The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate

By Mal + Kate

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Join Mal + Kate each Monday as they talk about adoption, parenthood, Disney, and MORE! They are two adoptive moms that seek to love, support, and elevate all corners of the adoption triad through honest conversations with adoptive parents, birth moms, & adoptees, all while running Funding Love, a non-profit that strengthens bonds, builds community, and restores people through all-expenses-paid vacations to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida!

So grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine; there’s always a seat open for you at the table. When you tune in, you are Funding Love - with Mal + Kate!


Episode Date
How to Foster the Family with Guest Jamie Finn - BONUS EPISODE
Jul 07, 2025
“Pursuing what breaks your heart with Mal and Kate”
Jun 30, 2025
Blessings and Challenges of Parenting Teen and Young Adult Adoptees
Jun 23, 2025
"What Breaks Your Heart: Living with Intentional Generosity with Jody and Rachel Spain
Jun 16, 2025
A Story of Adoption and Foster Care with Guest Jessica Ritchie
Jun 09, 2025
Getting to know Mal & Kate
Jun 02, 2025
Testimonies: Funding Love Stories of Impact
May 26, 2025
Adoption Recap and Where does Funding Love play a part?
May 19, 2025
A Night of Dreams: 3rd Annual Fundraising Gala Recap!
May 12, 2025
BONUS EPISODE: 2025 Adoptive Family Vacation Recap
Mar 10, 2025
BONUS EPISODE: Brave Love - A Birth Mom Story with Janelle Basham
Mar 03, 2025
BONUS EPISODE: Everyone Has a Role, with Shannon Scott
Feb 24, 2025
Supporting Your Baby’s Birth Mom
Feb 17, 2025
Bonding with Baby
Feb 10, 2025
What to Expect in the Hospital when You’re Adopting
Feb 03, 2025
Preparing Home, Heart,+ Family to Bring Home Baby
Jan 27, 2025
Getting THE Call: “You’ve Been Matched!”
Jan 20, 2025
Welcome to Season 5!
Jan 13, 2025
Christmas Bonus! Funding Love Book Club - Ep 4: Adoption Unfiltered
Dec 23, 2024
BONUS EP 3: Funding Love Book Club - To Have and Not To Hold
Oct 17, 2024
Honest Talk About Open Adoption
Oct 14, 2024
Fundraising for Adoption
Oct 07, 2024
BONUS EP 2: Profile Books Through the Eyes of a Birth Mom
Oct 03, 2024
How to Create an Adoption Profile Book
Sep 30, 2024
Hairy, Scary Adoption HOME STUDIES!
Sep 23, 2024
WHAT To Choose in Adoption: Types of Adoption + Choosing an Ethical Adoption Agency
Sep 16, 2024
BONUS EP 1: 2024 Birth Mom Vacation Recap
Sep 12, 2024
WHY To Choose Adoption - The Launch of Season 4 of the Funding Love Adoption Podcast
Sep 09, 2024
When Its Time to Change: Saying Goodbye to the Funding Love Podcast?!
Jul 01, 2024
Funding Love Book Club - Episode 2: PART 2 - "You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption with Angela Tucker
Jun 24, 2024
Funding Love Book Club - Episode 2: PART 1 - "You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker
Jun 17, 2024
What Does Walt Disney World Have To Do With It?! Funding Love's Mission + Disney
Jun 10, 2024
Leading Your Children to Jesus with Wire Talk Hosts, Karen Stubbs + Emily Korosec
Jun 03, 2024
Autism + The Social Mind Center with Ana Anselma
May 27, 2024
Understanding the Adoption Process with Adoption Attorney + Christian Adoption Coach, Lucrece Bundy
May 20, 2024
Blocked Care with Adoption Wise Founders Lisa Qualls + Melissa Corkum
May 13, 2024
Funding Love Garden Gala Recap with Susan Wilson
May 06, 2024
Turning Special Needs into Special Abilities with Brady Murray, Founder of RODS Heroes
Apr 29, 2024
Foster Care, Adoption, + The Strength Within with CBS Survivor, Bruce Perreault
Apr 22, 2024
Celebrities + Adoption, with Previous E! News Producer, Rebekah Ingraham
Apr 15, 2024
Welcome to Season 3!
Apr 08, 2024
Funding Love Book Club - Season 1: Ep 1 - American Baby, by Gabrielle Glaser
Apr 01, 2024
CBS Season 45 Survivor, Kendra McQuarrie - An Adoptee Story of Discovery, Reunification, + Love
Mar 25, 2024
Our Crazy Adoption Story with Twin Adoptees Victoria Jacobs + Eileen Diaz
Mar 18, 2024
Adoptive Family Vacation Recap with Jen Wilhorn + Kristen Volz
Mar 11, 2024
Adoption + The Enneagram with Melissa Corkum
Mar 04, 2024
Celebrating 100 Episodes!
