It’s a well produced podcast and the story is fascinating, but the way this program speaks about adoption is a bit tone deaf in some regards. This could have been a really big opportunity on discussing the ethical pitfalls of private adoption as a whole.

If you're looking for a deep-dive exposé on the private adoption industry with comparisons to foster care and alternative systems, this isn't the podcast for you. However, if you're interested in a compelling, well-structured chronicle of one shady broker and the families impacted by her actions, this podcast delivers. The storytelling is engaging, unraveling each layer of the scheme in a way that keeps you hooked. The narrative unfolds with just the right balance of detail and suspense, making it both informative and immersive. While it doesn’t provide a broad systemic analysis, it excels at spotlighting the human cost of one broker’s deception. A gripping and well-produced listen!

It’s good this was exposed and exposing unethical adoption “agencies”. However, the greatest victims are the birth parents and the children. Tara clearly pushed them to adoption without proper counseling and did not give them the supports they needed or connect them to supports. With proper counseling and support they may have chosen to parent. Instead they were robbed, lied to, degraded and coerced. Their experience is barely touched on and only represented through the eyes of the prospective adoptive parents.

Amazing job. Well done and well told.

This is buying and selling babies. Shame on the buyers and the sellers.

Episode 3 features an ad for an online game, that seem to be a verité recording of false starts and mistakes. Extremely unprofessional presentation that should have been edited and cleaned up. Disappointing.

A moving podcast with many layers to consider. While compelling, it could have gone deeper—examining more why families turn to private adoption, exploring another adoption agency’s challenges, and even speaking to the complexities of the foster care system and its role in placing children for foster and adoptive homes.

Show is okay. Not worth listening to with all the ads.

It’s a great story, and I understand commercials allow content creation, and also, they want to push you to be a subscriber. HOWEVER 7-10 minutes of content at a time with 5 minute commercial breaks in between (and these are only 30 minute episodes!) makes it really hard to become involved in the story. So, not great if you’re not willing to pay money for it.

Loved this podcast and the stories included. Such an emotional journey for these families. Episode 7 was 😭👏🏽