Open Adoption Project
Lanette & Shaun Nelson
Real conversations that center on adoptees and birth parents.
It’s easy to end up in an echo chamber, and this podcast is meant to be the opposite: a place to listen, stretch, and grow. Adopted people share the full range of their experiences, including search and reunion. First parents, academics, and others whose journeys touch adoption join the conversation too. Adoptive parents and those considering adoption are invited to do what matters most: listen and learn.
The Open Adoption Project works to improve adoptee experiences by encouraging honest communication across the adoption constellation, nurturing lasting open adoption relationships, and promoting ethical adoption practices. We’re a community built on respect, curiosity, and real relationships.
Everyone is welcome here, and so is every perspective adoptees and first parents bring.
This is a volunteer passion project. We have no ties to any adoption agency, and we don’t profit from this podcast. Our