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Gregory: An Adoptee Gives Back
Episode 5
Gregory D. Luce is a Minnesota-based attorney born and adopted in the District of Columbia. He is the founder of Adoptee Rights Law Center, where he …
2 years, 7 months ago
Allison: An Adoptee Who Adopts Discusses the Complexities
Episode 4
Allison Olson is an adoptee from a closed adoption in 1979. She is also an adoptive parent, raising awareness of current harmful narratives in childr…
2 years, 7 months ago
Andy: When Reunion Doesn't Provide Closure
Episode 3
Andy was born Anthony in April 1970 in Paisley just outside Glasgow, Scotland in 1970. Although in a material sense, his childhood was relatively aff…
2 years, 7 months ago
Jessica: Now What Do I Do? An Adoptee Finally Finds Answers.
Episode 2
Adopted in California in 1975, Jessica's family moved to Pennsylvania around the age of two. As a child, she slowly moved in with the neighbors when …
2 years, 8 months ago
Rita: A Determined Spirit Finds Resolve
Episode 1
Rita W. Miller was relinquished into the social service foster care system at 6 months of age. In her mind, Rita believes that her biological mother …
2 years, 8 months ago
Season Four Finale - American Baby with Gabrielle Glaser and Margaret Erle Katz
Sarah and Louise have a powerful and meaningful discussion with Gabrielle Glaser, author of American Baby, and Margaret Erle Katz, whose story is the…
2 years, 8 months ago
Elle: For This Adoptee, the Truth Led to an Awakening
Episode 14
Elle Klassen is a Canadian who was born to a young woman of nineteen years of age in 1970. She was relinquished and then placed with her adoptive fam…
2 years, 8 months ago
Patrick: A Lonely Childhood Led to a Search for Identity
Episode 13
Patrick Hawes was born in North Carolina on August 10, 1970, and officially adopted in September 1970. From an early age, Patrick knew he was adopted…
2 years, 9 months ago
Janet: A Spouse and a Podcast Led This Adoptee to Reunion
Episode 12
Janet M was born in Virginia in the late 1970’s to a 16-year-old mother. At 6 weeks old she was placed via a closed adoption into a loving home with …
2 years, 9 months ago
Rivi: An Open Adoption Still Leaves Questions
Episode 11
Rivi Shocket was born in Baltimore Maryland in 1987. She was adopted two days after she was born and had an open adoption. From the time she was a to…
2 years, 9 months ago