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Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesPam: A Rare Diagnosis Led This Adoptee on a SearchPam Uzzell is a documentary filmmaker and podcaster currently living in Oakland, CA. She is the director and producer of four independent documentaries and the host and producer of the podcast, Art Heals All Wounds. Her adoptive parents were loving but saw her as the “oddball” of her family, resulting in a profound sense of loneliness. She turned to reading as a way to find a sense of belonging, which led her to gravitate towards storytelling as a career. She’d often been curious about both of her biological parents, but when she was dia...2024-01-231h 02
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesSally: For This Adoptee, Hard Life Lessons Are Paying OffSally King is an adult adoptee from the foster system. Growing up she knew she did not seem to fit anywhere and just accepted that that was who she was. After marrying and having two biological children a little girl came to her and her husband through the foster care system. This had her embark on a journey of self-discovery and acknowledgment and through the later adoption of her daughter and dealing with social services once again she realized the impact her foster and adoption had on her.Sally has never looked back on her decision and...2024-01-161h 00
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesJane: A Late Reunion Brings Family and AnswersJane is a baby scoop-era adoptee born in 1963 in Delaware to a 14 yr. old mother. After being in foster care for the first 10 months she was adopted and raised by two wonderful parents in Pennsylvania.Shortly after her 2nd birthday, her parents gave birth to a biological son. Jane always knew she was adopted and wondered where she came from but never wanted or needed to search. But, at the age of 58, after both adoptive parents passed, she did a DNA test as well as some other searching. She found that sadly, her birth mother h...2024-01-0949 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesSean: An Adoptee Faces the Rollercoaster of ReunionBorn in 1970, Sean Broderick was adopted at birth and always knew he was adopted as long as he can remember. The fact that he was adopted never seemed to bother him or cause any type of turmoil in his life. Sean seemingly had a happy and healthy childhood although alcoholism existed within one of his adoptive parents, his parents ultimately divorced and he had a lack of discipline and guidance due to being alone often.Growing up, Sean’s adopted mother would remind him from time to time that there will come a day that he will want...2024-01-0255 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesKatherine: A Lifelong Question is Finally AnsweredKatherine Sanford is yet another adoptee caught up in the Baby Scoop Era of U.S. closed adoptions and the restrictive laws that prevent access to birth records. It wasn’t until 2017, with the help of two spit-in-a-tube ancestry kits, that she could finally answer the one crucial question she longed to answer: “Who am I?” Katherine writes about her experience in the award-winning book, Storked! You can follow her at www.kcsanford.comI Would Meet You Anywhere by Susan Kiyo Ito. Use Discount MAKINGOF for 30% off. 2023-12-2650 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesDavid and Moses: Season Five FinaleJoin us for a deep dive into 'loss' with David Benjamin (guest:Season Two) and Moses Farrow (guest:Season Five). To find David BenjaminTo find Moses FarrowMagic Mind - The World’s First Productivity Shot™Use code: ADOPTION20 to save on your subscription.Available in all Sprouts in January 2024To find NPE StoriesThank you to our sponsor S12F....2023-12-1956 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesVicky: Starting a Family Led to Deep DiscoveriesA few kismet moments in her early twenties led her on a journey of discovering who she looks like. Vicky Heydon was adopted through a private county adoption right after birth in 1987 and then raised in the same county. Although she believes she crossed paths with her biological family a few years prior, it wasn't until she was in her late 20s when she was helping to pack up her parents to move out of state that led her to her biological family. When the idea of building her own family came into focus, Vicky began facing h...2023-11-1442 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesMoses: Adoptee. Advocate. Therapist. Educator.Moses Farrow, LMFT is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who has 20+ years of working in the mental health field. Farrow has spent the last decade within the population of adopted people and their families. As an activist and speaker, he is mission-driven. In 2018, he wrote a blog article speaking out about his personal life as a survivor of abuse and suicide loss. Since then, he has started several initiatives in the fight against anti-Asian hate, suicide, human rights violations, child abuse, mental health stigma, and child trafficking. Throughout the past decade, Farrow has volunteered with a number of...2023-11-071h 11
