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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
157 episodes
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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52:21
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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
Listening to Lived Experience with Sixto Cancel
This week, we’re joined by Sixto Cancel. Sixto is the founder and CEO of Think of Us, a non-profit advocacy organization that seeks to reform and transform the child welfare system, led and guided by peo...
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Season 8
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Episode 11
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25:39
Recapping the National Conference on Parent Representation with Kathleen Creamer
This week, Kathleen Creamer is returning to the EPPiC Broadcast. Kathleen is the managing attorney of the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia. This week, Kathleen gives us an overview of many topics under discussion...
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Season 8
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Episode 10
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41:08
Rewind: Better Outcomes for Families with Ernestine Gray
This week, we're rewinding to a a conversation with Ernestine Gray from April 2023.This week, we talk with former judge Ernestine Gray, who served for 35 years in the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court in Louisiana. During her tenure, the Or...
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Season 8
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44:13
Progress for Parental Rights in Texas with Andrew Brown
What effects would legislation proposed in various states have on families and the states' child welfare systems? To answer that, we looked to Texas, where the same measures have already become law. This week, we talked with Andrew Brown, vice ...
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Season 8
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Episode 9
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47:00
New Parental Rights Legislation, with Patti Sullivan
This week, we’re talking with Patti Sullivan, the Parental Rights Foundation's Florida State Coordinator. Patti and Michael were in DC to bring attention to two national bills aimed at protecting parental rights: the Families' Rights and Respon...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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26:42
The Child Welfare System and Homeschooling with James Mason
This week, we’re talking with James Mason, president and senior counsel at the Homeschool Legal Defense Association. Previously, James has served as the president of the Parental Rights Foundation and the host of the EPPiC Broadcast. T...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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33:48
Addressing Child Welfare Disproportionality in Minnesota, with Joanna Woolman
This week, Joanna Woolman returns to the podcast! Joanna is an associate professor of law at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law and the executive director of the Institute to Transform Child Prote...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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28:36
Do Parental Rights Come from the Government? with Will Estrada
This week we talk with Will Estrada, senior counsel at the Homeschool Legal Defense Association and former president of the Parental Rights Foundation, as well as the former host of the EPPiC Broadcast. Will has also served as attorney with the...
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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48:21
Diagnosing a Verdict with Michelle Weidner
This week, we’re talking with Michelle Weidner, executive director of the Family Justice Resource Center in Illinois, which represents families in CPS cases across the country. Michelle is also a parent...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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29:11
Rewind: A History of Child Welfare, with Martin Guggenheim
This week, we're rewinding to a a conversation with Martin Guggenheim from February 2021.In this episode, we talk with Martin Guggenheim, who has taught at the NYU School of Law for over 25 years, and is one of the foremost expert...
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Season 8
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Motherhood and CPS Surveillance with Kelly Fong
This week, we’re talking with Kelly Fong, author of Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services, published in 2023....
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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38:14
The Families Rights and Responsibilities Act, with Matt Sharp
This week, we’re talking with Matt Sharp, senior legal counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom. Matt tells us about the Families Rights and Responsibilities Act, recently introduced into the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives that aims to s...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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28:46
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