Best Houseless Podcasts (2025)

This week, Theo examines how violent language has not just become normalized and weaponized against the unhoused, but how its worst offenders are lauded as heroes. Then: To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Crenshaw Farmer's Market, Theo speaks with organizers Laura, Ashley, Summer, and Jennifer about how community food justice is working to pr…

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Don't U Dare Sit ..PoemCast dedicated to survivors of this War ON the poor 2:11

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Don't sit -don't rest -By Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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Episode 19: End Poverty Tows- 2025 RV Ban 58:07

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On this episode we are joined by Lukas Illa, Human Rights organizer with the Coalition on Homelessness and Armando Martinez, RV resident and End Poverty Tows activist. As part of the RV ban, RV residents who were counted by the City in a May 2025 count may be exempt from the 2-hour enforcement for only 12 months unless they are offered a housing su…

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The Mosaic of Healing: Mental Health and Artistry 53:23

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This week, Theo speaks with Executive Director of the Institute of the Development for Human Arts Jessie Roth about healing and transforming society through accessible treatment for mental health that takes full account of the adverse affects of external conditions. In Unhoused News, Theo takes a closer look at the most recent policies at the natio…

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SVDP 41│Housing & Humanity with Author Gregg Colburn and SVDP USA National CEO Michael Acaldo 38:39

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In case you missed our special live-streamed podcast episode, it’s now available! Tune in to explore the homelessness landscape locally and nationally. At the 2025 SVDP National Assembly, Author/Keynote Speaker Gregg Colburn and SVDP USA National CEO Michael Acaldo joined us from the Galt House. The conversation centered on "Housing & Humanity" as …

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Despite Hate, Hope Glimmers: Farmers in Coachella Valley 1:18:56

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As ICE raids continue to escalate and target farm workers, many of whom as unhoused, revolutionary mutual aid efforts like Alianza Nacional De Campesinas are meeting the moment. Theo and the WTU crew head to the triple digits of Thermal, California, where farmers can access everything from fresh food to diapers and school supplies. Food justice org…

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Episode 18: What is Harm Reduction? With Laura Guzman and Shakema Straker 45:28

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In this episode we host Laura Guzman- the Executive Director at the National Harm Reduction Coalition and Shakema Straker, human rights organizer and harm reduction advocate at the Coalition on Homelessness. Our guests discuss the basic tenets of harm reduction and the data and research that champions harm reduction as an evidence based practice. W…

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Body Brokers: Coming to a City Near You 1:08:09

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Theo speaks with activist Sequoyah Thiessen about their experience being body brokered at LA area rehab facilities, and how these same places are exploiting the community's most vulnerable -- including the unhoused. We also remember past guest Cindy McAllister, who passed away this month. Theo speaks with friends about her life, and how her memory …

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SVDP 40│The Police & Homelessness with LMPD Assistant Chief of Police Nick Owen 23:14

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This is a candid conversation about a tough topic. In this episode, Louisville Metro Police Department Lieutenant Colonel Nick Owen shares his view on "What should the public know about police interactions with people experiencing homelessness?" As Assistant Chief of Police with nearly 20 years on the force, Nick Owen talks about the importance of …

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UnSelling MamaEarth in Huchiun /a PoemCast for my mama 2:08

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UnSelling this small part of colonized Turtle Island in occupied Huchiun (oakland) settler legally and spirituallyBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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Bulldozers & BackHoes :disappeared from every road 1:21

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Disappeared from every street -every roadBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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The Reality of Mental Health Complications: Social and Personal 1:18:06

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This week, Theo explores the reality of mental health complications while unhoused -- with parent to an unhoused Angeleno, Anita, and speaking about lived experience with attorney Clare Cortwright. Also, we remember Angeleno and Reclaimer activist Benito Flores. More about Reclaimers and contribute to Benito's memorial fund here: https://reclaiming…

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Evicting, Sweeping, Towing, Killing, Evicting, Deporting, stealing hoarding 2:26

