NEW EPISODES EVERY 2 WEEKS! We are diving into the heart of adoption—sharing real stories, breaking down myths, and shining a light on how adoption can be done with love, integrity, and respect. Whether you're a birth parent, an adoptive family, adoptee, or just someone who wants to learn more, this is a safe space for honest conversations and meaningful connections. Join us while we explore the beautiful, complex, and life-changing world of ethical adoption.
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Adoption Podcasts
We can learn how to change adoption from the stories of those who have been touched by it.
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Join Kelowna hosts Kristal and Chrystal in a heartfelt podcast exploring the unique perspectives of adoptees. Together they share personal stories and provide a platform for others to articulate their adoption experience.
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Adoption in Focus will discuss subjects including therapeutic parenting, the adoption process, going to panel, adopting older children, and adopting as a same sex couple. We'd love to hear from you if there are any topics you'd like to hear us discuss or even if you'd like to get involved and share your own experiences.
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The Ludicrous Feed EV Adoption Podcast highlights the current state of electric vehicle adoption in Australia | Catch us LIVE each week on YouTube! youtube.com/ludicrousfeed
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We are helping to empower and heal the adoptee community by creating a safe space to share stories, tools, and learn new skills to navigate adoptee life.
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Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering
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Each episode will feature a conversation between host Rebecca Harvin and foster/adoptive caregivers or members of the community who support foster care and adoption.
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This podcast creates a space for genuine conversations about adoption, where emotions are acknowledged, journeys are reconciled, and a healthy acceptance of truths is fostered. Delve into the impact of adoption on all parties involved, gaining insights from adoptees, adoptive parents, biological parents, as well as professional psychologists and social workers. Explore the realities, reconciliation processes, and ongoing dynamics of adoption.
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The podcast for things families whisper, not post. Breaking the silence on family, mental health, and the struggles we keep hidden.
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Let's thrive. Thriving Adoptees helps adoptees thrive. What does thriving mean to you? Healing? Post Traumatic Growth? Evolving? Listen in as we explore what's helped adoptees do all that... Email me at [email protected] if you'd like to have a chat about being a guest on the show. There have been 93,000 downloads of the show since launch in April 2021.
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Adopting Zero Trust offers an ongoing conversation that elevates cybersecurity conversations that encourages you to rethink how you build strategies, defend against threat actors, and implement new technology. We go beyond the millions in marketing budgets fueled by VCs, and chat with practitioners like you who want to make a difference (or hack the planet, which ever happens first).
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Nationally recognized thought leader, April Dinwoodie, hosts a personal journey while exploring her adoption experience. We follow her as she examines her efforts to find love, identity, family, and connection. Each month April will candidly interview, discuss, and unravel, all matters surrounding adoption.
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The podcast and community for globally minded disciples seeking God's justice, mercy and shalom throughout the world.
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Join us as we look above the temporary things of this world and see the Greater Things that God is doing through it all. With insights, interviews, and inspiring testimonies, we hope you'll be encouraged to overcome the world and be ready for the coming Kingdom of God. Maranatha!
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Welcome to the Adoption Curve podcast. Over the course of this series, we'll dive into what learning and enablement leaders are really doing every day to move beyond reactive training, bridge the gap between leadership vision and frontline needs, and unlock the true value of their technology investments. Join host Sean Adams as he uncovers the frameworks, strategies, and practical approaches that turn technology from a cost center into a competitive advantage.
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There is something temptingly tidy about the idea of adoption: a family with extra love and resources meets a child in need of both. The Adoptee Next Door takes the listener beyond the sparkly fairy tale of adoption. angieadoptee.substack.com
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Adoption and fostering chat with people who’ve done it, from the UK’s LGBTQ+ adoption and fostering charity, New Family Social.
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Each episode explores the world of dog care and companionship. Dog Words is presented by Rosie Fund, a charitable foundation with the mission to provide humans with the resources and education they need to give senior and harder-to-adopt dogs a better life. “We save each other.” is the motto of Rosie Fund which simply means, “The more we do for dogs, the more they do for us, and they already do a lot.”
