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Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories
Louise Browne & Sarah Reinhardt

Two adult adoptees, Sarah Reinhardt and Louise Browne, delve into all things adoption - from their perspectives as adult adoptees. Each season Sarah... more

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Episodes

Cary: Coming to Terms with the Complexities of Adoption

Cary is a baby scoop-era adoptee who was born in a Florence Crittenton Home in Atlantic City NJ in 1964.... more

21 May 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Ellen: An Unexpected DNA Test Was Life-Changing

Ellen is a baby scoop-era New York State adoptee. She was adopted by a loving Greek American couple through a... more

14 May 2024 · 53 minutes
Simone: A Lifelong Search for Coherence

Simone Pajo was born in Auckland New Zealand in 1968, the baby scoop era. She was the middle child... more

07 May 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Ryan: A Foundling Looks for Answers

Ryan Anderson is a foundling and a transnational, transracial, and late discovery adoptee (LDA). Found on the street in El... more

27 Apr 2024 · 46 minutes
Jessica: For this Adoptee, Unsealed Records Reveal Answers Close to Home

Jessica is a 1970 baby scoop-era adoptee, who started discovering her roots at age 50. After more than 80 years... more

23 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Valerie: Mystic Masquerade, An Adoptee's Search for Truth

Valerie Naiman is an adoptee, singer, story-songwriter, eco-village founder, ontologist, and author. Her #1 bestseller book, Mystic Masquerade, an Adoptee's... more

16 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Chris: Unraveling the Mystery of Family History

Chris Valdheims is a domestic adoptee born in the late 1970s and adopted in the early 1980s after spending years... more

09 Apr 2024 · 53 minutes
Margaret Jane: For this Adoptee, the Questions Came Early

After being an only child all her life, Margaret Jane’s adoptive parents adopted four more children through the foster care... more

02 Apr 2024 · 59 minutes
Susan: I Would Meet You Anywhere

Susan Ito is the author of the memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, published by the Ohio State University Press... more

26 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Stacie: For This Adoptee, the Longing Tugged at her Heart

Stacie is a Canadian born and an adoptee to same race and religion parents in 1991-1992. She is part of... more

19 Mar 2024 · 59 minutes
Ken: The Unknown Led to Answers

Ken DeStefano is a domestic adoptee born in the late 1960's and raised in a caring and loving home. ... more

12 Mar 2024 · 49 minutes
Victoria: A Change in the Law Led to Search and Reunion

Victoria Rich never expected to search for her biological family. Always curious about her origins, she did a photography project... more

05 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
John: Operation Baby Lift and the Erasure of Culture

John Frey was born in Vietnam and brought to the United States as part of Operation Babylift when he was... more

27 Feb 2024 · 53 minutes
Kristal: Because She's Adopted

Kristal Parke is a talented Cree filmmaker, producer, podcast host, and adoptee, whose personal journey has driven her to explore... more

20 Feb 2024 · 55 minutes
Lorah: The Adopted Chameleon

Lorah Gerald is a same race, domestic, Baby Scoop Era, preRoe adoptee. She posts as The Adopted Chameleon on Facebook,... more

13 Feb 2024 · 58 minutes
Sarah: An International Adoptee Gives Back by Writing

Sarah D. Shearer is a writer, wife, and mother. She was adopted from Russia as a baby but has spent... more

06 Feb 2024 · 45 minutes
Roy: For this Neurodiverse Adoptee, Art and Music Helped Him Heal

Born in Edinburgh in 1963, Roy grew up an only child and always knew he was adopted, or as his... more

30 Jan 2024 · 56 minutes
Pam: A Rare Diagnosis Led This Adoptee on a Search

Pam Uzzell is a documentary filmmaker and podcaster currently living in Oakland, CA. She is the director and producer of... more

23 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Sally: For This Adoptee, Hard Life Lessons Are Paying Off

Sally King is an adult adoptee from the foster system. Growing up she knew she did not seem to fit... more

16 Jan 2024 · 1 hour,
Jane: A Late Reunion Brings Family and Answers

Jane is a baby scoop-era adoptee born in 1963 in Delaware to a 14 yr. old mother. After being in... more

09 Jan 2024 · 49 minutes
Sean: An Adoptee Faces the Rollercoaster of Reunion

Born in 1970, Sean Broderick was adopted at birth and always knew he was adopted as long as he can... more

02 Jan 2024 · 55 minutes
Katherine: A Lifelong Question is Finally Answered

Katherine Sanford is yet another adoptee caught up in the Baby Scoop Era of U.S. closed adoptions and the restrictive... more

26 Dec 2023 · 50 minutes
David and Moses: Season Five Finale

Join us for a deep dive into 'loss' with David Benjamin (guest:Season Two) and Moses Farrow (guest:Season Five). To find... more

19 Dec 2023 · 56 minutes
Koko: An Adoptee Becomes an Advocate

Nikole Shaw also known as "Koko" in the online community was born in Hawaiian Gardens, California, growing up in the... more

12 Dec 2023 · 54 minutes
Shelley: Her Self-Discovery Led to Lasting Peace

Shelley Jean is a baby scoop-era domestic adoptee born in 1970. She was in foster care for about 2 months... more

05 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Kevin: From Darkness to Joy