Feb 26, 2024
Part 3 of our Three-Part Series: Adoption is...LOVE!
Feb 19, 2024
Part 2 of our Three-Part Series: Adoption is...SCARY!
Feb 12, 2024
Part 1 of our Three-Part Series: Adoption is...MESSY!
Feb 05, 2024
Parenting After Placement: A Birth Mom Story with Muthoni Gaciku
Jan 29, 2024
Twice a Daughter with Julie McGue: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging
Jan 22, 2024
Adoptees + Ancestry.com: An Investigative Reporter's Story of Finding Biological Family
Jan 15, 2024
Adoption Again! Experiencing the Adoption Process Three Times
Jan 08, 2024
Happy New Year! New Words, New Goals, New Book Club!
Jan 01, 2024
Merry Christmas from Mal + Kate!
Dec 25, 2023
Looking Back: Our Favorite 2023 Funding Love Memories
Dec 18, 2023
An Adoptive Mom Story with Ashley Workman
Dec 11, 2023
A Birth Mom Story with Jessie Mattos
Dec 04, 2023
The Magic of Christmas from Childhood to Motherhood
Nov 27, 2023
A Twisted Sisterhood with Ashley Mitchell
Nov 20, 2023
Men + Adoption: When Your Wife Wants to Adopt, But You're Not So Sure
Nov 13, 2023
Foster Care + National Adoption Awareness Month with Adoptee + Birth Mom, Shonda Larson
Nov 06, 2023
Happy Halloween! Heroes and Villains of Adoption
Oct 30, 2023
Proceed with Caution: Adoption + Disney Unpopular Opinions
Oct 23, 2023
Mama Systems: Intentionally Cultivating Peace in Your Home
Oct 16, 2023
Explaining Adoption Through Children's Literature with Author, Allison Olson
Oct 09, 2023
The Importance of Post-Placement Care with Birth Mom and Adoptive Mom Brittany Wigington
Oct 02, 2023
Disney Vacations are a Gift: Rewarding Responders and Funding Love Vacation Trip Reports
Sep 25, 2023
Real Talk: Adoption Questions Mal + Kate Get Asked Often and How They Answer
Sep 18, 2023
2023 Birth Mom Vacation Recap
Sep 11, 2023
Revealing the Funding Love Garden Gala: A Fundraiser for the Adoption Community
Sep 04, 2023
The Highs and Lows of Being a Foster Parent with Kay Wilkoff
Aug 28, 2023
Shop Small, Give Big with Janna Kelly
Aug 21, 2023
Persevering Through Grief: An Adoption Story
Aug 14, 2023
How to Pray in Adoption with Mal + Kate
Aug 07, 2023
Human Connection from an Open Adoption Journey with Paula Weeks
Jul 31, 2023
An Adoption Story with Adoptive Mom and Author Laura Khoury
Jul 24, 2023
Summertime Fun with Mal & Kate
Jul 17, 2023
Faith in the Wait - Even AFTER Being Matched with Rebecca Appleby
Jul 10, 2023
How Extended Family Can Support Adoptive Families with Sarah + Amy Basham
Jul 03, 2023
How to Talk to Your Child About Their Adoption
Jun 26, 2023
Adoption and Healthcare: Where Changes Need to Be Made with Mellisa Lathion
Jun 19, 2023
Parenting Through the Stages with Matt & Jessica McKee
Jun 12, 2023
Mal & Kate Answer Listener Questions: Adoption and More
Jun 05, 2023
Parenting Reactive Attachment Disorder with adoptive mom Savannah Lyon
May 29, 2023
Experiencing Embryo Adoption with Kat Gade + Susan Vansyckle
May 22, 2023
Happy Mother's Day + Fundraising for Adoption
May 15, 2023
The Sixteenth Year: An Open Adoption Memoir with Birth Mom, Leah Outten
May 08, 2023
You Are Funding Love: Gala Recap
May 01, 2023
Home Education - Living Outside the 9-5 with Jess Martin
Apr 24, 2023
Special Needs Adoption + Disney with Tyler + Hannah Cleveland
Apr 17, 2023
Interrupted Adoption Plans from an Adoptive Mom’s Perspective with Katie Brown
Apr 10, 2023
Adoption Trauma and TBRI with Katie McGee
Apr 03, 2023
Celebrating 1 YEAR of the Funding Love Podcast + Gala Talk with Mal + Kate
Mar 27, 2023
International Adoption Journey with Nicklaus Foster
Mar 20, 2023
Nonprofit 101: I Have a Good Idea... Where Do I start? with Chretien and Mallory Dumond
Mar 13, 2023
What is a Disney Mom? with Julie de la Fe
Mar 03, 2023
Adoptive Family Vacation Recap with Julie + Victoria
Feb 27, 2023
Birth Mom Voice - I am Worthy with Courtney Tierra
Feb 20, 2023
Raising Children Across Racial Boundaries with Tiffany Pollard
Feb 13, 2023
Black History + Adoption
Feb 06, 2023
Why Family Vacations Must Be a Priority with Kristin Petersen
Jan 30, 2023
Parenting Difficult Personalities + the Layers of Adoption with Karen Stubbs
Jan 23, 2023
Mal + Kate Show - Get to know us!