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesHaley: Podcaster, Community-Builder, ConnectorHaley Radke is an adoptee advocate and the creator and host of the popular podcast, Adoptees On, where adopted people share their adoption experiences. Adoptees On has more than 250 episodes featuring adoptees and adoptee therapists and has been downloaded over 1.2 million times in 140+ countries worldwide. www.adopteeson.com To go directly to Haley's interview, you can go to the timestamp: 9:42Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss The Baby Thief by Barbara Bisantz Raymond.Thank you to our sponsor S12F.Joe Soll & ot...2023-10-3157 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesGregory: An Adoptee Gives BackGregory D. Luce is a Minnesota-based attorney born and adopted in the District of Columbia. He is the founder of Adoptee Rights Law Center, where he represents US-born and inter-country adoptees on issues involving identity, records, and US citizenship. He is also a co-founder and the executive director of Adoptees United Inc., a national nonprofit adoptee rights organization. A graduate of Boston University and the University of Minnesota Law School, he lives in Minneapolis with his spouse and two children.To find Gregory Luce: Adoptee Rights Law Center...2023-10-2447 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAllison: An Adoptee Who Adopts Discusses the ComplexitiesAllison Olson is an adoptee from a closed adoption in 1979. She is also an adoptive parent, raising awareness of current harmful narratives in children’s adoption books. To Find Allison: Social Media = @kidsbooksbyallisonolson (FB, Instagram, and TikTok)IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award WinnerA Mom’s Choice Awards® RecipientSurrounded by Love: An Open Adoption Story on Amazonwww.ouradoptionbooks.comKirkus ReviewLearning about My Friend's Adoption on AmazonTo go directly to Allison's interview, you can go to the timestamp: 14:13Also in thi...2023-10-171h 11
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAndy: When Reunion Doesn't Provide ClosureAndy was born Anthony in April 1970 in Paisley just outside Glasgow, Scotland in 1970. Although in a material sense, his childhood was relatively affluent emotionally, he struggled with adoption and having nobody to talk to about it. His persistent loneliness was brought on by his adoption and the distance from his adoptive parents.Attending a strict Catholic private school made the problems worse as there were no "safe" adults to talk to and it helped to contribute to the emptiness he felt.Thankfully attending University and moving out really helped as he had a great set...2023-10-1053 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesJessica: Now What Do I Do? An Adoptee Finally Finds Answers.Adopted in California in 1975, Jessica's family moved to Pennsylvania around the age of two. As a child, she slowly moved in with the neighbors when she realized her adoptive parents were not able to raise her. Recently, she has reunited with her birth mother and several members of that side of the family. She did not tell her Pennsylvania family about her search until after returning from meeting her birth family in Kansas City. It’s been an adventure ever since.To go directly to Jessica's interview, you can go to the timestamp: 10:21...2023-10-0345 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesSeason Four Finale - American Baby with Gabrielle Glaser and Margaret Erle KatzSarah and Louise have a powerful and meaningful discussion with Gabrielle Glaser, author of American Baby, and Margaret Erle Katz, whose story is the focus of the book.American Baby by Gabrielle Glaser.Thank you to our sponsor S12F.Joe Soll & other adoptee resourcesIf you want to support our show, you can go to our Patreon Page.Our Patrons: Laura Christensen, Barbara Frank, Ramona Evans, Linda Pevac, Blonde Records, Daphne Keys, D...2023-09-1954 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesElle: For This Adoptee, the Truth Led to an AwakeningElle Klassen is a Canadian who was born to a young woman of nineteen years of age in 1970. She was relinquished and then placed with her adoptive family when she was five days old. She grew up in a very conservative Canadian evangelical family where adoption was spoken of as God's plan. Much of her religious background didn't sit well with her, including the narrative around adoption. As an adopted person whose big goal in life was to fly under the radar as much as she could, she never challenged the common narrative surrounding adoption that she grew up...2023-09-121h 00
