Adoption Uncovered
Charlyn Spiering
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S5E2 Groundbreaking Relationships With Angela Legg
The world that seemed normal to Angela Legg as she grew up didn't look normal to the society that surrounded her. She didn't realize this until she was much older. In her life, she had two loving…
The Story of How my Life was Touched by Adoption and Foster Care
In this episode, I introduce you to who I am and what my adoption and foster care journey has been like. It has taken me quite a while to reach the point where I was ready to put my background in the…
S4E7 An Adoptive Parent rethinks International Adoption with Marjie Alonso
As adoptive parents, we often try our best to do our research to find a program to adopt through that seems ethical. Sometimes we find out later that the situation our adopted children were in was…
S4E6 Parenting Advice From an Adoptee and Expert with Bryan Post
Parenting is not an easy task. Bryan Post, an adoptee and Therapist, used his own experience as well as research and training to develop a technique that involves what he calls a love-based approach…
S4E5 Lynelle Long Leads Adoptees to Help Each Other and Educate the Rest of Us
When Lynelle Long wanted to connect with other international adoptees like herself as an adult, she had a hard time finding them. She decided that there should be a better way for adoptees to…
S4E4 Getting to Know First Mothers with Gretchen Sisson
There is a lot of debate that centers around women who relinquish their children. We talk about who they might be and why they might be making the decisions they are, often without any insight into…
S4E3 Moving Toward More Educated Adoption Conversations With Jean Widner
Jean Widner's adoptee story doesn't start dramatically. She was raised in a stable home with adoptive parents who offered her the basic support that children need to have. As she grew and learned…
S4E2 Helping Young Adults Succeed Beyond Foster Care with Maurita McCorkle
One population of foster children that often doesn't get the right kind of attention is those who age out of foster care. This cliff that youth often fall off of exists due to many factors. Some of…
S3E1 What Adoption Memoirs Can Teach us: A Talk With Marianne Novy
Marianne Novy was an adoptee who was encouraged to hide that fact and obliged the people around her by keeping quiet about it until she became a college student. Over time she chose to seek out…
S2E7 A First Parent Surprise with Ed Di Gangi
Edward Di Gangi didn't feel the pull to search out his first family until later in life. He felt content with the life he was living and it took a series of events to put in his mind the…
S2E6 Isaac Etter Discusses Adoptees and Identity
Isaac Etter grew up as a black boy surrounded by a loving but also primarily white family. It took him a long time to understand his full identity and how his race affected his place in the world.…
S2E5 Families who adopt children with severe behaviors from foster care have a chance at hope thanks to Katie Rose Noto.
Katie Rose Noto always knew she wanted to adopt a child at some point in her life. She imagined a house full of children and dogs. As her life progressed she made the choice to dive into being a…
S2E5 A Native American Adoptee Discovers Her Roots
When Susan Fedorko was growing up she was content with her life and felt secure and cared for. In the back of her mind, however, this adoptee always wondered about the family that had allowed her to…
S2E3 A Path Through Suicidality With Beth Syverson and Joey Nakao
Beth Syverson and her adopted son Joey Nakao have been on a difficult journey for a number of years. They have been facing the issues of addiction and suicidality. In light of these intense topics,…
S2E2 Investigating International Adoption has a lot to Teach Us.
There are many Christians in the world of adoption and many of them do wonderful work supporting foster families, and foster children, and making sure children outside of the country who need homes…
S2E1 Trace Lara Hentz Talks About the Importance of "The Count 2024" to Native American Adoptees Everywhere.
Most of us have heard bits and pieces about how poorly America has treated the Native Tribes that have lived on this land. We may not understand fully how adoption was weaponized against tribes to…
S1E7 Searching for Birth Family and Volunteering with Foster Care: A Talk with Lynn Grubb
Lynn Grubb felt fairly comfortable growing up as an adoptee. Then, when she became an adult she got curious and decided she wanted to find her birth family. The process wasn't smooth for her and she…
S1E7 In America, But Not at Home: A Discussion With Patricia Knight Meyer about her adoption story and how she processed her trauma through writing.
Patricia Knight Meyer's story seems foreign compared to the happy renditions of adoptive families brought together for happy holiday photos. She was adopted quietly, without proper paperwork. This…
Should We Rethink How We Care for First Mothers? a talk with Carlynne Hershberger
When Carlynne Hershberger found out she was pregnant at 19 she could never have known then how that experience would shape the rest of her life. Many women don't. In Carlynne's case she became a…
S2E11 What will Embryo Adoption Mean for the Future of Family building: a Talk with Risa Cromer
Adoption is changing. Technology now makes it possible to adopt the embryos left over from couples who have attempted or succeeded in IVF treatments. Oversight and regulation of this transaction is…
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