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Latest Episode: Rescission
A conversation about ending your own adoption.
Greg talks with Chelsey, a US-born adult adopted person who for years has been seeking to end her own adoption, and for good reason.
Episode 19: Kara Bos – Dual Citizenship
A conversation with Kara Bos about dual citizenship related to Korean-born transnational adoptees (though Kara now has triple citizenship) .
Episode 18: Lobbying
A conversation about legislative lobbying with AU Board Members Annette O’Connell and Shawna Hodgson. Part of the ongoing Legislative Bootcamp Series.
Episode 17: Relinquished
A conversation with scholar, advocate, researcher and writer Gretchen Sisson, author of the recently published Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood.
This is the podcast version of our conversation we had before an online audience in March 2024. It has been slightly edited from that event.
Episode 14: Adoption Mosaic
Part 2 of our conversation with Astrid Castro, this time focused on her leadership and development of Adoption Mosaic.
Adoption Mosaic is a BIPOC woman owned, adoptee-led mission-driven business. With 30+ years of experience, its founders and leaders have created a robust, diverse community who want to see a future of more adoptee-centered and ethical adoption practices and critical thinking around adoption.
Popular Episode: Switched
What if you are switched at birth—and then adopted? How do you unravel all the legal threads of adoption to get to the truth, if not reconstruct relationships that may have been created from the wrong information and records?
Greg talks with Minnesota-born adoptee Diane Bazella about discovering a truth about the records of her birth and adoption that has left her reeling— and has compelled her to seek legal help.
Prior Episode: DIB+
Erica Babino talks with Greg about Roe v. Wade, diversity, inclusion, and belonging in adoptee rights, plus what an adoptee rights retreat could bring and do for the community. From 2023.
Erica Babino is New York born and Texas-adopted. She has a long history in the adoptee rights movement, including as former legislative director of the American Adoption Congress and as a current board member with Adoptees United Inc. She currently oversees equity and inclusion work at a private educational institution in Portland.
Erica is a consultant to numerous organizations on organizational issues of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. She is also the author of Rolling Into Peace, a children’s book that explores mediation and conflict resolution using a stimulating and visionary approach that is logical and relatable to children. Another book in the series is forthcoming.
Prior Episode: Outside the Fold
A conversation with biologist and climate scientist Sandra Steingraber, about adoption, cancer, and queerness.
Dr. Sandra Steingraber is a rockstar in her field, related to her research, writing, lectures, and activism on issues related to chemical pollutants and environmental dangers in our communities, including fracking.
But she’s also an adopted person, and Greg talks with her about her experience as an adoptee within the context of multiple communities, including academia, science, cancer survivors, and, more recently, the world of adoptee rights, particularly her identity as a queer adoptee.