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesPatrick: A Lonely Childhood Led to a Search for IdentityPatrick Hawes was born in North Carolina on August 10, 1970, and officially adopted in September 1970. From an early age, Patrick knew he was adopted because his adopted mom was Japanese and his adopted father was American but he didn’t look at all Japanese. Patrick never really desired to search for his birth family during his childhood. He was raised in a good home and was well taken care of but there was a distance between him and his adopted mom which led to many of his adoption issues including loneliness, fear, and pain. He often thought of searching for hi...2023-09-0559 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesJanet: A Spouse and a Podcast Led This Adoptee to ReunionJanet M was born in Virginia in the late 1970’s to a 16-year-old mother. At 6 weeks old she was placed via a closed adoption into a loving home with her parents and older adopted brother. She always knew she was adopted but it wasn’t a topic that was discussed openly or often in her family. Not knowing her origin story fueled her curiosity around the subject of pregnancy and birth. She became fascinated with childbirth and the beautiful relationship between new moms and their babies. She became a labor and delivery nurse in the year 2000 and has been help...2023-08-291h 05
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesRivi: An Open Adoption Still Leaves QuestionsRivi Shocket was born in Baltimore Maryland in 1987. She was adopted two days after she was born and had an open adoption. From the time she was a toddler, her adoptive parents would take her to spend time with her birth family (mom, dad, siblings, cousins, and grandparents) every couple of years. Throughout Rivi's teenage years and into adulthood, she developed strong bonds with her immediate birth family--especially her mother. Her birth mother struggled with addictions, so it was difficult to have a consistent relationship with her, but she cherished the times and talks they had up until her...2023-08-2237 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesTerrie: An Adoptee Heals Through CreativityTerrie Novak was adopted as an infant in 1967. She and her adopted brother, Gene, grew up in the security of a loving family and in awareness of their adoption. When Terrie was 18, thanks to the heroic efforts of her first mother, she received her bio family's contact information. Today Terrie is privileged to a rare abundance of love shared with her first mother, biological siblings, as well as her adoptive parents, and her own bio kids. During the long solitude of the pandemic, Terrie was compelled to write about what it means to make a family under the traumatic...2023-08-1556 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesMireille: An Unexpected Encounter Led to ReunionMireille Landry is an interracial adoptee who, alongside her identical twin sister, was adopted at 3 months old and raised in a predominantly white area by white adoptive parents. Originally intended to be a closed adoption, at the age of 12, the twins coincidentally met their birth mother at the mall while traveling to a nearby city for a soccer game. This unexpected encounter marked the beginning of their reunification journey, which led to meeting most of their maternal and paternal biological family and a trip to Zambia, Africa in 2011 to meet their paternal grandparents and extended Zambian family.T...2023-08-0145 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesFaith: For One Adoptee, a Health Scare Brought New RevelationsFaith Brady was born on 22 June 1969 and adopted one month later when the US landed on the moon. She has always known she was adopted and had a great relationship with her adoptive parents. Her parents then adopted another child, a brother, 3 1/2 years later. In 2015 she had to have open heart surgery and it was then that she became very interested in her medical history. Ancestry found a 1st cousin that let her know that ALL of the women in her family died before they were 60, including her bio mom. This set Faith on a path of discovery to fi...2023-07-2552 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesChris: Home at Last: A Navajo Adoptee Finds His PlaceChris Stearns is Navajo and was adopted in the mid-1960s before the Indian Child Welfare Act existed. His mom was part of the federal Indian Relocation program which moved Native Americans away from reservations to large cities as part of a national assimilation policy. Chris began his life in the Los Angeles County foster care system and was adopted when he was 2 years old by a loving white family in New Jersey where he was raised. Chris chose a career as an attorney fighting for Native American rights and spent many years in Washington, D.C. representing Indian t...2023-07-1858 min
Pro Politics with Zac McCraryLegendary Democratic Strategist Bob ShrumSend us a textBob Shrum is a platonic ideal of a guest for this podcast…someone who, as a teenager, met JFK at the 1960 Democratic Convention and decades later worked as a strategist for several presidential candidates, big city mayors, Governors, and Senators. In this conversation, we talk his early passion for politics, the fortuitous chance to get his foot in the door as a speechwriter for a NYC mayor, how he connected with Senator Ted Kennedy and helped write his famous ’80 Convention Speech, and Bob’s 3 decades as a leading Democratic admaker and strategist – plus his curr...2023-06-1354 min