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Voices of Adoption amplifies authentic stories from across the adoption triad - birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive families - along with adoption service providers. Host Donna Pope, Executive Director of Heart To Heart Adoptions and Clinical Mental Health Counselor and her co-host Nathan Gwilliam, founder & former CEO of Adoption.com, create a safe space for honest conversations about the complexities of adoption. Birth parents share their journeys of love, loss, and healing. Adoptees dis ...
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Are you thinking about adopting or fostering a child? Confused about all the options and wondering where to begin? Or are you an adoptive or foster parent or kinship caregiver trying to be the best parent possible to this precious child? This is the podcast for you! Every week, we interview leading experts for an hour, discussing the topics you care about in deciding whether to adopt/foster or how to be a better parent. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are the national ...
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Choosing Adoption creates community for expectant and birth parents navigating one of life's most personal decisions. Host Donna Pope, Executive Director of Heart To Heart Adoptions with over 25 years of experience, provides space where your story matters and your voice is valued. Each episode features birth parents who share their journeys of challenges, growth, and healing after placement. If you're considering adoption or seeking connection in your ongoing experience, this podcast offers ...
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My Unknown Truth is a podcast sharing the stories and lived experiences of Australians who have been through adoption and foster care. These stories are often complex, spanning over 50 years and touch on difficult truths, from growing up in an under-resourced system to Australia’s traumatic history of forced adoptions and Stolen Generations. But within the darkness, there is also light; stories of hope, courage, resilience, and love. Hosted by Nadia Levett, an adoptee born and raised in Aust ...
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I’m currently on the roller-coaster ride of single parenting an adopted teenage son. Join me each week as I share my lived experience by starting with a confession, in the hopes of normalizing the complex issues that often come with parenting an adopted child.
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I Antwone Wright Sr want to help each and everyone to find peace and help to maintain peace with yourself and with God. I want to encourage you that God is still in control.
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Our mission is to provide education, information and dialogue that will create a supportive environment empowering people to help cats in their community. *For transcripts of most shows, visit https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/podcast/.
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Adoption Utah cuts through the confusion surrounding Utah's adoption system with real stories and expert guidance. Host Donna Pope, Executive Director of Heart To Heart Adoptions, brings 25+ years of experience to every episode exploring what makes Utah America's premier adoption destination. Each episode reveals the cultural and demographic forces that set Utah apart through unique family structures and faith-based community support. Discover the statistics, stories, and surprising factors ...
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Description: Creating AI Trust is a very complex and hard problem. It is not clear what it is and how it can be operationalized. We will demystify what is Trustworthy AI, efficient adoption and leveraging it for reducing risks in AI programs. McKinsey reports indicates companies seeing the biggest bottom-line returns from AI—those that attribute at least 20 percent of EBIT or profitability to their use of AI—are more likely than others to follow Trustworthy AI best practices, including expla ...
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Controlling your spending is hard to do. On every episode of Frugal Friends, we'll try to help you gain a little more control on one aspect of the countless directions your money is being pulled toward through frugality and a few laughs. If you're trying to save money, spend less, adopt minimalism, pay off debt or reach financial independence, we think you'll like the show.
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It’s one thing to set the standard, it’s another to hold the standard. Join Nick Bare, hybrid athlete, founder/CEO of Bare Performance Nutrition discussing nutrition, maximizing human performance, and living a purposeful life. Whether you're a hybrid athlete, health/fitness enthusiast, entrepreneur, or seeking intentional living, this weekly podcast offers valuable insights on nutrition and training through some of the world's most incredible individuals, while also coaching and equipping yo ...
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Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.
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Welcome to Angels Among Us—the podcast where we share real stories of angelic encounters. Each episode, you’ll hear firsthand accounts of divine protection, guidance, and miraculous interventions that remind us we’re never truly alone. Whether through a whisper of comfort, an unseen hand of protection, or an unmistakable presence, angels are closer than we think. Join us as we explore these powerful experiences of angels, both seen and unseen.
