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.
Episodes
Jenny Serrano - My Family Needed Intervention
Lucretia Taylor: You Don't Have To Change The World In One Day
Renee Santos : I Never Unpacked My Bag
Mark Daley: How Do We Address The Smoke Rising From Families
Greg Brake: Foster Warriors 24-Hour Challenge
Andrew Bridge: Tear It Down
Alexis Longmire: I Made Me, Who I Am Today, I Did This
Shimeka Lott: The People Coming In For The Rescue Don't Need to Be Perfect But Need To Operate With A Perfect Heart
Greg Rosenmerkel: I Am Glad That I Can Try To Help A Little Bit
Nicole Goswami : Your Daughter Will Always Know You
Greg Rosenmerkel: Based On Our Life Experience We Tend To Think What The Necessary Elements Are For A Child's Physical and Emotional Safety, And They're Not The Same
Christine Goddard: I Now Realize Why You Were There Always In My Life
Danisha Keating: What Purpose Do You Have, What Passions Do You Have That We Can Encourage
Jeanette Yoffe: You Need To Go Into The Grief, Into The Loss, Into The Trauma To Heal
Glenda Wright: I Don't Match A Stereotype
Dr. Bruce Sogolow: Children Do Everything They Do To Try To Meet A Need
Warren Press: Elizabeth And I Are The Ones Who Are Unbelievably Lucky To Get To Be Their Parents
Rachel Elovitz: I Am Going To Do A Damn Good Job Because I Genuinely Care
Tige Charity: There's No Greater Agony Than Bearing An Untold Story Inside You
Romi Lassaly and Pat McCabe : One Caring Person Can Make All The Difference
Chrisie Morris: I Will Not Let The Darkness Change My Heart
Gavin Glynn: You Have Get Them To Trust
Elizabeth Garcia Herrera: I've Got To Do My Part Of Not Repeating The Same Mistakes As My Family
America Gutierrez: I Am Not Going To Be Silenced Anymore
Georgette Todd: That's When Everything Changed