by nobodypod_editor | Jan 17, 2025 | Episodes, Season 05
Share this episode SEASON 05 | EPISODE 03 Constant Crisis Immediately after moving with C and M from Zambia to Seattle, WA, Sophie starts bringing C to various doctors, reporting severe health issues. Just three days after C’s third birthday, she is diagnosed with...
by nobodypod_editor | Jan 9, 2025 | Episodes, Season 05
Share this episode SEASON 05 | EPISODE 02 Spiritual Warfare In the second episode of season 5, Andrea dives into how Sophie’s Evangelical Christian beliefs colored her worldview. From claiming that adopting a child from Zambia was God’s path for her life to allegedly...
by nobodypod_editor | Jan 9, 2025 | Episodes, Season 05
Share this episode SEASON 05 | EPISODE 01 Sophie Saves Zambia We begin the season by delving into Sophie Hartman’s 2016 memoir about her time in Zambia, Crowns of Beauty, where we learn about how a young woman from Michigan came to be the adopted mother of two Zambian...
by nobodypod_editor | Sep 3, 2024 | Episodes, Season 04
Share this episode SEASON 04 | EPISODE 10 No One is Coming to Save Us In our season four finale, we talk about what justice looks like for survivors of abuse and how to recover from the loss of an abusive parent. We examine the importance of confronting the reality of...
by nobodypod_editor | Sep 3, 2024 | Episodes, Season 04
Share this episode SEASON 04 | EPISODE 09 Cleaning Up The Mess In the aftermath of Donna’s death, Jo returns home to Hutchinson to plan their mother’s funeral and clean up her mess one final time. As Jo and their sister Crystal sort through the detritus of the filthy,...