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#11 - If You're Going to San Francisco
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Dave Brown has his own Tales of the City. Three and a half years ago, I decided to take a DNA to find answers to shake off the shroud of secrecy. I found what I was looking for, but I was also unprepared for the upheaval in my life. I created My Refocused Life to document my journey, never anticipated how much I would change. https://www.facebook.com/myrefocusedlife I wrote this three years ago when I first saw my birth parents' pictures. Music by Cassis Birgit Staudt: http://www.cassisb.com/ |
Mar 12, 2023 |
#10 - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
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Hey! Yeah, you! Why not join us for episode #10? The Real Adoptea Moxie https://therealadopteamoxie.substack.com/ Adoptee Remembrance Day - October 30th www.adopteeremembranceday.com Music by Cassis Birgit Staudt: http://www.cassisb.com/ |
Mar 04, 2023 |
#9 - He Can See Clearly Now
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Join me for episode 9 with Shawn Sigler. Music by Cassis Birgit Staudt: http://www.cassisb.com/ |
Feb 18, 2023 |
#8 - She Went To A Land Down Under
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Oi mate, how you going? _________________________________________________ ____________________________________ “Mom and Dad adopted me when I was eight months old. Before then, I lived in the Crippled Children’s Home with the other unwanted babies, our own Island of Misfit Toys. But I was lucky, I got out. I would’ve never searched for her - the woman who threw me away. In reunion, it took decades to untangle how I really felt.” - Vicky Graham, Adoptee Barbara Bazett and Vicky Graham, a mother and daughter in reunion for nearly 30 years, share their healing journey to inspire and help others on their own podcast, Strong(er) in the Broken Places. “What’s our secret? We were both too stubborn to give up.” - Barbara Bazett, Birth Mother. https://www.freeyourselfthrough.com On Facebook and Instagram: @freeyourselfthrough
Music by Cassis Birgit Staudt: http://www.cassisb.com/ |
Feb 11, 2023 |
#7 - Cammie Chameleon
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Sweet home Chicago! Music by Cassis Birgit Staudt: http://www.cassisb.com/ |
Jan 28, 2023 |
#6 - Alicia is a Punk Rocker
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Hey y'all - between us, some days I just wanna be sedated. In episode 6 of Secret Son, I head to the Deep South, set on the porch for a spell and have a leisurely tête-à-tête with Alicia Bratton. And, honey, let me tell you, we cover some stuff – progressive Alabama politics (no joke), bayou existentialism and the freedom that fifty brings. Hey, ho, let’s go! _______________________________________________________________________________________ Alicia Bratton is a 1972 Baby Scoop Era adoptee in a closed adoption. Reunited with/re-abandoned by her mother and in reunion with her father. She went to college in Alabama on a performing arts scholarship for Trombone Performance and Vocal Performance, yet became a nurse (her mother of origin is also a nurse).
Music by Cassis Birgit Staudt: http://www.cassisb.com/ |
Jan 20, 2023 |
#5 - Break On Through to the Mother Side
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Hey all, did you know that the day destroys the night and night divides the day? You can find her blog and read more about her writing classes at anneheffron.com. She had a super time being a guest on Mike’s podcast and believes he is headed for great success in podcast land with that voice of his. Music by Cassis Birgit Staudt: http://www.cassisb.com/ |
Jan 13, 2023 |
#4 - The Birds, The Bees & Me
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Join Secret Son this week as we journey back to a time when it was morning in America. Reagan was president, the Eurythmics were tearing up the charts and the nation was falling in love with a precocious teenager named Michael J. Fox. Meanwhile, today’s guest and I were sitting next to each other in high school mulling over our own Family Ties. Liam Nitka and I were in the same high school class and had no idea the other was harboring their own shameful, dark secret – they were adopted. Good Lord, the humanity. Today, Liam I will discuss the demon rum, latter day saints, problems with authority and the thread weaving through it all – secrecy. Have a listen and, if you like the show, please tell a friend about it! Music, as always, by the inimitable Cassis Birgit Staudt. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Since the State of Missouri, is a "closed-record" state, he was not able to legally search for his biological family until he turned 21. For years, he struggled to make sense of it all. He felt that finding his biological parents would be the be-all, end-all in learning the circumstances behind his adoption. Liam found his biological parents at age twenty-one, and it was a good occurrence. He was finally able to piece together certain facts that were blurry to him growing up.
Music by Cassis Birgit Staudt: http://www.cassisb.com/ |
Jan 06, 2023 |
#3 - Haley of La Crête
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Folks, they threw her to the wolves and she’s come back to lead the pack. Superstar podcaster and adoptee activist Haley Radke joins me this week to regale us with tales of being a secret, stalking and the great white north. So, while you’re (soberly, of course) shooting off those fireworks on New Years Eve, why not multitask? Put on your headphones, crank up the volume on episode three and ring in the new year with another top secret tale! Music, as always, by the inimitable Cassis Birgit Staudt. ______________________________________________________________________________________ https://www.adopteeson.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/adopteeson Podcasting: https://www.haleyradke.com Music by Cassis Birgit Staudt: http://www.cassisb.com/ |
Dec 29, 2022 |
#2 - A Braverman Than I
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I met therapist/adoptee advocate Joe Soll in the mid-90s in New York City. As we all slowly beat back the darkness and embrace much-needed longer days (I'm looking at you especially, Berlin), this is the perfect episode to shine some light on the adoptee perspective. Druids and pagans and normies - together, onward into the light! Music, as always, by the inimitable Cassis Birgit Staudt. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Music by Cassis Birgit Staudt: http://www.cassisb.com/ |
Dec 21, 2022 |
#1 - Send Me An Angel
2223
Who better to launch with than the woman who helped me track down my father? ________________________________________________________________________________________ NYAdopteeRights.org • AdopteesUnited.org • AFFCNY.org • Bastards.org Music by Cassis Birgit Staudt: http://www.cassisb.com/ |
Dec 15, 2022 |
Trailer
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Adoptees family searches, identity, women's rights, secrecy - Secret Son covers this and more. Every week a new interview, every week a new tale of searching, finding and secrecy. Music by Cassis Birgit Staudt: http://www.cassisb.com/ |
Nov 28, 2022 |