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Family Policy Matters

A weekly podcast from the North Carolina Family Policy Council 

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Jun 15, 2026

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Aubree Adams, Director of Every Brain Matters, to discuss the how her family was harmed by marijuana and what parents and legislators need to know to protect others. 

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May 26, 2026

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Erica Spivey, Senior Director of Training and Church Mobilization at Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina, to discuss their new initiative to equip churches to care for the nearly 11,000 children in foster care across the state. 

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May 11, 2026

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Kenneth Finn, a pain medicine physician and author of Cannabis in Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach, to discuss a scientific look at the real-life harms that come with the legalization of marijuana. 

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Apr 28, 2026

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Melissa McKay, founder of the Digital Childhood Institute, to discuss her efforts to protect children online and the App Store Accountability Act. 

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Apr 21, 2026

This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Dr. Jared Horvath, a neuroscientist and author of the book The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids’ Learning - And How To Help Them Thrive Again, to discuss the damage that technology has done to learning and what can be done...