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We don’t know about you, but we love a good podcast. Sometimes a long drive needs to be broken up with something other than music, and a 15 minute walk can feel like 5 when your favorite podcast is playing in your ears. Whatever reason you joined the podcast fan-club, we have a treat for you: Foster and Adoption podcasts. We LOVE them, and the topics are so diverse and cover such a breadth of issues that affect the community. We’ve compiled our list of our favorite Foster and Adoption podcasts that cover such a huge range of topics, issues, and situations that anyone can find something they love to listen to!
1. If you want to be inspired:
Foster Movement Podcast – 4.9 stars/67 ratings on Apple Podcasts
The Foster Movement Podcast, featuring former foster youth and national leaders in foster care advocacy, provides powerful insights and practical tools to help you work with others to provide More Than Enough for kids and families in foster care where you live.
Support the Foster Movement: https://www.facebook.com/FosterMovementPodcast/
2. If you want to know how to help:
Fostering the Future Podcast – 4.9 stars/54 ratings on Apple Podcasts
Welcome to Fostering the Future podcast. A show about all things child welfare, dependency, adoption and foster care. Your hosts, Jack & Cat are veterans in the world of child welfare and excited to spend a little time each week chatting about how we can all do something to help kids in care.
Support Fostering The Future: https://fosteringthefuturepodcast.org/
3. If you feel alone:
The Adopting and Fostering Home Podcast – 4.9 stars/52 ratings
Whether your family has been on this journey for years, or you’re just getting started, The Adopting and Fostering Home is here to support and encourage you along the way. This is a more spiritual/Christian based podcast.
Support The Adopting and Fostering Home: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-adopting-and-fostering-home/id1197628087
4. If you need a little encouragement:
Adoption Hacks – 4.8 stars/107 ratings on Apple Podcasts
There are no shortcuts in adoption but there IS help! The Adoption Hacks Podcast celebrates and educates potential and current adoptive and foster families by sharing stories from the triad. Join Co-hosts and Adoptive Moms, Kandace Lecocq and Callie Troyer as they interview professionals and moms and dads who have been there. If you’re looking for support and encouragement in your adoptive and foster journey, this podcast is for you!
Support Adoption Hacks: https://anchor.fm/adoptionhacks/
5. If you want to be inspired:
Fostering Change – 4.9 stars/30 ratings on Apple Podcasts
Rob Scheer hosts this inspiring show about how communities can come together to bring dignity and hope to children in the foster care system. Guests will include former youth in foster care, foster parents, celebrities touched by the foster care system, child welfare advocates, and everyday people working to improve the lives of kids in care. Rob brings a sense of positivity and humor to his conversations.
Support Fostering Change: comfortcases.org/podcast
No matter what kind of podcast you are looking for, these amazing options cover a whole lot of bases. Whether you are interested in personal stories, guest speakers, or tips and tricks, there is a podcast on this list that will be certain to speak to you. Some of these podcasts are best enjoyed when you have some more time and some could be played during long car rides with family or when discussing the topic of foster care with a friend. We hope this article helped you break into the world of foster care podcasts, and inspire you to listen! From the Kamali’i family to yours, stay safe and enjoy the podcasts!
