The Anna Jinja Show
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, cultures, communities, and relationships as we grow and evolve. This show illuminates the theme of adoption, in all ways, in our lives. And how those experiences create who we are and who we are yet to be.
Her hope is that through engaging with the guests and creative content, we are welcomed home in this world, cradled in the belief that we belong, that we are worthy, and that we are loved.
So stay tuned, and you may discover your own adoption story.
The Anna Jinja Show
Bob Pohl & Patrick Part 2
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"Don't overthink it." — The best adoption advice you'll ever hear.
Part 2 of this remarkable conversation on The Anna Jinja Show is here — and it goes even deeper. Bob Pohl and Patrick are back with host Anna Jinja, picking up right where they left off.
This time, they get radically honest: about the fears that almost stopped everything, about the surprises hidden inside Susan Strong's memoir One Yes at a Time, and about what it truly means to be a father — biological or not.
Bob shares the moment he realized he had romanticized his daughters' journeys — and how reading their own journal entries in the book humbled him, changed him, and made him want to listen better. Patrick opens up about discovering that someone he loved deeply had silent doubts the whole time — and what it took to make peace with that.
And then there's the song. A quiet, beautiful moment where everything that couldn't be said — was felt.
This episode is for every parent who thought they had it figured out. Every person who's ever loved someone through the messy, imperfect, extraordinary chaos of family.
This conversation was made possible because of Susan Strong's memoir One Yes at a Time: How Open Adoption Transformed Our Family and a previous interview with Susan: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2185315/episodes/16127994-susan-strong-goth-dad