We can learn how to change adoption from the stories of those who have been touched by it.
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Conversation & discussion on contemporary Adoption & Fostering
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Adoption in Focus will discuss subjects including therapeutic parenting, the adoption process, going to panel, adopting older children, and adopting as a same sex couple. We'd love to hear from you if there are any topics you'd like to hear us discuss or even if you'd like to get involved and share your own experiences.
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Voices of Adoption amplifies authentic stories from across the adoption triad - birth parents, adoptees, and adoptive families - along with adoption service providers. Host Donna Pope, Executive Director of Heart To Heart Adoptions and Clinical Mental Health Counselor and her co-host Nathan Gwilliam, founder & former CEO of Adoption.com, create a safe space for honest conversations about the complexities of adoption. Birth parents share their journeys of love, loss, and healing. Adoptees dis ...
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Welcome to the Adoption Curve podcast. Over the course of this series, we'll dive into what learning and enablement leaders are really doing every day to move beyond reactive training, bridge the gap between leadership vision and frontline needs, and unlock the true value of their technology investments. Join host Sean Adams as he uncovers the frameworks, strategies, and practical approaches that turn technology from a cost center into a competitive advantage.
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Adoption Utah cuts through the confusion surrounding Utah's adoption system with real stories and expert guidance. Host Donna Pope, Executive Director of Heart To Heart Adoptions, brings 25+ years of experience to every episode exploring what makes Utah America's premier adoption destination. Each episode reveals the cultural and demographic forces that set Utah apart through unique family structures and faith-based community support. Discover the statistics, stories, and surprising factors ...
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Adoption and fostering chat with people who’ve done it, from the UK’s LGBTQ+ adoption and fostering charity, New Family Social.
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AdoptionDiscovery.org is a 501c3 educational nonprofit creating innovative change by teaching you how to adopt for $0 in less than 9 months.
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Nationally recognized thought leader, April Dinwoodie, hosts a personal journey while exploring her adoption experience. We follow her as she examines her efforts to find love, identity, family, and connection. Each month April will candidly interview, discuss, and unravel, all matters surrounding adoption.
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NEW EPISODES EVERY 2 WEEKS! We are diving into the heart of adoption—sharing real stories, breaking down myths, and shining a light on how adoption can be done with love, integrity, and respect. Whether you're a birth parent, an adoptive family, adoptee, or just someone who wants to learn more, this is a safe space for honest conversations and meaningful connections. Join us while we explore the beautiful, complex, and life-changing world of ethical adoption.
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Choosing Adoption creates community for expectant and birth parents navigating one of life's most personal decisions. Host Donna Pope, Executive Director of Heart To Heart Adoptions with over 25 years of experience, provides space where your story matters and your voice is valued. Each episode features birth parents who share their journeys of challenges, growth, and healing after placement. If you're considering adoption or seeking connection in your ongoing experience, this podcast offers ...
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The Ludicrous Feed EV Adoption Podcast highlights the current state of electric vehicle adoption in Australia | Catch us LIVE each week on YouTube! youtube.com/ludicrousfeed
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Each episode will feature a conversation between host Rebecca Harvin and foster/adoptive caregivers or members of the community who support foster care and adoption.
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Eternal Family Adoptions explores the sacred journey of building forever families through faith-centered adoption. Host Donna Pope, Executive Director of Heart To Heart Adoptions, brings 25+ years of experience to every conversation, alongside co-host Nathan Gwilliam, founder and former CEO of Adoption.com. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints share their stories of divine guidance, spiritual preparation, and eternal connections formed through adoption. Birth parents di ...
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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 ...
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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 re ...
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Welcome to ADOPTION MATTERS, a podcast with real people sharing real life stories and getting real about adoption from all three perspectives of the adoption triad. I'm Kim Noeth, one of your co-hosts, and a birth mother, along with Sharon Butler Obazee, an adoptee and Sally Ankerfelt, an adoptive parent. Together we explore difficult topics and share frank conversations guided by our commitment to truth-telling and truth-seeking. In each episode we discuss important issues using adoption at ...
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Description: Creating AI Trust is a very complex and hard problem. It is not clear what it is and how it can be operationalized. We will demystify what is Trustworthy AI, efficient adoption and leveraging it for reducing risks in AI programs. McKinsey reports indicates companies seeing the biggest bottom-line returns from AI—those that attribute at least 20 percent of EBIT or profitability to their use of AI—are more likely than others to follow Trustworthy AI best practices, including expla ...
