Welcome to Somebody's Daughter

A Magdalene Baby's Birth and Early Life

Adoption and Family Dynamics

The Search Begins

Finding her Mother

The Emotional Reunion

Discovering her Father

Building a New Family Legacy

Closing Remarks and Next Episode Preview

Origins Australia Support Information

In this episode we welcome adoptee, Colleen Barnard who was born in the same Magdalene Home in Brisbane where last week’s guest, Lily Arthur, was incarcerated for the crime of being pregnant and unwed.

Colleen describes her adoption journey as a Magdalene baby, the challenges of finding her own identity in a manufactured family and how the search to find her mother took her halfway around the world – only to find that her mum was living in her own backyard in rural Queensland.

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CREDITS

Hosts: Megan Norris and Moyra Major

Guest: Colleen Barnard

Mobile Podcast Recording and Digital Content Production: Ben Wood at Wood Work Digital Studio

Enquiries: ben@woodworkdigitalstudio.com.au

In this episode we welcome adoptee, Colleen Barnard who was born in the same Magdalene Home in Brisbane where last week&rsquo;s guest, Lily Arthur, was incarcerated for the crime of being pregnant and unwed. Colleen describes her adoption journey as a Magdalene baby, the challenges of finding her own identity in a manufactured family and how the search to find her mother took her halfway around the world &ndash; only to find that her mum was living in her own backyard in rural Queensland.
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Visit Origins Australia facebook.com/groups/originsaustralia
Email us <a href="mailto:somedbodysdaughterpodcast@gmail.com">somedbodysdaughterpodcast@gmail.com</a>
Email Megan <a href="mailto:megan@newscoop.com.au">megan@newscoop.com.au</a>
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CREDITS
Hosts: Megan Norris and Moyra Major
Guest: Colleen Barnard
Mobile Podcast Recording and Digital Content Production: Ben Wood at Wood Work Digital Studio
Enquiries: ben@woodworkdigitalstudio.com.au

150,000 stolen babies - The truth behind the crimes Australia tried to hide

150,000 stolen babies - The truth behind the crimes Australia tried to hide

Somebody’s Daughter

Episode 4: Colleen Barnard.

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Origins Australia: A Thirty-Year Journey

The Perfect Crime: Forced Adoption

Intergenerational Impact of Adoption

The National Apology: A Bittersweet Moment

Continued Struggles and Government Funding

The Threat of Expanded Adoption in Queensland

Closing Remarks and Contact Information

In this episode we welcome back Lily Arthur, CEO of Origins Australia, long term political activist and best-selling author whose book, Prisoner of the State, gives a voice to 150,000 Australian unmarried mothers whose babies were systematically stolen from them under the Commonwealth Government’s past forced adoption practices.

Today, Lily shines a light on the unlawful use of dangerous psychotropic and carcinogenic drugs on young vulnerable unmarried mothers -many of them only girls - and the long term impact these drugs have had on the lives of the survivors who were overdosed on them, without their knowledge or consent. She tells us why she is has taken her fight for justice to the Commission for Human Rights, as a mass violation of the fundamental human rights of an entire generation of mothers and children in what is now recognised as an intergenerational crime.

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LINKS

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Email us somedbodysdaughterpodcast@gmail.com

Email Megan megan@newscoop.com.au

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CREDITS

Hosts: Megan Norris and Moyra Major

Guest: Lily Arthur

Mobile Podcast Recording and Digital Content Production: Ben Wood at Wood Work Digital Studio