Kevin Barhydt is a YouTube creator and the author of Dear Stephen Michael’s Mother. His YouTube channel creates a safe... more

28 Nov 2023 · 56 minutes
Monica: Childhood Trauma Led to Empowerment

Monica Hall is an author, adoptee, and birthmother. She was born in Canada, adopted by American parents, and raised in... more

21 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Vicky: Starting a Family Led to Deep Discoveries

A few kismet moments in her early twenties led her on a journey of discovering who she looks like. Vicky... more

14 Nov 2023 · 42 minutes
Moses: Adoptee. Advocate. Therapist. Educator.

Moses Farrow, LMFT is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who has 20+ years of working in the mental health... more

07 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
Haley: Podcaster, Community-Builder, Connector

Haley Radke is an adoptee advocate and the creator and host of the popular podcast, Adoptees On, where adopted people... more

31 Oct 2023 · 57 minutes
Gregory: An Adoptee Gives Back

Gregory D. Luce is a Minnesota-based attorney born and adopted in the District of Columbia. He is the founder of... more

24 Oct 2023 · 47 minutes
Allison: An Adoptee Who Adopts Discusses the Complexities

Allison Olson is an adoptee from a closed adoption in 1979. She is also an adoptive parent, raising awareness of... more

17 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
Andy: When Reunion Doesn't Provide Closure

Andy was born Anthony in April 1970 in Paisley just outside Glasgow, Scotland in 1970. Although in a material sense,... more

10 Oct 2023 · 53 minutes
Jessica: Now What Do I Do? An Adoptee Finally Finds Answers.

Adopted in California in 1975, Jessica's family moved to Pennsylvania around the age of two. As a child, she slowly... more

03 Oct 2023 · 45 minutes
Rita: A Determined Spirit Finds Resolve

Rita W. Miller was relinquished into the social service foster care system at 6 months of age. In her mind,... more

26 Sep 2023 · 58 minutes
Season Four Finale - American Baby with Gabrielle Glaser and Margaret Erle Katz

Sarah and Louise have a powerful and meaningful discussion with Gabrielle Glaser, author of American Baby, and Margaret Erle Katz,... more

19 Sep 2023 · 54 minutes
Elle: For This Adoptee, the Truth Led to an Awakening

Elle Klassen is a Canadian who was born to a young woman of nineteen years of age in 1970. She... more

12 Sep 2023 · 1 hour,
Patrick: A Lonely Childhood Led to a Search for Identity

Patrick Hawes was born in North Carolina on August 10, 1970, and officially adopted in September 1970. From an early... more

05 Sep 2023 · 59 minutes
Janet: A Spouse and a Podcast Led This Adoptee to Reunion

Janet M was born in Virginia in the late 1970’s to a 16-year-old mother. At 6 weeks old she was... more

29 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Rivi: An Open Adoption Still Leaves Questions

Rivi Shocket was born in Baltimore Maryland in 1987. She was adopted two days after she was born and had... more

22 Aug 2023 · 37 minutes
Terrie: An Adoptee Heals Through Creativity

Terrie Novak was adopted as an infant in 1967. She and her adopted brother, Gene, grew up in the security... more

15 Aug 2023 · 56 minutes
Mike: Better Late than Never: An Adoptee Finally Finds Answers

Mike Berman was conceived in Bay City, Michigan in November 1944 and was born onAugust 8, 1945 in Nashville, Tennessee... more

08 Aug 2023 · 1 hour,
Mireille: An Unexpected Encounter Led to Reunion

Mireille Landry is an interracial adoptee who, alongside her identical twin sister, was adopted at 3 months old and... more

01 Aug 2023 · 45 minutes
Faith: For One Adoptee, a Health Scare Brought New Revelations

Faith Brady was born on 22 June 1969 and adopted one month later when the US landed on the moon.... more

25 Jul 2023 · 52 minutes
Chris: Home at Last: A Navajo Adoptee Finds His Place

Chris Stearns is Navajo and was adopted in the mid-1960s before the Indian Child Welfare Act existed. His mom was... more

18 Jul 2023 · 58 minutes
Nancy: For this Adoptee, the Story Didn't Add Up

Nancy Davis was born in Florida in 1949 and adopted by a family from New York. The adoption was private... more

11 Jul 2023 · 51 minutes
David E: Phantom Parents: An Adoptee Connects the Dots

An unofficial adoption. David Enker was born in Amsterdam in 1970, following the Summer of Love of 1969. Relinquished a... more

04 Jul 2023 · 47 minutes
Annie O: Where Is My Mum?

I’m Annie O. O stands for my last name. O is round. It’s a hole I still live in, that... more

27 Jun 2023 · 56 minutes
Mariela: Home Sweet Casa: A Colombian Adoptee Shares Her Story

Mariela Andersen is the author of "Home Sweet Casa: A Journey to The Universal Heart". Her book is the story... more

20 Jun 2023 · 54 minutes
Paige: The Family She Never Knew Lived Only Blocks Away

Paige Strickland is an Ohio “Baby-Scoop Era” adoptee, teacher, mom of two and grandmother of three. She is the author... more

13 Jun 2023 · 55 minutes
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories
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Mariela Andersen is the author of "Home Sweet Casa: A Journey to The Universal Heart". Her book is the story of her... more