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The Age of Adoption podcast explores the monumental transition from a period of social, economic, and environmental research and exploration – an Age of Innovation – to today's world in which companies across the economy are furiously deploying sustainable solutions – the Age of Adoption. Listen as our host, Keith Zakheim, CEO of Antenna Group, talks with experts from across the climate, energy, health, and real estate sectors to discuss what the transition means for business and society, an ...
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My Unknown Truth is a podcast sharing the stories and lived experiences of Australians who have been through adoption and foster care. These stories are often complex, spanning over 50 years and touch on difficult truths, from growing up in an under-resourced system to Australia’s traumatic history of forced adoptions and Stolen Generations. But within the darkness, there is also light; stories of hope, courage, resilience, and love. Hosted by Nadia Levett, an adoptee born and raised in Aust ...
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Fostering & Adoption with Nikki & Larry is a heartfelt, faith-centered podcast designed to guide, empower, and uplift families walking through the journey of foster care and adoption. Hosted by Nikki and Larry, a couple with decades of real-world experience caring for children from all backgrounds, the show opens the door to honest conversations about love, resilience, healing, and the realities of creating a safe home for those who need it most. Each episode shares: ✨ Real stories from Nikk ...
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ADOPTION STRUGGLES AND SUPPORT | Adoption Trauma, Parenting Guides, Biblical Encouragement, Respite, Anxiety Bible Verses
Tim Maudlin, Adoptive Parent, Adoption Life Coach
The Go-to Podcast for Struggling Adoptive Parents Who Need Biblical Encouragement In Their Parenting Journey! **Top 2% Globally Ranked Podcast** **Top 15 Best Adoptive Mom Podcast – MillionPodcasts ** **Top 50 Christian Parenting Podcast** Did you finally realize your dream of having a family only to have your happily ever after turn into a nightmare? Are you constantly second-guessing your parenting, anxious about whether your child will make good choices and remain faithful? Have you negle ...
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Today you’ll be hearing 3 different people about their experiences and takes on adoption. Cover art photo provided by Tom Barrett on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@wistomsin
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Called to Love: An Adoption Podcast for Christian Parents - Christian Adoption, Trauma and Healing, Foster Care, Parenting Adopted Children
Somer Colbert and Christian Parenting
Whether you seek to add to your family through foster care, private domestic adoption or you are called to travel internationally, every adoption story is uniquely beautiful. Yet, each shares a common language of calling, loss, and hardship. As Christian parents we have a deep desire to love and shepherd our children well, but it can be challenging to navigate loss, trauma and how to best love and guide our adopted children. One thing is for sure, adoption is more than a process, it is an in ...
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Join us as we look above the temporary things of this world and see the Greater Things that God is doing through it all. With insights, interviews, and inspiring testimonies, we hope you'll be encouraged to overcome the world and be ready for the coming Kingdom of God. Maranatha!
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I talk about (my) adoption and everything else that's anchored with it. There's more. Mostly depressing stuff. But I'll probably reveal those in my 56th episode or something.
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From babyhood to school age, through the teenage years and ultimately adulthood, Adoption: The Long View explores all aspects of the adoption journey with a variety of articulate and thought-provoking guests.
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Let's Talk Adoption covers important topics in adoption with experts who want to see you thrive as parents! Apart of the Identity Learning Podcast Network
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FAB untold stories integrates story telling, research, and expert interviews to shed light on the complexity of foster care, adoption, youth homelessness, and related social work and urban topics, with the ultimate goal of raising awareness and building a more compassionate world. The host, Dr. Zayda Sorrell Medina, is a professor, social scientist, and author. Her research includes the study of the foster, adopt, homeless youth community, and she is also a former foster and homeless youth a ...
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Real stories about the joys and challenges of the adoption journey. You'll hear from parents and families who've been through infant and international adoption, foster-to-adopt, and even embryo adoption. These inspiring stories are told from the perspective of the adoptee, birth parent or adoptive parent.
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Welcome to Families for Children Adoption Pod , where amazing things happen.
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Welcome to Soul Adoption, the podcast where we dive deep into life-changing stories from the worlds of adoption, foster care, and social work. Each episode, we sit down with incredible guests who have firsthand experiences, offering not only powerful insights but also real-world advice for navigating these complex, yet deeply rewarding journeys. Whether you're touched by adoption, work within foster care, or are passionate about social justice, Soul Adoption delivers unique perspectives that ...
