This week on Politics for Happy People, Joseph Backholm and Ashley Vaughan discuss the growing debate surrounding privacy and safety in North Carolina schools. The episode highlights firsthand stories from female students who say they have encountered biological males in girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms, and explores the legal, cultural, and political battles surrounding Title IX, school board policies, and state legislation.

The conversation features powerful audio from students speaking directly to lawmakers and school officials, as well as reactions from Congressman Addison McDowell. Joseph and Ashley also unpack how this issue has become a flashpoint in local schools, state government, and national politics — while discussing the broader questions of truth, safety, parental concerns, and public policy.

This episode examines why so many families believe North Carolina lawmakers must act to protect privacy in female spaces and why this issue continues to resonate with parents across the state.

In this special episode of Politics for Happy People, Joseph Backholm sits down with detransitioner and advocate Prisha Mosley to hear her deeply personal story of gender transition, regret, and healing. Prisha shares how online communities, medical professionals, and cultural messaging led her down a path of social and medical transition beginning as a teenager struggling with anorexia, trauma, and identity confusion.

Together, they discuss the growing debate around gender ideology, social transition, parental rights, medical ethics, and the long-term consequences of irreversible interventions. Prisha also opens up about the moment that changed everything, her journey back to embracing reality, and how becoming a mother transformed her perspective on life, identity, and hope.

In this episode of Politics for Happy People, Joseph and Ashley break down the growing legal and cultural battle surrounding mifepristone — the abortion pill now used in the majority of abortions in America. They discuss the serious health risks associated with chemical abortions, the recent court case that could reshape the abortion landscape nationwide. The conversation also explores North Carolina’s current laws, the role of the FDA, and the troubling stories of coercion and abuse tied to abortion pills being distributed without proper medical oversight.