On today’s episode, Spence-Chapin Senior Manager of Client Services, Joseph Hall, who works in post-adoption records and resources, is joined by Damon Davis, the host of the Who Am…
Welcome to Adoption Talk, the podcast about all things adoption brought to you by Spence-Chapin.
There are many voices that make up the adoption constellation. This podcast aims to hear from all of them because each voice brings an important perspective and story about adoption.
Twice a month, this podcast brings you conversations with adoptees, birth parents, adoptive families, adoption professionals and health and social service experts as they share their experiences and discuss all things adoption . Let’s get started.
Spence-Chapin intern Kate Lodge and long-time friend, E, both adopted from China into transracial families, discuss memories of their first years of…
Welcome to our final installment of our special series for National Adoption Awareness Month. While the month of November is coming to a…
Welcome to another episode in our very special National Adoption Awareness Month series, Stories of the Constellation. While traditionally we may think about the adoption community as all being members of…
Welcome to the first episode of a very special National Adoption Awareness month series, Stories of the Constellation, where each week we will be highlighting the diverse and unique stories…
On today’s episode, we hear from filmmaker and adoptee, Rebecca Autumn Samson,…
Prompted by new research published by the National Council for Adoption, today’s episode brings together its President and CEO, Ryan Hanlon, with…
On today’s episode, Broadway, TV, and film actor, Raymond J. Lee, and husband, Robbie Kearns, life-coach and founder of Guidance from Gratitude, discuss how they’ve used television and print ad…
On today’s special episode we discuss Back to School with Spence-Chapin therapists, Christine Tangel and Amy Silverman. Together, they tackle topics like preparing your child and family for conversations that…
On today’s episode, Director of Pre- and Post- Adoption Services and therapist at Spence-Chapin, Christine Tangel, speaks with Sarah Saffian, fellow therapist and also memoirist and…
On today’s episode, Adoption Talk delves into the topic of LGBTQ+ family formation pathways, speaking with Brian Rosenberg, co-founder of Gays with Kids, about his family’s journey, the reason Gays…
On today’s episode, we discuss the very important issue of ethics in international, or intercountry, adoption, beginning with the very basic question: Why does intercountry adoption exist at all? This…
On today’s episode, we hear from birth father David and adoptive mom Sarah about their experiences in an open adoption, and from Spence-Chapin Director of Domestic Adoptions, Monica Baker, and…
On today’s episode, Holly Choon Hyang Bachman, founder of Mixed Roots Foundation and The Foster Care Challenge speaks with Spence-Chapin Director of Marketing and Development, Christine Pohl, about National Foster…
On today’s episode, we look back to a trip to South Africa in 2019 that launched the Granny Program expansion. CEO Kate Trambitskaya, CPO Linda Alexandre, and Senior Director of…
On today’s episode, we hear from birth mother Sarah, adoptive mom Laurie, and adoptee Ela, who have been in an open adoption since Ela’s birth. Together, they talk with Spence-Chapin…
On today’s episode, Adoption Talk welcomes friends Dr. Samantha Coleman and Sandria Washington, who both discovered as adults that they were adopted and quickly learned that Black Adoption is common, but…
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