Advocacy for Social Change - What is possible?
In this episode, Jo speaks to Jigsaw Qld's President, Dr Trevor Jordan about the emotions that can arise when doing advocacy work, how far we've come in Queensland and Australia and what is possible i...
27 Loka 202032min
Kerri Saint - Association for Adoptees
In today's episode, Jo speaks to Kerri Saint - an adopted person and advocate who was a founding member of the Association for Adoptees. They discuss Kerri's personal experience of adoption and her ef...
13 Loka 202054min
Damon Martin - International Social Service
In this episode, Jane speaks to Deputy CEO of International Social Service (ISS), Damon Martin. ISS Australia provides social work, legal and mediation services to families and children across interna...
29 Syys 202047min
Barton Williams - (Intercountry adoption - Part One)
In part one of our intercountry series, Jo speaks to Barton Williams about his experience of being airlifted from war torn Saigon, Vietnam in 1975 as part of the controversial humanitarian mission, Op...
15 Syys 202030min
Gary Coles - Father's Day
In time for Father's Day, Jane spoke to Gary Coles, who lost his son to adoption in 1967 and who has written extensively about the experience of fathers who were separated from their sons and daughter...
1 Syys 202051min
Professor Nahum Mushin
Jo talks to former Family Court Judge, Professor Nahum Mushin about his experience chairing the Forced Adoption Apology Reference Group; the dramatic day the Federal apology was delivered, why forced ...
18 Elo 202046min
Hilary
Hilary shares her story of the lifelong impacts of being separated from her daughter by adoption in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1962 and their subsequent reunion. This episode discusses adult themes ...
4 Elo 20201h
Dr Helen Riley (Late Discovery - Part Two)
In the second episode of our late discovery series, we speak to Dr Helen Riley about her personal story and her research into late discovery adoption. Imagine discovering that you're adopted as an adu...
22 Heinä 202055min
