Podcast Episodes

Interview with Jude Conn

Jude Conn is from the greater Charlotte, North Carolina area. She is a certified professional massage therapist and Reiki Master as well as a contemp…

4 years, 7 months ago

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Interview with Michelle Madden

Season 1 Episode 5

Michelle Madden is a fellow Baby Scoop era adoptee. She is also a mom, a Reading Specialist who has been working as a Special Education teacher for m…

4 years, 7 months ago

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Interview with Julie Ryan McGue

Julie Ryan McGue is the author of  the award winning memoir Twice a Daugher; a Search for Identity, Family and Belonging. To say her book is well-wri…

4 years, 8 months ago

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Adoptee Remembrance Day

For my dear friend, Jean. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://theadoptionfilescom.wordpress.com/2021/10/30/adoptee-remembrance-day…

4 years, 8 months ago

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Adoptee Remembrance Day, a Day Early

I wrote this in memory of my adoptive, adopted little brother, who I miss every day. Like me, he was not told as a child that we were adopted. I miss…

4 years, 8 months ago

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Total Strangers

TThis was written as a kind of companiion piece to my interview with Andrea Steiner Coates. I hope you will take a moment to listen. Thank you! this …

4 years, 8 months ago

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Interview with Andrea Steiner Coates

Season 1 Episode 3

Welcome to the Adoption Files Podcast! Today my guest is Andrea Steiner Coates. Andrea is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a DNA Search Angel, and …

4 years, 8 months ago

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Social Worker Interviews

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://theadoptionfilescom.wordpress.com/2021/07/25/social-worker-interviews/ Many people are unaware…

4 years, 8 months ago

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Compelling Evidence

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://theadoptionfilescom.wordpress.com/2021/06/22/compelling-evidence/  The requirement that an ado…

4 years, 8 months ago

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Disclosure Vetoes

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://theadoptionfilescom.wordpress.com/2021/10/21/disclosure-vetoes/  Disclosure vetoes and Redacti…

4 years, 8 months ago

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