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Podcasts

List of podcasts about adoption, foster care, and adoption-related mental health

Podcasts by or Focused on Adoptees

Adoptees On
Host: Haley Radke

Deep, personal conversations with adult adoptees about reunion, identity, trauma, and healing. Also features therapists and experts in adoption psychology.

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Adoptee Thoughts
Host: Melissa Guida-Richards

Honest and educational discussions from a Colombian-American adoptee. She often brings on guests to explore adoption myths, policies, and trauma recovery.

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Apple Podcast

The Rambler: A Podcast for Adoptees
Host: Mike McDonald

Casual and heartfelt conversations with adoptees from around the world. Focuses on life experience, culture, and identity.

Apple Podcast
Podbean

Born in June, Raised in April
Host: April Dinwoodie

April, a transracial adoptee, blends her personal story with cultural and national perspectives on adoption and identity.

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Mental Health & Adoption Trauma

Unraveling Adoption
Host: Beth Syverson

 

A deep dive into adoption trauma, adoptee mental health, and healing through therapy, especially from a parent’s perspective after her son struggled with addiction and mental illness.

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Therapy Chat
Host: Laura Reagan, LCSW-C

Not exclusively about adoption, but features many episodes on trauma, attachment, and early childhood experiences—often intersecting with adoptee experiences.

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The Adoptee Next Door
Host: Angela Tucker

Thoughtful and sometimes provocative conversations on race, reunion, adoption ethics, and being a Black adoptee raised by white parents. She’s also the subject of the doc Closure.

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Apple Podcast

Foster Care & Parenting

The Honestly Adoption Podcast
Hosts: Mike and Kristin Berry

 

A deep dive into adoption trauma, adoptee mental health, and healing through therapy, especially from a parent’s perspective after her son struggled with addiction and mental illness.

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Apple Podcast

The Adoption & Foster Care Journey
Host: Sandra Flach

Not exclusively about adoption, but features many episodes on trauma, attachment, and early childhood experiences—often intersecting with adoptee experiences.

Podbean
Spotify Podcast

Navigating Adoption – from AdoptUSKids

Covers adoption from the foster care system. Episodes include real stories and guidance from social workers, families, and kids.

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Apple Podcast

DNA, Reunion & Family Secrets

Family Secrets
Host: Dani Shapiro

 

Often includes stories of late discovery adoptees and people uncovering adoption through DNA testing. Touches on the emotional layers of identity.

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Who Am I Really?
Host: Damon L. Davis

Adoptees tell their reunion stories—some heartwarming, some heartbreaking. Candid and full of emotional depth.

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