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The Debate Channel

20 September 2021 - 42 mins explicit
Podcast Series Southlake

The election to fill two school board seats takes center stage—and becomes a referendum on the school district’s diversity plan. At a secretly recorded meeting, members of Southlake Families PAC grill a prospective candidate about conservative political causes, from opposition to Black Lives Matter to abortion. As school board candidates debate whether Carroll's code of conduct is enough to protect students, a queer 16-year-old takes a complaint of harassment to Carroll Senior High School’s principal — and the response leaves her feeling even less safe at school. In the final days before the election, candidates knock on doors, and outgoing Mayor Laura Hill gives a speech calling opponents o...

42 mins

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Grapevine - Ep. 6: A Final Lesson

Grapevine - Ep. 6: A Final Lesson

Grapevine votes in a school board election driven by religion and LGBTQ inclusion. The student and teacher at the center of it all decide how to move forward.

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Grapevine - Ep. 5: Open The Floodgates

Grapevine - Ep. 5: Open The Floodgates

Amid a battle at the Texas statehouse over religion and LGBTQ rights, three nonbinary students reflect on their Grapevine High experiences.

44 mins

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Grapevine - Ep. 4: A Raging Fire

Grapevine - Ep. 4: A Raging Fire

A man goes public about growing up gay in a fundamentalist Christian home in Texas. A teacher is at a loss after removing LGBTQ symbols from her classroom.

43 mins

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Grapevine - Ep. 3: A Harvest Is Coming

Grapevine - Ep. 3: A Harvest Is Coming

A student in Grapevine, Texas, plans to escape her mother as she’s caught in an anti-trans battle involving her family, her English teacher and her school.

47 mins

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Grapevine - Ep. 2: The Seven Mountains

Grapevine - Ep. 2: The Seven Mountains

Conservatives aim to embed fringe Christian values in schools. A cellphone company tries to win school board seats to that end, emulating Southlake.

44 mins

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