{"podcast":{"title":"The Adoption Files","slug":"the-adoption-files-5610264","podcast_index_feed_id":5610264,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6d7f7e1c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/18270719/18270719-1782272069311-fe173ba22145.jpg","author":"Ande Stanley","episode_count":163,"summary":"The Adoption files seeks to provide a place for adoptees and allies to discuss the laws preventing adoptees from accessing their identities, and the emotional and physical challenges adoptees face in the process of dealing with the obstacles we face. We recognize the need to expose the problematic aspects of the adoption industry and the narrative they perpetuate. We will not only talk about the laws and the challenges they create, but also the ways that the mythology around adoption impacts the way we move through our lives, as adopted people and as mothers and other family members.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T12:18:37.727302+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adoption-files-5610264"},"episode":{"title":"Control: figuring out how spiritual forms of control have played out","slug":"control-figuring-out-how-spiritual-forms-of-control-have-played-out","published_at":"2026-04-02T00:48:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adoption-files-5610264/control-figuring-out-how-spiritual-forms-of-control-have-played-out","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adoption-files-5610264","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ande-stanley/episodes/Control-figuring-out-how-spiritual-forms-of-control-have-played-out-e3hac1a","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/6d7f7e1c/podcast/play/117829098/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-2%2F421240136-44100-2-bee817a25b8c9.m4a","summary":"Please join Dani and I as we continue to grapple with how spiritual and religious trauma have impacted our lives both through the lens of adoption and in our lives in general. Our conversation is being guided by the book Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing https://hillarylmcbride.com/holy-hurt-book/ Dani can be found at: https://medium.com/@danijoy https://www.apa.org/topics/crisis-hotlines The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, our opinons. The host is not a lawyer, a therapist or an adoption professional. Thank you for listening.","meta_description":"Please join Dani and I as we continue to grapple with how spiritual and religious trauma have impacted our lives both through the lens of adoption and in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4854,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-adoption-files-5610264/episodes/control-figuring-out-how-spiritual-forms-of-control-have-played-out/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adoption-files-5610264/control-figuring-out-how-spiritual-forms-of-control-have-played-out.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}