• S3 Ep2: American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption with Gabrielle Glaser

  • Mar 29 2021
  • Length: 26 mins
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S3 Ep2: American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption with Gabrielle Glaser

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  • Welcome to the newest installment of Connecting Bridges and Borders! In this episode, we are joined by New York Times Best Seller author Gabrielle Glaser who recently released her newest book "American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption" under Penguin Random House's Viking Imprint. The book is about "the shocking truth about postwar adoption in America, told through the bittersweet story of one teenager, the son she was forced to relinquish, and their search to find each other."

    Professor Weiss and her discuss the emotional toll that this story and topic has had on people over the years as well as up to modern times live from New York City's historic Player's Club.

    Gabrielle Glaser is a New York Times bestselling author and journalist whose work on mental health, medicine, and culture has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Self, and many other publications. She has appeared on many national radio and television programs, including NPR’s Fresh Air, All Things Considered, WNYC’s On the Media, and The Brian Lehrer Show, NBC’s Nightly News, and ABC’s World News Tonight.

    Check out American Baby: A Mother, A Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735224684?tag=randohouseinc7986-20

    Director: Andrew Bernard
    Director of Photography: Bob Klein
    Executively Producer: Dr. Michael Arbitblit
    Intro Theme: Sami Saad
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