Michael - Discharging an Adoption
Michael Costello was born in Brisbane in 1970, at the height of the closed and forced adoption eras. He was initially placed in an orphanage, and then extended foster care, despite his mother making s...
24 Feb 202145min
Lost & Found - An Original Song About Adoption
In this episode Jane speaks to Cath Mundy and Jay Turner, a singer-song writing duo who worked with Jigsaw Qld and our client and stakeholder groups to write a song to represent the Forced Adoption ex...
9 Feb 202152min
Pam Cordano - 10 Foundations for a Meaningful Life
In the first episode of 2021 we talk to adoptee, Psychotherapist, cancer survivor and author, Pam Cordano about her book, "10 Foundations for a Meaningful Life (No Matter What's Happened)". Most of Pa...
26 Jan 202144min
Never Forget, Never Repeat
As the 8th anniversary of Queensland's historic apology in parliament for past forced adoption policies and practices nears, Jigsaw Qld's Forced Adoption Support Service (FASS) Team Leader, Andrea Lyn...
10 Nov 202023min
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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Sep 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 Sep 202030min