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full AudiobookGeorge Bernard Shaw: A BBC Radio Drama Collection Audiobook by George Bernard ShawListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 555109
Title: George Bernard Shaw: A BBC Radio Drama Collection
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Narrator: Anton Lesser, David Suchet, Full Cast , Judi Dench, Juliet Stevenson, Prunella Scales, Ralph Fiennes, Rebecca Front, Ron Cook, Various
Format: Unabridged
Length: 25:48:05
Language: English
Release date: 02-24-22
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Classics, General
Summary:
15 of the finest works by the world-renowned playwright, as heard on BBC radio
George Bernard Shaw - or Bernard Shaw, as he preferred to be known - was one of Ireland's foremost dramatists and thinkers. His...2022-02-241h 48
RECOLLECTTrailerRECOLLECT celebrates the study of Pan-African history and culture. My name is B. Francis Clark and I am a product of the African slave trade. I’m also the product of the preeminent scholars in the field of Africana studies. As a student at Berkeley and UCLA, I had the privilege of learning from the best of the best, including Ron Takaki, Harry Edwards, Richard Yarborough, Brenda Stevenson, Robert Hill, Cheryl Keyes, Barbara Christian, Boniface Obichere, Negussay Ayele, Scot Brown, and so many more. This podcast is a tribute to them, and to all the flame keepers and engravers wh...2021-06-0201 min
Outlander Cast: The Outlander Podcast With Mary & BlakeOutlander Cast: Season 5 Teaser Breakdown + New York Comic ConMary & Blake chat about their Outlander experience in New York Comic Con recently, and also break down the recently released season 5 teaser trailer. In this episode we chat about literally every frame of the trailer, every Outlandish theory we can think of, why the show desperately needs to give it's antagonist his own voice, why Ron Moore is just "there", and why there seems to be very little love lost between Maril Davis and Diana Gabaldon. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Play Music | Stitcher | YouTube | Spotify Download: .mp3 Soc...2019-10-1552 min
Financial Facts and TaxMarket Volatility and Tax SeasonRon & Barbara were interviewed live on the radio and talk about the recent levels of volatility in the market and what people should do regarding their portfolios, we also discuss the new changes to our tax laws and what people can expect now that we are entering tax season.2019-01-1900 minFinancial Facts and TaxWho are Ron and Barbara and Inverview with DJ FoneGet to know Ron & Barbara with also a live interview with DJ Fone from KQNA Talk of the Town2018-12-2900 minFinancial Facts and TaxRon and Barbara with D.J. Fone on Talk of the TownRetirement can be scary, but it doesn’t have to be! Listen in to learn more about creating a RELIABLE and LONG-TERM retirement and download your COMPLIMENTARY Retirement Income Toolkit.2018-11-2100 minFinancial Facts and TaxFinancial Facts & Tax: Pilot Show on New Time and DayIn this show Ron & Barbara focus on describing different retirement plans ranging from 401k's, IRA's, Roth IRA's and a general plan of savings for your Retirement.2018-11-1000 min
From the Front PorchEpisode 167 || Bookshelf Reading Challenge 2018It's time to forge ahead into the wild unknown. Are you ready to earn 20% off a Bookshelf purchase? Follow along with Chris and Annie as they explain the terms of this year's Bookshelf Reading Challenge! Also, do we sound different? Mentioned this week: + Heating and Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly + The End We Start From by Megan Hunter + Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck + Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park + Encyclopedia Brown by Daniel J. Sobol + The All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor + The Familiar Enemy by Ardis Butterfield + Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen +...2018-04-1941 min
Beyond Athletic with Ryan Jay Owens#41 Mastering Your Fate & Captaining Your Soul with Carly WOPAT#41 Mastering your fate and captaining your soul with Carly WOPAT
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Athlete Case Study: Professional volleyball player who graduated from Stanford University, plays for the USA National Team, and currently plays in Ankara, Turkey
March 23, 2016
BACKGROUND
In this athlete case study, we focus on what it takes to overcome the most difficult times in our lives. Having people around you to lean on, finding what outlets work best to express yourself, and focusing on doing what is best to accomplish your dreams are just a few of the topics...2016-03-2400 min