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At Tap’d, we help you make sense of the Future of Work, making technology understandable and easy to adopt. Our HR experience and consultancy = Your performance.
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#FitnessProChat by Fiterobic is designed to help anyone who is willing to adopt a healthy lifestyle. This series addresses challenges faced by individuals in starting their fitness and nutrition programs towards a disease free life. The program invites fitness, yoga, nutrition, wellness, experts and coaches as well as medical professionals who help people adopt a healthy life in today’s chaotic world. The podcast leverages intense research in the field of biomedical and life sciences to pres ...
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Adopt Don't Shop Radio advocates for the positive outcome of homeless pets.
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A Foster Arizona podcast featuring Authentic Conversations with Real People talking all things Foster Care and beyond. Hosted by Kim and Brian Vehon.
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Eternal Family Adoptions explores the sacred journey of building forever families through faith-centered adoption. Host Donna Pope, Executive Director of Heart To Heart Adoptions, brings 25+ years of experience to every conversation, alongside co-host Nathan Gwilliam, founder and former CEO of Adoption.com. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints share their stories of divine guidance, spiritual preparation, and eternal connections formed through adoption. Birth parents di ...
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Host Sandra Flach is a mom of 8 children, 5 through adoption—one kinship and 4 international. Her youngest 2 are teens diagnosed with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). With over 30 years of parenting experience and 20 plus years as an adoptive and kinship parent, she’s made mountains of mistakes and learned loads of lessons. She understands the difficult road of parenting children with trauma histories—and she is still in the trenches! The Adoption & Foster Care Journey is a podcast ...
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There are many ways to build your family. Fostering-to-adopt is not the easiest, but it's a beautiful and profoundly impactful thing to do. Join Rachel Fulginiti, creative multi-hyphenate and two-time foster to adopt mom, as she shares her own story and the stories of others who have successfully navigated the foster care system and created their forever families through adoption. We explore the complex journey, touching on subjects like welcoming newborns or older children into your home, r ...
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Adopt Perspective is a podcast for anyone affected by adoption. We discuss the adoption experience from the perspectives of mothers, fathers, adopted people and their loved ones, so that we may learn and grow from the perspectives of others. Sharing personal stories and explore adoption topics including adoption loss, psychological impacts of adoption, forced adoption, inter-country adoption, searching, reunion, healing and many others. We interview adults affected by adoption as well as pra ...
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Called to Love: An Adoption Podcast for Christian Parents - Christian Adoption, Trauma and Healing, Foster Care, Parenting Adopted Children
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Whether you seek to add to your family through foster care, private domestic adoption or you are called to travel internationally, every adoption story is uniquely beautiful. Yet, each shares a common language of calling, loss, and hardship. As Christian parents we have a deep desire to love and shepherd our children well, but it can be challenging to navigate loss, trauma and how to best love and guide our adopted children. One thing is for sure, adoption is more than a process, it is an in ...
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Fostering & Adoption with Nikki & Larry is a heartfelt, faith-centered podcast designed to guide, empower, and uplift families walking through the journey of foster care and adoption. Hosted by Nikki and Larry, a couple with decades of real-world experience caring for children from all backgrounds, the show opens the door to honest conversations about love, resilience, healing, and the realities of creating a safe home for those who need it most. Each episode shares: ✨ Real stories from Nikk ...
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AdoptionDiscovery.org is a 501c3 educational nonprofit creating innovative change by teaching you how to adopt for $0 in less than 9 months.
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The Santa Cruz Software Labs Podcast explores the future of ethical AI in marketing and creative technology through conversations with industry experts, innovators, and researchers. Each episode breaks down emerging trends, real-world challenges, and practical strategies to help brands adopt transparent, responsible, and human-centered AI tools.
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100% real talk with your two new Korean adoptee besties! Hana and Ryan, Korean adoptees from Melbourne, Australia, talk about anything and everything adoption related, including race, gender, birth family search and reunion, and more. Original podcast music by Domus.
