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How Will They Know I’m Black?
Episode 199
Myra Jones-Taylor’s son is black, but it’s a constant struggle to get his peers and teachers to see him that way.
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6 years, 10 months ago
Transracial Adoption When You’re a POC
Episode 198
Listener Soni has always dreamed about adopting, but they never expected the adoption process to be so challenging. Plus, LST’s creator Hillary Frank…
6 years, 10 months ago
Lactation Muffins, Tape Measure Ponytails and Other Adventures in Adoption
Episode 197
When Nishta fell in love with her college professor Jill, she knew they were starting a journey without a roadmap.
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6 years, 10 months ago
What My Mother And I Don't Talk About
Episode 196
This week two different essays about the wounds our moms can leave us with — and what, if anything, can be done to start the healing.
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6 years, 10 months ago
Vasectomies! Get Nuts! Go Nads!
Episode 195
Over the years, we’ve talked a lot about women’s fertility and birth control. But, isn’t it about time we hear what it means when family planning is …
6 years, 11 months ago
One Mom’s Late-Term Abortion
Episode 194
Late-term abortions are extremely rare, except for in political rhetoric. We’ll hear the story behind the headlines from a mom who ended her pregnanc…
6 years, 11 months ago
The Qualities and Characteristics of 7th-Borns
Episode 193
Robby Hoffman is a comedian, and she is the seventh-born child in her family. She's never met another #7 ... until now.
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6 years, 11 months ago
The Political Power of Black Motherhood
Episode 192
Author Dani McClain explains what makes mothering an inherently political act, especially for black women.
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7 years ago
Dani Shapiro’s Family Secret
Episode 191
When a bestselling memoirist took a DNA test on a whim, the results were confusing. But then, her whole life suddenly made sense.
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7 years ago
Rewriting Your Adoption Story
Episode 190
When you decide to have a baby, you plan on extending your family. But when Nicole got pregnant, she took that really seriously.
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7 years, 1 month ago