Understanding the Unhoused

A longtime San Francisco resident shares his journey from stability to homelessness, a path he says was paved by corporate greed. Hear his powerful firsthand account of how systemic forces upended his life. Michael was...

In a UtU first, I sit down with Mary Theroux, editor of the new book Beyond Homeless: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions. Moving beyond critiquing current approaches, this book highlights innovative...

Join us as we delve into Andrew's powerful narrative, a young man from Santa Fe, NM who has faced numerous challenges. Despite hardships, he has found solace in his faith and a path out of homelessness. His story...

In this powerful interview, we meet Lee, a courageous woman who has endured 12 years of homelessness, living on the streets and in her car. Facing challenges such as lack of family support and abusive relationships, Lee...

For the 20th episode of UtU, I present the story of Tompson. He is living in Colorado, working through the traumas of growing up in an abusive household, being taken advantage of by those closest to him, and trying to...

For the 19th episode of Understanding the Unhoused, I talk with Oklahoma City's first parental advisor for the Homeless Commission, OK Commission on Children & Youth, Daryl Savell. He goes into the work he did getting...

Jill and I discuss just how quickly homelessness can happen to anyone. She & her husband were both working, scrapping by day to day, and then the thing that has put so many people into homelessness, greed , reared it's...

Here comes the story of Amanda, who had to leave home at a young age and has been struggling ever since. She's one of the working homeless, an even less discussed group of individuals who can't afford a place of their...

Here comes my in-person chat with Robin, a formerly homeless woman who is using her lived experience and skills in moderation to keep an eye on the r/Homeless subreddit ! She sat down with me in her hometown of San Jose...

In here is the story of Shevvy from Brunswick, Maine. He started out in Augusta, but is finally feeling some peace in Brunswick, and has some thoughts on the system in our frank and open discussion about his daily life...

And here comes the story of Ali, an unhoused person who is also blind and partially deaf. He tells me about what brought him to his situation, why Kalamazoo is the best possbile place to be blind, and the horrors of...

I talk with Cyrus, who reached out to me via the r/homeless Subreddit , about their life in a terrible part of Texas, being unhoused and living with POTS. Despite their many struggles their attitude remains hopeful. If...

The second part of my two-part interview with Kelly & Andi, the founders of GROW (Grass Roots Outreach Warriors) Concord, a group trying to help the unhoused in and around Concord, CA. In this episode they discuss how...

The first part of a two-part interview with Kelly & Andi, the founders of GROW (Grass Roots Outreach Warriors) Concord, a group trying to help the unhoused in and around Concord, CA. The ladies discuss how they met, why...

Alexis is the first interview I've conducted with someone out of state, but as you can imagine her story is no less heartbreaking for it. Tune in to hear the dangers she and her friend face living in their car, in the...