Heartlines - Susannah McFarlane & Robin Leuba

Heartlines - Susannah McFarlane & Robin Leuba

Jo Sparrow speaks with a mother and an adoptee who wrote a book about their reunion experience. Susannah McFarlane is an adoptee and author, creator and publisher of some of Australia's most successful children's book series and Susannah's mother, Robin Leuba taught English and English literature for many years. 'Heartlines: The Year I Met My Other Mother' the memoir they wrote together is a fast-paced, warm, funny and at times heartbreaking book. The book jacket describes it as a wobbly, roller coaster ride of loss and love, confusion and connection. Jo describes it as a unique, and at times piercingly raw inside look adoption reunion. This episode discusses adult themes and listener discretion is advised. For more information go to http://www.jigsawqueensland.com/episode-notes

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Ryan Anderson

Ryan Anderson

Today’s conversation is one that takes us across continents, cultures, and the complex search for identity that so many adopted people navigate. Ryan Anderson is an intercountry adoptee who now lives ...

28 Loka 202550min

Tammy Richie - Loss, Reunion and the Bonds That Shape Us

Tammy Richie - Loss, Reunion and the Bonds That Shape Us

Born in 1972 in Toowoomba and adopted into a family in Boonah, Tammy Richie’s story is one of heartbreak, resilience and rediscovery. In this episode, Tammy shares her remarkable journey — from learni...

14 Loka 202551min

Heather Waters - You Should Be Grateful

Heather Waters - You Should Be Grateful

Today on Adopt Perspective, we're joined by South Australian filmmaker, writer, adoptee and advocate Heather Waters. Heather’s work explores the lasting impacts of adoption on identity, family, grief ...

1 Loka 202536min

Kim Rankin

Kim Rankin

This week on Adopt Perspective podcast, we’re joined by Kim Rankin, who was born and adopted in Sydney in 1973. It would be another 27 years before Kim reunited with her mother, Karen Chaston — who sh...

23 Syys 202557min

Karen Chaston

Karen Chaston

Today’s guest, Karen Chaston, was just 16 years old when she lost her daughter to adoption in Sydney in 1973. Nearly three decades later, after 28 long years, they were reunited. In this special two-p...

16 Syys 202549min

Professor Daryl Higgins - Child Safety Inquiry & Adoption Act Review

Professor Daryl Higgins - Child Safety Inquiry & Adoption Act Review

Today we're joined by Professor Daryl Higgins, Director of the Institute of Child Protection Studies at the Australian Catholic University. For nearly 30 years, Daryl has researched child abuse impact...

3 Syys 202533min

Anna Linde - The Adopted Sexologist

Anna Linde - The Adopted Sexologist

Today’s guest is someone whose work is reshaping how we think about adoption, identity, and intimacy. Anna Linde is an adoptee, a Dance & Movement-Therapist, a Sexology researcher, and the founder of ...

19 Elo 20251h 6min

Brett Kable

Brett Kable

While adoption stories often share familiar threads, each one is deeply personal and unique.In this episode, we're joined by Brett Kable, who was born in Nambour, Queensland in 1975 and adopted at six...

12 Elo 202549min

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