Latest Adoptee stories Podcast Episodes
Eli Harwood (aka Attachment Nerd) on Adoption, Attachment and How to Heal
Adopted Feels - February 14, 2024 01:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsCheck out Eli's Instagram account Attachment Nerd, and her new book Securely Attached: Transform Your Attachment Patterns into Loving, Lasting Romantic Relationships (A Guided Journal). And connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, or via our website!
Where the hell have Hana & Ryan been? Awkward musings on failure, transitions, & big life choices
Adopted Feels - February 14, 2024 01:23 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsFor more information about the Korean adoptee 2024 gathering in Sydney hosted by the Korean Adoptees in Australia Network, visit kaian.org.au
Conversations with Friends: Part 1 with Leah Nichols
Adopted Feels - December 16, 2022 10:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsFriendship might seem like a random topic for an adoptee podcast, and this series - of which the current episode is the first - is an experiment, tbh, like a lot of things we do here. But lately we’ve been thinking about it a lot. Maybe it’s because of the pandemic and the isolation that many o...
Susan Stam wants you to stay with your feelings... just a little longer
Adopted Feels - October 09, 2022 02:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsWhat are you afraid to feel? Fear? Sadness? Anger? Whatever it is, adoptee coach Susan Stam (강선영) wants you to stay with it. And then stay with it a little longer. Adopted from Korea at the age of 4 years and 7 months to the Netherlands, Susan works as a coach specialising in relinquishment and...
Ra Chapman is changing the Australian arts scene, one production at a time
Adopted Feels - August 12, 2022 02:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsWe had SO MUCH FUN with this guest and we think you will too. Korean-Australian adoptee Ra Chapman is a writer, actor and dramaturg. She has strong ties with the adoption community and works closely with Asian-Australian and diverse artists. Ra is one of those people who has been on our list of...
Hana's Korean language learning journey: 10 lessons
Adopted Feels - June 09, 2022 23:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsToday we're in for a treat! An outcome of some gentle encouragement from me (Ryan), in this episode Hana shares a beautifully written account of her Korean language learning journey thus far. In the loose form of a listicle - because we can't resist a good list on this podcast - here's 10 'lesson...
James Han Mattson isn't afraid of the dark: on writing about race, desire, and belonging
Adopted Feels - April 18, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode we have the pleasure of speaking to Korean adoptee and award-winning writer James Han Mattson. We start with James' path to becoming a writer and the moment when his Iowa acceptance letter arrived in the mail. He treats us to two readings of his work: an extended excerpt from his ...
Fact and fantasy in adoptee creative non-fiction: Jenny Heijun Wills on writing, consent, and self-preservation
Adopted Feels - April 04, 2022 00:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode we talk to the inimitable Jenny Heijun Wills and touch on some of the themes that - we feel - go to the very core of our stories and our storytellings as adoptees. Consent and access. Fact and fantasy. The challenges of charting our way through the stories people expect - often ev...
Lee Herrick wants us all to be ok: On finding the fire, faith, and forgiveness
Adopted Feels - March 20, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsBorn in Daejeon, Korea, and adopted to the United States at the age of ten months, Lee Herrick is the author of three books of poems: Scar and Flower, a finalist for the 2020 Northern California Book Award, Gardening Secrets of the Dead and This Many Miles from Desire. He is also the co-editor of...
First encounters with food: stories from a life writing workshop with Mee Joo Kim
Adopted Feels - March 08, 2022 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsThis is a special compilation episode featuring six powerful short pieces about first encounters with food from our birth cultures, read by their transracial adoptee authors, from our recent autobiographical writing workshop led by Korean adoptee Mee Joo Kim. Hana also has a little chat with Mee ...
How to write (and live) more authentically with Jeremy Holt
Adopted Feels - January 28, 2022 10:44 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode, we chat with Jeremy Holt, a non-binary author whose most recent works include Made in Korea, Virtually Yours, Before Houdini, and Skip to the End. Their latest comic series, Made in Korea, is about a Korean nine-year-old named Jesse, who is adopted and sent to live with a lovely...
