The Adoption Experience

Season 1 of the podcast is an audible version of my memoir, ”Hidden Identity.”

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Episodes

Jesus Babies

Friday Apr 28, 2023

Friday Apr 28, 2023

One woman rock-n-roll show; being adopted at The World Affair; telling my mom I wanted to search for my birth mom; the B.I.T.E. model of authoritarian control; what the heck are Jesus Babies? Family preservation
 
Show Notes:
Trans Am by Lisa Stephen Friday:
https://www.transamshow.com/press
World Affair
https://www.aworldafair.org/
B.I.T.E. Model
https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/
Jesus Babies (alternatives to adoption that support family preservation):
Informal temporary caregiver of mother and child
Power of Attorney to Grandparents or others
Legal Custody to Kin or Fictive Kin
Kinship Adoption
 

Adoption is a Little Bit Culty

Tuesday Apr 18, 2023

Tuesday Apr 18, 2023

Crazy Ohio weather; new Ohio phone law; the B.I.T.E. model as it relates to cults and adoption; National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL); educating about opening sealed original birth certificates of adoptees; Indian Child Welfare Act
The Adoption Files podcast with Ande Stanley and Lynn Grubb:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2KFmco76gY9iGisxCBFChR?si=JLcCNk7OSZGCCSJnrwpxMg
A Little Bit Culty podcast:
https://alittlebitculty.com/
The B.I.T.E. Model:
https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/
This Land podcast (updates on ICWA)
https://crooked.com/podcast/this-land-episode-1-the-case/
Books mentioned: 
Sandy White Hawk:
https://shop.mnhs.org/products/a-child-of-the-indian-race
Gabrielle Glaser:
https://www.amazon.com/American-Baby-Mother-History-Adoption/dp/0735224684
National Conference of State Legislatures (Indianapolis 2023)
https://www.ncsl.org/
Right to Know:
https://righttoknow.us/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Monday Apr 10, 2023

Post-conference thoughts; Ohio politics (reproductive rights and death penalty); CASA guardian ad litem; working in law; adoption themed musical in the works; Easter lunch with Weezy and her high heels.
SHOW NOTES:
https://untanglingourroots.org/
For the Record, a new musical in production:
https://www.ftrmusical.com/
Ohio ballot issues:
https://www.ohiosos.gov/legislation-and-ballot-issues/ballot-board/
Lynn's blog about her reproductive journey:
https://noapologiesforbeingme.blogspot.com/2022/07/adopted-and-pro-choice-reproductive.html
A story about Lynn's 91-yr old mom:
https://www.facebook.com/lynn.grubb/posts/pfbid02xBKCzGM9YKQUqVwDZFKRiT2BWzVk1SiGZj9xUnSzTirjHg47q5ZyfBywiX19f3irl
Rachel Coyle: How Things Work at the Statehouse:
https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML6J35ZXTZQQT/checkout/YB4FGW6A53NJ5RFANQLOYCUL

Afterword

Friday Jul 22, 2022

Friday Jul 22, 2022

The Adoption Experience Trailer

Thursday May 05, 2022

Thursday May 05, 2022

Monday Apr 11, 2022

Monday Apr 11, 2022

Chapter 33:Fire (Episode 35)

Monday Apr 11, 2022

Monday Apr 11, 2022

Monday Apr 11, 2022

Monday Apr 11, 2022

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