About this podcast
The podcast where adoptees discuss the adoption experience. This is not the usual adoption talk. You will find real, raw, and deep feelings addressed in these interviews. No sugar-coating here! Come and laugh, cry, learn and heal with us.
Adult adoptees share stories of search, reunion, and secondary rejection. Adoptees On also curates recommended resources to encourage and educate the adoption community about adoptee issues.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 346 episodes
- Tanya Kaanta, Ph.D. · 55 min · Episode 334334 | Tanya Kaanta, Ph.D. Today I'm joined by Dr. Tanya Kaanta, the owner and director of The Ties Program, which guides adoptees and their loved ones on heritage journeys to…
- Introducing On Adoption · 3 minFollow On Adoption on Apple Podcasts | Spotify The truth behind an industry built on family separation. This podcast presents reporting, interviews, and analysis on matters of…
- [Healing Series] Intensive with Dr. Julie Lopez · 53 min · Episode 333333 | [Healing Series] Intensive with Dr. Julie Lopez This is a special episode in our healing series where I interview therapists who are also adoptees themselves, so they know…
- Danna Schmidt · 54 min · Episode 332332 | Danna Schmidt Today's guest is Danna Schmidt, a writer and celebrant. At eighteen, Danna found herself working in a courthouse with her own sealed adoption file within…
- Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello · 53 min · Episode 331331 | Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello Today's guest is poet Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello. Marci shares about growing up in a deeply religious adoptive family. We talk about…
- Deanna Shrodes, D.Min. · 51 min · Episode 330330 | Deanna Shrodes, D.Min. Today, Deanna Shrodes returns to share the remarkable story behind her new book, Finding Mr. Greek, about searching for, finding, and reuniting with…
- Alex Blum · 52 min · Episode 329329 | Alex Blum Today's guest is Alex Blum, author of An Accident of Birth. Alex shares his story of how he reconnected with his three full biological brothers through DNA…
- 10 Years of Adoptees On with Haley Radke, Sullivan Summer, and Kristal Parke · 1 h 4 min · Episode 328328 | 10 Years of Adoptees On with Haley Radke, Sullivan Summer, and Kristal Parke I'm the creator and host of this show, which aired it's first episode on July 1, 2016, a full…
- Beth Yu Simpson, MSW, LICSW · 59 min · Episode 327327 | Beth Yu Simpson, MSW, LICSW On today's episode I'm in conversation with Beth Yu Simpson: a therapist, educator, and founder of AIRE Roots. Beth shares how mentorship…
- Sun Yung Shin · 54 min · Episode 326326 | Sun Yung Shin My guest today is Sun Yung Shin, poet and author of the new book Heart Eater: A Memoir of Immigration, Belonging, and How We Find Ourselves in Language. Sun…
- [Healing Series] Narcissism in Adoptive Parents with Katy Perkins, LICSW-S · 52 min · Episode 325325 | [Healing Series] Narcissism in Adoptive Parents with Katy Perkins, LICSW-S This is a special episode in our healing series where I interview therapists who are also…
- Diana · 51 min · Episode 324324 | Diana On today's episode we are welcoming Diana to the show to share her story of being adopted from Russia at age two. Diana unpacks how early separation, institutional…
- Lisa Olivera, MFT · 56 min · Episode 323323 | Lisa Olivera, MFT So honoured to welcome back Lisa Olivera, MFT to explore her new book When the Ache Remains. Lisa shares how becoming a mother has brought up new layers…
- Monique Pangari, MEd, SEP · 59 min · Episode 322322 | Monique Pangari, MEd, SEP I'm so excited to introduce you to today's guest, Australian adoptee and somatic psychotherapist, Monique Pangari. Monique shares about her…
- David McCarty-Caplan, Ph.D. · 55 min · Episode 321321 | David McCarty-Caplan, Ph.D. Today's guest is Dr. David McCarty-Caplan, a researcher, consultant and a Colombian-born adoptee. After becoming a father himself, David began…
