"Speaking of Adoption"
will be on hiatus until the New Year.

Please check back regularly for more information.

Have a happy holiday season!
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Do you have a question for any of my once and future guests?
Email Donna Montalbano at contact@speakingofadoptionradio.com

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Who has guested on the program? Doctors, lawyers, scholars, adoption activists and leaders eminent in their fields; along with many inspiring people whose everyday lives have been touched by adoption.

Below is a partial guest list:

 

 

Nancy Spoolstra, director of the Attachment Trauma Network
Dr. Nancy Buck,
author of Peaceful Parenting
Nancy Verrier,
author of The Primal Wound
Adam Pertman, author of Adoption Nation; director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Deborah Blanchard, assistant director of The Adoption Connection
Sue Darke, director of The Adoption Connection
Jon Klaren of Concerned United Birthparents
Paul Schibblehaut, of the American Adoption Congress
Dr. B.J. Lifton, author of Twice Born
Dr. Jane Aronson, the "Orphan Doctor"
Dr. Lisa Albers of Boston Childrens Hospital
MARE: the Mass Adoption Resource Exchange
Joan Clark
, former director of the Adoption Community of New England
Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao, director of the Center for Family Connections
Annette Baran, author of Lethal Secrets and The Adoption Triangle
Ann Hughes, publisher and author of Soul Connection
Sharon, Audrey and Jane of pinksandblues.com
Lynn Banks and Kelly Kiser-Mostrom of adoptionscams.net
Sharon Pittenger of the American Adoption Congress
Sean Tipton,

American Society of Reproductive Medicine
Deborah Spar, author of The Baby Business
Medicine
Nicole J. Burton, author of Swimming Up the Sun
Kristen Anderson and Judy Friddle of Research Etc. Inc.
Elizabeth Case, activist for adoptive parents

Wendy Kramer of the Donor Sibling Registry
Lana Noone, author of Global Mom, Notes from a Pioneer Adoptive Family
Natasha Shur, M.D., Genetics Dept. Hasbro Children's Hospital
Martha Osborne,
Rainbowkids
Bobbie Atcheson, founder of Adoption
DNA Matching
Anne Coleman, adoptive mother
Sheila Gantz, documentary filmmaker of Unlocking the Heart of Adoption
AM Homes, author of The Mistress's Daughter
Joe Soll, author of Adoption Healing and director of Adoption Crossroads
FatherJack Sweeley of Bastard Nation
Barbara Raymond, author of The Baby Thief
Ann Fessler, author of The Girls Who Went Away
Martha Henry of UMass Medical School
Ellen Herman of the Adoption Project
Mickey Duxbury,
author of Making Room in Our Hearts
Eileen McQuade of the American Adoption Congress
Terra Trevor, author of Pushing Up the Sky
Pat Goudvis, documentary filmmaker
Cindy McGuigan, birth mother, board member of AAC
Kristen Magnacca, infertility "coach"
Virginia Cornue, author The Dragon's Daughters Return
Ann Frechette, professor of Asian Studies
Elizabeth Brundage, author of Somebody Else's Daughter
Raymond Currie, author of Secure and Uncertain
Stephanie Hanson, author of
A Corpsman's Legacy

Maureen Flatley, child welfare advocate
Dr. Bala Bhagavath and Dr. Carol Wheeler of the Reproductive and Infertility Center at
Women and Infants Hosp. Prov.  R.I.
Zara Phillips, author of Mother Me
Nancy Harper
, director of the Adoption Community of New England
Chris Winston of KAAN
Stephanie Brill, co author with Rachel Pepper of
"The Transgender Child."
Etta Lappen Davis of Etsky Consulting
Bernadette Wright of Origins USA
Dr. Billy Johnson, author of
The Obese Child
Patricia Dischler, author of Because I Loved You
Marley Greiner of Bastard Nation
Mirah Riben, author of Shedding Light on the Dark Side of Adoption
Denise Leitch of foundandlost.com
Sally Howard, author of Finding Me in a Paper Bag
Corey Barron of Childrens Hope
Susan Smith of the Evan B. Donaldson Institute
Pam Hasagawa of the Adoption News Service
Rebecca Jones Gaston of Adopt Us Kids
Joan Wheeler, adoption activist
Rebecca Lubens of RESOLVE
Marianne Novy, author of Reading Adoption
Dr. Elizabeth Bartholet, attorney
Josephine Ruggiero, professor and author of Eastern European Adoption
Kathy Harrison, foster mother and author Another Place at the Table
Tracy Jones of Casey Family Services

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