A Better Option For Sex Ed (with Brittany Hausmann)
NC Family's Family Policy Matters
Release Date: 03/17/2025
Protecting Parents' Medical Rights in North Carolina (with Rep. Jennifer Balkcom)
NC Family's Family Policy Matters
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.
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Dad Academy: Helping Men Become Great Dads (with Jeff Hamilton)
NC Family's Family Policy Matters
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.
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How to Raise Your Kids "Different" (with Dr. John Cuddeback)
NC Family's Family Policy Matters
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."
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Don't Put Your Hope in Politics (with Nathanael Blake)
NC Family's Family Policy Matters
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.
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How Gambling Hurts Your Family (with Autumn Leva)
NC Family's Family Policy Matters
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.
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1916 and the Rise of the Sexual Revolution, Abortion, and Eugenics in America (with Seth Gruber) (Re-Air)
NC Family's Family Policy Matters
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.
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How To Combat A Family-Unfriendly Culture (With Timothy Carney) (Re-Air)
NC Family's Family Policy Matters
This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Timothy Carney, author of , 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.
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An OB/GYN Corrects Abortion Myths (with Dr. Susan Bane) (Re-Air)
NC Family's Family Policy Matters
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.
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Why We Need Phone-Free Schools (with Clare Morell) (Re-Air)
NC Family's Family Policy Matters
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 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.
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In God’s Image: Science, Morality, and the IVF Question (with Dr. Stacy Trasancos)
NC Family's Family Policy Matters
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).
info_outlineThis 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.