Grapevine

4.3 (720)
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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 mother’s 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 isn’t just a story about one broken family. It’s 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.

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Introducing: Grapevine

Two years after conservative activists turned critical race theory into a right-wing rallying cry, the political fight has shifted. The team behind the Peabody Award-winning podcast Southlake tells the story of one family broken apart in the midst of a new anti-LGBTQ culture war, and the high school English teacher caught in the middle.

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3 min

4.3

out of 5

720 Ratings

Grapevine is Racist

09/04/2024

Chrissithompson

Please I beg of you, do something about what they did to us in 1993 in Grapevine. The writing has been on the wall for years
Important story—Ignore the Trolls

06/18/2024

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Vitally important stories about so-called “Christians” and their pursuit of white nationalism. Democracy and pluralism are under threat from the cowardly “Christians.” We all need to be paying attention. Grapevine and Southlake are truly vile, racist, homophobic places. Ignore the trolls from those places. Also read Mike Hixenbaugh’s book First They Came for the Schools. Excellent.
Heartbreaking and real

12/03/2023

taranole

This is a very well made podcast about the horror being inflicted on teachers and how it impacts them and their students. I come from a family of teachers and in the last 3 years this job is impossible. First covid and now they’re being accused of making kids gay/trans?? They just want to teach your kids math! I’m 30, who’s gonna be my doctor when I’m 60? A person who learned that god buried dinosaur bones bc that’s how low education has dipped by then?? We are making a whole generation of stupid kids.
Trash

06/08/2024

mditty80

Trash podcast

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 mother’s 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 isn’t just a story about one broken family. It’s 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.