Kathryn Blake
Today’s guest is an adopted person and photographer from Newcastle in New South Wales. Kathryn Blake was born and adopted in Bathurst in 1970 as the eldest of two adopted girls. She has since gone on ...
24 Sep 20241h 5min
Rosemary Brooks - A Mother's Story
Today’s guest is a mother who lost her son to adoption in Melbourne in 1967. Rosemary Brooks is also an artist who walks to her own beat and at 51 was able to finish the university qualification that ...
2 Sep 202448min
Alison Willoughby
Alison Willoughby was born at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Carlton, Melbourne in 1965. She was the first of four children adopted by her adoptive parents, who were unable to conceive naturally. Aliso...
6 Aug 202458min
Arie Baker - Finding Mary Jane
Arie Baker was born in Brisbane in 1974 at the Corinda Private Hospital where she was adopted at 3 weeks of age. In this episode of Jigsaw Queensland's Adopt Perspective Podcast, Arie will share with ...
2 Juli 202430min
Gemma Chudzinski - Researcher in intercountry adoptee mental health
Today’s guest, Gemma Chudzinski is an Australian Intercountry adoptee and PhD candidate from the School of Health Sciences and Social Work at Griffith University, who is undertaking important research...
4 Juni 202411min
Brendan Watkins - 'Tell No One'
Brendan Watkins was eight years old when his parents told him he was adopted. When he was in his late twenties, he started searching for his biological parents and eventually discovered the identity o...
14 Maj 20241h
Jo Fraser - ARMS & MALA
Jo Fraser is a mother who lost her son to adoption in 1971 and connected with him again almost two decades later. She is also the Convenor of the Victorian branch of the Association Representing Mothe...
23 Apr 202447min
Dr Giselle Newton - Researcher Donor Conception & DNA
Dr Giselle Newton, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Queensland. She’s a digital health sociologist whose research is focussed on understanding how reproductive and genetic technolog...
2 Apr 202428min
