NC Family's Family Policy Matters
539 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★ - 12 ratingsFamily Policy Matters is a weekly podcast and radio show produced by the North Carolina Family Policy Council. Each week, our host, Traci DeVette Griggs, welcomes leaders from across the state and nation to discuss topics related to faith, family, and life in North Carolina.
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What Do Americans Think About Paid Family Leave? (Re-air)
July 26, 2021 16:07 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, we’re bringing you a re-air of a show from February 2020 with Henry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Olsen discusses a survey of American voters on paid family leave, and shares the surprising findings that support for paid family leave spans the partisan divide and is highly important to key voter groups.
Political and Lonely (Re-air)
July 19, 2021 13:54 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, we're bringing you a re-air of a show from April 2020 with Dr. Ryan Streeter of the American Enterprise Institute. Dr. Streeter discusses his article, “The Lonely (Political) Crowd," addressing connection between political involvement and loneliness.
Putting Children First
July 12, 2021 13:49 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Katy Faust, founder of the world’s first children’s rights organization Them Before Us, to discuss her new book. Faust outlines why the majority of public policy issues could be solved if everyone viewed them through the lens of what’s best for children.
Teachers vs. Gender Ideology
July 06, 2021 15:53 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Matt Sharp from Alliance Defending Freedom to discuss the religious liberty rights of teachers, particularly in regards to the case of Tanner Cross, a Virginia teacher whom ADF is representing in his fight to defend his First Amendment rights.
North Carolina's Fight Against Human Trafficking
June 28, 2021 02:57 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Shawna Pagano from Pat’s Place, the lead agency for North Carolina’s statewide initiative to fight human trafficking through Project NO REST. Pagano shares her experiences working with trafficking victims in North Carolina, and how Project NO REST is working to eliminate this modern-day slavery in our state.
Fighting the Sexualization of Children
June 21, 2021 14:00 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family President John L. Rustin talks with Cathy Ruse from the Family Research Council about her recent report, Sex Education in Public Schools: Sexualization of Children and LGBT Indoctrination. Ruse’s report details how graphic and extensive sex education classes have become in public schools, as activists push material that sexualizes and indoctrinates children. Ruse also gives advice for parents to help them protect their children from this type of ...
Do You Actually Have a Biblical Worldview?
June 14, 2021 17:25 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr. George Barna, renowned pollster and researcher, to discuss his newest project: the Center for Biblical Worldview. Dr. Barna discusses the importance of ensuring every Christian understands and adopts a Biblical worldview, wherein their faith informs how they think and act in every aspect of their lives.
Protect Your Profession
June 07, 2021 14:22 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Jennifer Roback Morse, founder and president of the Ruth Institute, to discuss how Christians in the workplace can protect their professions from being corrupted by the fallout of the sexual revolution.
Religious Liberty for All
June 01, 2021 13:26 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Andrew Walker to discuss his new book, Liberty for All: Defending Everyone’s Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age. Dr. Walker shares why it is important for Christians to defend religious freedom for all different religions, and how broad religious liberties can help our nation thrive.
Which Streaming Service is Right for My Family?
May 24, 2021 13:07 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Melissa Henson from the Parents Television and Media Council to discuss her recent report on the wide variety of streaming services now available to families. Henson outlines the programming and parental controls available on each streaming service, and suggests which ones best fit which families.
Defending Life and Liberty in NC
May 17, 2021 13:43 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Denise Harle, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom. Harle discusses the two cases ADF is working on right here in North Carolina, one in defense of our state’s pro-life laws, and another regarding First Amendment freedoms for a pro-life prayer group in Greensboro.
How To Read The News
May 10, 2021 15:38 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr. Jeffrey Bilbro to discuss his new book on how to read and understand the news with a theological framework.
Sticking to the FACTS
May 03, 2021 15:43 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, we are excited to share a special interview with North Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson. Lt. Gov. Robinson sits down with NC Family President John L. Rustin to discuss the new FACTS Task Force, which stands for Fairness and Accountability in the Classroom for Teachers and Students.
The Theology of Home
April 26, 2021 16:24 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr. Carrie Gress, an author and mother of five, to discuss what has come to be known as the “Theology of Home.” Dr. Gress dives into how we can see God and a foretaste of heaven within our homes and families, and why we should all focus on the value of home.
The COVID-19 Divorce Paradox
April 19, 2021 13:30 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Brad Wilcox to discuss the surprising decline in divorces since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and speculate why this is the case.
The Modern Genocide of the Uyghur People
April 12, 2021 18:17 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with ERLC’s Chelsea Patterson Sobolik to discuss the difficult but enormously important topic of the Chinese Communist Party’s genocide of the Uyghur Muslim people. Sobolik details the horrors inflicted upon the Uyghurs, and shares how we as individuals and as a nation can respond to this modern-day genocide.
