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Personal Parsha ProseParshas Chayei Sara: Not NegotiableThis week’s parsha, Parshas Chayei Sara, is a parsha of negotiation. Avraham negotiates with Ephron and the Hittites for the cave of machpela, then Avraham compromises with Eliezer (if you don’t find anyone, come back and he can marry your daughter – per the Midrash), and then, of course, there is complex and extremely subtle negotiations with Rivka’s family. The only place we do not encounter compromise in this chapter is the final aliyot, and those verses hold a tremendous lesson about our people and our place in the world. The idea of Bnei Yisr...
2025-11-1405 minPersonal Parsha ProseParshas Noah – Standing ApartDedicated to a refuah shelaima for Moshe Aaron ben Necha Itta, Binyamin ben Simcha, Chaya Sarah bas Esther Leah, and Sharon bas Shoshana.We are all, I would comfortably say, familiar with the stories of the greatness of Avraham Avinu. We know that in a culture of avodah zara, Avraham recognized that there could only be one Creator, one singular greater power who needed no intermediaries. When no one seemed to understand, he sought (and succeeded) in building a relationship with Hashem. We know that Avraham destroyed the idols in his father’s idol shop. We know th...
2025-10-2407 min
HistoryFFSEp 03: The Bombs, The Ships, The Sharks with Nick HewittWhat do a secret atomic mission, the horrors of war, and a shark tale immortalised in blockbuster cinema have in common? In this haunting, unforgettable episode of History For F***’s Sake, host Sarah Dowd welcomes naval historian, author, and maritime storyteller Nick Hewitt to dive beneath the surface of one of WWII's most infamous tragedies: the sinking of USS Indianapolis.From Jaws’ unforgettable monologue to the real-life trauma endured by hundreds of young sailors stranded in Pacific waters, Sarah and Nick dissect the myth, memory, and legacy of an event that shaped cinema and the modern US N...
2025-10-2155 min
MoonbeamingMerging Spirit, Identity, & Design with Silas Munro: Wisdom from the Moon Studio CommunityWhat if your multidimensionality is your greatest creative power?In this intimate conversation, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener connects with artist, educator, and designer Silas Munro about what it means to live and create as a whole, multidimensional person. From honoring grief to challenging design norms, Silas shares how integrating identity, spirituality, and activism has transformed his work and life.You’ll hear:Why embracing all your parts—artist, mystic, educator, activist—is a radical actWhat poetic research is and how it can guide your creative processHow Silas turns surfing into a spiritual practice and grief into c...
2025-08-061h 09
Fearlessly Unshackled- Faith ConversationsFaith Conversation Ashley HewittExplore the profound insights and inspirational journey shared by Ashley Hewitt 'Stepping Out Boldly in Christ.' This conversation delves deeply into understanding how faith and courage intertwine, encouraging readers to embrace their spiritual path with confidence and conviction.
2025-06-1334 min
The Inspiring Victory ShowThe Courage of a Leader: How to Boost Your Employee Engagement to Produce Extraordinary Results for Your BusinessEpisode 28:The Inspiring Victory Show - Sarah Victory & Globally Recognized Keynote Speaker, Top 3% Podcaster & Internationally Bestselling Author, Amy RileyDiscover the ultimate secret to a thriving business driven by engaged and powerful teams! In this episode of The Inspiring Victory Show™,Amy Riley, Globally Recognized Keynote Speaker, Top 3% Podcast Host & Internationally Bestselling Author, reveals how courageous leadership fosters engagement, builds trust, and drives extraordinary business success.With over 20 years of experience, Amy has worked with Fortune 500 companies, helping leaders drive impact and innovation. She is an Internationally Bestselling Author and Podcast Host of...
2025-02-1257 min
BRAVE COMMERCEDHL’s Greg Hewitt Shares Insights on Global Logistics and Industry TransformationIn this compelling episode of BRAVE COMMERCE, hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter sit down with Greg Hewitt, CEO of DHL Express in the U.S., to discuss the future of logistics and commerce. Drawing on his 30 years of experience at DHL, Greg offers forward-looking insights into how global shipping is evolving to meet the demands of an increasingly digital and connected world.While reflecting on the industry’s transformation—from manual processes to AI-driven supply chain optimization—Greg focuses on the next big shifts shaping logistics, including automation, sustainability, and customer-centric innovations. The conversation highlights emergi...
2024-12-2428 minBRAVE COMMERCEDHL’s Greg Hewitt Shares Insights on Global Logistics and Industry TransformationIn this compelling episode of BRAVE COMMERCE, hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter sit down with Greg Hewitt, CEO of DHL Express in the U.S., to discuss the future of logistics and commerce. Drawing on his 30 years of experience at DHL, Greg offers forward-looking insights into how global shipping is evolving to meet the demands of an increasingly digital and connected world.While reflecting on the industry’s transformation—from manual processes to AI-driven supply chain optimization—Greg focuses on the next big shifts shaping logistics, including automation, sustainability, and customer-centric innovations. The conversation highlights emergi...
2024-12-2428 min
Journeys into Genealogy podcastResearching New Zealand Family History with Sarah HewittSarah Hewitt is chair of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists. We discuss what records are available in New Zealand, where they are located, what is available for free including birth, marriage and death records, wills and probate, school records, immigration, newspaper and other archives plus the benefits of joining the New Zealand Society of Genealogists including access to the Kiwi Collection. Sarah has put together a resource sheet which is available via this blog post: https://emmacox.co.uk/researching-your-ancestors-in-new-zealand.
2024-03-2657 min
Messy, Luminous, Being PodcastEpisode 156 The Medicine of Story w/ Claire HewittWisdom has most often been passed from one generation to the next through stories. How should we live? What is our relationship with the universe and ourselves? What is the deeper meaning of our life? In all cultures, insights have been held in stories, and these stories have been told as medicine for the soul. In this episode, I talk to storyteller Claire Hewitt. We talk about how story is connected to land and place, how sometimes stories come to us at just the right time and how women's wisdom has been carried and also hidden within story.
2024-02-151h 04
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesSarah: An International Adoptee Gives Back by WritingSarah D. Shearer is a writer, wife, and mother. She was adopted from Russia as a baby but has spent her life in Thomasville, Georgia. She is passionate about encouraging people to overcome and maintain a positive perspective.Sarah is married with two beautiful children. She and her family live on a sprawling rural farm, which gives her, as L.M. Montgomery says in Sarah’s favorite childhood novel Anne of Green Gables, great “scope for the imagination.”Sarah also enjoys writing for local magazines, reading, and celebrating her friends and family. I...
