Latest Donor conceived adult Podcast Episodes
Her Helping Habit
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - September 19, 2019 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsKatelyn Paquin is a six-time egg donor who now works as a counselor who connects egg donors with recipient parents who are interested in known donations. Katelyn's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/herhelpinghabit/ Katelyn's Website: https://www.herhelpinghabit.com/ // If you have a story...
An Easy Secret to Keep
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - September 01, 2019 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIf you've seen photos of your mom pregnant or watched your birth video, it would probably come as a shock if you find out you aren't biologically related to her. That's what happened to the guest for this episode, an egg donor conceived person who's still working through the feeling of discoveri...
Mini Episode: "The Language of Family Building"
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - August 21, 2019 17:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsCarole Lieber-Wilkins (counselor, advocate, author, and mom) returns to discuss the language we use to talk about how people and families are created. To learn more about Let's Talk About Egg Donation, check out their website, letstalkabouteggdonation.com. To buy the book, click here to be dir...
14: I Don't Know Anything About Egg Donation (with Carole Lieber-Wilkins)
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - August 14, 2019 15:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIn 1984, a new counselor began practicing marriage and family therapy. That same year, she received an infertility diagnosis. That year was the start of a decades-long journey through parenthood and advocacy. Carole LieberWilkins is recognized as one of the first mental health professionals to a...
13: Historic (with Nick Isel)
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - July 24, 2019 16:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsA eugenicist's sperm bank, a troubled family reunion, the destruction of medical records, and a ray of hope that comes out of it all. Leave a comment on Nick's Citizen's Petition to the FDA here! // If you have a story about donor conception or nontraditional families that you would like to s...
12: Nineteen Questions for Alice Ruby
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - June 12, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIn 1983, The Sperm Bank of California pioneered an Identity Release program that would forever shape the sperm donation industry. The bank's Executive Director, Alice Ruby, answered some questions I had about the work TSBC does, the research it has published, and the fertility industry as a whol...
11: Half of Me (with Ally)
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - June 02, 2019 20:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsLast January, a 28 year old donor conceived woman named Ally discovered the truth about her genetic origins after taking an Ancestry DNA test. Just a few weeks later, she started a podcast called Half of Me to process her emotions, and in doing so, she began a journey that has changed her life. ...
10: The Milkshake Club (with Susan)
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - May 23, 2019 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsYou may have heard this story: a person finds out they're donor conceived through a DNA test, and they go to confront their parents and demand an explanation. But what if that person went to their parents, and their parents were also surprised to discover their child was donor conceived? How doe...
09: The Best Life (with Danny J)
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - May 14, 2019 23:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsDanny J is a motivational speaker and fitness guru who, from the outside, looks like she has her life completely put together. But a deeper look into her past reveals a wild and tumultuous story that has shaped who she is today and taught her valuable lessons about choosing happiness even amidst...
08: It's All About the Kids (with Catt Jernigan)
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - May 09, 2019 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsCatt, a donor conceived woman and mother of four, shares her story of love, connection, and perseverance in an often uncertain family life. // If you have a story about donor conception or nontraditional families that you would like to share, or if you have any questions, contact the show thro...
07: DNA (Donors Not Anonymous) - featuring Wendy Kramer
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - April 30, 2019 23:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIs it ethical for sperm banks to withhold the identity of donors from families and donor conceived people? Wendy Kramer argues for abolishing the existing system of donor anonymity, and a woman named Lynette shares a story of what can happen when unregulated sperm banks act as a middleman betwee...
06: The Donor Sibling Registry (featuring Wendy Kramer)
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - April 23, 2019 20:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThe Donor Sibling Registry (DSR) is a network in which people conceived via sperm or egg donation can enter information about which donor they used, and get matched to their biological half-siblings and their donor. Over the past two decades, the DSR has grown from a small group of people lookin...
Mini Episode: "Diblings"
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - April 16, 2019 22:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThis show is named after the word "diblings", a portmanteau of the phrase "donor sibling". As a lovemanteau (a lover of portmanteau), I adore this word, and my donor siblings and I use it regularly to describe our relationships. But not everyone likes it, and some people hate it outright. The c...
05: Good Intentions - Part 2 - Nurture
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - April 09, 2019 07:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsAn intentional community is a planned residential community often guided by shared values. Carolyn and Sandra discuss the creation and impact of their intentional community, and how it's influenced their perception of family. Then I get really reflective and emotional and stuff. You can skip tha...
04: Good Intentions - Part 1 - Nature
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - March 26, 2019 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsAt the first major dibling meetup, my biological half sister Carolyn and her mom Sandra took some time observe the way we interacted and reflect on the impact of nature and nurture. They spoke to me about how it felt seeing us together for the first time, and spoke about their history and journe...
03: Across an Ocean
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - March 12, 2019 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIn March 2016, I met one of my donor siblings for the first time. Sonya. Three years later, I sit down to talk to her and her dad, John, about their relationship and experiences with donor conception. // If you have a story about donor conception or nontraditional families that you would like ...
02: Donor 1317
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - March 05, 2019 17:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThe phrase “donor siblings” describes the relationship between people who were conceived using the same sperm donor. But saying “donor sibling” is kind of a mouthful, so we shorten it to “dibling” or “dib”. My brother George and I talk about how having dibs is a new and evolving cultural experie...
01: A Six Pack of Sperm, On Ice
DIBS: Welcome to the Family - February 26, 2019 07:29 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsLisa is a lesbian who, alongside her partner, conceived a child in 1995 with the help of a sperm bank. She's got some things to say about it. // If you have a story about sperm donation or nontraditional families that you would like to share, contact the show through email at diblingpodcast@gm...
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