073 // Adoption Mosaic and finding new language w/Shelise Gieseke!

// Meet Shelise Gieseke

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 In this episode we talk about:

The basketball / DVD / math intro: 0:54Shelise shares her story: 8:04Understanding racial and adoptee isolation and engaging with identity: 15:59A place in the family: 22:07Finding language + "coming out of the fog": 25:35Adoption Mosaic: 33:39Returning to Korea: 41:31Wait, how do I get on the TV show?: 45:54Experiencing other adoptee's reunion aka the "both and" of adoptee experience: 52:22The Janchi Show Food, Eating....You can call it whatever you want!: 59:24

 

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The Janchi Show Quick Bio

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!

// Meet the Janchi Boys!

Nathan Nowack

Nathan was adopted from Seoul at 5 months old and raised in a small town in Oklahoma by a loving family and non-biological adopted sister.  After college in Colorado he later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a digital media career and eventually started 2 photography companies.  He has a wife and 3 kids and has reconnected with his biological family in 2014.  In 2021, Nathan and his family moved back to Colorado to be closer to family and start a new chapter in their lives.

 

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Website: http://www.nathannowack.comLinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/nathann/Instagram: http://instagram.com/nowackphoto

Patrick Armstrong

Patrick was adopted from Seoul by a white family in Indiana. He is also the president and co-founder of All Times Are Local, a Chicago-based nonprofit focused on helping older foster youth. He attended college at Purdue University in West Lafayette and currently resides in Indianapolis.

 

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Website: http://www.alltimesarelocal.orgLinkedIn: http://linkedin/in/patrickarmstrong219Instagram: http://instagram.com/patrickintheworld

K.J. Roelke

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 spends his days populating the internet with content.

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Website: http://kj.roelke.info/LinkedIn: http://linkedin/in/kjroelkeInstagram: http://instagram.com/kjroelke

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