Andy Earle
Host of the Talking to Teens Podcast and founder of Write It Great
Appears in 321 Episodes
Ep 282: The Opportunity Gap - How Schools Perpetuate Inequity
Tiffany Jewell, author of Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School, joins us to expose the myriad ways racism is embedded in the education system. We disc...
Ep 281: Empowering Teen Girls
Chelsey Goodan, author of Underestimated: The Wisdom and Power of Teenage Girls, shares invaluable insights into empowering teenage girls through listening, validating...
Ep 280: The Surprising Power of Hanging Out
Sheila Liming, author of Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time, explores the underestimated value of unstructured social time for teens, discussing why it's e...
Ep 279: "What Were You Thinking?" - Inside the Teenage Brain
John Coleman, author of The Psychology of the Teenage Brain, joins us to explain why the biology of the adolescent brain leads to risk taking and emotional ups and dow...
Ep 278: The New Faces of Teen Addiction
David Magee, author of Things Have Changed, joins us to explain today's teen addiction crisis involving social media, potent synthetic drugs and vulnerable mental heal...
Ep 277: Understanding Our Kids' Online World
Michael Rich, author of The Mediatrician’s Guide, joins us to explain why we must move beyond fear of “screen time” to have more nuanced conversations with teens about...
Ep 276: Your Teen's Bullsh*t Brain
Lance Burdett, author of Dark Side of the Brain, explains why teens generate unhelpful thoughts and how we can reframe anxious thinking by getting comfortable with dis...
Ep. 275: Empowering Teens to Stay Alcohol-Free
Dustin Dunbar, author of You’re Doing Great and Other Lies Alcohol Told Me, joins us to reveal the false messaging alcohol feeds teens about itself and discusses how p...
Ep 274: Escaping the Villain Role
Justin Lee, author of Talking Across the Divide, joins us to explain how parents can have more productive disagreements with teens by overcoming the ego protection ins...
Ep 273: Lowering the Drama in Big Family Choices
Janice Fraser, author of Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama, joins us to explain how families can have productive debates using decision-making frameworks that increa...
Ep 272: Helping Teens Discuss Anxiety
Cai Graham, author of Fearless and Free, joins us to offer practical strategies for helping teens open up about their anxiety, break through communication barriers, an...
Ep 271: Navigating the Teen Loneliness Epidemic
Simone Heng, author of "Let's Talk About Loneliness," joins us to explain why loneliness is reaching epidemic levels among teens, how it rewires the teenage brain, and...
Ep 270: Parenting Beyond Social Media
CJ Casciotta, author of The Forgotten Art of Being Ordinary, joins us to discuss parenting beyond social media and finding real community. We talk about how to guide t...
Ep 269: Are You a Consistent Parent?
Sheri Glucoft Wong, author of Raising Kids, shares the importance of being a consistent parent, even when raising teens feels like a complicated maze. As a therapist, ...
Ep 268: How to Convince Stubborn Teens
Michael McQueen, author of MindStuck, dives into the science of persuading stubborn teenagers, and reveals why the tactics parents typically use to influence our kids ...
Ep 267: Neurodivergent Teens and Communication
Chris Martin, author of May Tomorrow Be Awake, speaks on the concept of neurodiversity, and how parents can encourage teenagers to be their unique selves, rather than ...
Ep 266: Is Social Media Making Our Teens Angry?
Tobias Rose-Stockwell, author of Outrage Machine, clues us in to how social media platforms manipulate emotions to keep us scrolling and riles us up. We talk about how...
Ep 265: Turning Teens Into Savvy Investors
Maya Corbic, author of From Piggy Banks to Stocks, tells us how to turn allowance into financial lessons. Maya dishes on the potential dangers of blindly trusting fina...
Ep 264: Overcoming Anxiety, Finding Well-Being
Dr Gregory Scott Brown, author of The Self-Healing Mind, helps us bust myths surrounding mental health and self-care. We discuss the difference between mental health a...
Ep 263: Sex, Puberty and Parenting
Dina Alexander, founder of EducateEmpowerKids.org, joins us to share her view on how to talk to tweens and teens about S-E-X and everything that comes with it. Rather ...