2024-02-0645 min
Breakthrough: A Dale Carnegie PodcastSeason 2: Episode 9- Get Involved with Guest Sarah HewittSarah Hewitt is on a mission to bridge the gap between industry and education. Sarah is the Vice President - Independent Petroleum Association of America Energy Workforce Center and has an extensive background in educational psychology. She speaks on trends with teenagers, valuable communication skills needed, and how to leverage informal interviews. Asking more questions and listening carefully are two simple things we can do that will make a massive difference in the way we connect with others!
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-hewitt-23127231/
2023-10-3124 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
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesNancy: For this Adoptee, the Story Didn't Add UpNancy Davis was born in Florida in 1949 and adopted by a family from New York. The adoption was private and no documents were available to investigate her origins. An Ancestry test 6 years ago revealed that Nancy had 5 siblings in North Carolina from her birth parents, 3 brothers, and 2 sisters. It has been an amazing journey for her and has helped fill many of the “unknowns” of her heritage. She works as an EMT in her current home in Connecticut and thoroughly enjoys sharing her story.To go directly to Nancy's interview, skip ahead to 19:30.Also...
2023-07-1151 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesDavid E: Phantom Parents: An Adoptee Connects the DotsAn unofficial adoption. David Enker was born in Amsterdam in 1970, following the Summer of Love of 1969. Relinquished a few months after birth to another family in The Hague, his birth mother, a university student at the time, had hoped to retrieve him after her studies. Although never officially adopted, things turned topsy-turvy when his new family refused to let him go. A bumpy reunion unravels in reverse.This unusual beginning, together with a life-long quest for an identity, belonging and meaning form the backbone of his recently published memoir "Phantom Parents". A heartbreaking and heartwarming work, addressing...
2023-07-0447 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAnnie O: Where Is My Mum?I’m Annie O. O stands for my last name. O is round. It’s a hole I still live in, that I’m not allowed to escape. Why the fuck is that how it has to be?Adoption has a long history, with a narrative built around it being a celebrated act of love, of charity and saviorism. I rejoice for those who experienced the best of that narrative. However, there is a growing number of investigations and reports that show, for many, adoption is not and has never been, what people are led to believe.
2023-06-2756 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesMariela: Home Sweet Casa: A Colombian Adoptee Shares Her StoryMariela Andersen is the author of "Home Sweet Casa: A Journey to The Universal Heart". Her book is the story of her reunion with her biological family in Colombia after being separated from them at birth. Mariela’s book takes the reader along with her as she discovers more about her past than she could have ever imagined and dives deep into the multifaceted layers of what makes her who she is. Adopted or otherwise, everyone is sure to benefit from reading her story.UPDATE:Since this episode was recorded: Mariela visited her biological fa...
2023-06-2054 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesPaige: The Family She Never Knew Lived Only Blocks AwayPaige Strickland is an Ohio “Baby-Scoop Era” adoptee, teacher, mom of two and grandmother of three. She is the author of two memoir books, Akin To The Truth and After The Truth. She is currently working on a YA (young adult) book-in-verse version of her books. Paige also teaches Zumba (tm) Fitness, enjoys working in her garden, loves the beach, reading and spending time with her family.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss American Baby by Gabrielle Glaser. Thank you to our sponsor S12F.Jo...
2023-06-1355 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesRelinquished: An Adoptee Roundtable Discussion About the Complexities of Navigating Those Early WoundsSarah and Louise join their season three authors, A.M. Homes, Damon Davis, and Megan Culhane Galbraith in an intimate roundtable discussion about living as adult adoptees and learning to navigate early childhood wounds."The Mistress's Daughter" by A.M. Homes"Who am I Really: An Adoptee Memoir" by Damon Davis"The Guild of the Infant Saviour" by Megan Culhane GalbraithThank you to our sponsor S12F.Joe Soll & other adoptee resourcesIf you...
2023-06-0653 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesRudy: Fighting for Adoptee RightsRudy Owens is a Detroit native, born in the mid-1960s at Crittenton General Hospital of Detroit, one of the country’s largest maternity hospitals dedicated to supporting and promoting adoption. He was relinquished to his adoptive family shortly after his birth from his single mother and placed with another family after spending nearly five weeks in foster family care. His adoption story typifies many of the adoptions that were promoted by the Florence Crittenton Association of America, which ran the hospital and dozens of maternity homes and hospitals in the United States through the 1970s.Owens su...
2023-05-3059 min
The LimelightBook Interrupted with Sarah DiopSarah Diop wanted to create a book club for readers who were used to the business of life interrupting things like book clubs. That’s why the podcast Book Interrupted was born. The podcast includes a panel of six people who don’t stay strictly on topic, but instead, use the book they’re reading as a jumping-off point for other conversations.
In fact, one of the things that makes Book Interrupted stand out as far as book clubs go is that it’s on-brand for them to go off-topic, not take themselves too seriously, experiment with different...
2023-05-2311 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesKate: An International Adoptee Struggles to BondKate Betancourt was born in 1978 in Bogotá Colombia. She spent three months in the hospital after her Mother left, after her birth. Kate was transferred to an orphanage where she stayed until her adoption by an American couple at six months old. Kate grew up in Michigan with one younger sibling biological to her adoptive parents. Growing up a Transracial adoptee in a mostly white area had its issues. Kate knew she was adopted and struggled with bonding with her adoptive parents, feeling lonely and flawed. Kate dealt with childhood sexual abuse. As a teen Kat...
2023-05-2357 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesJeffrey: Untangling the Layers of a Corrupt AdoptionJeffrey Leventhal was born In 1970 in Miami, FL, and didn’t learn until age 12 that he was adopted. He was told that he had a twin, which was just one of several lies that persisted throughout his childhood. Having never felt like he fit in and being rebuffed by his adoptive family whenever he requested more information, when Jeff was in his 20s, he decided to dive deep into his adoption only to find out there were no records of his adoption… or his birth.Finally, over 20 years later with the help of DNA, he found the info...
