Podcasts about family policy matters

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes David Barton, a prominent historian and founder of WallBuilders, to discuss the importance of learning America's true history, especially in light of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Celebrate America's 250th with NC Family!

This week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family Vice President Mitch Prosser welcomes Katy Faust, Founder and President of Them Before Us, to discuss the Greater Than initiative and the effort to overturn Obergefell and protect children's rights to both their biological mother and father.  Learn more: https://greaterthancampaign.com

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Fred and Anita Von Canon to discuss Weekend to Remember, Christian marriage retreats run by FamilyLife.  Learn more about Weekend to Remember: https://www.familylife.com/weekend-to-remember/ 

This week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family's Mitch Prosser and Adamo Manfra discuss a Biblical view of government and the role that Christians should play.  Listen to previous episodes of The Truths We Hold: https://ncfamily.org/we-hold-these-truths/

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Paul "Skip" Stam, a lawyer and former member of the State House of Representatives, to discuss the propaganda tactics that the abortion industry has utilized to advance their agenda.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Paul "Skip" Stam, a lawyer and former member of the State House of Representatives, to discuss the propaganda tactics that the abortion industry has utilized to advance their agenda.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Paul "Skip" Stam, a lawyer and former member of the State House of Representatives, to discuss the propaganda tactics that the abortion industry has utilized to advance their agenda.  

This week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family's Mitch Prosser and Adamo Manfra discuss the foundational truths represented in the Declaration of Independence and how they impact NC Family's work 250 years later. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family's John Rustin, Mitch Prosser, and Jere Royall discuss the activities of the North Carolina General Assembly and the US Congress in 2025 and how it will affect families. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family President John Rustin welcomes Dr. Farr Curlin, physician, professor and Co-Director of the Theology, Medicine and Culture Initiative at Duke University, to discuss the recent HHS report on the impacts of transgender procedures on minors. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Wilfred McClay, historian and author, to discuss cultivating the art of conversation. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Wilfred McClay, historian and author, to discuss cultivating the art of conversation. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Daniel Darling, director of The Land Center for Cultural Engagement and the author of several books, to discuss the role of the family in the health of our nation.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Maria Keffler, author of the book Desist, Detrans & Detox: Getting Your Child Out of the Gender Cult and co-founder of Advocates Protecting Children, to discuss how to protect your children from the cult-like tactics that the transgender movement has utilized.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Maria Keffler, author of the book Desist, Detrans & Detox: Getting Your Child Out of the Gender Cult and co-founder of Advocates Protecting Children, to discuss how to protect your children from the cult-like tactics that the transgender movement has utilized.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Renee Griffith, Director of the EduBuilder program, to discuss her work empowering North Carolina's leaders in education. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Clare Morell, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, to discuss the benefits of phone-free environments for children. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Clare Morell, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, to discuss the benefits of phone-free environments for children. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Monique Yohanan, a Senior Fellow at the Independent Women's Forum, to discuss vaccine policy from a perspective that balances parental rights with public health concerns.  The opinions expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily represent the opinions or perspectives of NC Family. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Monique Yohanan, a Senior Fellow at the Independent Women's Forum, to discuss vaccine policy from a perspective that balances parental rights with public health concerns.  The opinions expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily represent the opinions or perspectives of NC Family. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Josh Wood, Executive Director of Them Before Us, to discuss the damage that divorce causes to children and society at large and what policies can be put in place to mitigate these effects. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Beverly Willett, author and co-chairman for the Coalition of Divorce Reform, to discuss the great importance of saving marriages and reducing unnecessary divorces.  Learn more about Beverly Willett's book, Disassembly Required

This week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family Vice President Mitch Prosser welcomes Andy Crouch, author and partner for theology and culture at Praxis, to discuss how technology is hurting our ability to build relationships and what habits we can create to counteract this.

This week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family Vice President Mitch Prosser welcomes Andy Crouch, author and partner for theology and culture at Praxis, to discuss how technology is hurting our ability to build relationships and what habits we can create to counteract this. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Marty McCaffrey, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina, to discuss how the medical community can improve care for babies born with genetic abnormalities. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Mississippi's Attorney General Lynn Fitch to discuss the Mississippi Access to Maternal Assistance program (MAMA), and how it is helping women and children across the state.  

