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Live Episode from Minneapolis: Candi
Episode 2
Born in the Baby Scoop Era in 1969, Candi was adopted at five days old in a closed adoption. While loved by her adoptive family, adoption was rarely …
1 day, 12 hours ago
Samantha: The Art of Becoming Whole
Episode 1
S13, ep.1: Samantha
Samantha Verrone is an interdisciplinary artist. Exploration of how time is spent, what holds our attention and a slow, mindful m…
1 week, 1 day ago
Jean: The Adoption Paradox: Putting Adoption in Perspective
Episode 29
Season 12 Final: Jean Kelly Widner is the author of The Adoption Paradox: Putting Adoption into Perspective, a powerful exploration of the complex re…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Pushpa: The Courage to Belong
Episode 28
Pushpa Devi is an author and creative director whose work explores identity, belonging, courage, and the meaning of home. Born in India, she was adop…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Janice: Adopted, Adored, and Afraid
Episode 27
Janice Jones was adopted in 1947 at age four-and-a-half months by charismatic doctor and surgeon, Ralph Beare, and his socialite wife, Lou, of Celina…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Bryan: From Fear to Love
Episode 26
Bryan Post is a leading expert in child behavior, adoption trauma, and love-based parenting. A former foster child himself, Bryan has dedicated over …
1 month ago
Laurie: Journey to the Truth
Episode 155
Born in 1968 during the Baby Scoop Era, Laurie was placed in foster care after birth and adopted at six weeks old by a loving family who had already …
1 month, 1 week ago
Elle: Adopted Into Silence
Episode 24
Elle is a baby-scoop-era domestic adoptee born in NYC in May of 1969. She was adopted 2 months later into what was supposed to be a stable, religious…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Mishelle: Harnessing the Strength Within
Episode 23
Mishelle: The name on her birth certificate was Baby Girl Powers. A name that meant nothing at the time—just a placeholder. But the powers she gained…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Diane: The Art of Finding Home
Episode 22
Diane, an accomplished artist who has created work for most of her life in the San Francisco Bay Area, was adopted in 1964 by a couple who thought th…
2 months ago