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The truth behind an industry built on separating families.
On Adoption is a seven-part investigative series uncovering the stories we rarely hear: what happens when a mother in crisis needs help to keep her baby, but the help she finds is adoption. Through intimate interviews and deeply reported episodes, the show explores the systems, pressures, and personal journeys that shape modern adoption. Host Haley Radke, an adult adoptee and longtime advocate, guides listeners through these emotionally complex stories with clarity and care. This is adoption examined from the inside out.
This podcast presents reporting, interviews, and analysis on matters of public interest and is not intended as legal or other professional advice.
Credits
On Adoption is an original documentary podcast series from Haley Radke Media Inc., created, hosted, and executive produced by Haley Radke. The series is produced by Haneul Projects & Kirya Traber. Dennis Funk of Written In Air is our supervising producer and story editor. Original Music and Sound Engineering by Alex Lewis. Research by Carl Niedzielski, MA.
Support this work
Financial support for On Adoption comes from Adoptees for Family Preservation, a registered 501(c)(3) committed to adoptee and first/birth parent centered storytelling. You can support the continued success of On Adoption and endeavors like it by donating here.
Thank you to Adoptees for Family Preservation, Seraphina Kirsch, and our community of donors who helped bring On Adoption to life.