2023-05-161h 02
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAnne: A Disrupter Digs DeepA conversation with fellow adoptee Anne Heffron.Anne Heffron, author of You Don’t Look Adopted, Truth and Agency Writing Ideas for Adopted People, Writing and Pooping, and the movie Phantom Halo, can be found on Instagram at anne-heffron, Facebook, and her website https://www.anneheffron.com.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss Megan Culhane Galbraith’s “The Guild of The Infant Saviour”.If you'd like to read along with Sarah and Louise, go here: https://www.amazon.com/Guild-Infant-Saviour-Adopted-Machete/dp/0814257917Thank you to our sponsor S12F.If y...
2023-05-0954 min
Killer Pillow TalkStay Out of the Naughty House - Part 2The chilling, final deep digging into the life of Thomas Donald Bruce McArthur... a name almost as long as his killing spree. Charlie isn't really into this Santa's slaying, but most of it takes place in a van down by the river, so he's torn. Will the Canadian police arrest Saint McArthur? Will the little old lady do her own gardening? Are Canadian serial killer at least polite about it? Find out all this, and all that stuff from the first part, and still more yet on the conclusion of Bruce McArthur: Naughty (not nice!).
2023-05-0746 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesFred: Finding Out at 41 that the Life You Knew was a LieEveryone learns to accept life’s twists and turns as they live out the daily rituals of their lives. But what happens when an event completely alters one’s understanding of everything about the world in which they live, including who they are? Fred Nicora brings the audience into his innermost thoughts as he sees his foundation swept away with a simple slip of the tongue at the age of forty-one, while attending a large family gathering with his children and wife. Fred details his journey to understand his new identity and re-frame his past in his memoir, Forbidden Roots.
2023-05-021h 08
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesKatie: On the Outside Looking InKatie is an ESL teacher from Pennsylvania and was adopted in 1966 at the age of six weeks. She grew up always knowing she was adopted, but became the people pleaser in a huge Irish Catholic family always feeling like she was "on the outside looking in". After having her first child in 1995, she contacted the adoption agency to obtain her medical history and was warned, "These reunions don't always go well". Katie waited until after the birth of her second child to inquire again only to discover her birth mother had inquired about her the exact same week. Things wen...
2023-04-2557 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesJay: Using Journalism Training to Track Down Family RootsJay Blotcher was adopted in June of 1961 at the age of one year by a couple in Randolph, MA, a Boston suburb. His dark complexion prompted countless questions about his lineage during childhood. In March of 1988, Jay was contacted by his birth mother, Valerie Paul, and learned he was the product of a one-night-stand between this young girl and a pitcher from the Baltimore Orioles of Puerto Rican lineage. In the ensuing 35 years, Blotcher employed his training as a journalist to track down his biological father's family, as well as the foster family who cared for him b...
2023-04-181h 06
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesJulie: A Long Journey for Self-CompassionJulie was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1968 at a Salvation Army home and was adopted 5 days later by a lovely family. She always knew she was adopted but it was not really talked about much other than to say she was "chosen" and very much wanted. Julie was born a very sensitive little girl. The parents had a child of their own 8 years prior with special needs. They tried to get pregnant again but were unable to do so. They adopted Julie not realizing the extent of their son's problems. He had severe epilepsy as well as some cerebral...
2023-04-1153 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesPaul: A Kidnapping, An Adoption, A Lost Twin: One man's Quest for the TruthWhen he was ten years old, Paul Fronczak was snooping around for Christmas presents in a crawl space in his family’s Chicago home. There, he found hundreds of old newspaper clippings about the kidnapping of a one-day-old infant in a hospital in 1964. He also learned that, two years later, the boy was found and returned to his family—and that the boy was him.Nearly fifty years later, Paul, acting on long-held suspicions, took a DNA test that proved he was not the kidnapped boy. In an instant, his world changed.He found out that...
2023-04-0454 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesKay: A Self-taught Genetic Genealogist Discovers the Story of her LifeKay was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1973 and immediately placed for adoption. After a stay in foster care, she was adopted into a small close-knit family. Adoption was not discussed a great deal, but it was not hidden either. Despite being loved and spoiled, Kay was never quite comfortable in her own skin. She received her original birth certificate in 2015 and was able to locate her maternal biological family quickly. Unfortunately, her birth mother died 5 months later, and the identity of her birth father was left a mystery. Kay became a self-taught genetic genealogist. Using a 4th cousin match on Anc...
2023-03-281h 06
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesCormac: An Adoption, An Irish Mother-Baby Home, and the Search for AnswersCormac was born into a mother-and-baby home in Ireland, which was known to be exceptionally cruel to both mother and child. He was adopted at five months old. He's always known he was adopted but it was never spoken about. Ever. He did not look for his biological family until his adoptive parents died. He re-connected with his birth mother just before his fiftieth birthday. Sadly that didn't work out. He's just recently found out about his birth father, who is deceased. He found this podcast by chance and is devouring it daily. He would like to send his g...
2023-03-2145 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesShari: From Foster Home to Wounded HealerShari was adopted at the age of four. She spent the first year in a hospital. Then went to several foster homes after that. When she met her adopted family, there was always an open conversation about her beginnings. She always knew her story from her past, so she never had many questions. Later on in life, she began a spiritual quest to heal from journey, as a young girl. This brought her to meet a spiritual teacher, and become a healer. This powerful work helped others as well and grounded Shari into a bigger version of herself. A...
2023-03-1450 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesGreg: Searching for a Place to Fit InGreg was born California in 1969 and placed in a closed adoption as an infant after spending 6 weeks in foster care, which was a common practice with Baby Scoop Era adoptions. Growing up, he sensed a certain ill-fit with his family, and found out about his adoption when he was 10. In 2006, at age 37, he finally discovered and made contact with his biological maternal side, and has experienced all the attendant ups-and-downs that so often accompany reunion. He was able to connect with his paternal family in late 2021, and is currently navigating the landscape and complexities of those newly-emerging relationships. Since...
2023-03-0749 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesCharity: Sometimes it takes Loss to be FoundCharity Elliott was born in 1969 and after spending 3.5 months in foster care was placed for adoption with the State of California. Growing up in Missouri, Charity was a happy adoptee and found great comfort in her faith and in the sport of basketball. After a collegiate career that ended with her team making it to the Final Four, Charity entered the college coaching ranks where she has spent the last 25 years. Despite being located and contacted by her birth mother in college, Charity never realized the impact her adoption had on her until she lost her adopted father and sho...
