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
149 episodes
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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1:07:57
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
Why Reasonable Childhood Independence Matters, with Diane Redleaf
Welcome back to the EPPiC Broadcast! We’re kicking off season 8 with a returning appearance of Diane Redleaf. Diane is the legal consultant at Let Grow, an organization that promotes reasonable childh...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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38:20
A Conversation 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 7
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Episode 15
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55:27
International Homeschooling, with Kevin Boden
This week we talk with Kevin Boden, director of HSLDA International. Kevin tells us about the victories and challenges homeschooling is facing internationally. Kevin is the lead attorney for the Romeike family, who came to the US in 2006 after ...
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Season 7
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Episode 14
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43:50
Homeschooling and Parental Rights, with Jim Mason
This week we talk with Jim Mason, president of the Home School Legal Defense Association and former president of ParentalRights.org and the Parental Rights Foundation. In this episode, Jim explains how homeschooling has grown from i...
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Season 7
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Episode 13
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48:00
The Case for Abolishing Family Court, with Jane Spinak
This week we talk with Jane Spinak, author of The End of Family Court: How Abolishing the Court Brings Justice to Children and Families. Jane is a Clinical Profe...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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54:26
Catching Up with Michael Farris
This week we talk with Michael Farris, constitutional law scholar, founding president of ParentalRights.org, and the former CEO and president of Alliance Defending Freedom. In this episode, Michael responds t...
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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33:11
New York’s ACS and Disproportionality with Joyce McMillan
This week, we talk with Joyce McMillian. Joyce is a thought leader, advocate, community organizer, educator, and the Founder and Executive Director of Just Making A Change for Families (JMACforFamilies...
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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53:37
Giving the Choice to Parents, with Melissa Moschella
This week, we talk with Melissa Moschella, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, where her teaching focuses on bioethics and the moral and political status of the family. Melissa is also the author of To W...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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51:23