
The Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate
Join Mal + Kate each Monday as they talk about adoption, parenthood, Disney, and MORE! They are two adoptive moms that seek to love, support, and elevate all corners of the adoption triad through honest conversations with adoptive parents, birth moms, & adoptees, all while running Funding Love, a non-profit that strengthens bonds, builds community, and restores people through all-expenses-paid vacations to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida!
So grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine; there’s always a seat open for you at the table. When you tune in, you are Funding Love - with Mal + Kate!
Episodes
138 episodes
BONUS EPISODE: 2025 Adoptive Family Vacation Recap
Mal + Kate are wrapping up Season 5 of the Funding Love Adoption Podcast with a recap of the 2025 Adoptive Family Vacation! Joining them are Funding Love Vacation Director, Sarah Basham, and Funding Love Director of Finance (who also traveled a...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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BONUS EPISODE: Brave Love - A Birth Mom Story with Janelle Basham
This week, Mal + Kate welcome guest Janelle Basham to talk all about supporting the birth mom community. Janelle is the Executive Director of BraveLove, a nonprofit transforming the narrative of adoption by honoring birth mothers and fostering ...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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BONUS EPISODE: Everyone Has a Role, with Shannon Scott
Your Season 5 BONUS EPISODE is here!This week, Mal + Kate talk with guest Shannon Scott, as she shares her story, heart for adoption, and involvement with Funding Love.Shannon Scott is a passionate Bible teacher with nearly 30 yea...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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Supporting Your Baby’s Birth Mom
Funding Love LOVES birth moms. We believe they are worthy and deserving of post-adoption support. This week, Mal + Kate talk about how you can support your child’s birth moms, regardless of how open your adoption is.Connect with yo...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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Bonding with Baby
In this episode of the Funding Love Adoption Podcast, Mal and Kate discuss what it looks like to bond with your newly adopted baby. They share their own experiences while giving a few tips they picked up along the way. Connect with&...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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What to Expect in the Hospital when You’re Adopting
So you’ve been matched and have done your best to prepare your home for brand new baby. Now, the moment is here and expectant mom is delivering the baby! What does that look like?What is the right thing to do, say, expect?
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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Preparing Home, Heart,+ Family to Bring Home Baby
We’re right in the middle of Season 5 of the Funding Love Adoption Podcast, and this episode, Mal + Kate chat about what it looks like to prepare your home, heart, + family to bring home the baby you’ve been matched with. Connect with&n...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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Getting THE Call: “You’ve Been Matched!”
This week in the Funding Love Adoption Podcast, Mal + Kate talk about what to expect when it comes to THE call; the call that all hopeful adoptive parents dream of hearing - “You’ve been matched!”Listen along as they share their encoura...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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Welcome to Season 5!
Welcome to Season 5 of the Funding Love Podcast! In this first episode, Mal + Kate chat all about the new year for Funding Love and what to expect in this new season of podcast episodes. Listen along as they share their "words" for the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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Christmas Bonus! Funding Love Book Club - Ep 4: Adoption Unfiltered
The Book Club Crew is back for the FINAL episode of the Funding Love Book Club. This time, they are discussing Adoption Unfiltered: Revelations from Adoptees, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Allies. Adoption Unfiltered aut...
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Season 4
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BONUS EP 3: Funding Love Book Club - To Have and Not To Hold
The Funding Love Book Club Crew are back to discuss book three of 2024, To Have and Not To Hold by Lorri Antosz Benson. To Have and Not to Hold is the poignant account of Lorri's momentous decision to give her daughter...
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Season 4
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Honest Talk About Open Adoption
It’s week six, the FINAL episode in Season 4 of the Funding Love Adoption Podcast! This whole season, Mal + Kate have been talking about the PRE-finalization phase of adoption, and they are ending the season with an honest talk about open adopt...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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Fundraising for Adoption
It’s week 5 of Season 4 and today’s episode is all about fundraising for your adoption. Everyone knows adoption can be really expensive, but don’t let money be the reason you choose not to adopt. Tune in as Mal + Kate share their stories and br...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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BONUS EP 2: Profile Books Through the Eyes of a Birth Mom
It’s time for another BONUS EPISODE of the Funding Love Adoption Podcast! This week, Mal + Kate talk with returning guest, Funding Love Birth Mom Vacation Alumna, and author of The Sixteenth Year: An Open Adoption Memoir, Leah Outten. Leah refl...
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Season 4
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How to Create an Adoption Profile Book
So you made it through the home study, and now it's time to get matched with an expectant mama and baby. But HOW do you do that?This week, Mal + Kate talk all about adoption profile book; what are they, and how do you create one that is...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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Hairy, Scary Adoption HOME STUDIES!
On this episode of the Funding Love Adoption Podcast, Mal + Kate discuss those awful, dreaded, hairy, scary HOME STUDIES! Tune in to get questions answered and fear alleviated, as the ladies share the truth that home studies really aren't that ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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WHAT To Choose in Adoption: Types of Adoption + Choosing an Ethical Adoption Agency
It's Week 2 of Season 4, as Mal + Kate continue in the mission of helping you to navigate the beginning stages of adoption. This week, they share all of the different types of adoption that exist, while sharing about adoption ethics and red fla...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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25:04

BONUS EP 1: 2024 Birth Mom Vacation Recap
The 2024 Birth Mom Vacation has come to an end, and for this week's BONUS Episode Mal + Kate invite Funding Love's Vacation Director, Sarah Basham, along with all three 2024 Birth Mom Vacation Magic Makers, Audra, Jess, and Sara, to debrief the...
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Season 4
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27:38

WHY To Choose Adoption - The Launch of Season 4 of the Funding Love Adoption Podcast
Welcome back to the Funding Love Adoption Podcast with Mal + Kate! Season 4 is the launch of a fresh start with a fresh look! Throughout Season 4, you can expect a focus on the PRE-adoption journey. Mal + Kate will be covering topi...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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When Its Time to Change: Saying Goodbye to the Funding Love Podcast?!
A wise man named Walt Disney once said, "Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future."THAT is what we want to do at Funding Love: focus on the future and be willing to shift and chan...
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Season 3
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Episode 118
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13:12

Funding Love Book Club - Episode 2: PART 2 - "You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption with Angela Tucker
The Book Club Crew is back together for PART 2 of "You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker. “Your parents are so amazing for adopting you! You should be grateful that you were ad...
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Season 3
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Episode 117
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48:22

Funding Love Book Club - Episode 2: PART 1 - "You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker
The Book Club Crew is back together, and this time they are discussing the book You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption by Angela Tucker. “Your parents are so amazing for adopting you! You should ...
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Season 3
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Episode 116
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34:06

What Does Walt Disney World Have To Do With It?! Funding Love's Mission + Disney
At Funding Love, we create post-adoption experiences that strengthen bonds, build community, and restore people. This week, Mal + Kate talk all about the Funding Love mission and why they feel Walt Disney World is the perfect place to put that ...
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Season 3
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Episode 115
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35:47

Leading Your Children to Jesus with Wire Talk Hosts, Karen Stubbs + Emily Korosec
Do you struggle to talk to your kids about faith? Do you want your children to grow up knowing and loving God, but don't know how to help them to do that?This week, Mal + Kate talk all about leading children to Jesus with Birds On a Wir...
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Season 3
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Episode 114
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34:41

Autism + The Social Mind Center with Ana Anselma
This week, Mal + Kate welcome Ana Anselma, the co-owner of of the Social Mind Center. The Social Mind Center’s Mission is to educate, equip, and empower children and teens with the communication, thinking, and self-management skills t...
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Season 3
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Episode 113
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