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Heather: A Longing Led to Searching
Episode 7
Heather G. Marshall is an adoptee, author, speaker, and workshop facilitator. Her TED talk, “Letting Go of Expectations,” centers around her adoption…
1 year, 1 month ago
Kate: For This Adoptee, the Surprises Kept Coming
Episode 6
Kate was born at a Florence Crittenton home in Kansas City, MO, in 1970 and placed with her adoptive family at 9 days old. She always knew she was ad…
1 year, 1 month ago
Mike: From Adoption to Discovery
Episode 5
Mike Brettmann was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1958 and adopted a few days later. He grew up on a small farm in Iowa with a brother who was adopted …
1 year, 1 month ago
Ellianna: The Power of Reverse Healing
Episode 4
Ellianna was born prematurely in a county hospital in Portland, OR, in 1968. She had been relinquished at birth, so she stayed in the hospital alone …
1 year, 2 months ago
Becky: Shifting Perspectives of Adoption
Episode 3
Becky is a scientist, mother, wife, and baby scoop era adoptee who lives with her husband and biological daughter in Oregon. She was born in Californ…
1 year, 2 months ago
Chris: Recorded Live Podcast Episode
Episode 2
Chris Williams was born in Downtown Los Angeles at Queen of Angels Hospital and adopted when he was just a few months old. His journey has been anyth…
1 year, 2 months ago
Christine: A Bittersweet Reunion
Episode 1
Christine is an adoptee born in January of 1972, at the tail end of the baby scoop era. She was adopted in March of that year through Catholic Family…
1 year, 2 months ago
Angela: You Should Be Grateful. Season 9 Finale
Episode 17
Angela Tucker is a Black transracial adoptee and the author of "You Should Be Grateful:" Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption, publish…
1 year, 2 months ago
Santo: The Journey to Belong
Episode 16
Dr. Santo D. Marabella, born in a Catholic orphanage in Aosta, Italy, and flown to the United States just one week shy of his first birthday, was one…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sharla: For This Adoptee, the Truth Came Later
Episode 154
Placed for adoption through a West Texas county children’s home, Sharla is a “Baby Scoop”-era adoptee. Sharla’s biological mother moved across the st…
1 year, 3 months ago