Episodes

• 2021

• The Modern Genocide of the Uyghur People

  This 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.
  April 12, 2021

  16 min

• SCOTUS Defends First Amendment Rights

  This 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.
  April 5, 2021

  16 min

• Breaking Down And Building Up

  This 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 from March 2019.
  March 29, 2021

  16 min

• The Dangerous Inequalities Of The “Equality Act”

  This 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.
  March 22, 2021

  16 min

• The Real Victims of Transgender Ideology (Part 2)

  This 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.
  March 15, 2021

  16 min

• The Real Victims of Transgender Ideology (Part 1)

  This 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.
  March 8, 2021

  16 min

• The Future of NC Schools

  This 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.
  March 1, 2021

  16 min

• Courage to Stand

  This 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.
  February 22, 2021

  16 min

• United for Life (Part 2)

  This 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.
  February 15, 2021

  15 min

• United for Life (Part 1)

  This 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.
  February 8, 2021

  16 min

• What is the US Supreme Court?

  This 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.
  February 1, 2021

  16 min

• NC Public Policy & 2021

  This 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.
  January 25, 2021

  16 min

• Fathering for a Lifetime

  This 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.
  January 19, 2021

  16 min

• Leadership vs. Celebrity (Part 2)

  This 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.
  January 11, 2021

  16 min

• Leadership vs. Celebrity (Part 1)

  This 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.
  January 4, 2021

  16 min
• 2020

• Defending Human Rights in Technology

  This 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.
  December 28, 2020

  16 min

• The Music of Christmas

  This 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.
  December 21, 2020

  16 min

• Technology vs. Humanity

  This 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.
  December 14, 2020

  16 min

• A Pandemic's Homeschooling Surge

  This 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.
  December 7, 2020

  16 min

• Recapping the 2020 Election

  This 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.
  November 30, 2020

  16 min