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This is a colonial desecration songBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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The ICE Storm Rages On 56:34

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This week, Theo speaks with returning guest, ACLU SoCal's Kath Rogers and immigration lawyer Pasquale Lombardo about the ICE raids in Los Angeles, and how to move forward with hope and pragmatism for the undocumented and unhoused communities. Also -- Theo covers the press conference of hospitalized victim of an ICE attack, Milagra Solis Portillo, i…

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SVDP 39│Housing, Healing, and Ali: Inside SVDP Phoenix’s Mission with CEO Shannon Clancy 48:18

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FEED. CLOTHE. HOUSE. HEAL. St. Vincent de Paul Phoenix's CEO Shannon Clancy shares how she and her team are transforming lives with compassion and innovation in the Valley of the Sun. As the first female CEO of SVDP Phoenix's nearly 80-year history, Clancy has adapted to meet the ever-changing needs of those experiencing homelessness. She shares ab…

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The Farce of ULie 2:12

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Sounds like Death - PoemCast from a povertySkola on the Farce of ULieBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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Big Blood Stained Budget :PoemCast from a povertySkola 2:27

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The big blood-stained budget will starve and harm us allBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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While LA Resists ICE, Arizona Battles Lethal Heat 37:52

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As the heat picks up and Los Angeles continues to resist ICE, Theo speaks with Tanner Swanson of A New Leaf in Arizona to speak about the unique issues the state’s unhoused people face in increasingly lethal temperatures. While the year mark of the Grants Pass decision approaches and climate change’s consequences continues to spread, they speak on …

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Tehran to Turtle Island No More War ON the poor 3:46

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From Tehran to Turtle Island -PoemCast from a povertySkolaBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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The ICE Has No Chill 54:46

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This week, Theo reports from Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, where necessary protest was met with violent retaliation from ICE, the LAPD, and the National Guard after the city was targeted for mass deportation. He reflects on the intersection of being unhoused and undocumented, and who gets left behind -- then, an interview with unhoused activist Secr…

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Episode 17: Housing First, Housing Heals with Lauren Hall from Delivering Innovative Supportive Housing 50:32

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Join us this episode with Lauren Hall to chat about DISH's commitment to providing high quality permanent housing to San Franciscans who suffer from serious health issues. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, theres is a nationwide shortage of affordable housing and permanent supportive housing. We explore the political attacks o…

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Episode #76: A Talk Story w/ Aunty Blanche at Hui Mahi'ai Aina, Serving the Houseless Community in Waimanalo 58:18

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Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Blanch McMillen also known as AuntyBlanche. I have been meaning to meet this amazing woman and share her story for a while, and today is the day. She is the founder of Hui Mahi’ai’Āina, a homeless community program that provides village style housing, essential facilit…

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SVDP 38│Dr. Brian Fikkert on how to help those in need without hurting them in the process 49:02

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Can helping actually hurt? Dr. Brian Fikkert talks about the difference between empowering and enabling those in need—and why poverty is about more than a lack of possessions. Fikkert coauthored "When Helping Hurts" and "Becoming Whole," books that have transformed how churches and organizations approach poverty. He is the Founder of the Chalmers C…

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Exploring the Dark Shadows of Foster Care Houselessness 39:59

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Theo is joined by author and journalist Claudia Rowe to discuss her latest book Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care and take a closer look at the ways that those in the foster system have faced discrimination and a complete lack of support for generations. The intersections and overlaps between systemics failure to those in …

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We want the PARK CLEAN again 8:17

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An allegedly public park named by settlers after the first peoples of this occupied land has called for the erasure of a humble and clean houseless ComeUnityBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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So Many Deaths From the perp called Swept -PoemCast 5:27

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Dedicated to JT (James Thomas) and James Edward Oakley and all the ancestors of the Violent WarONthepoor on stolen landBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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The Common Links to Houselessness: An International Perspective 48:57

