{"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":"Sustainable Texas Cities, COVID Updates, & Children in Immigration Detention","slug":"sustainable-texas-cities-covid-updates-children-in-immigration-detention","published_at":"2026-09-04T15:20:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/sustainable-texas-cities-covid-updates-children-in-immigration-detention","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/growingupinamerica/3124108","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/193875/3124108/growingupinamerica/2026_09_04_15_19_59_a9f5af1e-39dc-434c-8daf-7b34eb266996.mp3","summary":"On this episode, Dr. Bob Sanborn and co-host Rusty Bienvenue, Executive Director of AIA Houston, explore: Sustainable Texas Cities: Jay Blazek Crossley, Executive Director of Farm&City, discusses how Houston and other Texas cities can become more walkable, affordable, sustainable, and accessible. COVID Updates: Dr. Michael Chang, Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician and Professor at McGovern Medical School at UT Health, provides an update on rising COVID activity, wastewater monitoring, school precautions, and other viruses to watch as children return to school. Children in Immigration Detention: Krystal Gomez, Managing Attorney at the Texas Immigration Law Council, discusses reports of children being held for extended periods at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center and the potential effects of prolonged detention on children's health, development, education, and well-being. Thank you for joining us on the air! Join us next Wednesday on 90.1 KPFT Houston or kpft.org .","meta_description":"On this episode, Dr. Bob Sanborn and co-host Rusty Bienvenue, Executive Director of AIA Houston, explore: Sustainable Texas Cities: Jay Blazek Crossley, E…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3428,"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/sustainable-texas-cities-covid-updates-children-in-immigration-detention/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/sustainable-texas-cities-covid-updates-children-in-immigration-detention.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}