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Jennifer and Alexander faced infertility with less than 5% chance of IVF success. After difficult experiences with foster care where they felt judged for their religious beliefs, they found Heart to Heart Adoptions. In this episode of Eternal Family Adoptions, host Donna Pope sits down with Jennifer and Alexander to explore how two devastating fail…
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In this episode of Voices of Adoption, host Donna Pope interviews Rachel Forbes, a Korean American adoptee and licensed clinical social worker who specializes in trauma-informed therapy. Adopted from South Korea at three months old by white Jewish parents, Rachel's journey through depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts ultimately led her to bec…
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Warmth And Discipline: Raising Resilient Kids In Foster And Adoptive Homes
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In part one of two, we explore kind, authoritative parenting for foster and adoptive families, weaving research, faith, and real-life practice into a clear path that balances warmth with firm guidance. Rachel Medefind shares how discipline means training for growth, not punishment, and why community and mindset shape outcomes. • what authoritative …
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Reflecting on 10 Years as Adoptive Parents - Part 2
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Welcome to the Called to Love Podcast! This is the second part to my special episode where my husband, Corey, and I reflect on ten years as adoptive parents. We share stories from when God first placed this calling on our hearts, the messy beginnings to bringing our baby daughter home, the changes in our marriage, and how God always had a plan. Cor…
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Episode 511 - Advent—Love Arrives, Shines & Saves with Sandra Flach
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"In this is love, not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." -1 John 4:9-10 Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you as you care for children in crisis through adoption, foste…
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Aus EV News: Jaecoo J5 Launch, New DC Chargers & Battery Rebate Update
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Got a Question or Comment? Send us a Text Message! Catch up on the latest in Electric Vehicle news from Australia and around the world! Hosted by Tom Gan of Ludicrous Feed and Riz Akhtar from Carloop Featuring special guest: Roland Lam from Zapped YouTube Channel! Watch this episode on YouTube With thanks to our co-host: Riz Akhtar from Carloop Fol…
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Trustworthy Agentic AI Rests on Strong Data Governance
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When AI moves from tool to agent, content bloat transforms from inefficient to dangerous. Today, I'm joined by our sponsor, RecordPoint, a leader in AI governance and data lifecycle management. They've been helping highly regulated organizations—from government agencies to financial services—build what they call "ART": Accurate, Relevant, and Trust…
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Adoptive Parent Profiles, But for Foster Care Adoption - Weekend Wisdom
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I would love to hear about family profiles for adopting older teens. Resources: Adopting a Child of a Different Race or Culture Adopting Older Kids Evaluating Risk Factors in Foster Care Adoption Support the show Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced…
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Christmas Podcast with Fiona Wells from Patch
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Hello and welcome to the AandF podcast Christmas special. In this episode we streamed live to Facebook and chat with Fiona Wells from Patch. We unpack all that's been happening with the raised awareness of the levels of adversity all members of adoptive households are having. There is a crisis in the adoption community and Fiona has spearheaded the…
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How Did We Not Go Insane Fostering?! | S2E5 – Nikki & Larry
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Fostering isn’t just a calling — it’s an emotional, mental, and spiritual challenge. In Season 2, Episode 5 of the Fostering Adoption Podcast, Nikki & Larry open up about the realities most families are afraid to say out loud: the exhaustion, pressure, uncertainty, and moments that nearly pushed them to their limit. This episode explores: • The men…
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Reimagining Traditions: Adoption, Identity & Belonging with Dr. Anthony Hynes
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In this heartfelt conversation, host April Dinwoodie invites Dr. Anthony Hynes to explore what it means to break and remake traditions through the lens of adoption. Dr. Hynes reflects on childhood memories, evolving holiday practices, and the emotional complexity that often surfaces for adopted persons during the holiday season. He also shares insi…
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112 - A newborn baby through Early Permanence
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George and Stuart were approved for Early Permanence and picked up a newborn baby less than two weeks later. They talk about their straightforward assessment, contact with the birth family, and why a super-kingsize bed should be on your must-buy list!By New Family Social
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Adopting an Older Child with TEDx Speaker Hilary Crowley
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In this powerful and heart-opening conversation, I sit down with Hilary Crowley — foster-to-adopt mom, holistic health practitioner, energy healer, TEDx speaker, and author of The Power of Energy Medicine. Hilary shares the extraordinary story of how she followed intuition, courage, and connection all the way to her son — and the unexpected lessons…
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Is There a Deeper Reason to Celebrate Hanukkah?
