Latest Episodes

A Bigger Boat (a non-adoptee interview episode about the film Jaws)

My interview with actor, writer & director Peter Marino about a very traumatic event we share - seeing the 1975 film Jaws in the cinema at much too young of an age. What followed for us has been a sneaking suspicion tha...

January 02, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 1 • 18:19

Break On Through to the Mother Side

Hey all, did you know that the day destroys the night and night divides the day? Tune into episode 5 to hear author/writing coach Anne Heffron and I get psychedelic.We talk rocky reunions, wrestling with our demons and the ...

January 02, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 5 • 34:21

Southern Nights

On today's episode, Patricia Knight Meyer and I talk black market babies, the power of genetic mirroring and the magic of Glen Campbell. Join us!A baby-scoop era black-market "adoptee," Patricia was sold along a curb ou...

September 23, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 18 • 34:54

Beds Are Burning

Join Shane Bouel and I as we delve into searching, societal resistance to our search and piecing together our new identity.  Shane Bouel, an Australian adoptee, is a compelling voice shedding light on the intricate journey ...

September 23, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 19 • 29:52

Love Is All Around

 Amy Lokken and I delve into the challenges of being a transracial Minnesota adoptee, the openness of 1970s hippies and the fiery spirit of Betty Jean Lifton. Join us!Amy Lokken is a biracial, transracial ad...

September 23, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 17 • 44:15

Fan Mail

I appreciated Shane's articulation of the unseen journey which is often so hard to verbalize. Thank you for sharing and thanks for this podcast. All episodes I have listened to have been awesome and similar threads to my own adoption story in each one. Best wishes to you and all the participants.

Charlotte, North Carolina