The upEND Podcast

We can build a society where children and families are strengthened and supported, not surveilled and separated. The upEND Podcast illustrates that the “child welfare” system is beyond reform and needs to be abolished. The only solution to ending the harm of what we name the family policing system is a fundamental reimagining of the way society cares for children and families.

Why We Need Abortion Doulas (with Ash Williams)
Apr 24, 2025 – 00:37:26
Adult Preschool (with Nalo Zidan)
Mar 27, 2025 – 01:06:18
Cops in Cardigans (with Erica Meiners)
Mar 5, 2025 – 01:11:54
Unbuild Walls (with Silky Shah)
Feb 12, 2025 – 00:58:47
Warrior Women (with Marcella Gilbert)
Nov 28, 2024 – 00:57:16
In Solidarity - upEND Convening Live Recording
Nov 13, 2024 – 00:53:44
The Real Cost of Prisons (with Bianca Tylek)
Oct 24, 2024 – 00:39:29
Becoming Internationalists (with Nadia Ben-Youssef and Tarek Ismail)
Oct 3, 2024 – 01:06:22
Season 2 Trailer
Sep 17, 2024 – 00:02:55
Season One Finale (with Maya Pendleton and Alan Dettlaff)
Feb 16, 2024 – 01:06:12
Playground Experiments (with Maya Schenwar)
Jan 23, 2024 – 01:08:28
Reforms Don’t Work (with Dylan Rodríguez and Maya Pendleton)
Dec 13, 2023 – 01:03:12
Family Defenders (with Joyce McMillan and Shanta Trivedi)
Nov 21, 2023 – 00:51:58
Help is NOT on the Way (with Victoria Copeland and Brianna Harvey)
Nov 1, 2023 – 00:56:18
Repeal CAPTA (with Richard Wexler, Mical Raz, and Angela Burton)
Oct 5, 2023 – 01:01:21
Save the Children! (with Dorothy Roberts and Geoff Ward)
Sep 20, 2023 – 01:00:34
The Story Starts Here (with Ndjuoh MehChu and Vanessa M. Holden)
Sep 5, 2023 – 01:09:59
An Introduction to Family Policing Abolition (with Alan Dettlaff)
Jun 12, 2023 – 00:35:29