LA Calling
Don AndersonLA Calling
Where Stories Belong
LA Calling, formerly Missing Pieces, is a show about people and the stories they carry. Family secrets, strange turns, complicated relationships, and things we've lived with for years. Things we've only just discovered. The show emanates from Los Angeles, but the stories can come from anywhere. Hosted and produced by Don Anderson.
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📧 Contact: donNPE@icloud.com... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 94 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Personal JournalsDocumentarySociety & Culture | |||
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🎙️ Allyson Makes the Call
☎️ What would you say to a stranger who might be your biological father?
Eleven years ago, Allyson's mother dropped a bombshell: the man who raised her wasn't her biological father.
That night, still reeling from the new... more
Fathers and Sons
In the first episode of LA Calling, two stories about fathers, sons, and the complicated things passed between them.
🎵 Act One: The Song
Bob Thiele Jr. tells the story behind Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World”—a song writ... more
Joanna grew up believing she was the miracle baby. Her two older siblings were adopted, but Joanna was the biological child her parents had waited years for. Then, when she was 15, her sister told her a secret that changed everything.
Also in this e... more
🎙️ Uncle Clarence
Ed Hill grew up with a complicated family story. His mom married his uncle — technically, his dad’s sister’s ex-husband — and Clarence became the man who helped raise him.
Years later, an Ancestry DNA test made that already compl... more
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- It’s as good as this American Life
Storytelling, production, sound engineering is high quality. Love it when it was missing pieces, but love it even more now as LA calling. Don you are exceptionally good story teller. You have a great sense of humor and you replays are witty and funny. Keep them episodes coming.
Apple Podcasts5Annapannatje
Netherlands2 months ago - Love this podcast
I’ve listened to and enjoyed every episode of Missing Pieces. I can tell already I’ll enjoy LA Calling just as much. Act II of Father’s and Sons was particularly moving. We’re in the middle of a similar transition in my family right now, and Don’s ability to condense some of those feelings into a brief yet deep story is beautiful.
Apple Podcasts5Bagger #1
United States2 months ago - NPE 2018
Awesome NPE Podcast. Thank you Don for your questions & allowing us all to be just who we are. Love your Podcasts… I truly connect to all these NPE’s stories. I’m a NPE since 2018 & these stories have helped me so much. Again, thank you…
I so relate to Alison & you. I too am in recovery & blamed my BC dad for it.
Apple Podcasts5NPEDNAUnited States3 months ago - New listeners
Love how Don Connects with his guests, heartfelt and understanding and patient x
Apple Podcasts55 star food
United Kingdom4 months ago - Excellent Podcast
From finding out that the host had several sisters to delving into the stories of NPE’s, adopted persons or donor conceived persons, you will find yourself ruminating over the episodes long after they end. It is always sad when a person searches and finds a birth parent(s) but is then rejected but thankfully there are the happy reunions, too. Today’s podcast had a lovely reunion with a birth mother but a different ending where the podcast host found records of his guest’s birth father who is dec... more
Apple Podcasts5VintageLPsUnited States5 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #57 | United States/Society & Culture/Personal Journals |
Apple Podcasts | #105 | United Kingdom/Society & Culture/Personal Journals |
Apple Podcasts | #108 |  Canada/Society & Culture/Personal Journals |
Apple Podcasts | #102 |  Australia/Society & Culture/Personal Journals |
Apple Podcasts | #245 |  Germany/Society & Culture/Personal Journals |
Apple Podcasts | #67 |  Denmark/Society & Culture/Personal Journals |
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What is LA Calling about and what kind of topics does it cover?
Narrative interviews and documentary-style stories examine family secrets, unexpected DNA discoveries, adoption, donor conception, and the long process of reworking identity and family ties. Host Don Anderson guides guests through personal histories with patience and empathy, often adding his own perspective on the NPE experience. Some installments use archival material, music, or live genealogical research, while others follow a guest's account in an extended conversation.
Guests include adoptees, donor-conceived people, relatives affected by unexpected parentage, and people whose family histories intersect with public figures or notable events. The focus is on the emotional and practical consequences of discovering biological relatives: ... more
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Which podcasts are similar to LA Calling?
These podcasts share a similar audience with LA Calling:
1. NPE Stories
2. DNA Surprises
3. Mothers, Lies and DNA Surprises
4. Family Twist: A Podcast Exploring DNA Surprises and Family Secrets
5. Finding Family DNA
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LA Calling launched 5 years ago and published 94 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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Recent guests on LA Calling include:
1. Allyson Marino
2. Bob Thiele Jr.
3. Laura Jenkins
4. Lisa Brenner
5. Richie Blair
6. Candi Perkins
7. Angela Walker
8. Julie Stanley
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