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Lynelle Long Leads Adoptees to Help Each Other and Educate the Rest of Us
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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 connect, so she built it. Now her organization, Inter Country Adoptee Voices, offers a refuge for adoptees all over the world seeking community. Not only does…
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Yvonne's Christmas Message + Adoption Updates
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Speaking of Adoption! Yvonne is our host today wishing us all a wonderful holiday season with a sweet message to all our adoption world friends! CALLING ALL FRIENDS OF ADOPTION!! Yvonne also updates us on a potentially harmful bill that will go before law makers next month. There is also a lot going on in the…
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Check out iorad's interactive tutorial builder: www.iorad.comThe 5D Approach to Change ManagementIn this episode of The Adoption Curve, Sean Adams breaks down the full Adoption Framework using the 5D model—Discover, Design, Document, Deploy, and Drive—to help learning and development leaders, enablement teams, and program owners build adoption-read…
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Adoption in Focus - John's story: The highs and lows of the matching process and bringing your child home
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In this moving and insightful episode, John takes us through the journey he and his partner undertook to grow their family through adoption. He reflects on the emotional highs and lows of the matching process, the importance of patience and preparedness, and the moment their son finally came home a turning point that made every challenge along the …
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Whisper Leak: How Encrypted AI Chats Still Leak Conversation Topics
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In this episode, we break down Whisper Leak, a newly disclosed side-channel issue affecting encrypted LLM communications. JBO explains how attackers can infer conversation topics using packet size and timing metadata without breaking encryption. The discussion covers how the research team discovered the issue, how vendors (including Microsoft and O…
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Episode 14 | Christy & Scott In this episode of Because She's Adopted, hosts Kristal and Stewart Parke team up with Christy and Scott Gilvear for a podcast "double date," diving into the nuances of marriage, family life, and the ever-evolving conversations around adoption. They explore the importance of communication, and the support systems that h…
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Episode 43 - Part 2 “Jo on Struggle, Support, and Speaking Out”
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Send us a text In this second part of my conversation with Jo, we begin with the moment she met her birth father; a man who had known about her existence but didn’t surface until an argument broke out between them twelve years later. Jo shares the complexity of that reunion, the emotions it stirred, and how it shaped her understanding of belonging.…
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Reshaping Adoption Narratives in LA's Entertainment Capital
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In mid-November, I found myself standing inside a glowing cube in Hollywood. Not metaphorically. Literally. Emerson College’s West Coast micro-campus is a futuristic beacon rising from the heart of the entertainment capital, housing the ambitions of 200+ students who are learning to write, produce, act and report on the stories that will shape our …
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Adoption, Identity, And Finding Your People
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Send us a text What happens when the truth comes early, a storm knocks out the island’s power, and a single name spoken in a courtroom echoes for decades? We bring you Jennifer’s journey—from being adopted at two days old on Guam to leading an NYC adoption agency for older youth—and the winding path between belonging, uncertainty, and grace. We tal…
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In this episode of Choosing Adoption with host Donna Pope, birth parents Kaylee and Elijah sit alongside adoptive parents Paul and Cassie with baby Seth to share their adoption story together. This rare conversation reveals what happens when both families commit to building an open adoption relationship from day one. Finding the Right Family Kaylee…
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JOANNE MCNALLY: The Identity Crisis of Being Adopted, Finding Success In My 30s and Why I’m Single
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Joanne McNally is a hilarious woman. Her comedy has resonated with people all over the world, with her tours selling out wherever she goes, making history as the first Irish female comic to headline Dublin’s 3Arena. And with her podcast, ‘My Therapist Ghosted Me’, Joanne has become one of the most compelling, unfiltered voices in comedy right now. …
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