2023-02-2848 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesJim: When Trauma Leads to LoveJim Serrano's origins as a domestic adoptee started on January 22nd, 1962 in San Jose, California. Being adopted at 6 months of age, his journey has had many ups and downs. From childhood to his search for his biological family 23 years ago, Jim continues to heal from the trauma that is still so present in his life.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss what's upcoming for Season Three.If you'd like to read along with Sarah and Louise, go here: The Mistress's Daughter by A.M. HomesThank you to our sponsor S12...
2023-02-2159 min
Violating Community Guidelines with Brittany Broski and Sarah SchauerThe BCC Club with Sarah Schauer and Kendahl Landreth - Nepotism BabiesWelcome to the chain, we are your hosts Sarah Schauer and Kendahl Landreth! Join us on the thread as we take a deep dive into the internet, discuss new titillating topics every week, and maybe even CC in some special guests for their opinions on the action!Which one of YOUR parents is an A-list actor? Neither? Then why are you sitting with us? Today, Kendahl and Sarah cover everyone's favorite topic to trash talk on: nepotism babies, featuring today's guest: Jennifer Love Hewitt II.Get PayPal Honey for FREE at https://JoinHoney.com/BCC
2023-02-201h 04
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesEmily: Putting the Pieces of Life Back TogetherEmily Sinagra was born and relinquished, in 1958, at a Salvation Army Hospital for Unwed Mothers. After four months of foster care, she was placed in a closed adoption. Thirty years later, she found her birth parents and has been trying to put herself back together ever since. Writing, theatre, improv, clowning, painting, these are the tools she wields to patch and paste. Her memoir, How I got Born, is nearing completion, and she hopes her voice will collaborate with others to change assumptions about adoption and provide impetus for change. Most importantly, she is the mother of three adult...
2023-02-141h 11
Schauer Thoughts2: Nepotism BabiesWhich one of YOUR parents is an A-list actor? Neither? Then why are you sitting with us? Today, Kendahl and Sarah cover everyone's favorite topic to trash talk on: nepotism babies, featuring today's guest: Jennifer Love Hewitt II.Get PayPal Honey for FREE at https://JoinHoney.com/BCCGo to https://ZocDoc.com/BCC and download the Zocdoc app for FREE.Follow Sarah: @SarahSchauerFollow Kendahl: @KendahlLandreth
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2023-02-081h 01
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAdam: When Pain Becomes GrowthAdam Anthony is a same-race, black adoptee and blogger on the platform "Onward & Upward," which explores his motivation for persona development, mental health awareness, and his adoption discovery experience. Adam is a doctoral student, writer, and podcast host of two shows, "Curiously Becoming" and "Mentorship Mondays." Some of his featured writing on his perspectives on being an adoptee has been shown in online mediums like "Love What Matters" and "Severance Magazine."Onward & Upward https://inspire-explore-promote.blogAlso in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss A.M. Homes' The M...
2023-02-0756 min
In an Imperfect World#28 - Kate Hewitt's Imperfect Adventure: Career Change, Binge Eating Battles, and Finding BalanceHello and welcome to In An Imperfect World! Today, we have a special guest who's going to share her inspiring journey with us - Kate Hewitt, also known as Kate Koaching on Instagram.Are you ready to be inspired and motivated? Then, buckle up and get ready to hear Kate's story of transformation, adventure, and self-discovery. We'll be covering:Kate's leap of faith from the classroom to the fitness studioHer travels to exotic destinations such as Bali, Dubai, and TenerifeHer personal relationship with food, including her past struggles with disordered eating and binge eatingInsights into her...
2023-02-031h 15
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesRuth: A Mother Searches for a MotherRuth Bendig is a “Baby Scoop Era” domestic adoptee. The oldest of her adoptiveparents' three children, she and her brothers were all relinquished as infants and raised in the Midwest.Becoming a mother jump-started a desire to learn more about her biological history.WIth the support and encouragement of her adoptive parents she began to search, first through the state, then, when that proved to be a dead end, through DNA testing. She is now in reunion with siblings and cousins on both sides of her biological family.Also in this episode, Sara...
2023-01-3154 minKiller Pillow TalkStay Out of the Naughty House - Part 1Thomas Donald Bruce McArthur…. And that’s only one person. This is the long tale matching a long name of a killer with a jolly red hat and dirty green thumb. Charlie is none too pleased by what Sarah describes. Why do Santa’s break bad? Why is landscaping so hard? Are all the best killers Canadian? Find out all this and more as Sarah and Charlie return to the airwaves with new equipment and a new crime spree. Happy Belated Holidays!!
2023-01-271h 00
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesGarth: A Midlife Discovery Exposes the Truth of SelfGiven up at birth, placed in foster care, then adopted by a military family, Garth Garrett grew up always knowing he was adopted. He thought being adopted was no big deal - like being left-handed in a right-handed family and that his lingering sense of longing stemmed from the nomadic life of an Army brat. Only upon starting therapy in mid-life did he discover that adoption was actually the central issue of his life, including his own alienation from his own feelings. His multiple searches for each biological parent yielded information, more heartbreak, two more rejections by his biological...
2023-01-241h 05
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesFrom Happiness to Despair and Back AgainDaphne Keys is a BSE adoptee born and raised in Maryland as the middle child between two brothers who are the biological children of her adoptive parents. Daphne always knew she was adopted, had access to the minimal non-identifying information provided at her adoption hearing, and always searched the faces of her community for a connection to her biological family.Married for forty years, Daphne is the mother of four adult children and grandmother of eleven. Daphne did not realize the impact her adoption had on her ability to bond with and parent her own children until...
2023-01-1050 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesFrom Only Child to a CommunityJon Stautzenberger is a pastor in the Texas hill country. He grew up an only child from a small family in a closed, private adoption always knowing that he was locally adopted and grew up in the community of his birth family. He finally took a DNA test in 2021 and connected with his paternal aunt. Suddenly the only child from a small family found himself with three aunts, three uncles, cousins galore, and a sister and a brother! Being from the same community, the times that their paths had crossed were astonishing.Moving forward Jon desires to...
2022-12-2755 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesWhat Happened When the Fog LiftedAmy Hansen is a domestic adoptee, and was born in 1969. She was placed for adoption at birth. Amy grew up in a loving family and was well cared for. She was the "happy" adoptee, grateful to her birth parents, her adopted parents and always trying to make everyone happy. Amy has been in reunion with some of her birth family for the past four years and has recently come out of the FOG. She is beginning to realize she was living behind the disguise of a happy, positive person who didn’t realize the loss and grief she was carr...
