) is joined by Dr. Chris Kulesza (Baker Institute for Public Pol…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3421,"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/mid-term-elections-ai-in-education-and-bold-predictions-for-the-new-year/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/mid-term-elections-ai-in-education-and-bold-predictions-for-the-new-year.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}