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Adoption STAR E-Marketing Coordinator speaks to adoption professionals about trending adoption topics such as the effects of the internet on infant adoption and open and semi-open adoption and much much more.
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We talk about Martha Stewart wanting to open up an adoption center and discuss whether or not we think she should be able
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An interview series on the unholy mess of crypto User Experience and what can be done about it, NOW. Wanna support the Mess Adoption podcast? Gitcoin Grant: https://gitcoin.co/grants/644/mess-adoption?tab=description Join the Community here: https://t.me/messadoption Donate Crypto to: MessAdoption.eth
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Change is never easy and digital transformations aren’t any different. In fact, up to 70% of digital transformation projects are not successful. Digital Adoption Talks is here to help. Co-hosts Rick McCutcheon (Microsoft MVP) & Joachim Schiermacher (CEO, ClickLearn) are joined in each episode by the hottest industry experts who share their experiences and give their best tips & tricks for solving digital transformation, digital adoption, and user adoption challenges.
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Welcome to the Crypto Adoption Curve. Here is your one-stop resource for insights about exciting opportunities and challenges in real-world-asset tokenization, private credit and other DeFi & Infrastructure verticals. Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to not miss out on latest insights at www.cryptoadoptioncurve.com
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Unraveling Adoption, hosted by adoptive parent Beth Syverson, is a safe space to delve into adoption's complexities together.
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In this adoption podcast, a group of adopters talk to each other about their experiences - from the first steps to post-adoption support. No one knew each other before the recording but within moments it will be like listening to old friends talk. They laugh together, they cry together. To find out more about adopting with the National Adoption Service, you can: Follow us @nas_cymru and @nationaladoptionservice Contact us adoptcymru.com
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Navigating Child Welfare | CPS, Foster Care, Family Court, Adoption, Mandated Reporter
Shanelle Dupree
Are you struggling to keep good child welfare staff and volunteers? Are they drowning in alphabet soup, unclear timelines, fuzzy roles, and “who does what” confusion? Does attending court hearings cause anxiety in staff and families? You are not by yourself. When people talk about the foster care system they often describe it as broken, confusing, and frustrating. It’s why I’m so excited to introduce a podcast that will help staff and volunteers see the big picture of child welfare, lessen a ...
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Wir sind Antje Lamartine und Thomy Gölles oder Adoption & Technik. In diesem Podcast wollen wir unsere Erfahrungen aus zusammen gezählt über 20 Jahren mit Microsoft 365, Office 365 und den Vorgänger Technologien weiter geben. Von Microsoft Teams über SharePoint bis zu PowerApps, Whiteboard und all den anderen Services aus der Suite. Treu unserem Namen wollen wir dabei immer die Blickwinkel Adoption und Technik vereinen.
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The Single Greatest Choice: For Single Women Exploring Solo Motherhood by Choice (SMBC), Fertility, and Having a Baby on Their Own Through Donor Conception or Adoption
Katie Bryan
You always imagined becoming a mom someday, but what if someday doesn’t look the way you expected? Maybe you're considering solo motherhood, wondering if having a baby on your own is really possible. Maybe you know you want to be a mom, but the clock is ticking, you’re single and aren’t sure what to do next. Perhaps you’re already on the path: researching sperm donors, weighing IVF or adoption, or navigating pregnancy without a partner. Wherever you are in your journey, The Single Greatest C ...
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Flourish Adoption Ministries Podcast - formerly the Quiver Full Adoptions Podcast
Elizabeth Bordeaux
Flourish Adoption Ministries, Inc., formerly known as: Quiver Full Adoptions, is a nonprofit adoption agency located in Greenville SC, who has built a loyal following of both followers and friends who are passionate about all things adoption—ethics, education, and stories. Listeners subscribe to Quiver Full Adoptions for the latest in adoption and stories from the adoption triad.The purpose of this podcast is to serve and educate adoptive families before, throughout and after their adoption.
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Are you thinking about adopting or fostering a child? Confused about all the options and wondering where to begin? Or are you an adoptive or foster parent or kinship caregiver trying to be the best parent possible to this precious child? This is the podcast for you! Every week, we interview leading experts for an hour, discussing the topics you care about in deciding whether to adopt/foster or how to be a better parent. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are the national ...
