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Adoptees Crossing Lines
In this podcast I deconstruct the romanticism holding up the family policing industry and expose the lies, abuse, and pain that gets silenced. I'm here to unwrap the shiny bow around adoption and speak my truths as an adoptee. In doing so, I explain what it means and what it feels like to “come out of the fog”. This isn't your feel good podcast, I am an angry, healing and honest adoptee.
Episodes
37 episodes
The Role of Legal Advocacy in Family Reunification w/ Keshia Adeniyi
Keshia The child welfare system is waging war on Black families, and Keshia Adeniyi-Dorsey is on the front lines. In this episode, she shares her journey from foster child to family defender, exposing the racist...
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46:02
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Exploring Abolition, Intergenerational Trauma, and Creative Resistance w/ Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez
BenjaminWords matter. Especially when it comes to adoption. Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sanchez isn't just "adopted" - they were separated from their first family for 28 years.In this episode, w...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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54:17
Unpacking Adoption w/ Henry: Identity, Community, and Healing
HenryWhat happens when a Black child is adopted into a white Mormon family? The Mormon church silenced Henry's identity as a Black transracial adoptee, but he's done being quiet. From "c...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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37:38
Adoption, Therapy, and Self-Discovery: Fai Knudson's Story
Fai KnudsonFai Knudson grew up in a white, conservative town, always feeling different. As a biracial, transracial adoptee, Faye faced racism and isolation. Leaving their hometown ignite...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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53:34
Finding Freedom: Reflections on One Year of No Contact
1 Year of No ContactIt's been 365 days since I cut ties with my adopters to protect myself. A year of healing, self-discovery, and finding my voice. In this...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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46:06
Operation Stop CPS w/ Amanda Wallace
Amanda Wallace Amanda Wallace helps families powerfully stop Child Protective Services from stealing their children. In this episode she talk about how you can do it too, how her organization reunited 20+ famili...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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36:02
Adoption is not a part of God's plan
Adoption is Not A Part Of God’s PlanPeople who adopt say it’s God’s plan for them to adopt. But, they almost never say that God’s plan is for them NOT to have children. This is just one of the many ways people use re...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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41:02
Mila's Truth: Navigating Adoption, Liberation, and Community
Mila's Truth: Navigating Adoption, Liberation, and CommunityThe Church does an excellent job of silencing you if you oppose them. They’d even hire a marketing company to rebrand adoption so that their business as ado...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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58:08
My Journey to Abolition
My Journey To AbolitionEvery adult in my childhood has failed me, none of them did what they’re supposed to. Every part of the system failed me…it did exactly what it’s supposed to. The system kills children and brea...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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33:56
Navigating Change: A Conversation with Josh Lamers, Co-founder of Collective of Child Welfare Survivors
Josh LamersAdoption is trauma. How do we help surviving children heal the wounds they’ve sustained from the child welfare system? Josh Lamers, a transracial adoptee, is public enemy #1 for child welfare agencies in C...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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49:48
Adoptees & Community
Adoptees & Community Before I found other adoptees online I was lost. I wanted to know where I came from, and I wanted to know others like me. Most adoption communities center adoptive parents and foster par...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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24:18
Confronting the Racist Legacy of the Child Welfare System w/ Alan Dettlaff
Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare SystemIt was when Alan arrived at a home with the cops to remove a child and heard his mother say “Charles, run, they're coming to take you and they're goin...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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43:10
Unveiling Roots: The Journey of Gregory D. Luce, Attorney and Advocate for Adoptee Rights
Unveiling Roots: The Journey of Gregory D. Luce, Attorney and Advocate for Adoptee RightsUs adoptees have to pay thousands of dollars and jump through hoops to unseal our records. This robs us of autonomy, dignity, a...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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42:19
Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World
Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer WorldMore than anyone else, black women get their children kidnapped by the state, by the child “welfare system”. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:10:02
Embracing Identity: John's Journey of Self-Discovery
Reuniting with his birth family showed John McCormick, a transracial adoptee, a new world. He physically felt a relaxation he had never felt before, he connected with music and art like never before, and he started to own who he is - confide...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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39:14
Emily's Journey: Identity, Language Learning, and Adoption Realities
Emily's Journey: Identity, Language Learning, and Adoption RealitiesAfter 9 months of living with monks, Emily Harris was adopted from China. She was left behind by her bio family due to the One Child Policy. To proc...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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40:40
Adoption Trauma, Mental Health, and Suicide Risk with Lina Vanegas
LinaThough Lina Vanegas was born to a Colombian family, she was forced to assimilate as a white jewish person. 38 years later, she’s unable to fully connect with her bio family nor speak their language. Forced assimi...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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46:04
Navigating the Complex World of Adoption: Unveiling Azriel June's Journey
Navigating the Complex World of Adoption: Unveiling Azriel June's JourneyThey were told they’re white. They aren’t. They were told they’re Jewish. They aren’t. They tried to erase her heritage over and over again. Th...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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45:26
Navigating No Contact: Adoptees' Journeys to Healing
Should you cut off your adoptive parents? Should you “go no contact” with your adoptive parents?“Oh hell no. Not this time. I’m done.” That’s what we felt before cutting off contact with your adopt...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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37:58
Navigating Holidays as an Adoptee: Exploring Complex Emotions and Self-Care
Navigating Holidays as an Adoptee: Exploring Complex Emotions & Self CareFor adoptees, holidays mean performance. Acting like you care, acting like you’re happy, acting like you’re grateful. And if you do...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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37:38
Challenging Adoption Norms and Embracing Queer Parenting: A Conversation with Yomi
Adoptee Origin Story: Ayomide BeeIs Adoption Human Trafficking? With Ayomide BeeSelling children is human trafficking, so why isn’t adoption considered human trafficking? It’s state-sanc...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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42:42
Activism & Origin Story: Erica Babino
Activism For Adoptees With Erica BabinoWhat’s it like to be an activist for adoptees? What’s the story of someone who is an adoptees activist? How would you feel if you discovered that your bio mom lives on your stre...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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29:44
A Bittersweet Farewell: Reflecting on Season One and Embracing Self-Care
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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5:38