Podcast Episodes
Our guest this episode is Libby Copeland, an award-winning journalist and author of the book, “The Lost Family.” Corey and Libby discuss the growing trend of consumer DNA testing and how it impacts families in positive and negative ways. Everyone knows someone who has had a DNA test. And everyone who is listening has their...
Our guest this week is Debbie Ausburn, a prosecuting attorney who has helped raise many children via the fostering system. Debbie’s book, “Raising Other People’s Children” details the lessons learned by her foster children charges. “Parenting other people’s children has been the greatest challenge and the greatest joy of my life. I have made many...
Our guest this episode is Ron Claiborne. Ron was part of ABC News for more than three decades, and he discovered his ancestry live on an episode of “Good Morning America.” Millions of Americans refer to themselves as African American, yet many can only trace their ancestry post-slavery. Ron found his roots in Ghana, in...
Welcome to part two! Our returning guests this episode are Erin Cosentino, Cindy McQuay and Anne Persico of Hiraeth Hope & Healing (HHH). HHH (501 c3 pending) was formed for adoptees and NPEs (not parent expected or non-paternity event). “We love to help people unravel their DNA results,” Cindy says. The organization hosts three retreats...
Our guests this episode are Erin Cosentino, Cindy McQuay and Anne Persico of Hiraeth Hope & Healing (HHH). HHH (501 c3 pending) was formed for adoptees and NPEs (not parent expected or non-paternity event). The organization hosts three retreats per year that focus on creating the space to be seen and heard in order to...
Our guest this episode is Shayna Landry, a forensic genealogist and private investigator a.k.a. DNA detective. You may have seen Shayna on Netflix’s docuseries, “I Just Killed My Dad,” where she used her DNA expertise to assist the investigation. Shayna shares her experience finding her birth father via DNA, and how she uses that discovery...
Our guest this episode is Tim Curran, Copy Editor/Lead Writer for “Early Start” on CNN. We found Tim via a great article he wrote about finding his family. Tim was adopted in California, and after years of searching for his birth family, made the exciting discovery that his birth father was from Morocco. Tim found...
Our guest this episode is Shari Leid, a Life Coach and author, who was born in Seoul, South Korea, found abandoned in a cardboard box in a parking lot. She grew up in a conservative Christian family with Japanese-American parents. Shari’s parents spent time in an internment camp during World War II. Shari and her...
This episode’s guest is Rachel Beck, a dear friend, who shares her memories of chosen family holidays with Corey and Kendall. Join the Family Twist family here! Listen, Rate & Subscribe Apple Amazon Google Spotify
This episode’s guest is Dr. John DeGarmo, the director of the Foster Care Institute. John is an author and expert in foster care – and he and his wife have parented more than 60 children through fostering, adoption and birth. Corey and John discuss the challenges facing the foster family community today, and John offers...