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Conversation Balloons

Conversation Balloons

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Host Leah Farish interviews experts and friends about all things generational. No matter your age or stage, whether you're growing or growing old, you wonder at, fume at, or love someone in another generation. It might be workplace issues, raising kids, or caring for an elder--We're here to bring understanding, solutions, empathy, and a little fun to intergenerational relationships. Our conversation balloons hover over thorny social problems and pop with insight about how to handle them. Some of our guests are scholarly, some faith-based, some rich only in lived experience.Conversation Balloons Social Sciences
Episodes
  • 115. Dad, Can You Not? w/ Chip Leighton
    Jun 15 2026

    Humorist Chip Leighton keeps us in stitches as he recounts texts from teens and anecdotes about their dads that are at best what youngsters call "cringey." The perfect show to share for Father's Day! You'll want to pick up this bestselling author's good-natured pokes at both Gen Z and their parents.

    Additional resources:

    Dad, Can You Not? A Dad's Guide to Being Less Cringe by Chip Leighton

    What Time is Noon? Hilarious Texts, Ridiculous Feedback, and Not-So-Subtle Advice from Teenagers by Chip Leighton

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    20 mins
  • 114. Honor My Father and Mother? Really? w/ Bill Davis
    Jun 3 2026

    If our parents fall into mental or financial straits, what do we owe them? How do we manage elderly parents' needs that threaten to overwhelm us? Medical ethicist and Christian philosophy professor Bill Davis gives us balanced advice. Part one of two honest conversations with the author of Honoring Dependent Parents.

    Additional resources:
    Books by Bill Davis:

    Honoring Dependent Parents: Biblical Decision Making for Adult Children

    Departing in Peace: Biblical Decision Making at the End of Life

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    29 mins
  • 113. A Child's Environment Making Her Sick w/ Laura McCall
    May 20 2026

    Laura McCall tells the horrifying story of her young daughter's descent into rages, anxiety, and obsessive/compulsive behaviors, the solution emerging with the child's diagnosis with PANDAS: Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections. The related malady, PANS, Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome, is also discussed. These disorders have been called the leading hidden causes of mental illness in children. Beyond this, you'll hear about how parents can handle chronic illness and mysterious health problems in your kids, how mold and mold remediation affect a family, and how a child's room and home can help them cope with physical and psychological problems. This interview could be lie-changing for some families.

    Additional resources:

    collectedinteriors.org

    "Dr. Scott Antoine: Why PANS and PANDAS are leading hidden cause of mental illness in children" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ht_DlPZFso pandasppn.org

    "What are the symptoms and signs of PANDAS syndrome?" https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23553-pandas-syndrome

    "Looking at the Brain of PANS and PANDAS Children" https://youtu.be/WzA1Pw1xwqM?si=NSVi1XX-xe2n8WOK

    Laura on Instagram: @collectedinteriors918


    *Please note that Leah's camera cuts out from 20:00-20:30 but resumes after*

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    30 mins
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