Jan 16, 2023
Healthy Habits + Resolutions - How to Achieve Your Goals in 2023 with Mal + Kate
Jan 09, 2023
Intentional Rest and a replay of our most listened to episode of 2022
Jan 02, 2023
Favorite Moments of 2022 with Mal + Kate
Dec 26, 2022
Reflecting Back and Dreaming Ahead with Mal + Kate
Dec 19, 2022
Finding Hope Through Infertility with Alston and McKenzie Causey
Dec 12, 2022
Embryo Adoption with Mark Mellinger
Dec 05, 2022
Supporting adoption without adopting (yet) with Trisha and Jared Wicker
Nov 28, 2022
Support for Adoptive Parents From an Adoptee’s Perspective with Andie Coston
Nov 21, 2022
BraveLove with Laura Bruder
Nov 14, 2022
Foster Care Adoptee with Tori Hope Peterson
Nov 07, 2022
First Ever Funding Love Gala Announced! And National Adoption Month is coming!
Oct 31, 2022
Big Tough Girl with Ashley Mitchell
Oct 24, 2022
An Adult Adoptee's Perspective on Open Adoption with Allison Olson
Oct 17, 2022
How PairTree is Modernizing Adoption with Jess Nelson + Erin Quick
Oct 10, 2022
Birth Mom Vacation Debriefed with Sarah Basham
Oct 03, 2022
Birth Mom Stories Part 3 - Why the Birth Mom Vacation Matters with Karen Potgeter
Sep 26, 2022
Birth Mom Stories Part 2 with Britt Paladino.
Sep 19, 2022
Birth Mom Stories Part 1 with Kristin Van Hof
Sep 12, 2022
How Pregnancy Centers Help with Cindy Hughes
Sep 05, 2022
Using Fiction to Tell the Truth: A Birth Mom's Story with Michelle Thorne
Aug 29, 2022
Adoption FAQs with Cristina Recio
Aug 22, 2022
Magic Maker Program 101 with Victoria Jones
Aug 15, 2022
Birth Mom Vacation 101 with Mal + Kate
Aug 08, 2022
Adoptive Family Vacation 101 with Julie Lindeman
Aug 01, 2022
Why Positive Adoption Language Matters with Kyrie Zimmerman
Jul 25, 2022
What You Need to Know About Profile Books with Annie Compton
Jul 18, 2022
Cross-Cultural Adoption: It Takes More Than Love with Brittany Salmon
Jul 11, 2022
Common Myths of Open Adoption with Susan Vansyckle
Jul 04, 2022
The Home Study: It's Not That Bad with Amy Imber
Jun 27, 2022
Transracial Adoptee: Unpacking the Intersection of Race, Identity, and Adoption with Jonathan Adam
Jun 20, 2022
A Father's Day Special with our Favorite Adoptive Dads and their Honest Stories About Hesitations of Adopting
Jun 13, 2022
Traveling with Trauma: The Importance of Managing Expectations with Julie Lindeman
Jun 06, 2022
Living in Reality as a Foster Parent with Kay Wilkoff
May 30, 2022
Adoption + Disney with Mal + Kate
May 23, 2022
Adoption Is Loss Part 3: An Adoptive Mom's Perspective with Katie Brown
May 16, 2022
Adoption Is Loss Part 2: An Adoptee's Perspective with Mary Herbert
May 09, 2022
Adoption Is Loss Part 1: A Birth Mother's Perspective with Alycea Snyder
May 02, 2022
Why Adoption Doesn't Have to Be Your Plan B with Angie Rodriguez
Apr 25, 2022
Real Talk About Waiting to be Matched in Adoption with Kaleigh Kennedy
Apr 18, 2022
Choosing an Ethical Adoption Agency with Leah Braly
Apr 11, 2022
Introduction to Funding Love with Mal + Kate
Apr 04, 2022
Coming Soon!
Feb 26, 2022