Adoptees Crossing Lines

By Zaira

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Episodes: 51

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Adoptees Crossing Lines is a podcast about adoption told through lived experience. Hosted by an adoptee who survived the foster care system, it names the harm of the family policing system. The work centers survivors, abolition, and community care.

Episode Date
Joker: Systems, Class Warfare, and the Cost of Being Unseen
Mar 13, 2026
Sound of Hope (Possum Trot): Church Driven Adoption, Propaganda, and the Cost of “Saving” Kids
Feb 27, 2026
Losing Isaiah: When the System Steals, and Hollywood Sells It Back to You
Feb 13, 2026
Instant Family: Comedy, Consent, and Adoption Propaganda
Jan 23, 2026
The Blind Side: Ownership, Propaganda, and the White Savior Playbook
Jan 09, 2026
Ashley Albert on Survival, Strategy, and Standing on Business
Jun 27, 2025
What We Carried from the Black Mothers March
Jun 13, 2025
Adopted Twice: Kinship, Control, and the Cost of Silence
May 23, 2025
Raised by Auntie, Called Mom: The Complicated Truth of Kinship Adoption
May 09, 2025
Surveillance, Saviors, and Screens: Media & Adoption with J Way
Apr 25, 2025
Mutual Aid as Resistance: Building Systems of Care
Apr 11, 2025
Adoptee Storytelling & Film Advocacy
Mar 28, 2025
Root Work and Resilience: The Fight for Black Families
Mar 21, 2025
Adoption, Privilege, and the Stories We Tell w/ Patrick Armstrong
Feb 28, 2025
Annalisa Toccara-Jones on Digital Resistance, Colonial Legacies, and Telling the Truth About Adoption
Feb 14, 2025
Reflections on Grief, Healing, and Honoring My Mom
Jan 24, 2025
The Role of Legal Advocacy in Family Reunification w/ Keshia Adeniyi
Jul 12, 2024
Exploring Abolition, Intergenerational Trauma, and Creative Resistance w/ Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez
Jun 28, 2024
Unpacking Adoption w/ Henry: Identity, Community, and Healing
Jun 14, 2024
Adoption, Therapy, and Self-Discovery: Fai Knudson's Story
May 24, 2024
Finding Freedom: Reflections on One Year of No Contact
May 10, 2024
Operation Stop CPS w/ Amanda Wallace
Apr 26, 2024
Adoption is not a part of God's plan
Apr 12, 2024
Mila's Truth: Navigating Adoption, Liberation, and Community
Mar 22, 2024
My Journey to Abolition
Mar 08, 2024
Navigating Change: A Conversation with Josh Lamers, Co-founder of Collective of Child Welfare Survivors
Feb 23, 2024
Adoptees & Community
Feb 09, 2024
Confronting the Racist Legacy of the Child Welfare System w/ Alan Dettlaff
Jan 25, 2024
Unveiling Roots: The Journey of Gregory D. Luce, Attorney and Advocate for Adoptee Rights
Nov 10, 2023
Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World
Oct 27, 2023
Embracing Identity: John's Journey of Self-Discovery
Oct 13, 2023
Emily's Journey: Identity, Language Learning, and Adoption Realities
Sep 22, 2023
Adoption Trauma, Mental Health, and Suicide Risk with Lina Vanegas
Sep 08, 2023
Navigating No Contact: Adoptees' Journeys to Healing
Aug 11, 2023
Navigating Holidays as an Adoptee: Exploring Complex Emotions and Self-Care
Jul 14, 2023
Challenging Adoption Norms and Embracing Queer Parenting: A Conversation with Yomi
Jun 23, 2023
Activism & Origin Story: Erica Babino
Jun 09, 2023
A Bittersweet Farewell: Reflecting on Season One and Embracing Self-Care
May 30, 2023
Dr. Noelle's Origin Story: A Journey of Adoption, Identity, and Reunion
Apr 28, 2023
Navigating Adoption and Rediscovering Family: Lia's Journey
Apr 14, 2023
Exploring the Impact of Adoption on Mental Health: Insights from Adoptees
Mar 24, 2023
Navigating Parenthood as Adoptees: Insights from Dr. Noelle and Tosha
Mar 10, 2023
Identity & Adoption
Feb 24, 2023
Exploring Blackness and Adoption: Navigating Identity and Challenges
Feb 10, 2023
Navigating Relationships as an Adoptee
Jan 27, 2023
Saviorism, Narcissism, and the Adoption Industry
Jan 13, 2023
Why We’re Not Grateful
Dec 23, 2022
Adoption & Reunion: Finding Family, Healing Wounds
Dec 09, 2022
Adoption & Grief: Navigating Loss and Identity
Nov 25, 2022
Coming Out of the Fog: The Truth About Adoption
Nov 04, 2022
No, Adoption Isn’t Magical (Trailer)
Oct 24, 2022