The Adoptee Next Door

Angela Tucker is an adopted who is committed to advancing the conversation, not just having one. She is an adoptee and gifted speaker and education. As a black woman adopted from foster care to a white family, and growing up in a city that was dong demographically 1% Black, she understands the power of life’s most difficult moments. We welcome to you listen to some of her powerful podcasts on adoption

ADAPTED PODCAST explores the experiences of Korean adoptees, from post-reunion stories, living in Korea as adults, identity and belonging and more. Since the 1950s, an estimated 200,000 Korean children were sent overseas for adoption to about a dozen countries. Now, 70 years since intercountry adoption began, adult adoptees have reclaimed the narrative and established themselves as the experts on their own experience. Every story is personal and different. The common thread of transracial and intercountry adoption links us.

Welcome to the “Wait, I’m adopted?” Podcasts. They explore some of the commonly asked questions, stigmas, biggest fears and other unexpected parts of adoption through the lens of an internationally adopted child.

Creating a Family is the national adoption & foster care education and support nonprofit. Their mission is to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Their vision is that every adopted and foster child has a family who understands their unique gifts and challenges and is equipped to help them thrive.

Listen to adoptee, Haley Radke who found her biological parents and younger siblings, but has been “riding the reunion rollercoaster” for almost a decade with joy, and sometimes sorrow.  She has a deep desire to connect with other adopted people and to hear and share their stories.

Their mission is to help support the foster care community through awareness, encouragement and advocacy.

On-line parenting lessons from the Berry Family entitled “Thrive as a Parent and Transform your Family” that includes Support and Mentoring, Coaching, Mentoring, Books and Resources.

The podcast is intended to help the attendee explore either own feelings about their adoption, accept their desire to try to understand their personal history and decide whether a search for a reunification with their biological relatives is right for them.

Regulated and Relational

Join Julie Beem & Ginger Healy as we explore the trauma-informed, attachment-focused concepts of Regulation (self-regulation/co-regulation) and Relationship (building connection) and how we can help children build resilience and emotional health through the ways in which we parent, teach and care for children. This podcast is produced by the Attachment & Trauma Network, or ATN, a leading national non-profit supporting children impacted by trauma through their families, schools and communities.

Born in June Raised in April: What Adoption Can Teach the World

April DinWoodie: Born in June Raised in April: What Adoption Can Teach the World
Listen to these poignant podcasts with an adult adoptee and her special guests.

Adoption: The Long View Podcast

Using Positive Adoption Language: “Giving Up A Baby and Other Commonly Used Negative Adoption Expressions” plus more podcasts

HealthySteps: Promoting Healthy Development for NJ’s Babies

Infancy and early childhood are increasingly recognized as the most critical developmental period, influencing lifelong health and well-being for everyone. Preventive infant mental health services can provide parents and young children with support to promote social and emotional development and prevent and treat mental health issues before they become more serious. However, the availability of preventive mental health services for infants, toddlers, and their families in New Jersey is limited.

Register to receive an overview of this evidence-based model aiding in the mental well-being of babies, and learn more about the efforts being made to bring the HealthySteps program to families throughout the state.

Side by Side

Side by Side is a large scale documentary and oral history project, telling the story of 65+ years of inter-country adoption out of South Korea and 100 individuals, born in Korea, 1944–1995. Filmmakers, Glenn Morey and Julie Morey, take an international journey through the personal memories and experiences of abandonment, relinquishment, orphanages, aging out, and intercountry adoption — 100 individual stories, filmed in 7 countries, 6 languages, 16 cities.

Raising Transracial Adoptees With Isaac Etter –  Transracial Adoptee, Speaker & Activist

Isaac shares his powerful story and how parents can prepare their kids for a world that will treat them differently. He talks with great insight and clarity about doing our own work, providing positive racial mirrors, cultural events and more in this enlightening and empowering episode.

Whatever Next

Whatever Next started in January 2021. It was born out of conversations we found ourselves having again and again questioning what it was like growing up as a Chinese adoptee in the west. The three of us, Addie, Hannah and Jo met in Edinburgh in 2019 and haven’t stopped talking since.

​We want to bring conversations surrounding adoption with us as we grow up to reflect our entry into adulthood. We also believe that these conversations should not be restricted to adoptees and want to make a place where questions about adoption theory, history and culture can be accessible to anyone who is the least bit curious about it.

​We also believe that adoptees should have access to narratives and stories similar to their own in hope of inspiring and giving solace to those a little lost. We want to myth bust, we want to inspire, but most of all we want to fill in some gaps and start a few conversations…

Thriving Adoptees

I was adopted at 5 weeks old and told so early I don’t ever remember not knowing.  My childhood was good and adoption wasn’t an issue. At 40 I found out that my childhood teddy bear was gift from my birth mother. A volcano of anger erupted within me. Then a feeling of being unloved. Adoption had left me hot and business success had left me cold.  This kickstarted a learning process and, eventually, sharing what I’ve learned.

