This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Hunter Baker, Provost and Dean of Faculty at North Greenville University, to discuss the impacts of our aging population and what solutions are available to correct these concerns. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family President John Rustin is joined by NC Family's Sharon Sullivan and Jere Royall to discuss the outcomes of the 2024 Election. 

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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. 

In this special edition of Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs talks all things Christmas with Dr. Michael Barber, from the origins of our traditions to the biblical justification for making Christmas a long celebration. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, hear part two of Ryan Bomberger’s keynote address at NC Family’s 2022 Winston-Salem Dinner, where shares his story about the beauty of possibility.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Kallie Fell to discuss her new documentary, The Detransition Diaries: Saving Our Sisters, and the lasting impacts of pursuing gender reassignment procedures.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes OB/GYN Dr. John Bruchalski to discuss his story and how he went from performing abortions to being an adamant pro-life advocate.  

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Steven Smith to discuss what healthy patriotism amidst the battle between nationalism and multiculturalism.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes John Rustin and Jere Royall to discuss the outcomes of the 2022 election and the implications it may have for North Carolina going forward.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Christopher Kaczor to discuss the importance of meaningful relationships in our lives during what he terms a “friendship recession.”

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Stephanie Gray Connors, author of the book Conceived by Science: Thinking Carefully and Compassionately about Infertility and IVF, to discuss alternatives to IVF for couples experiencing infertility. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Patrick T. Brown, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, to discuss the importance of a pro-family agenda in a post-Dobbs world.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes OB/GYN Dr. Susan Bane to discuss (and correct) some of the many myths surrounding abortion.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Jason Thacker to discuss how Christians should interact with technology in our increasingly digital age.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Leonard Sax to discuss combatting the negative impact of culture on our kids while building a healthy culture in its place.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Brad Littlejohn to discuss the migration trends that have been happening across the country over the last few years, resulting in many people moving to North Carolina.

This week on Family Policy Matters, we are re-airing a show from December 2019 with Dr. Michael Naughton, discussing his book, Getting Work Right: Labor and Leisure in a Fragmented World. Dr. Naughton shares how our culture often has a fundamental misunderstanding of “leisure” and how we need both work and leisure to live full lives.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes author Warren Farrell to discuss his new book The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Dr. Andy Jackson from the Civitas Center to discuss the status of two U.S. Supreme Court cases that will address North Carolina’s redistricting and election process.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Clare Morell to discuss the recent report she co-authored, entitled “Raising a Family in the Digital Age: A Technology Guide for Parents.”

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Dr. Brad Wilcox to discuss his recent report on marriage and cohabitation, entitled “The Religious Marriage Paradox: Younger Marriage, Less Divorce.”

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes J.P. De Gance, founder and president of Communio, to discuss a new initiative he's working on in Charlotte, North Carolina to help churches help strengthen marriages and families. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back ADF attorney Matt Sharp to discuss some of the U.S. Supreme Court’s biggest rulings for family values this past term, and what other cases are on the horizon.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Alexandra Davis to discuss her recent article in Public Discourse, entitled “The Toll of the Dwindling Birth Rate is Far Greater Than Underpopulation.”

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back NC Family’s John Rustin and Jere Royall as they discuss the pro-life landscape in North Carolina post-U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, which overturned Roe v. Wade.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes NC Family’s John Rustin and Jere Royall as they recap the highs and lows of the short legislative session at the North Carolina General Assembly.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Francis Maier to discuss his recent commencement address at Thomas More College on the subjects of leadership and decisiveness.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Luke Niforatos to discuss his recent article in NC Family’s Family North Carolina magazine, entitled “The Medical Marijuana Myth,” and particularly how it relates to the recent push to legalize “medical” marijuana in North Carolina.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with renowned journalist and author Alexandra DeSanctis to discuss the new book she co-wrote with Dr. Ryan T. Anderson, entitled Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing.

Note: This interview was recorded prior to the release of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Dr. Terry Stoops from the John Locke Foundation for Part 2 of a 2-part show. Dr. Stoops unpacks two recent reports from the NC Department of Public Instruction that evaluate K-12 student performance during the pandemic.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Dr. Terry Stoops from the John Locke Foundation for Part 1 of a 2-part show. Dr. Stoops unpacks two recent reports from the NC Department of Public Instruction that evaluate K-12 student performance during the pandemic.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Retired Lt. General Jerry Boykin to discuss FRC’s Stand Courageous ministry, which equips men to embrace Biblical masculinity and flourish as fathers, husbands, teachers, leaders, and citizens.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Brad Littlejohn, a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, to discuss why it is important to consider a wide variety of factors when voting for elected officials. 

This week on Family Policy Matters, we’re bringing you Part 2 of an excerpt from NC Family’s Raleigh Dinner, which was held on May 10, 2022, featuring Dr. Ryan T. Anderson of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Dr. Anderson discusses the four most contested “truths” in our culture, in Part 2 of a 2-part show.

This week on Family Policy Matters, we’re bringing you an excerpt from NC Family’s Raleigh Dinner, which was held on May 10, 2022, featuring Dr. Ryan T. Anderson of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Dr. Anderson discusses the four most contested “truths” in our culture, in Part 1 of a 2-part show.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court religious liberty and free speech case that Staver recently argued, Shurtleff v. City of Boston. The High Court issued a unanimous 9-0 ruling in Staver’s favor earlier this month.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Shawn Carney from 40 Days for Life to discuss his new book, What to Say When: The Complete Guide to Discussing Abortion.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Jeanette Doran, president and general counsel for the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law, to discuss NCICL’s recent resource for parents, entitled “Parents’ Constitutional Right to Parent Without Government Interference: What Every Parent Needs to Know.”

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Carter Snead to discuss his book What It Means to be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down Dr. Brad Littlejohn to discuss his recent article, “Resisting the Politics of Fear.”

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Wesley J. Smith to discuss the rise of a troubling “religion”—transhumanism—which elevates technology as the way to eternal life.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Vance Ginn to discuss poverty in America, and why we need a more holistic, less government-focused approach if we are to truly improve poverty rates in our country.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dianna Lightfoot and Emily Saunders from NC Physicians for Freedom to talk about the "Doctors Protecting Children Declaration" that they recently signed and their work to prevent children from being harmed by transgender "care."

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Arielle Del Turco to discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine, and how Christians in Ukraine, Russia, the U.S., and around the world can stand for Christ in the midst of this horrible conflict.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs sits down with Dr. Andy Jackson to discuss North Carolina’s recent (and complicated) redistricting process, and explain how our new legislative and congressional districts could impact the upcoming election.

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes ADF attorney Kevin Theriot to discuss the case of Love Life ministries, a NC pro-life nonprofit whose members were arrested in Greensboro—in violation of their First Amendment rights—for praying outside an abortion clinic.