Podcasts

Why do many adopted kids perceive their adoptive moms as an enemy? Is there something wrong with the adopted kid? Not! The kid has been wounded when he/she lost her first parents and family. Learn four reasons why adopted kids see adoptive moms as an enemy…and what parents can do to cope.

Now What?

The “Adopted: Now What?” Podcast is devoted to the “voice” of adoptive parents and adoptees sharing stories and information to help others on their individual and unique journeys to self-fulfillment and the establishment of the compassionate, connected relationships they desire. The podcast is hosted by adoptive mother Becky Walker, Founder & President of Beyond Adoptions, Inc.

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. 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.

The Long View Podcast

From babyhood to school age, through the teenage years and ultimately adulthood, Adoption: The Long View explores all aspects of the adoption journey with a variety of articulate and thought-provoking guests.

Discussions around the following: it doesn’t take biology to create a family, adoption as a loving choice, and the law of attraction.

There are no shortcuts in adoption but there IS help! The Adoption Hacks Podcast celebrates and educates potential and current adoptive and foster families by sharing stories from the triad. Join Co-hosts and Adoptive Moms, Kandace Lecocq and Callie Troyer as they interview professionals and moms and dads who have been there. If you’re looking for support and encouragement in your adoptive and foster journey, this podcast is for you!

We can learn how to change adoption from the stories of those who have been touched by it.

A podcast where D Yvonne Rivers, a Birth Mom interviews other Birth Moms of their journey and ‘Hot Topics’ of the realities of adoption, reunion, and healing

What Adoption Can Teach the World

April shares her very personal experience as a transracially adopted person growing up in New England and explores adoption in all its many layers. Each episode is anchored in the months of the year, connecting poignant holidays, rituals, rites of passage, and celebrations to the meaning of legacy, family, and identity. We follow her as she gains understanding of both the beauty and complexity of adoption through interviews and reflections.

Talk about Adoption and Foster Care

Creating a Family is a national infertility, adoption, & foster care education and support nonprofit. We interview leading experts on infertility, adoption, and foster care each week to bring you unbiased accurate information. Creating a family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: weekly podcasts, weekly articles/blog posts, resource pages on all aspects of family building on creatingafamily.org.

My name is Heidi Marble. I am a domestic adoptee/author/speaker born in 1965. I did not realize the depth of pain caused from my own relinquishment until later in life. The loss surrounding adoption is so far reaching it is hard to grasp; the gravity of hurt pulled me to take action. Fueled by our amazing team, Pulled By The Root has become a collective platform that elevates, honors and gives voice to the issues surrounding adoption. Our podcast is a place to listen to an aggregate of conversations. From these varied perspectives we can learn more about the complexities of adoption, healing and trauma. There are over 70 completed interviews to date, so be on the lookout for new episodes.

An Adoption Podcast

A lively listen to all things adoption, hearing voices from each member of the adoption triad, and more

Angela Tucker is one of America’s most recognizable voices in transracial adoption (she’s black, her parents are white), and the subject of the documentary “Closure.” She goes beyond her experience, inviting adoptees from all backgrounds in an effort to uplift these rarely heard perspectives and shift societal perceptions about adoption.

Friends Dr. Samantha Coleman and Sandria Washington both discovered as adults they were adopted. Each quickly learned that Black adoption is common, but taboo to speak about in private or publicly. Black to the Beginning: The Black Adoption Podcast amplifies the adoption conversation by placing the stories of #BlackAndAdopted adults and #TheBlackFamily at the center. In order to change the narrative, you gotta CHANGE THE NARRATOR. With each conversation, more healing happens for generations of Black families and #ForTheCulture!

Mike and Kristin Berry are the Co-Founders of The Honestly Adoption Company and have been parents for nearly two decades. They are the authors of six books and the host of The Honestly Adoption Podcast. The Honestly Adoption Blog delivers weekly insights and strategies to help you thrive as a parent.

Open adoption is a love story between parents on both sides for the sake of the child. Some of these stories will make you laugh, some will make you cry sad and happy tears. You will also hear stories of trauma and tragedy, but in the end, this Podcast is to educate you on why it is so important for children to know their birthparents and get rid of the stigma of adoption, as well as open your hearts and minds.

Healing, Inspiration and Empowerment for Adoptees

Thriving Adoptees helps you along your unique journey with insights from your fellow adoptees. So that their learnings catalyze learnings in you. Each episode explores topics such as healing insights, epiphanies about identity and handling rejection.

Adoption Stories

In this adoption podcast, a group of adopters talks to each other about their experiences from the first steps to post-adoption support. No one knew each other before the recording but within moments it will be like listening to old friends talk. They laugh together, they cry together.

There are a lot of wonderful things happening in the Instagram adoption community right now… but in reality, that’s just a tiny part of the actual, larger adoption community. While we will always encourage a healthy triad that works together, birth moms remain one of the most silent sides of the triad and the majority still do not get the healing and community that they need and deserve. We saw the need for a safe and welcoming space for birth moms to say “Yeah, me too.” What makes us different? We promise you won’t hear regurgitated adoption propaganda messages here. We have no hidden agenda; our mission is to make sure birth mothers’ voices and stories are heard and validated. We have no spin. Our message may challenge you, you may not agree with it, and you may even get your feelings hurt. We encourage you to stick around. We do not claim to be pro-adoption. We want stories to be heard in their most honest and raw form, without compromising integrity or privacy.

Who Am I Really? Adoptees share their adoption journeys and attempts at reunion with biological family members. This podcast is intended to help you explore your own feelings about your adoption, accept your desire to try to understand your own personal history, and decide for yourself whether a search for reunification with your biological relatives is right for you. It will help you understand how others have dealt with issues related to protecting the feelings of their adopted families who may be supportive of your search, or question your motives and present challenges. For non-adoptees, this podcast will help you understand some of what is in the minds of your friends, family members, or others who are adopted, but you didn’t know if you should ask some of the questions that will be answered here.