Happy 50th Episode + Listener Q&A!
Adopted Feels - January 25, 2022 00:14 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsHappy 50th Episode + Listener Q&A! “How did you two meet? What is going on in your logo image? If Adopted Feels was a food, what would it be?” In this special 50th episode, we answer these very important questions and more, and reflect on the pod journey thus far. Warning: Hana gets bossy/rant-y...
Post-Korea Feels: Transitioning Back to the US After Life in Korea with Kim Stoker & Eunha Lovell
Adopted Feels - December 17, 2021 10:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsThis episode is all about leaving Korea and transitioning back to one’s adoptive country, and we found the perfect guests to talk about it. Kim Stoker first returned to live in Korea in 1995. She spent almost 20 years of her adult life there and has been based in the US since 2017. She was a le...
Better Together: Angela Gee & Robyn Joy Park, Adoptees of Colour & Adoption Specialist Therapists
Adopted Feels - October 31, 2021 22:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsWe’ve had the privilege of speaking to so many people on the podcast and today’s guests are two of the warmest and most generous yet. Angela Gee and Robyn Joy Park are both Asian adoptees and licensed therapists based in the LA area, who serve the adoption community. Hana first crossed paths with...
What is the work and how do you know if you're doing it? On Asian American history, activism, and solidarity with Rebecca Kinney
Adopted Feels - October 11, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsFor transracial adoptees and people of colour, the past 18 months have felt like an emotional gauntlet. At least, they have for us. From the murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, which saw a surge of the Black Lives Matter movement, to rising anti-Asian racism and the Atlanta shootings, to t...
Asian enough, Australian enough, queer enough: Ellie Kim on reunion, lockdown, and learning to celebrate yourself
Adopted Feels - September 29, 2021 12:18 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsWhat do birth family reunion, drag, and skating have in common? For Australian Korean adoptee Ellie Kim, all of these things have helped her get to where she is today. In this casual, wide ranging convo, Ellie tells us about how meeting her birth family was a turning point in her life, and how sh...
On Listening, Friendship, and Doing the Work with Pastor Kim of KoRoot
Adopted Feels - August 20, 2021 03:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratings[CW: suicide] Pastor Do-Hyun Kim (김도현) talks about his early work in Switzerland and how he first became aware of Korean adoption, the activities he has run at KoRoot over the years to support adoptees, and his tireless commitment to raising awareness of adoption in Korea - including the separat...
Stay out of the comments! Lessons from very minor internet fame
Adopted Feels - July 25, 2021 11:16 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsWE’RE BAAAAAACK! Ryan’s in Melbourne lockdown 5.0, or what feels like 50.0, and Hana can only meet up with one other person after 6pm in Seoul. Plus, she can’t listen to music faster than 120BPM at the gym (but songs like Robyn’s Dancing On My Own at 117BPM are A-OK.) Covid restrictions, eh. In...
Actually, we’re f***ing badass: Embarking on The Hero’s Journey 3.0 with Korean Adoptee Ben Kaplan
Adopted Feels - June 11, 2021 22:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsOn Adopted Feels, we’ve mainly interviewed friends and friends of friends (sliding into Joel Kim Booster’s DMs didn’t work, unfortunately - if anyone out there can hook us up, please do!). Until now. Korean adoptee Ben Kaplan contacted us out-of-the-blue to offer his story, becoming the first ...
Ed Pokropski Ain’t Licking No Watermelons: On Comedy, Confidence, and What It Means To Be Asian American
Adopted Feels - May 24, 2021 05:07 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode we chatted with Edward Yoo Pokropski, the Executive Producer of the upcoming Asian Comedy Fest! Ed is also Writer/Producer for the Brand Creative Team at USA Network and Universal Kids for NBCUniversal. He has been nominated for a daytime Emmy twice and won zero times. He also pe...
The Intersectional Lives of Transgender Adoptees: an online panel event by Also-Known-As, Inc.