2022-12-1349 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesWhen a Seeker Turns into a GuideDaryn Watson is a Canadian-born Domestic Adult Adoptee who began his adoption reunion journey in 1995 after locating his maternal family in Canada. Daryn uses his 25+ years of experience in reunion to guide other adoptees through their adoption reunion journeys. Daryn is a contributing author to two books on adoption:“The Adoptee Survival Guide” edited by Lynn Grubb “Flip the Script: Adult Adoptee Anthology with Diane Rene Christianson.Daryn also has a blog on Facebook and IG “@TheAdopteeMind”Daryn is a Certified Life Coach for Adoptees, Birth/First Parents and others who have been affected by adoption...
2022-11-2958 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesThe Art of Holding on and Letting GoLaurie James is an adoptee, mother, caregiver, turned author, and transformativecoach. Laurie’s book, Sandwiched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go is abouther eight-year journey when she was sent down an unwanted path after her motherhad a heart attack and her husband’s lawyer delivered some shocking news.Sandwiched between caring for her parents, managing caregivers, raising fourdaughters, and a crumbling marriage, she starts therapy and turns to alternativehealing programs to address her adoption, childhood trauma, and loneliness she feltfor much of her life. Laur...
2022-11-1549 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAwakening to a Compassionate NatureDanielle’s vision is a healthier, happier, and more peaceful world starting from within. Bringing over two decades as a senior instructor, healer, and trainer, she's currently Regional Director of WA state's Body & Brain Yoga Center. Born in Manhattan, NY, she was adopted at 10 days old, growing up with her adopted parents, later reconnecting at 21 years old with her biological mother actress Kate Mulgrew from the hit series TV sitcom Orange is the New Black and Star Trek Voyager. As a highly sensitive person from a young age along with a deep concern for the state of our planet--these tw...
2022-11-011h 01
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAn Adoptee Becomes an AdvocateNikole Shaw also known as " Koko" in the online community was born in Hawaiian Gardens, California, growing up in the suburbs of Orange County. Adopted as an infant, she is a black domestic adoptee who spent a large part of her life in a small town called Brea. Koko received her Bachelors of Science from San Jose State University and is currently working for the Department of Public Health San Francisco as a mental health professional. Koko is mostly known in the adoptee community as " @theblackadoptea" and spends her time advocating for and creating content for the adoptee community. She...
2022-10-1856 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesFacing the Primal Wound: Coming Out on the Other SideBob Guyer was born in 1953 and stayed for four days with his biological mother, and was adopted after a few months in foster care. He learned he was adopted at eight years old but didn’t think much of it until he went through a breakup and re-experienced his separation from his biological mother. Shortly before his 52nd birthday, he began a process of imaginative dialog with his feelings and that led to the healing of his Primal Wound. He has since found his biological relatives and remains in reunion.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louis di...
2022-10-0456 minKiller Pillow TalkQue Surratt Surratt - Edward SurrattWell, they're back, just in time to get ready for Spooky Season. Sarah brings up the disturbed and chilling material on Edward Surratt, an American murderer, rapist and suspected serial killer. That's tough for Charlie, since he hates all three of those. The tale winds them through Ohio, South Carolina, and some familiar old haunts in Pennsylvania. Buckle up, because this road trip is making no bathroom stops.
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2022-10-0244 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesReclaiming the Orphan of the Lost SelfLisa King is a retired disability specialist, artist and mother. She was born in 1957 into a closed adoption system and was adopted six months later. She has been on a lifelong quest to understand and make sense of how the adoptive experience has shaped and impacted her life. Having suffered the initial abandonment at birth, as all adoptees do, she has struggled throughout her life to embrace and not abandon her true self.Additionally, Lisa suffered a life changing traumatic accident that serves as a metaphor for her adoptive experience. Much of her spiritual search, consisting of...
2022-09-2036 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesUnderstanding the Mistress's DaughterA.M. Homes was born in Washington D.C. in 1961 and adopted at birth in a private adoption.She began to explore themes related to adoption in her 1993 novel, In A Country of Mothers. Just before the book was published her birth mother—inspired by an Oprah show on ‘reunions’ made contact. A.M. explored what happened next in her 2007 best-selling memoir, The Mistress’s Daughter.A.M. Homes newest novel: The Unfolding.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self.If...
2022-09-061h 12
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesUncovering Hidden IdentityLynn Grubb is a closed-era Illinois adoptee and parent by marriage, birth and adoption. She is the editor of "The Adoptee Survival Guide: Adoptees Share Their Wisdom and Tools" and the author of “Hidden Identity,” an audible memoir that chronicles her decades long search for her birth parents. She lives in Dayton, Ohio with husband Mark, their daughter, and two spoiled mini-Australian shepherds. You can reach out to Lynn on social media @theadoptedgenealogist or email her at:theadoptedgenealogist@gmail.com. You can listen to Lynn's memoir here:https://theadoptedgenealogist.podbean.com/Also...
2022-08-2347 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesTaking the Stigma out of AdoptionJeff Forney was born in San Francisco and raised in the East Bay town of Moraga, CA. A photographer based in Los Angeles, he has been working on a documentary filming interviews of adoptees in reunion.As Jeff says, ‘Finding your birth parents is the base camp of Mt. Everest, now you have to climb the bitch’.His goal is to take the stigma out of adoption, help adoptees identify with others' stories, and through that, restore power that had been buried and forgotten.My life is not better because someone adopt...
2022-08-0957 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesThe Complexity of Poverty and International AdoptionLenore Paletta Hiller is an international adoptee born in Southern Italy in the mid-1960's. She lived with her birth mother for the first five months of her life, but was separated from her due to poverty and other circumstances. She was adopted to the United States when she was 20 months old. She has been in various stages of reunion with her birth family since 1995. Lenore is hopeful that the future of adoption research will include the effects of intergenerational trauma on the children of adoptees. She is a member of the Facebook group Italiadoption, a...
2022-07-261h 01Killer Pillow TalkMonsieur Garçon - Thierry PaulinHey, right off the bat, sorry about the audio issues. They don’t run through the whole thing, only about half, and we are working on getting better recording equipment. :) Bear with us!