Enquiries: ben@woodworkdigitalstudio.com.au

In this episode we welcome back Lily Arthur, CEO of Origins Australia, long term political activist and best-selling author whose book, Prisoner of the State, gives a voice to 150,000 Australian unmarried mothers whose babies were systematically stolen from them under the Commonwealth Government&rsquo;s past forced adoption practices. Today, Lily shines a light on the unlawful use of dangerous psychotropic and carcinogenic drugs on young vulnerable unmarried mothers -many of them only girls - and the long term impact these drugs have had on the lives of the survivors who were overdosed on them, without their knowledge or consent. She tells us why she is has taken her fight for justice to the Commission for Human Rights, as a mass violation of the fundamental human rights of an entire generation of mothers and children in what is now recognised as an intergenerational crime.
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LINKS
Follow @somebodysdaughter_podcast on Instagram
Follow @somebodysdaughterpodcast on TikTok
Follow @megannorris_author on Instagram
Follow @moyramajor on Instagram
Visit Origins Australia originsnsw.com
Visit Origins Australia facebook.com/groups/originsaustralia
Email us <a href="mailto:somedbodysdaughterpodcast@gmail.com">somedbodysdaughterpodcast@gmail.com</a>
Email Megan <a href="mailto:megan@newscoop.com.au">megan@newscoop.com.au</a>
Follow @woodworkpodcasts on Instagram and TikTok
CREDITS
Hosts: Megan Norris and Moyra Major
Guest: Lily Arthur
Mobile Podcast Recording and Digital Content Production: Ben Wood at Wood Work Digital Studio
Enquiries: ben@woodworkdigitalstudio.com.au

Episode 3: Lily Arthur.

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Setting the Stage for Adoption's Dark Truth

The Trauma of Adoption: Moses's Expert Opinion

The Flawed Logic of Adoption Reform

The Global Adoption Industry

The Future of Human Reproduction

Closing Thoughts and Contact Information

On this episode we continue our conversation with Moses Farrow, the adopted son of US actress Mia Farrow and Director Woody Allen, as he exposes the truth behind the multi-billion dollar adoption industry - a euphemism for a criminal global child supply market in which babies are commodities to be sold, trafficked and abused in one of the biggest human rights crimes of our generation.

At a time when Origins’ CEO Lily Arthur is demanding justice for 150,000 Australian mothers whose babies were cruelly stolen from them under past forced adoption practices, Moses speaks exclusively to Moyra and Megan about his advocacy work for the traumatised survivors of adoption and explains why this intergenerational crime should be outlawed world-wide.

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LINKS

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Visit Origins Australia originsnsw.com

Visit Origins Australia facebook.com/groups/originsaustralia

Email us somedbodysdaughterpodcast@gmail.com

Email Megan megan@newscoop.com.au

Follow @woodworkpodcasts on Instagram and TikTok

CREDITS

Hosts: Megan Norris and Moyra Major

Guest: Moses Farrow

Mobile Podcast Recording and Digital Content Production: Ben Wood at Wood Work Digital Studio

Enquiries: ben@woodworkdigitalstudio.com.au

On this episode we continue our conversation with Moses Farrow, the adopted son of US actress Mia Farrow and Director Woody Allen, as he exposes the truth behind the multi-billion dollar adoption industry - a euphemism for a criminal global child supply market in which babies are commodities to be sold, trafficked and abused in one of the biggest human rights crimes of our generation. At a time when Origins&rsquo; CEO Lily Arthur is demanding justice for 150,000 Australian mothers whose babies were cruelly stolen from them under past forced adoption practices, Moses speaks exclusively to Moyra and Megan about his advocacy work for the traumatised survivors of adoption and explains why this intergenerational crime should be outlawed world-wide.
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LINKS
Follow @somebodysdaughter_podcast on Instagram
Follow @somebodysdaughterpodcast on TikTok
Follow @megannorris_author on Instagram
Follow @moyramajor on Instagram
Follow @mosesafarrow on Instagram
Visit Origins Australia originsnsw.com
Visit Origins Australia facebook.com/groups/originsaustralia
Email us <a href="mailto:somedbodysdaughterpodcast@gmail.com">somedbodysdaughterpodcast@gmail.com</a>
Email Megan <a href="mailto:megan@newscoop.com.au">megan@newscoop.com.au</a>
Follow @woodworkpodcasts on Instagram and TikTok
CREDITS
Hosts: Megan Norris and Moyra Major
Guest: Moses Farrow
Mobile Podcast Recording and Digital Content Production: Ben Wood at Wood Work Digital Studio
Enquiries: ben@woodworkdigitalstudio.com.au

Episode 2: Moses Farrow. Part 2.