Adopted Feels - May 14, 2021 03:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsThis episode is an audio recording of a recent online event called “The Intersectional Lives of Transgender Adoptees” (2021.04.26), organized by the adult adoptee organisation Also-Known-As, Inc., under the most excellent leadership of Korean adoptee Mike Mullen. In the first panel of its kind, ...
Exploring the “2nd gen Korean adoptee” experience with Bastiaan Flikweert, aka 신서빈
Adopted Feels - May 06, 2021 00:14 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsNot an adoptee and not quite a gyopo, Bastiaan Flikweert, also known as 신서빈, best describes himself as a second generation adoptee. Born in 1999 to two Dutch Korean adoptees, he spent his childhood living in both the Netherlands and Korea. He credits his intercultural upbringing with opening up m...
Catch Up With Us! On Working From Home, Work-Life Im/balance, & Ryan’s pitch for our Reality TV Debut
Adopted Feels - April 22, 2021 23:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsWelcome to the second quarter of 2021! (Scary.) This episode finds us in contrasting situations: Ryan has too much work to do and Hana has too little at times, and life in Melbourne is almost back to normal while covid restrictions continue in Seoul. We talk about work, work-life balance, asserti...
Vino and Chats with the Aussie Dining Club in Seoul (ft. Blossom Perriard, Meg O'Shea, & Peter Jo)
Adopted Feels - March 25, 2021 06:14 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratings100% real talk with your two new Korean adoptee besties! Hana and Ryan, Korean adoptees from Melbourne, Australia, talk about anything and everything adoption related, including race, gender, birth family search and reunion, and more. Original podcast music by Domus.
From secrecy to activism: A domestic Korean adoptee’s perspective, ft. YoungChang Min
Adopted Feels - February 27, 2021 05:09 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this episode we speak with a very special guest: YoungChang Min (민영창), activist and co-director of the Domestic Korean Adoptee Association. It’s a perspective that a lot of overseas adoptees don’t often hear about - that’s been our experience, at least. YoungChang explains what it was like fin...
Feel the Fear and Be a Boss Anyway, ft. Beauty & Seoul Founder Maree Kinder
Adopted Feels - February 03, 2021 07:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsMaree Kinder, a literal beauty boss, third culture kid-grown-woman and Korean adoptee, talks to us about the unique origins of her business Beauty & Seoul, connection to Korea, mental health, and more. Maree Kinder is a multi-award winning entrepreneur and Founder of K-Beauty online store Beaut...
The Stories We Want to Tell: On Trauma, Resilience, & Identity with Korean American Filmmaker Aaron Yunsuk Choe
Adopted Feels - January 17, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratings“I tried so hard to fit into Korea, and I only realised - honestly like six months ago - that I shouldn’t have to try so hard [here] either. I spent so long trying to fit into America...here, I can just be myself...And if people don’t understand me, then so be it. I’m just gonna be who I want to ...
On Han, Jeong, & Healing With Korean American Spiritual Care Practitioner Kristine Chong
Adopted Feels - December 07, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsWhat is han (한)? What is jeong (정)? How can we apply them in our lives in a practical way? In today’s episode we unpack these Korean concepts and discuss how they may offer different insights from conventional Western psychology. Our guide for this conversation is Kristine Chong, a Korean America...
Catching Up With Hana & Ryan: On Plans (Or Lack Thereof), Culture Shock, & Curiosity
Adopted Feels - November 25, 2020 04:45 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsHey everyone, we’ve missed you! In this episode, the two of us sit down for a long overdue transcontinental catch up—but first, Hana shares another extended Seoul life update (she likes to do that)—in which she realises, “Oh s#*^! I live here now”. She also delves into the process of cultural ad...
"I want to hear someone call me home”: Kee Byung-keun on food, love, and connection
Adopted Feels - October 17, 2020 22:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsHana wanted to get this guest on the pod for ages but was too afraid to ask, but now - hooray! - here he is. Kee Byung-keun is a food writer, photographer, and editor based in Tokyo. Born in Seoul sometime in 1984 and sent away to the United States soon thereafter, Kee was raised in rural Louisia...
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