#500 EPISODES: Lemn Sissay & Lisa Faulkner

From White Wine Question Time by Kate Thornton

August 18, 2026 · 45 min

About this episode

A moving discussion on foster care and adoption featuring Lemn Sissay and Lisa Faulkner.

This is one of most beautiful and most emotional episodes we've ever made. It's actually from later in the first year of the podcast (October 2019) but we really wanted to play it again for you - here's how we described it at the time. Original billing for this episode: In one of our favourite episodes ever, Kate Thornton is joined by poet Lemn Sissay and actress Lisa Faulkner for a no-holds-barred discussion of foster care and adoption in the UK. Lemn and Lisa come from two vastly different experiences: Lemn was taken from his unwed mother and placed with a foster family who turned him out of their home when he was 12; Lisa adopted her daughter in 2006, and counts it as the best decision of her life. Listen for a moving lesson in love and belonging. We're working on new episodes of the podcast - and we'll be back with some more fabulous guests at the end of the summer. Cheers! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Kate Thornton

Guests: Lemn Sissay, Lisa Faulkner

Topics covered

foster care
adoption
personal stories
emotional discussion
love and belonging

Keywords

foster care
adoption
Lemn Sissay
Lisa Faulkner
emotional stories
UK

Mentioned in this episode

Places: UK