Foster & Adoptive Dads Podcast
Join Ade Olowo and Jonathan Williamson as they discuss their families' journeys in the foster care and adoption system. They will interview other foster & adoptive dads and talk about some of the unique challenges to fathering foster/adoptive kids.
Episodes
13 episodes
Episode 13 - Fighting For Your Kids (Interview with Glenn Huggins)
Sometimes we as foster & adoptive dads need to get involved with the legal system to fight for the best interests of our kids. Listen in as we talk with Glenn Huggins about their crazy case and how they made it through a multi-year legal ba...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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42:21
Episode 12 - Family Update & Season 2 Intro
We're excited to be back for Season 2! We start out with a family update from Jonathan & Ade, then talk more about our vision for this next season!Resources:The Common Rule book
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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24:14
Episode 11 - Race & Family (Interview with Alex Blake & Gerald Zgabay)
We're back with an episode where we talk about race, family, and doing our part as foster & adoptive dads to show our sons and daughters a better way forward. We get to hear from Alex Blake whose parents adopted 6 boys in addition to his 5 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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55:18
Episode 10 - Reframing Foster Care (Interview with Jason Johnson)
It's our 10th episode! This may be one of our favorites yet. This episode is jam-packed with encouragement and sincerity from writer and speaker Jason Johnson (author of ReFraming Foster Care and Everyone Can Do Something). We chat about aligni...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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44:29
Episode 9 - International Adoption + Trauma and Brain Development (Interview with Dr. Matthew Talley)
We have a fully-loaded episode today with Dr. Matthew Talley, a functional neurologist and fellow adoptive dad. You'll enjoy hearing about his family's international adoption of his daughter from Thailand as well as loads of information on trau...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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44:36
Episode 8 - Family News! (Jonathan and Ade)
BIG family news for the Williamson household! Hear about our new placement as well as some exciting updates from Ade about the future of the podcast. Thanks for listening!Resources:-
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Episode 8
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26:49
Episode 7 - Supporting Foster Dads (Interview with Chris Breneman)
Hey guys, welcome back to the Foster and Adoptive Dads podcast! We're back from the holidays for a special episode with the founder of F/A Brotherhood, Chris Breneman. We get to hear about Chris's personal fostering journey as well as hear him ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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41:24
Episode 6 - The Waiting Game
Today we wanted to talk a little about all the waiting of foster care & adoption. It's one of the most common and most frustrating parts about the foster/adoptive process and we hope our conversation gives you some ideas for how to cope wit...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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32:40
Episode 5 - Kinship Care & Family (Interview with Kylar Christison)
Join us as we listen to Kylar Christison's story about how he became a kinship & adoptive father for his little boy. It was great to hear Kylar's perspective about how he helped his child transition from living with his grandparents to beco...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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33:48
Episode 4 - The Unknown (Interview with Corey Ging)
We had a great conversation with Ade’s friend Corey Ging about adoption, the unknown, and the story of how his little boy entered, left, and reentered the foster care system and has now found his forever family with the Gings.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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29:29
Episode 3 - Adopting Teens! (Interview with Scott Strader)
Join us as we interview Scott Strader and hear his story about how his family adopted 4 teenage boys in addition to their two bio boys. If you've ever considered fostering or adopting teens, this episode is for you!
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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34:36
Episode 2 - Finding Community
Join Ade and Jonathan as we discuss the importance of finding community for foster & adoptive dads. We will share how we connected with other dads in our areas and some ideas about how you can serve and support other foster families you kno...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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31:11
Episode 1 - Intro (Jonathan & Ade)
Join us as we discuss our families' journeys in the foster care and adoption system. We will talk about how we got started and some of what we've learned along the way.Resources:Reframing Foster Care: http://jasonjohnsonblog.com/ref...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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31:42