EPPiC Broadcast

Andrew Clark is the founder and president of Yes Every Kid, an organization which works to change the nation's standardized approach to education, pushing towards a focus on serving the unique needs of every student. He is also a veteran of the Stand Together community, and a skilled lobbyist and political tactician, having worked on state policies ranging from food trucks to Social Security. Today, he and Michael discuss the recent survey done by Yes Every Kid on educational freedom in Ameri...

Dr. Mical Raz is a professor of Public Health & Policy, History, and Clinical Medicine at the University of Rochester. Mical earned her PhD and MD from Tel Aviv University in 2007 and 2009, respectively, and has since completed her residency and post-doctoral fellowships at Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. She has written numerous journal articles on child welfare and is the author of four books. Today’s conversation revolves around her conclusions from her most recently rel...

Dr. Peter Gray, a research professor emeritus of psychology at Boston College, joins us to share his expertise across developmental psychology, neuroendocrinology, anthropology, and education. He is the author of a widely acclaimed introductory psychology textbook, currently in its eighth edition. He also wrote the popular book, Free to Learn, emphasizing the importance of childhood freedom to learn. Dr. Gray’s recent scholarly work explores how play shaped human evolution and how children na...

This week, we're rewinding to a conversation with Vivek Sankaran and Michael Farris from November 2024. 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, founding president of the Parental Rights Foundation, and the former CEO and president of Alliance Defending Freedom. Although they come from different sides of the political spectrum, Vivek and Michael both submitted amic...

Lenore Skenazy, President of Let Grow and founder of the Free-Range Kids movement, joins Michael Ramey to discuss a recent Virginia case involving a mother who was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after allowing her five-year-old son to walk alone in their gated community. She received a six-month jail sentence that was suspended, while the child welfare investigation also resulted in her placement on Virginia’s child abuse and neglect registry. The conversation examine...