NC Family's Family Policy Matters

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.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. RaShan Frost, Director of Research and Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, to discuss how to approach sports gambling from a Biblical perspective. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Ked Frank, Founder of Safe Places for Women, to discuss effective ways that individuals can help stop human trafficking.  Parents, please note that this episode touches on some mature topics, so please be cautious if listening with young children.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Jason Evert, co-founder of The Chastity Project, to discuss why and how we should reject the cultural lies targeting human love.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Ivana Greco and Elliot Haspel, co-authors of the report " Invisible Labor, Visible Needs: Making Family Policy Work for Stay-At-Home (And All) Parents," to discuss their report and how public policy can support stay at home parents. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Heidi Olson, a forensic nurse and the Founder and President of Paradigm Shift Training and Consulting, to discuss her work teaching people how to help the victims of human trafficking who are right in front of them.  

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Eric Robinson, co-founder of the non-profit Operation Helo, to discuss his work flying helicopters and providing aid to those affected by Hurricane Helene.