A Script & 2 Ways to Diffuse Heated Moments

A Script & 2 Ways to Diffuse Heated Moments
Your child is getting upset. You get that feeling of dread in your stomach. How bad is this outburst going to be? I’m already overwhelmed and don’t have time for this. Kirk gives you two ideas to use next time to de-escalate and turn this into a positive learning experience. Abbreviated transcript in the show notes.

Twisted Sisterhood Podcast – two birth moms

Listen to two birth mothers with two personal experiences that are unique to them as individuals. “We both have very big and bold personalities, but are also very different. We are believers that there are no two birth moms alike!” That’s why Twisted Sisterhood features a new guest every episode, and each guest is a birth mom.

Welcome to Adoption Talk by Spence-Chapin

Welcome to Adoption Talk, the podcast about all things adoption brought to you by Spence-Chapin.
There are many voices that make up the adoption constellation. This podcast aims to hear from all of them because each voice brings an important perspective and story about adoption.
Twice a month, this podcast brings you conversations with adoptees, birth parents, adoptive families, adoption professionals and health and social service experts as they share their experiences and discuss all things adoption. For details visit: https://spence-chapin.org/podcast/

Connect Our Kids

This trauma-informed academy, featuring Connect our Kids original video series is designed to help create connection and belonging for teens and adults. Created in collaboration with trauma therapists and advocates with lived experience within the foster care and prison systems, this engaging video series educated views on how the brain works, how trauma impacts the brain and our relationships, and how health coping strategies and positive support networks can help us recover from traumatic experiences.

Calendar Conversations: A Guide for Adoptive Parents

April Dinwoodie

“Calendar Conversations: A Guide for Adoptive Parents” is an engaging and informative podcast that explores the power of utilizing the calendar as a guide to create a brighter path to inclusive parenting.  Hosted by transracially adopted person and parenting coach, April Dinwoodie, this podcast aims to provide valuable insights, practical tips, and emotional support.

Inside Transracial Adoption

Isaac and Julie share their deeply personal experiences with transracial adoption, exploring the complex tapestry of love, loss, and identity. From the challenges of interracial adoption criticized by society to the unique bond that pain and loss have fostered between them, they open up about the realities that have shaped their lives. This podcast peels back the layers of what it means to be a family built not from birth, but from love and understanding, offering listeners a window into the resilience and profound connection of an adoptive mother and son.

My Two Dads: The Adoption Podcast

Join Sam and Paul, who are Dads to their adopted son, on My Two Dads: The Adoption Podcast. They will cover every stage of the adoption process including same sex adoption and single person adoption, as well as early permanence and foster to adopt. Joined by guests from the adoption world each episode to discuss everything adoption related. From that first initial thought, right the way through to becoming parents and beyond!

The Resilient Caregiver Podcast

REAL VOICES. REAL HOPE

Pour a cup of coffee, pull up a chair, and join in the conversation as we dive deep into topics and issues that foster and adoptive caregivers worldwide are talking about. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you may nod feverishly but, most importantly, you’ll discover new insights and a fresh perspective every single week.

Speaking of Teens podcast

Hey there! I’m Ann Coleman. I’m a mom, attorney, educator, podcaster, and an advocate for parenting teens with more warmth, respect and emotional intelligence and less control and punishment.

ADOPTION NOW

ADOPTION NOW is a podcast and resource center that helps families find connection, hope, and understanding. Through the years, we have come across many adoption and foster care stories and aim to share inspiring and emotional journeys to support families hoping to adopt. We focus on storytelling and connection.

The Black Adoption Podcast

Friends Dr. Samantha Coleman and Sandria Washington both discovered as adults they were adopted. Each quickly learned that Black adoption is common, but taboo to speak about in private or publicly. Black to the Beginning: The Black Adoption Podcast amplifies the adoption conversation by placing the stories of #BlackAndAdopted adults and #TheBlackFamily at the center. In order to change the narrative, you gotta CHANGE THE NARRATOR. With each conversation, more healing happens for generations of Black families and #ForTheCulture!

The TBRI® Podcast

The TBRI® Podcast features conversations about Trust-Based Relational Intervention®, an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children.

On this podcast we talk about the elements of trauma-informed care and chat with experts in the field about implementing TBRI® across different communities of care and practice. The TBRI® Podcast is currently available on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Anchor, and Pocket Casts

RAD Talk with Tracey

Raising a child or children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is scary, exhausting, and life altering. Join Tracey Poffenroth Prato, an adoptive mom of two children with RAD, as she interviews other RAD parents and experts in the field. Listen to the very real and raw experiences of these families and access the best resources and support. If you’re a parent raising a child or children with RAD, a friend or family member of someone who is, an expert or just curious about Reactive Attachment Disorder, this is the podcast for you.

Adoption Unfiltered Podcast

Hosts Sara Easterly (adoptee), Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard (birth parent), and Lori Holden (adoptive parent) discuss sensitive and timely issues through the lens of our lived experiences of adoption, and dialogue with others from within the adoption constellation.

