7: ‘Welcome To Eighth Grade, People’

Melissa Gould lost her husband Joel nearly nine years ago when their daughter, Sophie, was 13 years old. The mother and daughter processed the loss in their very own, very distinct ways: Sophie grieved mostly in silence as a young teen, not wanting to attract pity or stand out fr ...  Show more

In this episode we celebrate the caregivers and chosen family members who bring so much into our lives. Yasmeen talks to sisters adrienne maree brown and autumn brown, hosts of the podcast How To Survive The End of the World. As writers, facilitators, activists (and queer aunties ...  Show more

Were Stevie and Neagheen popular in high school? That’s a complicated question. In this episode of BFBA, the former adolescent best friends break down their high school social hierarchy and the anxiety of lunchtime seating. They discuss past cliques at Grimsley, current cliques a ...  Show more

On today's episode I first discuss the power of manifesting and how I manifested my current life. I then have Kristina Schulman on, as she opens up about her childhood as an orphan in Russia and being adopted by an American family that took her in and moved her to the US. You wil ...  Show more

Hillary Frank, the creator of the podcasts The Longest Shortest Time and Here Lies Me, talks with journalist and author Judith Warner about middle school. They discuss the history of middle school in America and abroad, some of the formative social forces at play for middle schoo ...  Show more

Middle schooler Alice got off the train with excitement bubbling in her chest. She was meeting 17-year-old Peter for the first time.

She had no idea that she would be ambushed by Peter and his friends, dragged to a local motel where she would be gang r*ped by more than 4 ...