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes John Stonestreet, President of the Colson Center, to discuss the new Truth Rising documentary and study co-produced by the Colson Center and Focus on the Family.  This documentary will be available to stream on September 5, 2025. Learn more about Truth Rising here: https://www.truthrising.com 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Patrick T. Brown, a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, to discuss a pro-family perspective on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Tonya Baker Nelson, President and CEO of Hand of Hope Pregnancy Centers, to discuss their work in providing aid to victims of human trafficking. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Reverend Paul Sullins, Research Associate Professor at The Catholic University of America, to discuss how Christians can approach scientific research in a healthy way. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Tucker Young, NC Family's summer intern, to discuss his experience learning about the legislative process and effective advocacy from a Biblical perspective. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. John West, Vice President of the Discovery Institute, to discuss his new book Stockholm Syndrome Christianity and how the Church is being held captive by secular culture. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Kevin Sabet, President and CEO of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, to discuss the importance of effective drug policies.

This week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family President welcomes Walt Heyer and Dr. Jennifer Bauwens to discuss their new book Embracing God's Design: Addressing the Spiritual and Psychological Crisis Behind Transgender Identity and how Christians can approach transgenderism. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Kent Lasnoski, author of the book Human Embryo Adoption, vol. 2, Catholic Arguments For and Against, to discuss the theological implications involved in embryo adoption. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Allison Ellis to discuss her new book, Finding Our Words: Words That Made America, and the importance of studying the words and documents that were foundational in the creation of America.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Representative Jennifer Balkcom to discuss HB 519—Parents' Medical Bill of Rights, a bill she sponsored that would affirm the rights of North Carolina parents to oversee the medical care of their children.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Jeff Hamilton, Founder of Dad Academy, to discuss the importance of intentional fathers and how men can become great dads.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. John Cuddeback, Professor of Philosophy at Christendom College, to discuss the benefits and challenges of raising children "different."

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Nathanael Blake, a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, to discuss why Christians should put their hopes in something greater than politics. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Autumn Leva,  Director of Strategy & Campaigns for Stop Predatory Gambling, to discuss the damage that gambling does to families. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, we are re-airing a show from November, 2024 where host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomed Seth Gruber to discuss his new documentary entitled The 1916 Project and how Margaret Sanger's work is still causing damage and destruction in people's lives today. Seth Gruber is the founder of The White Rose Resistance.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Timothy Carney, author of Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be, to discuss how America has created an increasingly family-unfriendly culture and what parents can do to combat it. This episode originally aired in March of 2024.   

This week on Family Policy Matters, we are re-airing a show from October 2022, where host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Susan Bane to discuss (and correct) some of the myths surrounding abortion. Dr. Bane is an OB/GYN, and is currently the Medical Director at Choices Women's Center in Wilson, North Carolina.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Clare Morell, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and director of their Technology and Human Flourishing Project, to discuss how phone-free schools work and their potential to improve the health and education of students. This episode originally aired in September of 2024.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Adamo Manfra welcomes Dr. Stacy Trasancos, a professor and author of the book IVF is Not the Way: The False Promises of Artificial Procreation, to discuss the ethical considerations involved in in vitro fertilization (IVF).

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Phil Sechler, Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Free Speech at Alliance Defending Freedom, to discuss a legal case in Oklahoma that would make St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School the first religious charter school in the country.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Aaron Baer, President of the Center for Christian Virtue, and John Rustin, President of NC Family, to discuss how North Carolina ranks on the Family Structure Index and how we can strengthen families in our state. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Adamo Manfra, NC Family's Director of Research and Education, and Lisa Roska, a homeschool mom, to discuss NC Family's Salt and Light Student Seminars and how they are equipping young adults to approach politics with a Biblical Worldview.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Brittany Hausmann, Director of Educational Outreach at Alternatives Care Centers, to discuss more effective strategies to teach young people about the importance of healthy sexual behavior. Parents, please note that this episode touches on some mature topics, so please be cautious if listening with young children.