Voice of Adoptees

*Please note: this episode may contain sensitive or triggering content. Please take care while listening.* In this episode, we hear from Rita, who interviewed back in season 1 and is here to give an update. Rita is...

In this episode, we meet Lori, who is an adoptee, an adoptive mother, author, coach, and business woman. She was adopted young through Catholic Charities. Lori was raised in Utah as an only child and found out she was...

In this episode, we meet Howard, who was adopted from Wisconsin. We learn his adoption story and the writing of his memoir Already Home . He takes us through his writing process and the moments of his life that...

In this episode, we meet Debbie, who is from Oregon and adopted from Korea. Debbie shares her family story and her connection to her new adopted family. She speaks of connecting to her Korean culture and the search for...

In this episode, we meet Kim, who is from Pennsylvania and adopted from South Korea. Kim came to the United States at about 5 months old and is an only child. Kim shares her story, the close relationship she's had with...

*This episode contains sensitive and possibly triggering content. Please take care while listening.* In this episode of Chats with Kat, we meet James, who is adopted from Whales. He spent the first few years of his life...

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Liz, an author, an activist and advocate through her writings about gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexuality, and other aspects of identity. She is an affiliate faculty at IRWG...

In this episode, we hear from Kat, who is an author and creator of Beyond Adoption and SELF-Academy. Kat is adopted from California. Kar discusses her upbringing and the accompanying feelings. She talks about her...

Kat interviews Jenny, who is adopted from Florida and who is a clinical social worker, who specializes in wholistic therapy for adoptees. Jenny touches on the struggles her mother faced, which led to her need to place a...

* Please note: this episode contains sensitive content. Please take care while listening. If you or someone you know feels suicidal, please call or text the suicide and crisis hotline at 988, available 24 hours a day.*...

In this episode, we meet Grace, a transracial and transnational Chinese-American Adoptee. Grace is working toward her Ph.D degree in Cultural Anthropology, specifically researching how media plays into adoptive...

Adopted from Florida, Lauren is an author, Tik Tok adoptee advocate, and a legal assistant. Lauren relays how she came to be adopted and her feelings about her closed adoption. We learn of her complicated experience to...

In this episode, we meet Ludmila, who is a writer and was adopted from Crimea when she was 14 years old. Ludmila tells about her time before adoption, her time in the orphanage, about her adoptive family, the writing of...

*This episode contains sensitive content and may trigger some listeners. Please take care while listening.* In this fantastic episode, we meet Monica, an author, speaker, writer, life coach, and entrepreneur. In this...

We meet Kellan, who was adopted at 8 moths old from China. They are a breathwork and somatic therapist. They discuss their adoption and the intersection of their adoption and identity. They also discuss their...