12 episodes

Donor conceived journalist, Louise McLoughlin, delves deeper into the secrets, discoveries, and lives of donor conceived people while trying to find the man who, presumably, looks like her.

You Look Like Me Louise McLoughlin

    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 34 Ratings

Donor conceived journalist, Louise McLoughlin, delves deeper into the secrets, discoveries, and lives of donor conceived people while trying to find the man who, presumably, looks like her.

    S2 #5: Connection, Questions & False Matches

    S2 #5: Connection, Questions & False Matches

    In the final episode of season two, donor conceived journalist Louise McLoughlin speaks with people who found half-sibling matches — only to later discover that they weren't related at all.



    Meantime, as she meets her most recently-found half-sister, Louise reflects on the joys and complexities of an ever-growing sibling group.



    You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_

    Louise is on Twitter @LouiseJoUK and Instagram @Loulou_Mclou

    #MyStoryNotMySecret



    And while you're here.... You Look Like Me is a labour of love from a two-person team, produced alongside our day jobs. It's also self-funded. If you want to support us you can buy us a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/youlooklikeme or set up a recurring donation in an amount of your choice here: https://www.patreon.com/YouLookLikeMe



    You Look Like Me is written and hosted by Louise McLoughlin. It is produced by Nathan Moore

    • 35 min
    BONUS EPISODE: Send This To... A Donor

    BONUS EPISODE: Send This To... A Donor

    In this bonus episode, Louise launches her 'Send This To...' series, where she speaks with Neil, a sperm donor and her biological father, about his motivations for donating in the 80s and 90s, and his experience of no longer being anonymous.

    As the title suggests, the idea is to ‘send this to’ anyone it could be relevant for.

    Welcome to our first episode, ‘Send This To... A Donor’.



    'Send This To...' is written, produced, and hosted by Louise McLoughlin.

    You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK

    And while you're here.... You Look Like Me is a labour of love from a two-person team, produced alongside our day jobs. It's also self-funded. If you want to support us you can buy us a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/youlooklikeme or set up a recurring donation in an amount of your choice here: https://www.patreon.com/YouLookLikeMe

    • 32 min
    S2 #4: Fertility Fraud: The 'Doctor of Last Chance'

    S2 #4: Fertility Fraud: The 'Doctor of Last Chance'

    Journalist Louise McLoughlin delves deeper into one of the darkest corners of the fertility industry to uncover what happens when male fertility doctors betray their patients in unimaginable ways. 

    In this episode, Louise speaks with doctor-conceived half-sisters Eve Wiley and Jessica Stavena, doctor-conceived Kat Palmer, and law professor and an expert on fertility fraud, Jody Madeira.

    You can read more about their stories here:

    Eve and Jessica's story: https://www.texasobserver.org/fertility-fraud-east-texas-kim-mcmorries/

    Kat's story: https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2021/12/03/ottawa-fertility-doctor-siblings-lawsuit/

    You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK

    And while you're here.... You Look Like Me is a labour of love from a two-person team, produced alongside our day jobs. It's also self-funded. If you want to support us you can buy us a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/youlooklikeme or set up a recurring donation in an amount of your choice here: https://www.patreon.com/YouLookLikeMe

    You Look Like Me is written and hosted by Louise McLoughlin. It is produced by Nathan Moore

    • 35 min
    S2 #3: I Have Felt So Alone

    S2 #3: I Have Felt So Alone

    Louise comes to terms with a new half-sibling match, while also speaking with other DC people who haven't been so lucky in their quest to find half-siblings.

    You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK

    And while you're here....You Look Like Me is a labour of love from a two-person team, produced alongside our day jobs. It's also self-funded. If you want to support us you can buy us a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/youlooklikeme or set up a recurring donation in an amount of your choice here: https://www.patreon.com/YouLookLikeMe

    You Look Like Me is written and hosted by Louise McLoughlin and produced by Nathan Moore

    • 40 min
    S2 #2: This Is Unexpected

    S2 #2: This Is Unexpected

    A surprise text from a stranger throws Louise McLoughlin's otherwise normal Wednesday night into disarray. We hear her digest the discovery in real-time, as she works to process her second half-sibling... and her first half-brother. Louise also speaks with Jen from Season 1, who has had her own share of unexpected moments in her journey after tracking down her biological mother.  

    You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_ Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK

    And while you're here....You Look Like Me is a labour of love from a two-person team, produced alongside our day jobs. It's also self-funded. If you want to support us you can buy us a coffee: http://ko-fi.com/youlooklikeme or set up a recurring donation in an amount of your choice here: https://www.patreon.com/YouLookLikeMe

    You Look Like Me is written and hosted by Louise McLoughlin and produced by Nathan Moore

    • 27 min
    S2 #1: How We Got Here

    S2 #1: How We Got Here

    Donor conceived journalist Louise McLoughlin is back with Season 2 of her chart-topping podcast.

    In this episode, Louise catches up with some of the people from Season 1, and explores how we can take our own experiences of being donor conceived and use them to influence change. 

    As Louise speaks to activists going down both new and traditional routes she asks, 'how do we make a difference in our own families, in the minds of strangers, or in our legal system?'

    You can follow You Look Like Me on Twitter and Instagram: @YouLookLikeMe_

    Louise is on Twitter and Instagram @LouiseJoUK

    You Look Like Me is written and hosted by Louise McLoughlin and produced by Nathan Moore

    • 59 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
34 Ratings

34 Ratings

tvmaned ,

This pulls on your heartstrings

Louise has created an incredibly well-produced podcast taking you on a journey as she explains how she discovered the person she thought was her father was not the case when her mother explained to her that her biological father was a sperm donor.

You can help but get drawn into Louise’s story, along with those of others she interviewed in the series. From a production standpoint, this is incredibly well-edited, recorded, and great use of music at poignant moments.

I am sure this podcast has been invaluable to those who are in the same situation as Louise and her guests. She should feel very proud knowing that sharing her story will have helped bring clarity to so many others. This is an exceptional piece of audio and I strongly recommend this.

Jess, London ,

Really brilliant, thought-provoking podcast

It helped me and my wife reflect a lot about how best to support our unborn DC baby. Thank you so much!

MY421988_ ,

Brilliant

I am a sperm donor and currently writing my personal statement that my biological children may read one day, now I know how most of DC children feel, this podcast has helped me massively on how to word my statement which is so delicate and important. I’d hate the people born from my donation to think I would ever reject them in the future if they wanted a relationship. My door would always be open if they wanted to get to know me and I would want them to know that.
Great podcast Louise and hope you and you’re new family are all happy and doing well.
Ps I didn’t donate for money

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