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
128 episodes
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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42:13
Understanding the Adoption Process with Adoption Attorney + Christian Adoption Coach, Lucrece Bundy
Does the adoption process seem confusing? Are you feeling the call, but also are afraid of losing time and money, trying to figure out the next steps?This week, Mal + Kate talk all about the adoption process with guest Lucrece Bundy. Lu...
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Season 3
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Episode 112
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35:17
Blocked Care with Adoption Wise Founders Lisa Qualls + Melissa Corkum
Is your parenting journey turning out differently than you imagined? You had so much love to give, but now you feel ashamed and bewildered by your lack of compassion. You may be experiencing blocked care—a self-protective mechanism in your nerv...
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Season 3
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Episode 111
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39:28
Funding Love Garden Gala Recap with Susan Wilson
We raised over $150,000 at our second annual Funding Love Gala! This year's theme was the Garden Gala: A Fundraiser for the Adoption Community. Tune in this week as Mal + Kate welcome longtime Funding Love supporter, Susan Wilson, to sh...
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Season 3
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Episode 110
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41:17
Turning Special Needs into Special Abilities with Brady Murray, Founder of RODS Heroes
Grab a tissue! This week, Mal + Kate chat with RODS Heroes Founder, Brady Murray, in an inspiring and emotional episode about adopting children with Down Syndrome and other unique circumstances. On July 7th, 2007, Brady Murray’s life ch...
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Season 3
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Episode 109
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35:23
Foster Care, Adoption, + The Strength Within with CBS Survivor, Bruce Perreault
Mal + Kate are back with another CBS Survivor! You may know him as "Crazy Uncle Bruce", but this week, Bruce Perreault joins the show and shares about his experience being a castaway on TWO back-to-back seasons of Survivor. He also shar...
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Season 3
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Episode 108
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48:39
Celebrities + Adoption, with Previous E! News Producer, Rebekah Ingraham
Are you into Pop Culture? Do you enjoy following celebrities and their everyday lifestyles? Did you know that many celebrities are a part of the adoption triad?Well, this week, Mal + Kate welcome Kate's longtime bestie, Rebekah I...
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Season 3
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Episode 107
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29:43
Welcome to Season 3!
Welcome to Season THREE of the Funding Love Podcast with Mal + Kate! We are two adoptive moms that seek to love, support, and elevate all corners of the adoption triad while running our nonprofit, Funding Love! In year three, we wi...
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Season 3
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Episode 106
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18:25
Funding Love Book Club - Season 1: Ep 1 - American Baby, by Gabrielle Glaser
Are you a part of the Funding Love Book Club?? Season 2 of the Funding Love Podcast wraps up with our first ever episode of the Funding Love Book Club! On Episode 1 of the Funding Love Book Club, adoptive moms, Mal + Kat...
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Season 2
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Episode 105
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58:40
CBS Season 45 Survivor, Kendra McQuarrie - An Adoptee Story of Discovery, Reunification, + Love
Do you watch CBS' Emmy Award-winning series, Survivor?!Well, this week, Survivor Super Fans, Mal + Kate, get a chance to chat with Kendra McQuarrie, Survivor Season 45's spunkiest castaway, and proud owner of Happy To Be Here. The past ...
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Season 2
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Episode 104
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46:33
Our Crazy Adoption Story with Twin Adoptees Victoria Jacobs + Eileen Diaz
But what if the Lifetime Movie was true??For identical twin adoptees, Victoria and Eileen, their adoption story actually does come with some Lifetime Movie drama and trauma. Tune in to this unbelievable story of adoption, kidnap, and re...
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Season 2
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Episode 103
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