Meet the new executive director, Mike Hamilton with Show Hope! We will get an update from Mike about all of the events and activities going on at Show Hope as well as hear his vision for the future for this extraordinary organization.

Founded by Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife Mary Beth, this nonprofit organization is helping to make a difference for the millions of orphans and waiting children around the world. Primarily they do this through Adoption Aid financial grants that help give orphans families and Special Care Centers in China that help orphans with special needs. Through programs like their Advocates, Student Initiatives, and Sponsorship, they are truly mobilizing a movement of individuals and communities who show hope to children in need.

Carrie Goldman is an amazing voice for adoption! Her unique perspective as an adoptive parent, writer and blogger makes her perfectly poised to enlighten us and inspire us all about adoption in our world.

You'll want to tune in as Carrie shares her own personal experiences as an adoptive parent raising a teen, some of the articles that have come directly from this experience as well as her amazing project, Portriat of An Adoption which has over 8,000 followers from 45 countries.

Take time to spend with us as Carrie speaks frankly about her many articles and the inspiration and motivation behind them and hang around for an exciting announcement of her new book coming out this summer!! You'll love it!

Meet my new friend, Nishta Mehra! I know you won't want to miss our compelling conversation on this week's show all about transracial adoption.

Nishta and her partner, Jill have a son, Shiv who was adopted domestically and who is African American. Nishta wrote an article appearing in Guernica in March 2015 entitled, The Color of My True Love's Hair is Black," on transracial adoption in 'post-racial' America.

In this article she explores the challenges of a transracial family and how to deal with this on a daily basis. Nishta was raised in Memphis, Tennessee as a first generation Hindi, born in the United States. Dealing with racism is not new to her; however the challenges she now faces raising her African American son with her partner who is caucasian have compelled her to write this article. Her honesty, apparent anger and frustration definately come out, but you can't deny how important this subject is when so many of us are transracial families. Check it out!

Brian Franklin, adoptive parent and Board Chair for the Joint Council on International Children's Services joins us to talk about the state of declining international adoption and the role of the Joint Council.

The Joint Council's mission is to advance the overall well-being of vulnerable children and their right to live in permanent family care. The Joint Council is an advocacy and education organization leading and guiding the ever-changing landscape of international adoption as well as the issue of permanency for children worldwide.

Brian shares his unique perspective as an adoptive parent and through his experience adopting his son Sammie from Ethiopia learned of the work of the Joint Council and is now a long-time, dedicated volunteer to the organization.

Ever wonder what going through an adoption must be like? Ever wonder if there are folks out there who have gone through the adoption experience that might give you some inspiration to move forward or help a friend move forward with an adoption?

We hope you'll join us and our panel of adoptive families who share first-hand their experiences of a domestic adoption. Our panel includes: Jay Jensen, Southern California, Debbie Goudreau, Virginia, and Lisa Gingerich from indiana. Also joining us, Kris Yellin, Owner and Chief Legal Counsel of Adoption Network Law Center.

Join us - You won't want to miss these special stories of adoption and the wonderful people who shared them with us!

Join us as Heidi Cox, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Gladney Center for Adoption talks with us about the legal landscape of adoption.

So many questions about varying State laws for domestic adoption and new changes surrounding international adoption.

Heidi shares with us her experience and perspective on all of these topics related to adoption and more.

Join us as Heidi Cox, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Gladney Center for Adoption talks with us about the legal landscape of adoption.

So many questions about varying State laws for domestic adoption and new changes surrounding international adoption.

Heidi shares with us her experience and perspective on all of these topics related to adoption and more.

Carrie Goldman is an amazing voice for adoption! Her unique perspective as an adoptive parent, writer and blogger makes her perfectly poised to enlighten us and inspire us all about adoption in our world.

You'll want to tune in as Carrie shares her own personal experiences as an adoptive parent raising a teen, some of the articles that have come directly from this experience as well as her amazing project, Portriat of An Adoption which has over 8,000 followers from 45 countries.

Take time to spend with us as Carrie speaks frankly about her many articles and the inspiration and motivation behind them and hang around for an exciting announcement of her new book coming out this summer!! You'll love it!

We spend a significant amount of time talking about the 18,000+ youth that 'age-out' of foster care each year, but what exactly does that mean? Does the fact that turning 18 erase the opportunity to find their forever family? No!

You'll want to tune in as we visit with Derrick Riggins an adult adoptee who aged-out of the system and was adopted at age 25 joins us with his Mom, Susan Stockham an adoption attorney who specializes in adoption and surrogacy talk about older adoption - beyond age 18.

Derrick shares some important insights about the lack of resources and mentors for this group of youth who age out of the system. Susan shares with us that there is no age-limit on adoption - that she has helped many families come together even over 50!

Don't miss it - you'll be inspired and hopefully motivated to go out in your own community to help a youth seeking the most basic kind of support.

We hope you'll join us for this exciting opportunity to meet Lisa Cleary, NBC Today Contributor and adult adoptee who is sharing her unique perspective on how she was raised, how she celebrates her culture and explores the world around her.

Lisa shares her own personal story as an adoptee from Seoul, Korea as an infant and how she was raised in a caucasian family. From her own personal experience she gives us these wonderful 'tips' to live by.

No matter where you are in the adoption constellation, you'll enjoy hearing from Lisa and making use of extraordinary insights.

Don't miss it!