{"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":"The State of Immigrant Families, the Learning Recession & Texas School Vouchers","slug":"the-state-of-immigrant-families-the-learning-recession-texas-school-vouchers","published_at":"2026-05-21T17:27:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419/the-state-of-immigrant-families-the-learning-recession-texas-school-vouchers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/growing-up-in-america-the-way-it-is-6419419","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/growingupinamerica/2847042","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/193875/2847042/growingupinamerica/2026_05_21_17_26_35_77c93a83-90f8-4ea6-a99f-3d093b009471.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Dr. Bob Sanborn is joined by co-host Brian Greene , President and CEO of the Houston Food Bank, to discuss some of the most urgent issues impacting children and families in Texas and across the US. We’re diving into: State of Immigrant Families : Krystal Gomez , Managing Attorney at the Texas Immigration Law Council, discusses the growing emotional and mental health toll immigration enforcement is having on children, mixed-status families, and DACA recipients across Texas. The Learning Recession : Christine Thomas , Director of the Center for Social Measurement and Evaluation at CHILDREN AT RISK, breaks down alarming new data showing long-term declines in student achievement across the US. Texas School Voucher Update : Dr. David DeMatthews , Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at UT Austin, examines how Texas’ expanding voucher program is affecting public schools, special education services, and low-income families. Support community radio by donating to Pacifica Radio at kpft.org !","meta_description":"In this episode, Dr. Bob Sanborn is joined by co-host Brian Greene , President and CEO of the Houston Food Bank, to discuss some of the most urgent issues…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3302,"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/the-state-of-immigrant-families-the-learning-recession-texas-school-vouchers/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/the-state-of-immigrant-families-the-learning-recession-texas-school-vouchers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}