In this one, a tired Charlie and Sarah discuss a truly gruesome French spree killer named Thierry Paulin. He robbed, he killed, and he had a help from another Thierry! This one got old quick because Thierry only kills older women. Charlie is not a fan, not just because he loves old women, but also because murder makes him squirm. Plus, to make things even worse, they ve...
2022-07-2156 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesA Daughter Connects with her FatherAfter being taken away from her birth parents as a baby by the state, and adopted out of foster care at age 4, singer-songwriter Jenni Alpert (aka birth name: Cami) decided to go searching for her birth father. After weeks undercover on the street of LA, she finally found him homeless, addicted, and running from the law, yet a musician, just like her. Ultimately she guides him out of the legal system and off of the streets becoming his advocate and shadow adopting him into her life, cultivating an inspiring transformation as Don transitions from self identified vagrant to self...
2022-07-121h 15
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesA DNA Test Changed his LifeMichael Knox was adopted in 1961 in Illinois. He was raised with two younger sisters, one adopted and one bio. He moved to Southern California when he was five. He has been married for thirty six years and has three wonderful children and one granddaughter. Michael worked in the television industry for many years and moved his family to Atlanta work on the Olympics and he never left Atlanta.Around twenty-two years ago Michael started running, biking and swimming. One thing led to another and he started doing Iron Man triathlons and is currently training for one this...
2022-06-281h 02
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesFinding a Sense of SelfCarolina Khan is a transnational adoptee from Palmira, Colombia. As early as she can recall, she has always been informed of her adoption that took place at 18 months old. What she was not informed of were her circumstances surrounding her adoption and most importantly where her natural mother was and where she could be found. Why was adoption her story? Carolina had made it her priority to receive support and work through her own adoption trauma. Ultimately, she finds herself wanting to share her process of gaining her identity as a Colombian woman, sense of self, individuation and healing.
2022-06-141h 18
Killer Pillow TalkThe Angel of Death - NursachusettsThey just couldn't let Memorial Day pass by without stopping to reflect... on one of the most deadly nurses to ever grace the New England area. Kristen Gilbert was not a good woman, and she targeted patients in Veteran's Hospital, a real scumbagess. Charlie hated it. There's romance, poison, murder, and a lifetime(s) behind bars in this tale of what happens when a good nurse.. well, she was always a bad nurse... when a bad nurse stays bad. Come for the serial killer in a hospital, stay for the Glenn Martin, DDS reference.
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2022-06-0249 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesBetter Late than NeverAdopted at birth, Edward Di Gangi was born and raised in New York City. Although he knew for most of his life that he was adopted, it wasn’t until he approached his 70th birthday that he began to search for the identity of his birth mother. His journey and the many surprising discoveries he made as he searched are recounted in his memoir, The Gift Best Given. Edward and his wife now live in Hillsborough, North Carolina. He is a popular book club presenter and podcast guest. The Gift Best Given is his first full-length book.Al...
2022-05-3155 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAn Adoptee Raised by an AdopteeBeth Figuls is a technical writer and aspiring novelist/memoirist from Los Angeles. A Baby Scoop-era adoptee, she was raised by a father who was also an adoptee, and who had lived in an orphanage for a time when he was very young. She searched for and found her birth mother, as well as siblings from both sides of her birth families. She strongly believes that adoptees have a right to know who they are. She is very interested in exploring intergenerational trauma, loss, and adoptee personhood in her memoir-in-progress.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise...
2022-05-1758 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesA Transracial Adoptee Speaks his TruthMatthew Charles is the host of "little did u know", an abolitionist podcast that seeks to reveal the precarity inherent in transracial/national adoption and dream of a new future by centering the voices of Adoptees and Professionals. His is also an essayist, poet, and sometimes actor whose work explores (dis)placement, belonging, and colony and appears in VISIBLE and Severance Magazine. To learn more about Matthew Charles and his poetry you can visit his website: MatthewCharlesPoet.comAlso in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self.
2022-05-031h 19Killer Pillow TalkSunday, Bloody “Easter” Sunday; Rabbit HatchetHappy Easter! This one should come with a trigger warning, in more ways than one. Charlie hears the story of a one James Ruppert. He's famous in Ohio because that's where this gruesome tale happened. A quiet Easter gathering gets way more out of hand than your drunk uncle bringing up conspiracy theories. Sarah tells the whole "tail." There's some levity when they discuss the Bunnyman as a bonus. Harvey, is that you? Have a listen to lucky episode 13; don't forget your rabbit's foot.
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2022-04-3054 minKiller Pillow TalkSunday, Bloody "Easter" Sunday; Rabbit HatchetHappy Easter! This one should come with a trigger warning, in more ways than one. Charlie hears the story of a one James Ruppert. He's famous in Ohio because that's where this gruesome tale happened. A quiet Easter gathering gets way more out of hand than your drunk uncle bringing up conspiracy theories. Sarah tells the whole "tail." There's some levity when they discuss the Bunnyman as a bonus. Harvey, is that you? Have a listen to lucky episode 13; don't forget your rabbit's foot.Like/rate/review/subscribe. Email killerpillowtalk@gmail.com. Follow them on Facebook at...
2022-04-2556 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesThe "Good" Adopted ChildEmma Stevens is a U.S. domestic adoptee from birth and has survived layers of trauma that have put her on multiple journeys. She developed the inner strength and courage to surmount the many struggles she faced. Her traumas were born from being an adoptee who struggled with being forced to wear an impossible mask of playing the part of the “good adopted child.” Because being relinquished and adopted has colored her life, it’s Emma’s desire to be part of the movement that is dedicated to helping bring forth change to the way our world views the needs an...
2022-04-1951 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesThe Dark Side of Foster CareMikayla Mains is a dancer teacher, small business owner and SAHM. She was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri where she now resides with her husband and two children. After spending years in and out of the foster care system, she was adopted at age 12 to a large family in which she became the 10th child. She battled with questions about her past for years until she finally found her biological mother on Facebook and began to piece things together. She now wants to dedicate herself to educating others on the dark sides of foster care, a...
2022-04-0558 min
Harnessing Happiness with Sarah J Naylor048: Parkrun Passions, Challenges, and PR Prowess aka Lockdown Success Story - Sarah chats to Eileen JonesHarnessing Happiness with Sarah J Naylor is an upbeat, energetic, and inspiring podcast filled with joy and laughter, wisdom, philosophies, and positive psychology.
