
Adoptees Crossing Lines
Hosted by Zaira and J Way · Zaira
4.9from 58 ratings
- 66
- Episodes
- 4
- Transcribed
- 58
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Adoptees Crossing Lines
Adoptees Crossing Lines is a podcast about adoption told through lived experience. Hosted by an adoptee who survived the foster care system, it names the harm of the family policing system. The work centers survivors, abolition, and community care.
- Publisher
- Zaira
- Category
- education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Oct 2022
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
4 of 66 episodes have a transcript.

9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fancy Dance: When Family Preservation Becomes a Crime

18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Wild Robot: Rewriting Harm as Love

4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Short Term 12: Who Gets Centered When We Tell Stories About Care?
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Fancy Dance: When Family Preservation Becomes a Crime
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's very much assimilation. I mean, it's, there's, there's so many, I think there's so many components to that. Like starting with name changes, like, you know, because it's like, if, if you're, if you're a true desire, is to care for this child because you feel or believe that they're not being cared for. Like what does changing their name to your name have to do with the care that this child is receiving? It has nothing to do with that. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 28 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 30 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100
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- 57
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Adoptees Crossing Lines?
Zaira and J Way host the show. Published by Zaira.
How often do new episodes come out?
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