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EPPiC Broadcast
Welcome to the EPPiC Broadcast: Empowering Parents and Protecting Children. Featuring personal stories, breaking news, and insightful commentary, we’ll encourage and inform you on the issue of family and parental rights as you guide and protect that child who is your world. From the Parental Rights Foundation. The EPPiC Broadcast welcomes discussion on a variety of viewpoints regarding parental rights issues; however, the views and opinions expressed by guests are solely their own.
Episodes
168 episodes
Hidden Foster Care and Its Victims, with Sarah Katz and April Lee
Our topic for today is hidden foster care: a process wherein children are sent to live with relatives or friends in order to prevent foster care with strangers. Considered a “voluntary” placement, in reality it often involves coercion or threat...
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Season 10
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Episode 11
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In the Matter of Sapphire W., with Melissa Friedman, Zoë Allen, and David Shalleck-Klein
Today we discuss In Re: Sapphire W. with three attorneys who worked on the case: Melissa Friedman and Zoe Allen of the Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Practice and David Shalleck-Klein of the Family Justice Law Center. In Sapph...
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Season 10
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Episode 10
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Rewind: Why Reasonable Childhood Independence Matters, with Diane Redleaf
This week, we're rewinding to a conversation with Diane Redleaf from February 2024. Diane is the legal consultant at Let Grow, an organization that promotes reasonable childhood independence. She’s...
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Season 10
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Episode 9
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38:20
Supporting Parents Instead of Punishing Them, with Nora McCarthy
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! Our latest episode features Nora McCarthy, director of the NYC Family Policy Project and founder and former director of Rise, a NYC parent advocacy organization. Nora discusses her recently released...
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Season 10
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Episode 8
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27:35
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The Enemy that Is Illinois House Bill 2827, with Will Estrada
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! Our latest episode features Will Estrada, the Senior Counsel at the Home School Legal Defense Association, and former President of the Parental Rights Foundation. Will and Michael discuss a state bi...
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Parental Rights and Blindness, with Mark Riccobono
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! Our latest episode features Mark Riccobono, the President of the National Federation of the Blind. Mark has been a lifelong advocate for those with blindness and low-vision, and today he discusses h...
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Season 10
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Episode 6
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Arrested for Valuing Her Son’s Independence, with Brittany Patterson and David DeLugas
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! Our latest episode features Brittany Patterson, a Georgia mother who made headlines when she was arrested after her 10-year-old walked to the store solo; and David DeLugas, executive director of Par...
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Season 10
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Episode 5
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1:03:40
Recent and Future CPS Reforms in Texas, with Andrew Brown
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! Our latest episode features Andrew Brown, Vice President of Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and an attorney who has represented families harmed by the child welfare system. Today, he t...
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Season 10
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Episode 4
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33:39
Minimizing the Government’s Role in Families’ Lives, with Grover Norquist
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! Our latest episode features Grover Norquist, the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, a political advocacy group fighting for lower taxes. Today, he talks about limiting the government...
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Season 10
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Episode 3
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25:21
The African American Family Preservation Act Victory, with Kelis Houston
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! Our latest episode features Kelis Houston, the founder of Village Arms, a community organization dedicated to reducing the number of African American children removed from their families by Minnesota's Child...
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Season 10
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Episode 2
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22:28
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Parents’ Educational Choices Past and Present, with Kerry McDonald
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! We’re kicking off season 10 with returning guest Kerry McDonald. Kerry is an educational scholar and author, and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. Today she discusses the his...
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Season 10
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Episode 1
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35:23
How the Child Welfare System Affects Parents, with Shanta Trivedi
For our final episode of Season 9, we welcome Shanta Trivedi, who is both an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, and the Faculty Director of the University’s Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Chi...
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Season 9
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Episode 12
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45:57
The Common Ground of Parental Rights, with Vivek Sankaran and Michael Farris
This week, we welcome Vivek Sankaran and Michael Farris to the podcast. Vivek is a professor of law at the Michigan University School of Law and Director of their Child Advocacy Law Clinic. Michael is a constitutional law scholar, foundin...
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Season 9
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Episode 12
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31:21
When CPS Is at the Door, with Jim Mason, Kathleen Creamer, and Martin Guggenheim
This week, we have the privilege of hosting not one, not two, but three guests! We speak with Jim Mason, the president of the Home School Legal Defense Association, Kathleen Creamer, the managing attorney at Community Legal Services’ F...
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Season 9
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Episode 11
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55:25
Rewind: Before You Call CPS, with Vivek Sankaren
This week, we're rewinding to a conversation with Vivek Sankaran from June 2021. When faced with a struggling family, bystanders can be quick to call CPS, not realizing that child protective agencies often aren't equipped to help f...
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Season 9
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100 Years of Pierce v. Society of Sisters, with Melissa Moschella
This week, our guest is Melissa Moschella, professor of practice and philosophy at Notre Dame University’s McGrath Center for Church Life. Her areas of expertise include natural law, biomedical ethics, and the family, especially parental rights...
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Season 9
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Episode 9
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43:43
Parents Defending Education, with Nicki Neily
This week, our guest is Nicki Neily, the founder and president of Parents Defending Education. Parents Defending Education is a national grassroots organization working to preserve parents’ voices in their children’s public school education. To...
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Season 9
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Episode 8
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22:34
Star Wars and CPS, with Josh Gupta-Kagan
What does the recent Star Wars show The Acolyte have to do with the flaws in our real-world child welfare system? As it turns out, more than you might think! This week, our guest is Josh Gupta-Kagan, a clinical professor of...
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Season 9
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Episode 7
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29:32
Narrowing the Front Door, with Angela Burton
Our guest this week is Angela Burton, founder and co-chair of the New York City Narrowing the Front Door workgroup. Angela is also the founder of the Repeal CAPTA workgroup. Previously, Angela has worked within the New York State child welfare ...
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Season 9
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Episode 6
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33:07
Parental Rights & Appreciation Month, with Jackie Rosario and Patti Sullivan
This week, we talk with Jackie Rosario, board member at the Indian River Public School Board in Florida, and Patti Sullivan, Parental Rights Foundation State Coordinator in Florida. The Indian River Public School Board recently passed a proclam...
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Season 9
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Episode 5
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35:24
The Science of the Teenage Brain with Jane Anderson
Today, we welcome Jane Anderson onto the podcast. Dr. Anderson is the Vice President of the American College of Pediatricians, and author of the paper “
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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42:49
Considering All Options with Vivek Sankaran
This week’s guest is Vivek Sankaran, a professor of law at the Michigan University School of Law and Director of their Child Advocacy Law Clinic. Vivek recently argued two cases in front of the Michigan Supreme Court, which highlight the harms ...
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Season 9
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Episode 3
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30:29
Looking at Homeschooling Law in West Virginia, with Kevin Boden
This week, our guest is Kevin Boden, an attorney at the Home School Legal Defense Association. Kevin tells us about some potential changes to homeschooling law in West Virginia, and makes his case for why the state laws governing homeschooling ...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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30:31
Working Toward Systemic Child Welfare Reform, with Chris Gottlieb
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! We’re kicking off season 9 with returning guest Christine Gottlieb. Chris has been newly appointed the Director of the New York University School of Law's Family Defense Clinic. Today she tells us a...
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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23:20
