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GrapevineAuthor: NBC News
In August 2022, at a packed school board meeting in Grapevine, Texas, a mom approaches the microphone and describes the exact nightmare that Republican politicians have been warning about. She accuses a teacher of convincing her child to change genders. As a result, she says, I lost my son. But when NBC News reporters Mike Hixenbaugh and Antonia Hylton look into this mothers allegations, they find a different story: of a transgender child desperately wanting to be heard, a mother determined to put God first and an English teacher caught in the middle. And they discover this isnt just a story about one broken family. Its also a story about a fringe religious movement wielding newfound power and the revival of a long-simmering quest by evangelicals to remake American education based on their version of biblical values. From NBC News Studios and the team behind the Peabody Award-winning series Southlake, Grapevine is a podcast about faith and power and what it means to protect children in an American suburb. Language: en Genres: News Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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They Came for the Schools
Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
In an exclusive audio excerpt from Chapter 1 of “They Came for the Schools: One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's Classrooms,” author Mike Hixenbaugh uncovers Southlake’s history, demonstrating how policies meant to protect the town from outside development a half-century ago helped plant the seeds for conflicts over diversity, equity and inclusion—conflicts that are now tearing apart suburbs across the nation.For more details and to purchase the book, on sale May 14, 2024, follow this link: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/they-came-for-the-schools-mike-hixenbaugh?variant=41284682088482 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.