Black Adoptees Identities

The podcast where black adoptees discuss their adoption experience and how they navigate their identities. We all have an internal need to know who we are as a person as our identity helps us to navigate the world and to know what unique about us. We all develop an identity but the process of navigating this journey can be more difficult for adoptees in relation to early challenges they might have faced through their adoption.

Once Upon A Time…In Adopteeland

Through an audio drama and episodes of thought-provoking conversations, the listening audience can learn some of the issues faced by those affected by adoption. The adoptee is at the center of all conversations had with other members of the adoption constellation.
Copyright 2025 Jennifer Dyan Ghoston

Foster Movement Podcast

The limited-series Foster Movement Podcast connects you to the voices who know the world of foster care best: former foster youth. Each episode features interviews with former foster youth and foster care leaders and advocates. With insights ranging from navigating biological family relationships to seeing beneath the surface of behaviors, the diversity and depth of their perspectives will help you provide more than enough for children and families before, during, and beyond foster care.

Pulled by the Root Podcast

I am Heidi Marble the founder of the Pulled By The Root project. This trailer not only introduces you to part of my personal story, it introduces you to our vision. Our mission is multifaceted, anchored in conviction to do what we can to amplify the issues surrounding adoption.
Click here to send us a text. Also, our book “Pulled By The Root” is available at
https://www.pulledbytheroot.com/book
https://www.pulledbytheroot.com/

You’re a good parent doing good work®

If you’re an adoptive parent looking for hope, practical tools, and friends who understand, this podcast is for you!
Between the two of us, we represent all three parts of the adoption triad. We’ve been around the block a couple times with kids by birth, adoption, and foster care. And lived to tell about it.
Don’t worry. We get it. And we’re here for you.
Gain confidence in your parenting and hope for your family’s future.

Empowered to Connect Podcast

The Empowered to Connect Podcast a place where we come together to discuss an attachment rich, healing centered approach to engagement and well being for ourselves, our families and our communities.

Infant Adoption Guide Podcast

This show is here to help you adopt. You’ll find resources, inspiration and hope to build your family through infant adoption. This interview-based show has guests ranging from adoptive families to authors, consultants, agencies, attorneys and more. We lay it all out on the table with each interview to give you tips, encouragement and a TON of knowledge of the adoption process.

Adoptee Voyages

An adoptee spends their lifetime navigating the complex trusts of how being adopted impacts their identity. For transracial adoptees, which is defined as a person who is raised by someone of a different race, another layer of confusion is added. On the Adoptee Voyages podcast, I and others will share our stories surrounding first culture, birth families, adoption trauma, and more.

 Adoption: The Making of Me: An Oral History of Adoptee Stories

On this podcast, two adult adoptees discuss all things adoption from the adoptee perspective.

The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate

Join Mal + Kate each Monday as they talk about adoption, parenthood, Disney, and MORE! They are two adoptive moms that seek to love, support, and elevate all corners of the adoption triad through honest conversations with adoptive parents, birth moms, & adoptees, all while running Funding Love, a non-profit that strengthens bonds, builds community, and restores people through all-expenses-paid vacations to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida!

So grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine; there’s always a seat open for you at the table. When you tune in, you are Funding Love – with Mal + Kate!

Open Adoption project

This podcast is about connecting. It’s about growing. It’s about stretching. In society nowadays, it’s easy to fall into echo chambers. This is not an echo chamber. Open Adoption Project is a community dedicated to listening and learning, and building relationships based on healthy respect and communication. The Open Adoption Project focuses on improving adoptee experiences by encouraging open communication between all members of the adoption constellation, nurturing ongoing open adoption relationships and promoting ethical adoption practices.

The Adoption & Foster Care Journey

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 to encourage, educate, and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care, and kinship care. We aim to support adoptive and foster families by sharing encouraging real-life stories and equipping them with modern-day research and parenting techniques.

20 Things Adoption Podcast

Adoptive parents are more than aware that their child has suffered great loss in relinquishment, and they long to create a haven of love for their child.

However, many times, the adopted child pushes love away. This can be because of RAD and the trauma that keeps hijacking the child’s brain.

Some children don’t exhibit pushback behavior until their teen years or when they are searching for their biological roots.

Adoptive parents must prepare themselves for this possibility by hearing the stories of other parents. They will realize:
1. They are not alone.
2. The pushback isn’t proof of ineffective parenting.
3. Their child can heal.

The Fearless Fostering Podcast

It’s a podcast, but it’s more like chatting with a gal pal. From quick, actionable steps to make your foster care journey easier, to interviews with foster and adoptive mamas, the Fearless Fostering Podcast delivers education and encouragement weekly.

Fostering Change

Comfort Cases founder Rob Scheer hosts this inspiring show about how communities can come together to bring dignity and hope to children in the foster care system. Guests will include former youth in foster care, foster parents, celebrities touched by the foster care system, child welfare advocates, and everyday people working to improve the lives of kids in care. Rob brings a sense of positivity and humor to his conversations.

Adoption Uncovered By Charlyn Spiering

We can learn how to change adoption from the stories of those who have been touched by it.