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Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesValerie: Mystic Masquerade, An Adoptee's Search for TruthValerie Naiman is an adoptee, singer, story-songwriter, eco-village founder, ontologist, and author. Her #1 bestseller book, Mystic Masquerade, an Adoptee's Search for Truth, was based on five decades of a search that took her around the world as she unraveled the mystery of her stolen identity. Valerie holds a master's degree in Art and worked as a costume designer and actress in film and theatre in NY, Miami & LA. She’s the President of the Spirit Foundation, a non-profit that supports disenfranchised children..She also leads seekers to sacred sites in the USA and abroad. In 1990 she had an...2024-04-161h 13
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesChris: Unraveling the Mystery of Family HistoryChris Valdheims is a domestic adoptee born in the late 1970s and adopted in the early 1980s after spending years of his early childhood in foster care. Growing up, he knew very little about his birth family other than his mother and father had met while she worked as a librarian at MIT. He also knew his father was Black, and his mother had immigrated to the United States from Latvia. He spent years searching for answers about his family of origin, and in 2009, he stumbled upon a complex story that involved his grandfather, a then-unknown geometric artist named...2024-04-0953 min
No Look PodcastEp. 12: The Los Angeles Clippers☀️NO LOOK is taking its listeners to sunny Los Angeles☀️, but, no, not to the dreamy magic of the Lakers. It’s time to talk about the Los Angeles Clippers. First of all: do you know what a clipper is? I bet you don’t! Anyway! Friend, foe? Laura and Sarah are decidedly meh, whatever, and okay about Clippers Nations. Steve Ballmer haters unite! Blake Griffin lovers, this one's for you! Remember when Kawhi Leonard left the Toronto Raptors after one season, bound for the Clippers, in search of his next championship win??? He’s still waiting! James Harden check: how is...2024-04-031h 13
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesMargaret Jane: For this Adoptee, the Questions Came EarlyAfter being an only child all her life, Margaret Jane’s adoptive parents adopted four more children through the foster care system. This experience of witnessing adoption through foster care, and being the oldest sister of a group of adoptees, has given her a unique perspective and experience with adoption. Margaret Jane is married to her high school sweetheart, who she shares 3 kiddos with. She is an avid gardener, houseplant collector, and sourdough enthusiast. She also enjoys playing various musical instruments with her family and singing and playing for her church worship team. Margaret Jane work...2024-04-0259 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesSusan: I Would Meet You AnywhereSusan Ito is the author of the memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, published by the Ohio State University Press in November 2023. She co-edited the literary anthology A Ghost At Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption. Her work has appeared in The Writer, Growing Up Asian American, Choice, Hip Mama, Literary Mama, Catapult, Hyphen, The Bellevue Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her theatrical adaption of Untold, stories of reproductive stigma, was produced at Brava Theater. She is a member of the Writers’ Grotto, and teaches at the Mills College campus of Northeastern University. She was a co-organizer of Rooted and W...2024-03-261h 01