104: Shifting from shame and secrecy to truth and transparency, with Rich Uhrlaub.

105: On being wedged between the pain of one set of parents and the joy of another, with Angela Tucker.

106: Author Sara Easterly on the dreaded phrase “you’re not my real mom!”

111: LMFT Lesli Johnson on babies as a blank slate.

205: Adoptee Sara Easterly and birth mom Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard bust 5 myths adoptive parents still believe.

206: Anne Heffron on how and why to heal from infertility grief to make room for a child.

302: Maggie Gallant and Suzanne Bachner: we write plays about being adopted to help all adoptees — including yours.

303: Damon L Davis,  host of Who Am I Really? podcast on what adoptees need from their parents to answer that question.

304: Janelle Ison, adoptee and birth mom, on what adoptive parents need to know about the power they hold in adoption relationships.

305: Joanna Ivey, adoptee and adoptive mom, on entrance narratives and how a seemingly harmless one can, in fact, cause harm.

307: Interracial adoptee Tony Hynes on creating an adoption that doesn’t “split the baby.”

309: From “lucky” child to “loved” child, with children’s storybook author Allison Olson.

401: Rebecca Ricardo, whose adoption resume includes adoptee (1960s), birth mom (1980s), adoption professional (1990s). Lots of insights here!

403: Brad Ewell and Fred Nicora: Why an adoptee’s truth matters more than their parents’ comfort.

406: Dr Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, interracial adoptee and psychologist, on how to talk about race with adoptees

407: Greg Gentry, facilitator at Fireside Adoptions, on what his parents did well and not so well.

409: Sara Easterly, co-author of Adoption Unfiltered, on her new groundbreaking book destined to unfilter  adoption.

501: Jennifer Dyan Ghoston shares what we get wrong about same-race adoptions.

502: Lauren Fishbein and Glenna Boggs on allowing for the full range of adoptee emotions.

505: Torie DiMartile, adoptee and anthropologist, on the many worlds adoptees straddle (part 1).

506: Torie DiMartile, adoptee and anthropologist, on when adoptee math just doesn’t add up (part 2).

508: Lanise Antoine Shelley, actress and adoptee, on how to center the adoptee as the hero of their own story (and why!).

509: Dr JaeRan Kim, adoptee and scholar, and Patrick Armstrong, adoptee and host of Conversation Piece, on the development and application of the Adoptee Consciousness Model.

510: Kathy Mackechney, adoptee, LCSW, and Internal Family Systems therapist, on the reasons why “not all parts get adopted, and what this means for parents.

111: Adoptee and LMFT Lesli Johnson on babies as a blank slate.

202: Adoptive parent group facilitators Katie Biron and Kara Andersen on being the adoptive parent your child needs you to be.

207: What adoption-competent therapist Jen Winkelmann, MA, LPC, NCC, thinks you need to know and do for your adopted child.

401: Rebecca Ricardo, whose adoption resume includes adoptee (1960s), birth mom (1980s), adoption professional (1990s). Lots of insights here!

404: Brad Reedy, PhD: Guilt, Shame, and Boundaries in Adoption.

406: Dr Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, interracial adoptee and psychologist, on how to talk about race with adoptees.

502: Lauren Fishbein and Glenna Boggs on allowing for the full range of adoptee emotions.

507: Robyn Gobbel on how to deal with big baffling behaviors.

509: Dr JaeRan Kim, adoptee and scholar, on how she and her colleagues developed the Adoptee Consciousness Model.

510: Kathy Mackechney, adoptee, LCSW, and Internal Family Systems therapist, on the reasons why “not all parts get adopted, and what this means for parents.

105: On being wedged between the pain of one set of parents and the joy of another, with adoptee Angela Tucker.

307: Interracial adoptee Tony Hynes on creating an adoption that doesn’t “split the baby.”

308: A Twist on the Challenges of Transracial Adoption with Lynn Brown.

406: Dr Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, interracial adoptee and psychologist, on how to talk about race with adoptees.

501: Jennifer Dyan Ghoston shares what we get wrong about same-race adoptions.

505: Torie DiMartile, adoptee and anthropologist, on the many worlds adoptees straddle (part 1).

506: Torie DiMartile, adoptee and anthropologist, on when adoptee math just doesn’t add up (part 2).

508: Lanise Antoine Shelley, actress and adoptee, on how to center the adoptee as the hero of their own story (and why!)

208: Rita Soronen, CEO & President of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption on finding permanent homes for children.

402: Dawn Davenport: why and how adoptive parents can say YES to continuing parenting education and NO to parenting echo chambers.

509: Patrick Armstrong, adoptee and host of Conversation Piece, on his journey of coming to adoptee consciousness.

306: Jess Tennant and Greg on what if adoption doesn’t work? What happens then?

112: Best Advice from 12 adoption thought leaders from Season 1.

209: Best Advice from 10 adoption thought leaders in Season 2.

310: Best Advice from Season 3’s experts.

410: Best Advice from Season 4’s experts.