
Growing Up In America: The Way It Is
Hosted by Bob Sanborn and Brian Greene and Owala Maima and Bri Derry and Chris Kulesza · Dr. Robert Sanborn
5.0from 3 ratings
- 176
- Episodes
- 49
- Transcribed
- 3
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Growing Up In America: The Way It Is
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.
- Publisher
- Dr. Robert Sanborn
- Category
- business · kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Jun 2023
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
49 of 176 episodes have a transcript.

14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Texas State Takeovers, Services for Immigrant Children, & Kid Centered Urban Planning
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Jay, we've had you here before. And I love talking about this stuff, as you know. Tell us about the importance of parks for children. I mean, I think a lot of people feel like, oh, yeah, sure, a park is good. But tell us about the importance of parks and kids in our cities. You know, I've been thinking about my kid growing up. We have a park, a neighborhood park that's like three blocks away and it just got improved. And, you know, the playground's better now. And, you know, he feels welcome there and he feels like he's part of a society that provides for what, you know, for him. There's things that are his size there in a public space. […]
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Who hosts Growing Up In America: The Way It Is?
Bob Sanborn and Brian Greene and Owala Maima and Bri Derry and Chris Kulesza host the show. Published by Dr. Robert Sanborn.
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