During this lively episode you’ll meet Eileen Jones, a journalist with a PR business in The Lake District (UK) and author of How parkrun Changed Our Lives.
As you will discover Eileen has been a runner since her early 30s when she used to run and enter fell races all over The Lake District. That was until she found herself slowing down and no longer competing against anyone, to the point she...
2022-03-2945 minHarnessing Happiness with Sarah J Naylor048: Parkrun Passions, Challenges, and PR Prowess aka Lockdown Success Story - Sarah chats to Eileen JonesHarnessing Happiness with Sarah J Naylor is an upbeat, energetic, and inspiring podcast filled with joy and laughter, wisdom, philosophies, and positive psychology.
During this lively episode you’ll meet Eileen Jones, a journalist with a PR business in The Lake District (UK) and author of How parkrun Changed Our Lives.
As you will discover Eileen has been a runner since her early 30s when she used to run and enter fell races all over The Lake District. That was until she found herself slowing down and no longer competing against anyone, to the point she...
2022-03-2945 minKiller Pillow TalkRiffin' on Rifkin: Part 2 - Speeding the 5thCharlie is so scared still/again that he contemplates changing the podcast's name. Sarah shuts that down but continues the gruesome tale of Long Island native Joel Rifkin, a notorious serial killer of prostitutes in the early 90s. Buckle up, cause the murders and Rifkin come pretty fast in this one, and that might be triple entendre. Give it a listen/like/rate/review/subscribe/share. Tell your friends and building doormen!
2022-03-251h 08
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesSometimes You Have to Get LoudTony Corsentino is a cataloger at a public library near Boston, Massachusetts, after a prior career as a philosophy professor. A child of a closed adoption, Tony grew up in the southern United States without siblings. After fighting cancer and becoming a father, he obtained his birth records, reunited with his mother, and connected with other adoptees on social media. He plans to continue to raise awareness of adoption issues and help amplify adoptee voices through print and online writing projects.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self.
2022-03-221h 24
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesDigging through the Layers of International AdoptionTrishina was born in 1991 in Sevastopol, Ukraine and was adopted at just 18 months old. She was always curious about her biological family, searching on and off, but it wasn’t until she joined a Russian social media app called Vkontakte, that she was able to find some answers. Trishina is a nurse and military wife currently living in Cleveland, Ohio.Vk LinkAlso in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self.Here's our affiliate link for Buzzsprout: When you sign up, you get...
2022-03-0855 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesAn Adoptee Gives BackDavid was born in 1972 in Newcastle, in the North East of England and adopted shortly after he was six weeks old. He is now a therapist working predominantly with trauma and adoption. He also sits on a fostering panel and teaches therapeutic parenting. David is married with two children, and he is currently writing his first novel based on his life story. Please also hear more of David at: The Adoption and Fostering PodcastAlso in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self....
2022-02-221h 10Killer Pillow TalkRiffin’ on Rifkin: Part 1 - Frenzy FanaticWell, they’re back! It’s time for personal stuff and Part 1 of the story of Joel the Ripper A.K.A Mr. Rifkin, if you’re nasty. And he’s pretty nasty, which does not please Charlie. This one has him cowering under the covers. Sarah did enough research to shoot a short documentary, so it’ll be coming at you in two parts; a background and a killing spree, and then hopefully, a capture. Like/listen/rate/review/subscribe! Tell your friends and baristas!
2022-02-191h 12
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesUsing Trauma to Treat TraumaMelissa Porter, born "Ryan Keeler" is an adult adoptee and psychologist from New York, who specializes in attachment and trauma theory. After the birth of her daughter, she used DNA and modern-day sleuthing to build her family tree and connected with her first family in 2018. She found a large maternal family ready to welcome her, and a decades-old mystery in her paternal family that she used DNA tracing to solve! Since "coming out of the fog", Melissa uses her education and expertise as a platform from which to advocate for adoptees' rights.Also in this episode, Sarah a...
2022-02-081h 01
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesA 20-year Search for AnswersAs early as he could comprehend it, Matt had always known he was adopted – but he never had the desire to find his birth parents. That is until the birth of his only daughter brought more questions than answers about his health and ancestry. When he received his adoption paperwork from the State of Wisconsin, he discovered that his birth father was never told of the pregnancy. That started 20 + years of searching to finally find the answers he was looking for.Also in this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss B.J. Lifton's Journey of the Adopted Self.
2022-01-251h 01
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesS1 Finale: MeganIn this episode, Sarah and Louise recap Season One and then they speak to Megan Culhane Galbraith.Megan Culhane Galbraith is a writer, visual artist and adoptee. Her debut memoir-in-essays The Guild of the Infant Saviour: An Adopted Child's Memory Book (Mad Creek Books/Ohio State University Press) was published in May 2021. Megan's work was listed as Notable in Best American Essays 2021 and 2017 and recognized by Poets & Writers in their "5 Over 50" issue. She is the 2022 Writer-in-Residence at adopteeson.com. Her essays, interviews, reviews and visual art have appeared in BOMB, The Believer, HYPERALLERGIC! ZZYZYVA, Tupelo Quarterly, Hobart...
2022-01-111h 01Killer Pillow TalkIs That You, Santa Claus?Twas' the night before Christmas... actually a week and 2 days after, but nevermind that. Sarah is back to tell scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago... well, more specifically, the 1970's. It's the Santa Claus Strangler, and no, we're not referring to Scott Calvin. No visions of sugar plums can save Charlie from certain un-comfortability. Adolph Laudenberg wasn't the holly, jolly type. Find out just how naughty he's been. Spoiler alert: He's getting coal for Christmas. Like/rate/review/subscribe!
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2022-01-0341 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesS1 Ep. 16: Ann MarieIn this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss Chapter Sixteen of “The Primal Wound” by Nancy Newton Verrier and then they speak to Ann Marie Morello.Ann Marie Morello is a licensed mental health counselor, Adoptee coach and self proclaimed “truth warrior.” She owns a boutique private mental health practice in Suffolk County, New York. Ann Marie was a closed domestic adoption, was in foster care, and has been in reunion since 2017. We will hear how being an adoptee shapes her work as a licensed trauma professional, and the personal fulfillment she receives volunteering as co-facilitator of the Long Islan...
