Welcome to Adoption Pop! where a podcast journalist, a filmmaker, and a cultural critic burst pop culture’s favorite adoption tropes. Each episode, we’ll dive into movies, TV, and reality shows, from prestige dramas to the classics, to ask what these stories are really saying, and not saying, about adoption. And we’ll get real about representation: how the world sees us, and how we see ourselves.
In your feed every Wednesday, beginning December 10, 2025.
Find us on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, AdoptionPop.com and wherever you get your podcasts.
Haley Radke is a Canadian domestic adoptee, the founder of Haley Radke Media, Inc., and host of Adoptees On, one of the most successful and longest-running adoption-related podcasts in the world, with over 1.5 million downloads globally. You can find her at adopteeson.com and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
Kristal Parke is an Opaskwayak Cree, transracial adoptee filmmaker, editor, producer, speaker, and podcaster. You can find Kristal at her website, and on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
Sullivan Summer is a US domestic, transracial adoptee, independent scholar, essayist, critic, poet, and podcaster. You can find her at her website, on Instagram, and on Substack.
Promotional photograph by Ekow @VOLTSTILLS.
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