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My mom shares what it was like the day I was adopted.
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220 – How the Psalms Help Adoptive Parents Process Their Anxiety and Struggles
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25:58Have you ever wondered whether the Bible actually models the kind of emotional honesty you’re trying to practice—especially in the middle of adoption trauma, parenting challenges, or the everyday noise that makes it hard to hear God? 💭 For many adoptive parents, seasons of overwhelm show up quietly, and the real question becomes: How do I slow down…
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Disorders & Disruptions in the Home – What Children Are Really Facing
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30:57In Season 2, Episode 4 of the Fostering Adoption Podcast, we dive into one of the hardest and most important realities within foster and adoptive care: the disorders, disruptions, and emotional battles children experience long before they arrive in a new home. This episode sheds light on: • The hidden challenges children are navigating daily • How …
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Check out iorad's interactive tutorial builder: www.iorad.comThe 5D Approach to Change ManagementIn this episode of The Adoption Curve, Sean Adams breaks down the full Adoption Framework using the 5D model—Discover, Design, Document, Deploy, and Drive—to help learning and development leaders, enablement teams, and program owners build adoption-read…
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Adoption in Focus - John's story: The highs and lows of the matching process and bringing your child home
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47:59In this moving and insightful episode, John takes us through the journey he and his partner undertook to grow their family through adoption. He reflects on the emotional highs and lows of the matching process, the importance of patience and preparedness, and the moment their son finally came home a turning point that made every challenge along the …
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Episode 19: Mandated reporters, CPS Leadership, and Volunteers: Is Better Possible in Foster Care?
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8:09Episode summary We often describe foster care and CPS as broken—and then we work like nothing can change. In this episode, Shanelle challenges that reflex and asks a harder question: Do you even think better is possible? Drawing on a college-days story (learning to do things differently) and real child welfare dynamics, she outlines what families, …
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Personal Care, Global Responsibility
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23:28Can major corporations truly do well by doing good? Alexander Habib, VP of Sustainability Communications at L'Oréal, reveals how the €43.5 billion beauty giant has embedded environmental considerations into every aspect of operations over 25 years. Chair of the Personal Care Products Council's sustainability committee, Habib explains why L'Oréal di…
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Introducing Our New Executive Director, Linda Fiore
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45:38Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. We're thrilled to introduce you to our new Executive Director, Linda Fiore. Listen to today's conversation about her journey to Creating a Family and where we're heading in this next chapter under her leadership. In this episode, we discuss: What first brought you into the world of …
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S8E18 Blocked Tubes, Donor Scarcity & Choosing Herself: Lakia Holmes's IVF Journey as a Single Black Woman
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59:48The search for a sperm donor can be overwhelming for anyone, but for Black women, the lack of available Black donors adds a whole new layer of complexity. When Lakia Holmes—senior producer of Bleacher Report’s branded sports content, award-winning journalist, and now a single mom by choice—began exploring her fertility options at 37, she had no ide…
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Hope for Weary Adoptive and Foster Parents
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39:50Welcome to the Called to Love Podcast! In this episode, my special guest is the founder of The Mission Driven Mom and creator of the MDM Academy: Audrey Rindlisbacher. Audrey’s world was turned upside down when she, at the time a mother to four kids herself, decided to foster her cousin’s four children, ages ranging from twelve years old to newborn…
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Better Me Better Us Ep 31 - Back to basics
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26:03In this episode, we explore the importance of stripping everything back to the basics and showing up on a truly human level. It’s these foundations, warmth, consistency, repair and presence, that create safety and stability for our most traumatised children. We also reflect on how powerful our modelling is: what we, as professionals, model to paren…
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Episode 43 - “Jo on Struggle, Support, and Speaking Out”
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35:07Send us a text In this second part of my conversation with Jo, we begin with the moment she met her birth father; a man who had known about her existence but didn’t surface until an argument broke out between them twelve years later. Jo shares the complexity of that reunion, the emotions it stirred, and how it shaped her understanding of belonging.…
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Soul Care for Weary Foster and Adoptive Caregivers: Support and Restoration
