061 // The Search for Family w/Chris McLaughlin feat Roasted Chestnuts?!
The Janchi Show
English - October 20, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBPersonal Journals Society & Culture Documentary adoption adoptees kad korean american adopted transnational transracial asian american korean adoptees asian adoptees Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
// Meet Chris McLaughlin
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All You Can Ever Know by Nicole ChungAlso Known As, Inc.
In this episode we talk about:
The Hot-tro: 0:00Welcome back for the first time, Chris McLaughlin!: 7:15Chris' story: 9:10Arizona, California, and Culture Shock: 12:13Engaging with Asian culture vs. feeling Asian: 15:35The start of Chris' birth search: 19:57Chris talks about his birth mother + not being able to meet her: 23:38Making contact w/his birth family: 27:01Meeting his birth father and his brothers for the first time: 31:12Feeling Asian/Korean American + Finding Community: 36:27What's next?: 55:08Chestnut Roasting on an open…..Wait, what are these?: 57:48
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We’re three Korean Adoptees spread out around America and each of us are at different stages in life. We’ll talk about the Korean adoptee experience from our perspectives and learn more about our shared culture, usually with food. And it won’t just be the three of us; each week we’ll have other adoptees from all over the world joining us to talk about what makes us similar and what makes us unique. So join the party!
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Patrick was adopted from Seoul and raised in a small(er than Nathan’s) town in Indiana. After dropping out of college, he travelled around, working a variety of jobs before co-founding the All Times Are Local Foundation with his adopted sister in Chicago. He currently lives in Indianapolis with his fiancé and is 7 seconds into his journey of exploring his Korean-American adoptee identity.
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KJ was adopted from Daegu and raised in Dallas, Texas with his two biological, older siblings and his younger sister, adopted from Russia. After spending a decade in the Midwest for college and career, he and his wife are back in Dallas and living large! He has been on his journey of discovery since 2015 and you can find him online to see what he's up to now!
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