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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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 7 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, 7 months ago
Rebeccah: From Self-Discovery to Healing.
Episode 14
Rebeccah Carlson is a transracial adoptee born in Georgia and raised in the Midwest. Growing up, she often felt a sense of disenfranchised grief and …
1 year, 7 months ago
Jill: DNA Pushed This Adoptee Out of the Fog
Episode 13
Jill was conceived in Washington and born in Texas, adopted at birth during the Baby Scoop era, in a closed-file adoption through Home of the Holy In…
1 year, 7 months ago
Mike: Finding Strength in Connection
Episode 12
Born in 1970 in Iowa, Mike was adopted at just 10 days old. His adoptive father passed away in 1972, leaving Mike and his family to navigate life wit…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ann: Sleuthing and DNA Led to Answers
Episode 11
Ann is a Baby Scoop-era adoptee. Born to teenage parents in the early 1960s, she was adopted when she was not quite two weeks old. She’s always known…
1 year, 8 months ago