- Erick Wolfmeyer · 1 h 8 min · Episode 320320 | Erick Wolfmeyer Today's guest is Erick Wolfmeyer, a contemporary quilt artist known for his bold, large-scale textile works. Erick shares his experiences of being…
- Kristina Richie · 1 h 0 min · Episode 319319 | Kristina Richie Today's guest is Kristina Richie, TikTokker and author of Unraveling Adoption: Weaving Between Two Worlds. She shares some of her story with us, including…
- Diego Vitelli, LMFT · 60 min · Episode 318318 | Diego Vitelli, LMFT Today I'm joined by Diego Vitelli, a Colombian adoptee and adoptee-focused therapist. Diego shares his own adoption story with us, including what it has…
- Kailee Pedersen · 49 min · Episode 317317 | Kailee Pedersen Today's guest is the multifaceted Kailee Pedersen: from software engineer to opera singer to novelist! Kailee shares about being adopted from China, growing…
- Jennifer Lauck · 60 min · Episode 316316 | Jennifer Lauck Today we are honoured to have with us New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Lauck, whose memoirs have shaped how so many understand the adoptee…
- Alé Cardinalle, MSW · 1 h 2 min · Episode 315315 | Alé Cardinalle, MSW Today's guest is Alé Cardinalle, an adoptee advocate who has taught millions of people on TikTok about the complexities of adoption. We talk about what…
- Nik Chang Hoon · 55 min · Episode 314314 | Nik Chang Hoon Today's guest is memoirist and poet, Nik Chang Hoon. Nik shares his journey of identity and language reclamation, including returning to Korea and reuniting…
- Molly Gaudry · 59 min · Episode 313313 | Molly Gaudry Today's guest is Molly Gaudry, author of Fit Into Me: A Novel A Memoir. This interview is one of the first ever Molly has given surrounding her adoptee…
- Bonus: Adoptees for Family Preservation · 33 minBonus | Adoptees for Family Preservation Full Show Notes and Transcript Here Join our adoptee community on Patreon here Check out our upcoming live events here! Find out more…
- Lynelle Long · 1 h 1 min · Episode 312312 | Lynelle Long Lynelle Long has been an adoptee advocate for nearly thirty years. The founder of Inter-Country Adoptee Voices (ICAV) Lynelle has built a network of thousands…
- Sasha Hom · 1 h 2 min · Episode 311311 | Sasha Hom Sasha Hom lives an extraordinarily unconventional life. I'm so excited to introduce her to you. She's a writer, goat farmer, mother, and her new book Sidework is…
- Mirella Stoyanova · 54 min · Episode 310310 | Mirella Stoyanova Mirella Stoyanova is our guest today, and I don't normally say this, but this was one of my favourite conversations in recent memory. Mirella is a…
- Megan Hunter, MBA · 47 min · Episode 309309 | Megan Hunter, MBA It's such an honour to bring you today's guest, Megan Hunter, MBA. Megan is known as the Conflict Influencer, and is the co-founder of the High Conflict…
- Alexandra Mann · 53 min · Episode 308308 | Alexandra Mann Who among us doesn't love a good movie? And how many times have you been watching a film and, jump scare, some terrible adoptee trope comes out of nowhere…
- [Healing Series] The Nothing Place with Pam Cordano, MFT · 49 min · Episode 307307 | [Healing Series] The Nothing Place with Pam Cordano, MFT I'm so glad to be back with you after our summer break! Today's episode is a special episode in our Healing Series…
- [Healing Series] Money and Worth with Marta Isabella Sierra Cifuentes, LMHC · 48 min · Episode 306306 | [Healing Series] Money and Worth with Marta Isabella Sierra Cifuentes, LMHC For our last episode before our summer break, we're talking about adoptees and money! Marta…
- Maria Diemar and Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom · 1 h 16 min · Episode 305305 | Maria Diemar and Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom We have two incredible adoptee activists with us today. Maria Diemar and Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom, both adopted in Sweden, joined up to…