SCOTUS Defends First Amendment Rights
April 05, 2021 14:43 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes ADF’s Tyson Langhofer to discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court case Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, where the nation’s highest court ruled that citizens can hold officials accountable for violations of their First Amendment rights, even if the violation is no longer taking place.
Breaking Down And Building Up
March 29, 2021 16:11 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs talks to Crystalina Evert, founder of Women Made New Ministries and co-founder of Chastity Project. Pulling from her own personal experience, Evert speaks on the trauma of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, and how abuses in a woman’s past affects her present views, relationships, and feelings. Evert also walks through the step-by-step healing process she finds most effective for abuse survivors. This is a re-air of a show fro...
The Dangerous Inequalities Of The “Equality Act”
March 22, 2021 18:27 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, we’re bringing you a re-air of a show from June of 2019, featuring Family Research Council attorney Mary Beth Waddell. Waddell discusses the dangers of the so-called “Equality Act,” which is once again before the U.S. Senate after passing the U.S. House of Representatives, just as it did in 2019.
The Real Victims of Transgender Ideology (Part 2)
March 15, 2021 14:09 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family president John L. Rustin continues his conversation with Kristie, a North Carolina mother of four, whose daughter began identifying as transgender when she was a senior in high school. In Part 2 of a 2-part interview, Kristie shares how her family has walked the line between loving their daughter, honoring God, and standing against the radical transgender movement that is targeting America’s children.
The Real Victims of Transgender Ideology (Part 1)
March 08, 2021 17:08 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family president John L. Rustin sits down with Kristie, a North Carolina mother of four, whose daughter began identifying as transgender when she was a senior in high school. In Part 1 of a 2-part interview, Kristie shares her family’s personal story of loving her daughter, striving to honor God, and standing against the radical transgender movement that is targeting America’s children.
The Future of NC Schools
March 01, 2021 17:21 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Terry Stoops of the John Locke Foundation to discuss the future of schooling in North Carolina, particularly as it pertains to reopening schools to in-person education, and the rise of school choice in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Courage to Stand
February 22, 2021 14:18 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Russell Moore to the show to discuss his new book, The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear Without Losing Your Soul. Moore provides guidance and advice for how Christians in particular can find courage in a world that seems to be filled with fear.
United for Life (Part 2)
February 15, 2021 14:27 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs continues her discussion with Americans United for Life (AUL) president and CEO Catherine Glenn Foster, for Part 2 of a 2-part show. Foster examines where North Carolina fell on AUL’s 2021 “Life List,” which ranks our nation’s 50 states from most to least pro-life.
United for Life (Part 1)
February 08, 2021 16:08 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Americans United for Life (AUL) president and CEO Catherine Glenn Foster, for Part 1 of a 2-part show. Foster discusses her organization’s fight for life at all stages, as well as the results of AUL’s 2021 “Life List,” ranking our nation’s 50 states from most to least pro-life.
What is the US Supreme Court?
February 01, 2021 16:51 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Denise Harle from Alliance Defending Freedom to discuss the role of the U.S. Supreme Court, and what cases are coming up this cycle that pertain to life, religious liberty, and free speech.
NC Public Policy & 2021
January 25, 2021 14:49 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes two of NC Family’s own to the show: President John Rustin, and counsel & Director of Community Impact Jere Royall. John and Jere examine the new makeup of NC’s General Assembly, and what we can expect in state politics this coming year.
Fathering for a Lifetime
January 19, 2021 14:13 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Ken Canfield to discuss the critical role of fathers in the lives of their children, particularly in every child’s spiritual growth.
Leadership vs. Celebrity (Part 2)
January 11, 2021 14:14 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs continues her conversation with Joel Grewe from Generation Joshua, as he shares how his organization is shaping the leaders of tomorrow, in Part 2 of a 2-part show.
Leadership vs. Celebrity (Part 1)
January 04, 2021 15:26 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Joel Grewe with Generation Joshua to discuss how his organization is shaping the leaders of tomorrow, in Part 1 of a 2-part show.
Defending Human Rights in Technology
December 28, 2020 14:00 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with ERLC’s Jason Thacker to discuss his recent article titled “What is Digital Authoritarianism?” Thacker explains how technology has been and continues to be used to suppress human rights around the world, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
The Music of Christmas
December 21, 2020 15:38 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes singer and songwriter Dana Catherine to discuss what it is like living out one’s faith in the music industry. This special Christmas episode of Family Policy Mattersfeatures an excerpt from one of Catherine’s songs from her new Christmas album, available on Spotify.
Technology vs. Humanity
December 14, 2020 17:10 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr. Craig Gay to discuss his new book, Modern Technology and the Human Future: A Christian Appraisal. Dr. Gay brings a unique perspective on how our modern, automatic technology will impact the future of humanity.
