The Anna Jinja Show

About 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.

Publisher

Anna Jinja

Category

arts · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 May 2023

Latest episode

22 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

134 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Rose Crelli & Claire Steele

   Send us Fan Mail A violinist who stopped the internet. A poem that turned her story into music. In February, Rose Crelli performed alongside Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl halftime show — then posted a few quiet words online. More than 147,000 people responded with tears and recognition. Rose was born in China and adopted into a family in rural Alaska, in a home without running water, electricity, or internet. From those log cabins beneath the northern sky, she found her way to conservatory trai...

2. 

   25 Aug 2026

   Wilson Munsterman & Mike Bila

   Send us Fan Mail Host Anna Jinja sits down with Wilson Munsterman and Mike Bila — two men who, on paper, don't have much in common. Wilson is 19, an adoptee from China, and the author of a book that's now part of the Library of Congress collection. Mike is a singer-songwriter and father, the middle child of seven, who wrote a song called "The Man That She Sees" out of something close to imposter syndrome. But Wilson chose Mike's song for this episode. And once he explains why, the whole conv...

3. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Micki Lamb & Shei Sanchez

   Send us Fan Mail This episode follows Micki Lamb, a clinical director at Hopewell Health, who first tried to find her birth mother as a middle schooler walking through a snowstorm to mail a secret letter. Decades later, Micki discovered that her birth mother, Linda, had made a similar solitary trek at age 17—walking across Houston to safely place Micki with an adoption agency. The Anna Jinja Show brought Micki’s story to acclaimed poet Shei Sanchez without instructions or prompts. The result...

Who has been a guest on The Anna Jinja Show

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

• Meredith Jensen
• Sydney Roberts
• Roxanne Male-Brune
• Bernhard Debatin
• Marshall McKellar

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

123

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

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

Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

32