Épisodes

  • 90 Budgets and Bans
    Jun 24 2025
    Susan gives us an update on the legislature budget shenanigans, and Renee and Susan discuss Wake County's new cell phone policy.
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    32 min
  • 89 A Full-Circle Moment: Legislative Update
    Jun 2 2025
    Renee and Susan discuss what bills made (and didn’t make) crossover, and how this represents a full-circle moment in their advocacy journeys. Notes: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/h636
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    29 min
  • 88 Ableism 101 and RFK Jr.
    May 12 2025
    Show Notes: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-robert-f-kennedy-jr-s-statements-on-autism https://autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/leading-autism-organizations-release-joint-statement-on-upholding-scientific-integrity-and-supporting-the-autism-community/ https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/euthanasia-program https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/04/22/autism-what-to-know https://ejanc.org/2025/04/why-new-school-discipline-executive-order-should-be-ignored/ https://www.jacksonlewis.com/insights/does-employer-disparate-impact-liability-still-exist-latest-eo-pushes-eliminate-it
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    25 min
  • 87 Maybe It's Poor Service, Maybe It's Deliberate Policy Choices
    Apr 28 2025

    Renee and Susan talk about why everything in the NC government seems both expensive and poorly run. (Hint: it’s the legislature. It’s always the legislature).

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    24 min
  • 86 What Is SEL, Anyway?
    Apr 14 2025

    Susan and Renee welcome a special guest to give us the scoop on SEL: what it means, what it looks like in schools, and why it makes extremists mad.

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    26 min
  • 85 You’ve Gotta Fight For Your Right to Party
    Apr 1 2025

    Susan and Renee talk about party politics (again) and the kind of fight they’re looking for in party leaders.

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    25 min
  • 84 Disability Rights and Trans Kids Under Attack
    Mar 17 2025

    Susan talks about the latest threats to 504 and Renee highlights our Trans kids as well as our school boards actions.

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    29 min
  • 83 Eggs and Issues and the Overwhelm of Bad Bills
    Mar 3 2025
    Susan gives a breakdown of the Public School's Forum annual Eggs and Issues Event. Renee gives tips to help us all deal with the overwhelm of bad bills hitting us all at the same time. Show Notes: https://www.ncforum.org/
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    23 min