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Season 6

Season 6, Episode 15: After Midnite — Santa Claus, Birth Parents and Other Myths

Queer Korean adoptee Midnite Townsend, 38, is many things. A large part of her/their past has been as a performer; first training to enter the world of musical theater to realizing her/their real desires were better applied to the art of burlesque and drag king performance. Midnite’s throughline has been a quest for authenticity – and the test of whether loved ones around her/them would see her. 

Audio available on March 16, 2023.
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Theme music: JaeJin

Other music appears under license with Blue Dot Sessions.

“Tempo” by Lizzo appears courtesy of fair use as the backing audio to a Tiktok video by @movewithmidnite.

Season 6

Season 6, Episode 14: Laure Badufle Returns to Seoul

Korean-born French adoptee Laure Badufle’s story and search for idenity is now the subject of a new Sony Pictures film, “Return to Seoul.” In December of 2021, Badufle, then 37, shared some of that story, including meeting her birth parents in her 20s. The film is now opening to more international audiences this month and is already winning accolades. This is a re-broadcast. 

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“Running” by JaeJin.

Other music under license with Blue Dot Sessions.

Season 2

Season 2, Episode 11: Michael Thielmann

Michael Thielmann, 41, is a Korean adoptee who lives in Toronto, Canada. He grew up in Minnesota in a family where his mother, grandparent and siblings were all adopted. It wasn’t until meeting his Korean-Canadian wife that he really understood what being part of a Korean family was like. And as he and his wife made the decision to try to adopt themselves, it also opened a door to his own grief.

Credits:
Jahzzar “Schmaltz”
Blue Dot Sessions “Elmore Heights”
Blue Dot Sessions “Greylock”
Blue Dot Sessions “OneEightFour”
Blue Dot Sessions “Pedalrider”
Blue Dot Sessions “Three Stories”
Blue Dot Sessions “The Yards”
Stillborn Blues “Merci”
Monplaisir “Home’s Church”
Logo: Rusty Detty