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Alana: Finding Home in the Truth
Episode 28
Alana Godin, born in 1966 in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an adoptee raised in a family whose mother, after three sons, had longed for a daughter.…
9 months, 1 week ago
Annette: A Fragile Beginning
Episode 28
Annette started her life as part of the baby scoop era. Annette’s first six days of life were spent in the hospital while she awaited a decision by …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Jane: The Wound Beneath the Joy
Episode 27
Jane’s adoptive parents had only two weeks' notice of her arrival! At twelve days old, Jane was taken to her new family who lived on the Isle of Wigh…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Mary: Turning Questions into Advocacy
Episode 26
Mary is a Baby Scoop Era adoptee born in 1965. She was not adopted until she was almost 8 months old, after being moved to a couple of foster homes. …
10 months ago
Jodi: Art, Identity, and Reunion
Episode 25
Jodi is a Baby Scoop Era adoptee, born in Los Angeles, California, in 1966. For her, adoption has never been a single event but a lifelong journey of…
10 months, 1 week ago
Mike: Comedy Born from Truth
Episode 24
Mike Knox is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and performing artist whose work blends personal storytelling with observational h…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Recinda: From Orphanage to Art
Episode 23
Recinda is an artist, writer, and TikTok creator. The chasm between Recinda now and
the baby dropped off at an orphanage based in Beirut, Lebanon, is…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Stephanie: Breaking Silence, Building Connection
Episode 22
Stephanie was born in the Chicago suburbs in June 1983 and adopted 4 days after birth. Her birth mother was 19 years old and was an employee of an at…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Doug: Digging for Truth, Finding Belonging
Episode 21
Douglas Shaver was born at Florence Crittenton's Home for Unwed Mothers in Kansas City in 1968. He was adopted five weeks after birth. Though adopted…
11 months ago
Elena: Through Adopted Eyes
Episode 20
Elena S. Hall is a Russian adoptee, author, social worker, and the voice behind the Instagram page @ThroughAdoptedEyes. She is passionate about her f…
11 months, 1 week ago