{"podcast":{"title":"Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care","slug":"creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526","podcast_index_feed_id":827526,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/275835.rss","website_url":"https://creatingafamily.org/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/dymwmg4454oxm5fo6g0nsy938hw1?.jpg","author":"Creating a Family","episode_count":822,"summary":"Are you thinking about adopting or fostering a child? Confused about all the options and wondering where to begin? Or are you an adoptive or foster parent or kinship caregiver trying to be the best parent possible to this precious child? This is the podcast for you! Every week, we interview leading experts for an hour, discussing the topics you care about in deciding whether to adopt/foster or how to be a better parent. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org . We are the national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: weekly podcasts, weekly articles, and resource pages on all aspects of family building at our website, CreatingaFamily.org. We also have an active presence on many social media platforms. Please like or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526"},"episode":{"title":"NFL Running Back Ricky Watters: How Adoption Shaped My Life","slug":"nfl-running-back-ricky-watters-how-adoption-shaped-my-life","published_at":"2026-04-29T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526/nfl-running-back-ricky-watters-how-adoption-shaped-my-life","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/275835/episodes/19083494-nfl-running-back-ricky-watters-how-adoption-shaped-my-life.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/275835/episodes/19083494-nfl-running-back-ricky-watters-how-adoption-shaped-my-life.mp3","summary":"Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! Join us for this interview with former NFL Running Back and Super Bowl Champion Ricky Watters. He is an adoptee, an adoptive dad, and author of a new children’s book on adoption, A Gift Called Shane. In this episode, we discuss: How old were you when you learned you were adopted and how did you find out?When you discovered you were adopted, you mentioned in your NFL movie that it put a big chip on your shoulder. How has that chip served you well as an adoptive d...","meta_description":"Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! Join us for this interview with former NFL Running Back and Super Bowl Champion Ricky Watters. He is an adoptee, an adoptiv…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2669,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526/episodes/nfl-running-back-ricky-watters-how-adoption-shaped-my-life/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526/nfl-running-back-ricky-watters-how-adoption-shaped-my-life.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}