2021-12-281h 21
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesS1 Ep. 15: EricIn this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss Chapter Fifteen of “The Primal Wound” by Nancy Newton Verrier and then they speak to Eric David.Born in Queens in 1966, Eric was adopted at two months old. He is the oldest and has one sister who is adopted and one who is not, all treated equally by their parents. Eric's married with two sons: one who died in 2013 and the other who is graduating college next year. Having his own genetic kin caused him to start his search. Eric recently found his birth mother through a DNA test after years...
2021-12-1457 min
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesS1 Ep. 14: RachelIn this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss Chapter Fourteen of “The Primal Wound” by Nancy Newton Verrier and then they speak to Rachel Atiemo-Obeng.Rachel Atiemo-Obeng was born In Southfield Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, adopted as an infant, and raised in Midland Michigan. She received her M.Ed. with emphasis on Applied Behavior Analysis from Arizona State University, and has worked with special needs children for over ten years in clinical and school settings. She has recently relocated to Los Angeles California where she works as a Special Education Paraeducator and Special Education advocate for California Conne...
2021-11-3040 minKiller Pillow TalkOnly Murders in the Boarding HouseThanksgiving already? Charlie and Sarah take a break from stuffing themselves with... stuffing... and shine a light on Dorothea Puente, a woman who's boarding house business is very lively... or should we say... deadly? Charlie doesn't want to know where the bodies are buried, but that doesn't stop Sarah from telling him in excruciating detail. This is one of the reasons why Charlie would never survive in boarding house. Tune in to find out the may others. Like, rate, review, subscribe, enjoy!
2021-11-301h 25
Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee StoriesS1 Ep. 13: CaseyIn this episode, Sarah and Louise discuss Chapter Thirteen of “The Primal Wound” by Nancy Newton Verrier and then they speak to Representative Casey Weinstein.Casey Weinstein is currently serving his second term as a State Representative in the Ohio House of Representatives. He lives in Hudson, Ohio with his wife Amanda and their three children—Nora, Emelia, and Brady. Both Casey and Amanda are veterans of the United States Air Force and served at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base before eventually moving to Ohio to start their family. Their son, Brady, was formally adopted earlier this year.
2021-11-1648 minKiller Pillow TalkThe Sacramento Vampire DiariesSarah and Charlie make their triumphant return on Halloween, although Charlie hoped these cases would just stay dead! To him, true crime = rude time. But alas, he was outvoted by the only other person in the room, so here they are. They discuss the chilling story of Richard Chase, a man so horrifying that it takes them both a bit by surprise. Oh, and it was the perfect night to be telling scary tales, what with the rain and all. Mwah, ha ha ha.... Give it a like, a listen, and a subscribe... at your own risk! Happy Halloween!
2021-11-0149 min
Cyber Career Chat PodcastCyber Career Chat with Adam Hewitt - Director of Cyber RevolutionAdam is the co-founder is Cyber Revolution, a cyber security training institute based in Sydney. He has been in the education space for close to a decade now and education is one of his core values. With a bachelors degree in Secondary Education form the University of Canberra.
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What were your goals when you were in year 10?
What changed?
I believe you’re a qualified PE Teacher? Tell me about this experience
What made you go from PE Teaching to Cyber?
What is your role?
What skills do you require?
What are your weaknesses & how did you recognise these?
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2021-06-0745 minKiller Pillow TalkKibbe & BitsSarah takes us on a metaphorical drive down the I5 Strangler’s scenic route of murders, but Charlie keeps begging to pull over. Join them as backseat drivers and buckle up! Use Anchor to publish your podcast for free and hassle free today!
2021-04-0647 min
Let's Jaws For a MinuteEpisode 27 - HooperpediaThis week, Sarah and MJ are joined by Gary Hewitt of the Choose Film podcast to discuss the scene where Hooper's dinner with the Brodys (Brodies?) reaches a point where Martin makes a choice to push back at the mayor on his need to destroy evidence. The team runs the gamut of analysis, discussing everything from health anxiety and foreshadowing for future events to the wonderful editing decisions made by Verna Fields.
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2021-04-021h 14Killer Pillow TalkKilling Them Kindly: Part 2 - Cranleigh GardensCharlie and Sarah are back to finally finish the story of Dennis Nilsen, a man who Charlie does not like. This time, we catch up with him on the last leg of his killing journey, in Cranleigh Gardens, UK.
2020-12-271h 07
Discovering New York City. Central Park and Midtown (1st part)Episode 6: The Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of DesignThe Cooper Hewitt Museum is located in an elegant mansion built at the beginning of the last century for the industrialist Andrew Carnegie. In the 1960's the building was given to the Smithsonian Institute to house an unusual museum - a museum of design. The museum had been established at the end of the 19th century by the granddaughters of the American magnate Peter Cooper: Amy, Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt. Impressed by similar collections which they saw during a trip to Europe, Amy, Eleanor and Sarah decided to gather a similar collection. Having visited the museum, you will be convinced...
2020-12-2301 minKiller Pillow TalkKilling Them Kindly: Part 1 - Rating NilsenSarah and Charlie, who’s hiding under the covers, are back to discuss Dennis Nilsen’s reign of terror in London, England. That’s so like a Scot; kill all the British people.
2020-07-221h 05Killer Pillow TalkEnjoy Your Stay at the Murder Castle: Night 2Sarah and Charlie return to finish the grizzly tale of just what H. H. Holmes was up to. Spoiler alert: nothing good. And rosebud, but that’s an unrelated spoiler, more for Citizen Kane. Charlie is itching to check out of the murder castle, of course.
2020-06-1542 minKiller Pillow TalkEnjoy Your Stay at the Murder Castle: Night 1Sarah is back, with a truly chilling tale about H. H. Holmes and his murder castle. That freaks Charlie the f&$@ out. It’s part one of their exploration and stay in some truly scary material. Check in if you dare!!
2020-05-1747 minKiller Pillow TalkMischief, Murder, SoapHere we find Sarah and Charlie in the middle of quarantine 2020, with nothing better to do than wash their damn hands. Enter: Italian soap! It’s the Soap-maker of Correggio. Charlie is none too pleased.
2020-05-0149 minKiller Pillow TalkSkipper Gets the Boot - The Barbie and Ken KillersWhat happens when one person likes true crime and the other person doesn’t? Charlie and Sarah gather to discuss the first of many, many murders perpetrated by different serial killers. The problem: Charlie hates this stuff. Listen as they navigate the True Crime waters. Did we mention Charlie hates this stuff?
2020-04-0553 min