Bonus Babies

The Anthem Award winning BONUS BABIES podcast is the only one of its kind that features the compelling true-life hard-hitting stories of those with a lived foster care experience and the people who care for them––all via the unique 360* lens of a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer. Through raw first-hand accounts, BONUS BABIES reveals the daunting complexity of the foster care world while documenting the challenges, failures and successes of the system as well as the people and the agencies involved. The creator and host, Jayne Amelia Larson, is a CASA - a Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteer for youth in foster care. In the same way a CASA works, she explores all things in the foster care maze by talking to kids, parents, caregivers, attorneys, social workers, therapists, adoptees, adoptive parents, members of community and social programs...anybody and everybody who will speak to her to keep the conversation open and the information flowing about all things CASA––to give a forum to help people understand what it's like to have a lived foster care experience. Original music by Christina Apostolopoulos. Emma Karpman is our Social Media Manager. Audio engineering and mixing by Adam "Yukon" Harr of Blue Oak Mastering. Executive Producer is Jake Eberle. Cover art by John Crowther.

Host

Jayne Amelia Larson

I’m Jayne Amelia Larson, a NYT bestselling author, classically trained actress, and creative content producer who has volunteered with kids in arts organizations in NYC and LA for more than 30 years. I am also a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer with youth in care. The CASA acts as the child’s advocate, the child’s voice, in court. Last spring I launched the BONUS BABIES podcast which is committed to changing the current landscape of the foster care maze by broadcasting the true stories of the kids who’ve been forced to navigate through it, and is the only one of its kind that features the compelling true-life hard-hitting stories of youth with a lived foster care experience and the people who care for them–-–all via the unique 360* lens of a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer.

http://www.jayneamelialarson.com