The Adoption files seeks to provide a place for adoptees and allies to discuss the laws preventing adoptees from accessing their identities, and the emotional and physical challenges adoptees face in the process of dealing with the obstacles we face. We recognize the need to expose the problematic aspects of the adoption industry and the narrative they perpetuate. We will not only talk about the laws and the challenges they create, but also the ways that the mythology around adoption impacts the way we move through our lives, as adopted people and as mothers and other family members.
Control: figuring out how spiritual forms of control have played out
80 hours 54 mins; April 01, 2026
All Tied Up: Spiritual and Religious Trauma
66 hours 16 mins; March 23, 2026
Tiny, Little Happy Bows: How Trauma Lives in the Body. Continuing the conversation on Spiritual Trauma and Adoption
76 hours 7 mins; March 19, 2026
Beyond the Band-Aid: going Deeper into the Examination of Spiritual Trauma and Adoption
95 hours 21 mins; March 11, 2026
Finding Our Way: Continuing the Conversation Concerning Spiritual Trauma and Adoption
101 hours 53 mins; March 08, 2026
Adriana Calin is still fighting to be recognized as a person: A Romanian Adoptee/ Human Trade Victim
80 hours 42 mins; March 03, 2026
The Mom Myth: thoughts on my conversation with Cindy Shultz
18 mins; March 01, 2026
Open Adoption is Not the Answer: a conversation with Cindy Shultz
66 hours 55 mins; March 01, 2026
Fragmentation: continuing the conversation . Holy Hurt and Spiritual Trauma, episode 2
94 hours 47 mins; February 24, 2026
Be a Partner in Something Powerful: a conversation with Sullivan Summer, Lora Alegria and Lilly Anspach, the Board of Adoptees for Family Preservation
47 mins; February 20, 2026
At the Intersection of adoption and spiritual trauma; Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing by Hillary L McBride PhD,
89 hours 55 mins; February 19, 2026
Spiritual Trauma and Adoption, an unholy union. Reviewing Holy Hurt by Hillary L McBride PhD from the lens of an adoptee and a first mom's experiences
10 mins; February 07, 2026
Did they or didn't they? The Conclusion to my trip to Georgia to maybe meet maternal family
41 mins; February 05, 2026
Movement
14 mins; February 01, 2026
A Very Messy conversation with myself
30 mins; February 01, 2026
California has a bill! Ca SB 381 needs your support.
14 mins; January 08, 2026
Good Intentions A conversation on adoption with Lorah Gerald
65 hours 13 mins; November 07, 2025
Every Voice: A conversation with North Dakota Adoptee Mary Kae Kelsch
62 hours 34 mins; March 07, 2025
a Stolen Identity, a Fraudulent Adoption; Part 4 of Adriana's Story
32 mins; March 03, 2025
A Stolen Identity, a Fraudulent Adoption: Part 3(ish) of Adriana's story
25 mins; March 03, 2025
A Stolen Identity, a Fraudulent Adoption: Part 2 of Adriana's story
50 mins; March 03, 2025
A Stolen Identity, a fraudulent adoption: Part One of Adriana's story
51 mins; March 03, 2025
Love is not enough: a conversation with Lorah Gerald about the National Adoption Competence Mental Health Training Initiative
57 mins; February 17, 2025
Sacred Information: Partnering with your Partner during their Search
61 hours 54 mins; February 10, 2025
The Marketing of Open Adoption: a Lived Experience, with Connor Howe
59 mins; November 26, 2024
No Magical Mind-reading: An Adoptee and Non-Adoptee in a Romantic Relationship. A Conversation with Andrea Steiner-Coates and Greg Gentry
57 mins; November 23, 2024
Adoptee/ Non1Adoptee conversations: being curious, with Andrea Steiner Coates
60 hours 56 mins; November 20, 2024
Almost Loved: a NAAM conversation with poet and adopted person Rena Joy
24 mins; November 14, 2024
Courage: a conversation with Lorah Gerald for National Adoption Awareness Month
21 mins; November 09, 2024
Finding identity, and Community: a conversation with Haley Radke
58 mins; November 08, 2024
The Odd One: a NAAM episode
4 mins; November 07, 2024
Healing the Wounds: therapy
20 mins; November 05, 2024
Illegitimate: TJ Johnson, musician, English teacher and adopted person, shares
43 mins; November 04, 2024
Wait, What? My first blog post; attempting to navigate adoption
9 mins; November 03, 2024
National Adoption Awareness Month: Sophi Richman Fletcher shares on finding her father
23 mins; November 02, 2024
National Adoption Awareness Month 2024
29 mins; November 01, 2024
Entitlement in Adoption; a deconstruction exploration
59 mins; October 28, 2024
Deconstruction and Sexuality: Why its important to talk about sex
67 hours 14 mins; October 15, 2024
Adoptee Advocates of Michigan: a conversation with Anna Thompson and Valerie LeMieux
45 mins; October 13, 2024
There's no such thing as utopia, and other pitfalls of deconstruction
57 mins; October 08, 2024
Transracial Adoption, Racism and Suicidality; a Conversation with Lina Vanegas, MSW
62 hours 19 mins; October 04, 2024
Deconstruction, adoption and the morass that is American politics
68 hours 31 mins; September 24, 2024
The Godly Family: deconstructing from adoption and religious trauma; a conversation with Dani Joy
85 hours 22 mins; September 09, 2024
Braving the National Council for Adoption conference: a conversation with Katie Nelson Burns and Renee Gellin
89 hours 13 mins; July 29, 2024
Final Thoughts: wrapping up our reveiw of Conceiving Christian America
31 mins; June 29, 2024
Supreme Appeal: the run-up to the overturning of Roe v Wade
17 mins; June 28, 2024
Deconstruction: a conversation with Dani Joy about examining narratives around racism, adoption and faith
68 hours 20 mins; June 24, 2024
A Warm Body: They Just Need a Receptive Uterus!