- Dr. Michele Merritt · 54 min · Episode 304304 | Dr. Michele Merritt Today's guest is Dr. Michele Merritt - a philosophy professor who's coined the new term Adoptism to describe the ways adoptees are marginalized. Michele…
- Craig Mod · 1 h 46 min · Episode 303303 | Craig Mod Craig Mod the author of Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir joins us to share his story. We deep dive into Craig's recent reunion with his birthmother…
- greiby medina · 35 min · Episode 302302 | greiby medina Today we're pleased to introduce you to greiby medina, author of The One Who Loves You the Most. greiby was adopted from Honduras at age two-and-a-half to a…
- [Healing Series] Wounds of Childhood with Anna Linde, Sexologist · 50 min · Episode 301301 | [Healing Series] Wounds of Childhood with Anna Linde, Sexologist This is a special episode in our Healing Series where we bring on adoptee experts to tackle issues that may…
- Haley's Sisters · 55 min · Episode 300300 | Haley's Sisters We've reached our 300th episode! I found my paternal side of my family 14 years ago, and I discovered that I had three younger siblings. So even though I'm…
- Dr. Abby Hasberry · 51 min · Episode 299299 | Dr. Abby Hasberry I'm so excited to welcome Dr. Abby Hasberry back to the show today! We are celebrating her brand new book, Adopting Privilege: A Memoir of Reinventing My…
- Kit Myers · 56 min · Episode 298298 | Kit Myers We've been waiting several years to have today's guest on, and when better then to celebrate his brand new book! Professor and critical adoption scholar Kit Myers…
- Adé Carrena · 1 h 3 min · Episode 297297 | Adé Carrena I don't think we've ever had anyone on the show that shares today's guest's profession! I'm thrilled to introduce you to Chef Adé Carrena, she's the subject of…
- Connor Howe · 1 h 3 min · Episode 296296 | Connor Howe I'm so excited to introduce you to our guest today! We are talking all about open adoption with Connor Howe, who probably already know as adopted_connor from…
- Lee Herrick · 55 min · Episode 295295 | Lee Herrick We are starting the year off with such a delight, Lee Herrick, the California Poet Laureate, joins us today! Lee recently released his latest poetry collection…
- Kathy Mackechney, LCSW · 54 min · Episode 294294 | Kathy Mackechney, LCSW We are doing a hybrid Healing Series episode with adoptee and adoptee therapist, Kathy Mackechney, LCSW. Kathy shares part of her story with us…
- Dr. Julie Lopez · 50 min · Episode 293293 | Dr. Julie Lopez This is a special episode in our healing series where I interview therapists who are also adoptees themselves, so they know from personal experience what it…
- Shelby Redfield Kilgore · 59 min · Episode 292292 | Shelby Redfield Kilgore Shelby Redfield Kilgore is a Korean adoptee and filmmaker. You can watch her documentaries and videos on YouTube alongside 800,000 other folks…
- Kae Wangare Leonard · 52 min · Episode 291291 | Kae Wangare Leonard Today we welcome Kae Wangare Leonard to the show. Kae is a writer, athlete and artist, born and adopted in Kenya by white Americans. She shares some of…
- Kristal Parke · 1 h 4 min · Episode 290290 | Kristal Parke Today's guest is filmmaker and fellow podcaster, and fellow Canadian, Kristal Parke! Kristal is the subject of the documentary, Because She's Adopted. Today…
- Bruce Porth Part 2 · 42 min · Episode 289289 | Bruce Porth Part 2 Today is part two of a two-part episode that we began last week, with our friend Bruce Porth. Today we talk a little more about reunion and what it looks…
- Bruce Porth Part 1 · 39 min · Episode 288288 | Bruce Porth Part 1 We are so fortunate to hear from Bruce Porth today; he is one of those people that only speaks when he's got something thoughtful and insightful to…
- Ande Stanley · 60 min · Episode 287287 | Ande Stanley On today's show we're welcoming Ande Stanley, creator and host of the podcast, The Adoption Files. Ande is a late discovery adoptee, only finding out…
