{"podcast":{"title":"This Is So Awkward","slug":"this-is-so-awkward-4040762","podcast_index_feed_id":4040762,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/WFH2067314356","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d1164bd4-50de-11ef-b782-87fdbac72ca6/image/467fc5a1e353b26fc64e17a131a93546.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"This Is So Awkward","episode_count":389,"summary":"This is so awkward…but it doesn’t have to be. These days, puberty starts earlier, lasts longer, and happens with a cellphone in hand. The most trusted voices on puberty, Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, are here to remove cringe from this stage of life – not just for kids going through it but also the adults who care about them. With science, guidance and humor, they cover all the physical, emotional, and social changes that happen between ages 8-18 and beyond. Watch the full episodes on Youtube!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-so-awkward-4040762"},"episode":{"title":"Exam Stress: Turning Down the Volume","slug":"exam-stress-turning-down-the-volume","published_at":"2026-03-17T07:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-so-awkward-4040762/exam-stress-turning-down-the-volume","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-so-awkward-4040762","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL2752784422.mp3?updated=1773680698","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL2752784422.mp3?updated=1773680698","summary":"Exams have always been a stressful part of growing up. But layer on growing college admissions pressure, spiraling teen mental health, and recognition of the wide variety of learning styles, and the volume turns way up. This episode was prompted by a listener's question seeking advice about how to get through exam season from every angle: from the role of AI to the necessity of exams in the first place. We get into it… along with some of our own applicable parenting fails. Show Notes: Watch the full episode on Youtube! Join the LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP HUB Go to Quince.com/AWKWARD for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Download the FREE Playbook for Getting Your Kid to Talk Order our book This Is So Awkward Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com Produced by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Exams have always been a stressful part of growing up. But layer on growing college admissions pressure, spiraling teen mental health, and recognition of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3299,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-so-awkward-4040762/episodes/exam-stress-turning-down-the-volume/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-so-awkward-4040762/exam-stress-turning-down-the-volume.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}