Anna Jinja

The Anna Jinja Show

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The Anna Jinja show focuses on the stories, issues, and questions connected to adoption and foster care experiences. The host is an international adoptee with biological roots in Korea and adopted roots in the United States. As you can imagine, her journey and experiences as a transracial adoptee are multifaceted. Her experiences have been with the pain of discrimination and rejection as well as the joys of self-discovery and learning to embrace all aspects of her identity. Along the way, she has discovered that she is not alone. We’re all – in some ways – adopted into or out of homes, cultur...

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Ellie Olin & Claire Steele 09.05.2023 28:00

Send us Fan Mail Ellie Olin is a business owner, belly dancer, and adoptee. She shares what she learned about herself after finding her biological family after taking the 23 and Me genetic test. Claire Steele, a British writer and writing coach, joins the conversation to read a poem she selected for Ellie and to talk about creativity. Support the show

Holly Marlow & Nick Kizirnis 09.05.2023 28:00

Send us Fan Mail Holly Marlow is the mother of two children, one biological and one adopted, and an author of Delly Duck, a children's book about adoption. Holly discusses with Anna how she became an author and the beauty of different types of families. Support the show

Ana Hays McCracken & Ian Vidovic 09.05.2023 28:00

Send us Fan Mail Ana Hays McCracken, author of Redacted—A Memoir of Adoption, shares the story of her twenty-two-year search for identity and how she comes to terms with the missing pieces of her personal story. Ian Vidovic, a musician from Portland, Oregon, selected for this episode a song that is based around a character who knows that there is something or someone that is a part of them and i...