A Pandemic's Homeschooling Surge
December 07, 2020 14:43 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Michael Donnelly from the Homeschool Legal Defense Association to discuss the rapid rise in homeschooling that has occurring during this pandemic.
Recapping the 2020 Election
November 30, 2020 14:24 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family president John L. Rustin and Director of Community Impact Jere Royall unpack the 2020 Elections, including some of the most surprising results and how this election is likely to impact various issues and both state and federal levels.
Thanksgiving: The Heart of America
November 23, 2020 17:25 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family brings you a special Thanksgiving episode, featuring Melanie Kirkpatrick to discuss her new book on this special holiday. Kirkpatrick shares some surprising facts most Americans won’t know about Thanksgiving, and why it is such a uniquely American holiday.
Why We Need the Electoral College (Now More Than Ever)
November 16, 2020 14:50 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Tara Ross to discuss the beautiful singularity of our nation’s system of government, including the Electoral College.
Christianity: Our First Team
November 09, 2020 14:38 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, we are bringing you a re-air of a show from December 2018. This show featured Dr. Bruce Ashford, the keynote speaker at NC Family’s 2018 Winston-Salem Dinner, discussing how Christians should commit ourselves to our faith and remember that our first loyalty, our first “team,” is followers of Christ.
Fighting Child Sexualization in Media
November 02, 2020 16:30 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Tim Winter, president of the Parents Television Council. Winter shares about the troubling rise we are seeing in child sexualization on television and through internet streaming services, especially Netflix.
2020 Elections: What's At Stake?
October 26, 2020 16:06 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, we bring you an excerpt of an interview from NC Family’s Virtual Event on October 22, 2020 titled 2020 Elections: What’s At Stake? This event featured Victoria Cobb, president of The Family Foundation of Virginia, discussing what happened in Virginia after a wave of pro-abortion, pro-LGBT lawmakers were elected and began dismantling decades of pro-life, pro-family policies.
What's At Stake for School Choice
October 19, 2020 13:28 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Mike Long from PEFNC to discuss what is at stake for school choice in our state, and how the pandemic has impacted education and the school choice movement.
Voting During COVID-19
October 12, 2020 15:18 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr. Andy Jackson from the Civitas Institute to discuss how voting in this year’s election will look a little different, and what options are available for voting in North Carolina.
Race & Society: How Should Christians Respond?
October 05, 2020 13:16 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family brings you an excerpt from our Virtual Event on Race & Society. This event featured civil rights advocate Clarence Henderson, who participated in the famous sit-ins at the Greensboro Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960. Henderson shares his story, and provides inspiriting and faithful encouragement for Christians to respond to the racial tensions in our nation today.
Life, Liberty, & the Supreme Court (Part 2)
September 28, 2020 16:20 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family brings you Part 2 of a 2-part excerpt from our Virtual Event on Life, Liberty, & the Supreme Court. This event featured John Stonestreet, Ryan Anderson, and Matt Sharp discussing recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the sanctity of life, religious freedom, and sexuality.
Life, Liberty, & the Supreme Court (Part 1)
September 21, 2020 14:11 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family brings you Part 1 of a 2-part excerpt from our Virtual Event on Life, Liberty, & the Supreme Court. This event featured John Stonestreet, Ryan Anderson, and Matt Sharp discussing recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on the sanctity of life and religious freedom.
Christianity & the "Cancel Culture" (Part 2)
September 14, 2020 13:05 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family brings you Part 2 of a 2-part interview with David and Jason Benham—The Benham Brothers—from our Virtual Event on Christianity & the “Cancel Culture.” David and Jason share their story about being “canceled” due to voicing their support for Biblical marriage and sexuality.
Christianity & the "Cancel Culture" (Part 1)
September 08, 2020 13:31 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family brings you Part 1 of a 2-part interview with David and Jason Benham—The Benham Brothers—from our Virtual Event on Christianity & the “Cancel Culture.” David and Jason share their story about being “canceled” due to voicing their support for Biblical marriage and sexuality.
Religious Liberty & the US Supreme Court Today
August 31, 2020 13:28 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Luke Goodrich from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty to discuss the series of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on religious liberty. Goodrich unpacks these rulings, which were both positive and negative, and examines what some of the ramifications might be.
Marijuana's Disastrous Effects
August 24, 2020 13:24 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr. Jane Anderson to discuss the American College of Pediatricians’ updated position statement on marijuana use in young adults. Dr. Anderson spells out the disastrous long-term effects that this drug can have on a young adult’s brain in particular.
Ethics in a Pandemic
August 17, 2020 17:59 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week on Family Policy Matters, R.J. Snell of the Culture of Life Foundation, the Witherspoon Institute, and Princeton University joins host Traci DeVette Griggs to discuss the many ethical questions we are all facing during the current COVID-19 pandemic, such as seeing ourselves as isolated individuals and making sure all parts of a person are valued mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, not only physically.