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A Global Adoption Story

The Trauma of Moses Farrow's Adoption

The Dark Side of Hollywood's Adopted Son

The Global Adoption Industry's Grim Reality

Moses' Adoption Journey from South Korea

Growing Up in a Dysfunctional Family

Origins Australia Support

The Cumulative Effect of Abuse

The Role of Nannies and Caregivers

The Commodification of Adoption

Human Trafficking Disguised as Adoption

Closing Thoughts and Next Episode Preview

In 1980, two-year-old Moses Farrow was among the 200,000 babies and children taken from South Korean orphanages and children’s homes and sent overseas - sold to new families who promised to give them the sort of lives they could never have in their own country.

Moses, who had been born with Cerebral Palsy, was flown to the United States where he was welcomed into the large, blended family of Hollywood royalty, Mia Farrow, who had three older children from her previous marriage to world renowned composer Andre Previn, and a mum to three other adopted children.

Tragically, while the new addition to her family made headlines everywhere, behind the closed doors of the US actress’s luxury New York apartment, little Moses’s life was far from the Hollywood fairytale portrayed in the media.

Today, Moses – now a family therapist specialising in children suffering from adoption trauma – tells Moyra and Megan about the anguish of growing up in a highly dysfunctional abusive family to expose the truth behind a  $236 billion industry in which children are no more than disposable commodities in a global child trafficking industry which needs to be recognised for what it is - one of the biggest human rights crimes of our generation.

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LINKS

Follow @somebodysdaughter_podcast on Instagram

Follow @somebodysdaughterpodcast on TikTok

Follow @megannorris_author on Instagram

Follow @moyramajor on Instagram

Visit Origins Australia originsnsw.com

Visit Origins Australia facebook.com/groups/originsaustralia

Email us somedbodysdaughterpodcast@gmail.com

Email Megan megan@newscoop.com.au

Follow @woodworkpodcasts on Instagram and TikTok

CREDITS

Hosts: Megan Norris and Moyra Major

Guest: Moses Farrow

Mobile Podcast Recording and Digital Content Production: Ben Wood at Wood Work Digital Studio

Enquiries: ben@woodworkdigitalstudio.com.au

In 1980, two-year-old Moses Farrow was among the 200,000 babies and children taken from South Korean orphanages and children&rsquo;s homes and sent overseas - sold to new families who promised to give them the sort of lives they could never have in their own country. Moses, who had been born with Cerebral Palsy, was flown to the United States where he was welcomed into the large, blended family of Hollywood royalty, Mia Farrow, who had three older children from her previous marriage to world renowned composer Andre Previn, and a mum to three other adopted children. Tragically, while the new addition to her family made headlines everywhere, behind the closed doors of the US actress&rsquo;s luxury New York apartment, little Moses&rsquo;s life was far from the Hollywood fairytale portrayed in the media. Today, Moses &ndash; now a family therapist specialising in children suffering from adoption trauma &ndash; tells Moyra and Megan about the anguish of growing up in a highly dysfunctional abusive family to expose the truth behind a &nbsp;$236 billion industry in which children are no more than disposable commodities in a global child trafficking industry which needs to be recognised for what it is - one of the biggest human rights crimes of our generation.
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LINKS
Follow @somebodysdaughter_podcast on Instagram
Follow @somebodysdaughterpodcast on TikTok
Follow @megannorris_author on Instagram
Follow @moyramajor on Instagram
Visit Origins Australia originsnsw.com
Visit Origins Australia facebook.com/groups/originsaustralia
Email us <a href="mailto:somedbodysdaughterpodcast@gmail.com">somedbodysdaughterpodcast@gmail.com</a>
Email Megan <a href="mailto:megan@newscoop.com.au">megan@newscoop.com.au</a>
Follow @woodworkpodcasts on Instagram and TikTok
CREDITS
Hosts: Megan Norris and Moyra Major
Guest: Moses Farrow
Mobile Podcast Recording and Digital Content Production: Ben Wood at Wood Work Digital Studio
Enquiries: ben@woodworkdigitalstudio.com.au

Episode 1: Moses Farrow. Part 1.

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/fa326977-3de5-4283-9b8b-af3500c58607/clips/25ab0e7d-176b-482e-b8cc-b43900b9970a/transcript

Episode 4: Colleen Barnard.

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