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57:14In this episode of 'Behind the Curtain: Honest Conversations about Foster Care and Adoption,' we explore essential soul care for foster and adoptive caregivers experiencing burnout. We share honest stories of exhaustion, striving, and the simple spiritual practices that help restore strength, encourage rest, and sustain leadership from a full cup. …
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Episode 509 - Advent—Peace at Home with Sandra Flach
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40:00“Jesus said, I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” -John 16:33 Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you as you care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care. On th…
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November 2025 New BEV Sales Report Australia: Tesla, BYD, & Zeekr Lead
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47:07Got a Question or Comment? Send us a Text Message! Catch up on the latest in Electric Vehicle news from Australia and around the world! Hosted by Tom Gan of Ludicrous Feed and Riz Akhtar from Carloop Watch this episode on YouTube With thanks to our co-host: Riz Akhtar from Carloop Follow Riz on LinkedIn and X Support the show Catch us LIVE on Wedne…
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111 - Adopting an older child after encountering homophobia
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41:57Alex and Peter adopted a six-year-old after being turned down for another child. They talk about their assessment and matching process, the attachment therapy that changed everything, and why they hope others will consider older children.Autor: New Family Social
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Getting to Know First Mothers with Gretchen Sisson
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31:20There is a lot of debate that centers around women who relinquish their children. We talk about who they might be and why they might be making the decisions they are, often without any insight into the reality of their experience. One of the reasons we guess is that there isn't a lot of readily available scientific research to shed light on who the…
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In this episode of Voices of Adoption, hosts Donna Pope and Nathan Gwilliam interview Linda Sexton, an adoptive mom who became an open adoption pioneer over 30 years ago when she and her husband were rejected by traditional agencies for being "too old" at 36 and 42. Building Connection Linda shares how she initially believed open adoption benefited…
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75% of companies are now using generative AI. But only a third have responsible controls in place. That's not just a statistic—it's a ticking time bomb. Today, I'm speaking with Dr. Paul Dongha, Head of Responsible AI at NatWest Group and co-author of the newly released 'Governing the Machine.' He's spent three decades bridging AI innovation with e…
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Setting Our Holiday and Community Tables with Melissa Guida-Richards
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42:35In this November episode of Born in June, Raised in April: What Adoption Can Teach the World, April sits down with author, educator, and Late Discovery adopted person Melissa Guida-Richards (@adopteethoughts) for a grounding, honest, and deeply human conversation. Fresh off co-hosting the Adoption Changemakers Conference, Melissa returns to reflect…
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Book Club: The Baby Thief with Heather Rodriguez
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41:17This National Adoption Month Book Club episode dives into the shocking true story of Georgia Tann, a once-celebrated American adoption pioneer who was, in fact, a baby trafficker. This book, written by Journalist Barbara Raymond, who uncovered this dark history, shares how Tann’s legacy continues to influence adoption laws and practices. We discuss…
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In this episode of Choosing Adoption with host Donna Pope, birth parents Kaylee and Elijah sit alongside adoptive parents Paul and Cassie with baby Seth to share their adoption story together. This rare conversation reveals what happens when both families commit to building an open adoption relationship from day one. Finding the Right Family Kaylee…
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Markeeda’s story is just as incredible as it is unique—being allowed visitation with her birth family until she was 11 years old. Today she talks us through how the trauma and pain of her childhood shaped the woman, wife, mother, and community advocate that she has become. Her example of resiliency will touch your hearts as it did ours. Learn more …
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In this episode of Adoption Utah with host Donna Pope, Richard and Elizabeth share their seven-year journey from Richard's firm rejection of adoption to becoming passionate advocates for open relationships with birth families. Richard admits he refused to pray about his wife's spiritual prompting because he feared the answer, worrying about finance…
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Erin Thomas grew up with a unique perspective on adoption. Her mother was the oldest of five adopted children, and as a child, Erin would look around at school wondering if any of her classmates were her biological cousins. In this episode of Eternal Family Adoptions with host Donna Pope, Erin shares her worries she had while growing up. Even as th…
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Vlog 22: ADOPTION MATTERS: Real People, Real Life, Real Talk with Guest, Simon Benn
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37:14Join co-hosts, adoption coaches, and triad members Kim Noeth, Sally Ankerfelt and Sharon Butler Obazee, as they welcome this month's special guest, adult adoptee and adoption coach, Simon Benn. Mr. Benn is also the driving force behind the "Thriving Adoptees Podcast." A warm, delightful United Kingdom native, he's an informative guest with helpful …
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