Not Made In China

About Not Made In China

Welcome to Not Made In China, the podcast where we talk all things adoption and the beautiful madness that comes with it. Shaosheen was adopted from China when she was 9 months old and has lived in the UK ever since. On this podcast she chats to people whose lives have been touched by adoption, discussing their experiences as well as sharing a few of her own stories. Thank you so much for joining us, we hope you enjoy eavesdropping on our conversations! Follow us on Instagram & TikTok @notmadeinchinapodcast

Publisher

Shaosheen Jewel-Quirk

Category

kids & family · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Jun 2024

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

24 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   22. Joseph: On Being a Guatemalan Adoptee in the US, and What Happened When the "Bubble" Burst

   Send us Fan Mail Today, Shaosheen is joined by Joseph, a Guatemalan adoptee, scientist, and prominent voice in vaccinology and immunology, to talk about what he calls "the bubble", a childhood where being adopted, being different, simply never felt like an issue. We talk about what happened when that bubble burst: a woman mistaking him for a pizza delivery man in his own research lab, a friend telling him "not you, you're one of the good ones," and the word "grateful," which, as you'll hear, ...

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   21. Jonathan: A Korean Adoptee on Reconnecting With Identity, One Genre at a Time

   Send us Fan Mail Today, Shaosheen is joined by Korean adoptee and writer Jonathan, to talk about growing up as one of the only Asian children in a white Southern New Jersey suburb, and how his writing — from fiction, to poetry, to nonfiction — has mirrored his changing relationship with his own identity. We talk about the "class clown" persona he built to control how others saw him, a trip back to Korea that changed what he wrote about, and his current work on adoptee representation in horror...

3. 

   1 Sept 2026

   We're Taking a Break, Back on Tuesday 6th of October!

   We're taking a short break and will be back on the 6th of October with new episodes, new guests and new stories. Thank you so much for listening, we can't wait to be back soon! Shaosheen x Follow us on Instagram & TikTok @notmadeinchinapodcast

Who has been a guest on Not Made In China

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Hannah
• Cerrita Smith
• Kellan
• Shaofan

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

22 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 11 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

9

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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