21 mins; June 08, 2024
Disability and embryo "adoption" Part 2 of our discussion of Chapter 4, Conceiving Christian America: Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Justice by Risa Cromer
58 mins; May 24, 2024
Attending Untangling our Roots, or, Ande tries hard to not freak out
24 mins; April 26, 2024
A discussion of Conceiving Christian America with Guest Lorah Gerald, Chapter Unselection
95 hours 41 mins; April 22, 2024
Waiting; an Interlude. Conceiving Christian America; Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics by Risa Cromer. A discussion
47 mins; April 12, 2024
A conversation with Donna Jane, a California adoptee
57 mins; April 11, 2024
Support Californias' Senate Bill 1274
3 mins; April 05, 2024
Part 2 of Ch 3 Conceiving Christian America; Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics by Risa Cromer, as discussion
36 mins; April 01, 2024
Conceiving Christian America: Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics by Risa Cromer, Ch 3. Or, as Lynn calls it These Gifts are never Free
53 mins; April 01, 2024
Embryo Saviorism : Ch 2 Conceiving Christian America
71 hours 46 mins; March 26, 2024
Claiming Adoption: Conceiving Christian America: Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics
43 mins; March 21, 2024
Chapter 1 Life After IVF, Conceiving Christian America; Embryo Adotion and Reproductive Politics
66 hours 18 mins; March 18, 2024
What we call things matters: Conceiving Christian America; Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics Episode 3
63 hours 22 mins; March 10, 2024
Exploring the Intro to Conceiving Christian America: Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics by Risa Cromer.
39 mins; March 06, 2024
Interview with Katie Nelson Burns of The Family Preservation Project
80 hours 29 mins; March 04, 2024
Interview with Jennifer Trudeau of Parents Partnership
60 hours 52 mins; February 28, 2024
A Note on the new series Conceiving Christian America; Snowflake Adoption
4 mins; February 25, 2024
Conceiving Christian America: introducing a new series on Snowflake Adoption, with Ande Stanley and Lynn Grubb
28 mins; February 25, 2024
Interview with Valerie from Washington Adoption Reunion Movement
87 hours 56 mins; February 23, 2024
Interview with Beth Steury
79 hours 39 mins; February 10, 2024
Virginia's House Bill 550, with guest Rebecca Ricardo
66 hours 45 mins; February 04, 2024
Forever is not a guarantee
16 mins; February 03, 2024
Interview with Gaye Sherman Tannenbaum
94 hours 1 min; December 11, 2023
Interview on Adoptee Rights 101, with Lynn Grubb, president of Adoptee Rights Coalition
73 hours 13 mins; November 06, 2023
The Burning Question: Will the Government finally decide I am a real person?
21 mins; October 31, 2023
Interview with Dani Joy
79 hours 38 mins; October 18, 2023
Interview with Lina Vanegas, MSW
92 hours 51 mins; September 27, 2023
Interview with VellaMae Travis
71 hours 45 mins; September 09, 2023
Interview with Lisa Elaine Scott
67 hours 47 mins; June 05, 2023
Interview with co-host Lynn Grubb and guest Lorraine Dusky
103 hours 50 mins; May 07, 2023
The Cult-Like Aspects of Adoption Episode 6 with co-host Lynn Grubb and guest Rebecca Dragon
72 hours 2 mins; March 30, 2023
AB 1302, a California bill that would further diminish California adoptee rights
3 mins; March 19, 2023
Insufficient and deficient; a comment on adoption cruelty
5 mins; March 13, 2023
The Cult-Like Aspects of Adoption Episode 5 Andrea Coates
78 hours 53 mins; March 13, 2023
Lynn and Ande interview Emma Stevens for episode 4 of The Cult-Like Aspects of Adoption, a therapy episode
64 hours 33 mins; March 03, 2023
Realid
8 mins; March 01, 2023
The cult-like Aspects of Adoption Episode 2 pt 2 with guest Greg Gentry
66 hours 55 mins; February 27, 2023
The Cult-Like Aspects of Adoption with Lynn Grubb and guest Greg Gentry Pt 1
52 mins; February 19, 2023
Intro to The Cultlike Aspects of Adoption with Lynn Grubb and Ande Stanley
52 mins; February 15, 2023
Interview with Marilyn Huff
97 hours 20 mins; February 12, 2023
Interview with Beth Figuls
87 hours 19 mins; November 30, 2022
Interview with Daphne Keys
104 hours 36 mins; November 18, 2022
Interview with Michele Kreigman
91 hours 21 mins; November 05, 2022
A Talk about the Different Types of Adoption, with Paige Adams Strickland and Renee Gelin
108 hours 57 mins; November 04, 2022
Interview with Rich Clark
67 hours 55 mins; October 28, 2022
Interview with Mary Ellen Gambutti
83 hours 47 mins; October 21, 2022
interview with Annie Oxborough
88 hours 57 mins; September 30, 2022
Interview with David Lang
81 hours 2 mins; August 07, 2022
Non Adoptee/ Adoptee Conversations: You were adopted a long time ago. Why are you still talking about it?
89 hours 2 mins; June 24, 2022
Interview with Dr. Kristy Howell
91 hours 34 mins; June 18, 2022
Interview with Renee Gelin, founder and president of Saving our Sisters
125 hours 23 mins; May 21, 2022
Non-Adoptee/Adoptee conversations: a talk with Andrea Coates about respectful dialogue