The Adoptee Thoughts Podcast will offer an inside look from a transracial adoptee's perspective on international adoption, race, identity, and more. This podcast will explore other adoptees' experiences in interviews while delving into the nuances of adoption, and will not shy away from the tough topics. So if you have adopted, plan to adopt a child of color, or are an adoptee... this is the place for you.
On Season 2, Episode 1 of the Adoptee Thoughts Podcast, Jenny Heijun Wills, and host, Melissa Guida-Richards discuss Jen...View Details
Jan 26th, 2021
On Season 2, Episode 2 of the Adoptee Thoughts Podcast, Christine Heimann, and host, Melissa Guida-Richards discuss their experience as international adoptees and the complexities ...
Jan 4th, 2021
On Season 2, Episode 1 of the Adoptee Thoughts Podcast, Nicole Chung, and host, Melissa Guida-Richards discuss their experience with losing a loved one as an adoptee, as well as th...
On Episode 11 of the Adoptee Thoughts Podcast, Louise, and host, Melissa Guida-Richards discuss the unique experience as an international adoptee who grew up in an open adoption, c...
On Episode 10 of the Adoptee Thoughts Podcast, Shelley, and host, Melissa Guida-Richards discuss the intricacies of being an international adoptee, the benefits of having an adopte...
On Episode 9 of the Adoptee Thoughts Podcast, Maria, and host, Melissa Guida-Richards discuss how they handled finding birth family during a pandemic, the nuances of sharing the jo...
On Episode 8 of the Adoptee Thoughts Podcast, Aliyah, and host, Melissa Guida-Richards discuss her experience growing up in a predominantly white community, racism, and her experie...
Episode 7: An Interview with Lauren Sharkey, adoptee & author of 'Inconvenient Daughter' In Episode 7 of the Adoptee Thoughts Podcast, Lauren and host, Melissa Guida-Ric...
Jul 24th, 2020
Episode 6: An Interview with Anissa Druesedow Anissa E. Druesedow, mother, adoptee, activist, and deportee. In episode 6, she shares her story of family separation and depor...
On Episode 5 of the Adoptee Thoughts Podcast, Guida-Richards talks with Jessica and discusses her experience finding and reuniting with her birth family, her work in mentoring fell...
