{"podcast":{"title":"Reading With Your Kids Podcast","slug":"reading-with-your-kids-podcast-793427","podcast_index_feed_id":793427,"rss_url":"https://readingwithyourkids.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://readingwithyourkids.libsyn.com/site","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/d/a/e/5dae7cd66b261421/GRC_-_two_4.png","author":"Jedlie Circus Produtions, Inc","episode_count":2440,"summary":"Reading With Your Kids is all about encouraging parents to read with their kids, and cook with their kids, and do activities with their kids, and experience tv, movies and music together. In other words, our podcast is all about helping parents build stronger relationships with their kids.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T14:22:56.866546+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reading-with-your-kids-podcast-793427"},"episode":{"title":"Everything You Need To Know About Life You Can Learn from A Dog","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-life-you-can-learn-from-a-dog","published_at":"2026-07-07T04:33:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reading-with-your-kids-podcast-793427/everything-you-need-to-know-about-life-you-can-learn-from-a-dog","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reading-with-your-kids-podcast-793427","url":"https://readingwithyourkids.libsyn.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-life-you-can-learn-from-a-dog","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/readingwithyourkids/July_7_Bruce_Littlefield.mp3?dest-id=477844","summary":"In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes three fantastic guests who each showcase a different way stories can shape our lives. First, Bruce Littlefield joins from his farm in upstate New York to celebrate his picture book \"Everything You Need to Know About Life You Can Learn from a Dog.\" Bruce shares how his usually optimistic outlook was shaken by a rough morning—bad news, a broken porch—and how his dog Felix, joyfully unfazed, inspired him to rethink who the real \"lifestyle expert\" in the house was. Drawing on years of watching dogs in New York City and at home, Bruce turns traits like self-acceptance, curiosity, forgiveness, and the ability to \"shake things off\" into gentle life lessons for kids and grown-ups. He and Jed swap heartfelt dog stories—border collies carving tracks in the yard, childhood pets like Snuggles and London teaching responsibility, calm, and empathy—and reflect on how dogs help children learn to care for others. Then Gregory Rizzi discusses his YA sci‑fi novel \"Continuum.\" Set on a harsh distant planet, the book follows Jacob, a Praetorian Guard soldier, as he discovers the planet's hidden history, strange creatures, and deeper truths about creation, fathers, and sons. Gregory talks about how becoming a father and returning to his faith reshaped the story's themes of suffering, resilience, and what we pass on to our kids. Finally, Amy Doslich introduces her picture book \"STEM Day\" and her kid-powered podcast \"Kids Ask Authors Answer.\" A former actuary turned author-illustrator, Amy celebrates lesser-known STEM careers and invites children to ask authors their own fun, surprising questions—plus she's organizing a big free kids' ebook day on August 5.","meta_description":"In this episode of Reading With Your Kids, Jed welcomes three fantastic guests who each showcase a different way stories can shape our lives. First, Bruce…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3483,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/reading-with-your-kids-podcast-793427/episodes/everything-you-need-to-know-about-life-you-can-learn-from-a-dog/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reading-with-your-kids-podcast-793427/everything-you-need-to-know-about-life-you-can-learn-from-a-dog.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}