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Houselessness is a global issue, and every unhoused person’s experience is unique. This week, Theo welcomes his first international guest to We the Unhoused — Greta shares her story of navigating houselessness in Europe and the UK, and how her experience is in conversation with how the unhoused are treated in the U.S. See omnystudio.com/listener fo…

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ContelHOEs -Lateral Violence causes Dangerous Silence Pt2 3:56

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Movements led by us for us undone by this violent perpetraSHUNBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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SVDP 37│Louisville Metro District 3 Councilwoman Shameka Parrish-Wright shares how SVDP supported her family's success 20:53

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In this podcast episode, Louisville Metro District 3 Councilwoman Shameka Parrish-Wright opens up in this exclusive interview at City Hall. She goes in-depth on how she overcame generational poverty through stability and support at St. Vincent de Paul Louisville. Shameka’s story is a powerful example of someone who, despite experiencing childhood t…

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Mamaaaa where we supposed to go ? 2:55

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On Houseless mamas day cuz we refuse to b swept to deathBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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The Struggle. The Blues. The Redemption. 37:03

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This week, Theo speaks with the legendary John Lee Hooker Jr. about his time being unhoused, the misconceptions media has around the unhoused, and how he found his way through addiction. Also, a moment to celebrate We the Unhoused's two Webby Award wins! Follow John Lee Hooker Jr. here: https://johnleehookerjr.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for p…

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My public body isn't safe -the Settler myth of public safety 2:38

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Who and what is is the public and where can I be safe -PoemCast from a povertySkolaBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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United to Discuss Houselessness 59:23

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This week, Theo talks with Becks Heyhoe-Khalil about how houselessness is treated in America versus other places in the west -- and what needs to be done in the States to combat the numerous way the U.S. fails the unhoused on the city, state, and national levels. Follow Dr. Heyhoe-Khalil's work here: https://unitedtoendhomelessness.org/ https://www…

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Episode 16: San Francisco Immigrant Experience and Family Homelessness 48:41

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On Today's episode we will be speaking to the Lucia Obregon, the director at the San Francisco Latino Party and Equity Coalition (SFLPEC) a citywide coalition of more than 22 Latinx-led and Latinx serving community based agencies, she is also the appointed commissioner for the immigrant rights commission of San Francisco, a volunteer with the Build…

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Burned Privilege -PoemCast from a povertySkola 2:46

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Who gets to say they lost everything ?By Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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Undoing the Harm: An Overdue Discussion On Harm Reduction 1:05:20

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WE THE UNHOUSED IS NOMINATED FOR A WEBBY! Vote for us here before April 17th: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/shows/public-service-activism This week, Theo speaks with Amanda Nicholson and Max Flower about the pressing issue of harm reduction. We discuss how misinformation about harm reduction is weaponized against the unho…

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SVDP 36│From the Bayou to the Bluegrass: Archbishop Fabre on the importance of prayer, the journey to priesthood, preparing for Easter, and battling snowy weather 40:30

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Join us as we sit down with Archbishop Shelton Fabre of the Archdiocese of Louisville at the stunning Archdiocesan History Center. Archbishop Fabre shares his story and transition from Louisiana to Louisville. He talks about driving in the snow, why priests don’t fall from the sky, the deeper meaning of Lent, how faith compels us to serve those in …

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Violence from inside -poemCasting On lateral violence In Movements 4:29

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poemcasting about lateral violence Using cancel lies to silence Part 1By Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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The Wrong Read Home: Lived Experience vs. Academia 1:02:47

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This week, Theo welcomes returning guest and activist Curtis Howard and academic Kevin Smith to contrast the ways that the unhoused are presented by unhoused and housed media, respectively. Curtis was unhoused for three decades and was incarcerated multiple times, and shares not just his own history, but the history of why Black men are particularl…

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LovePoem for Palestinian Mamas Day & All Us Traumatized Mamaz Everywhere 4:03

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Palestinian Mamas Day Love poem for all the traumatized mamas across Mama EarthBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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The E-L-M Is Within Us: Educate, Liberate, and Motivate 29:21

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This week, Theo looks to the future for the unhoused in America, and how to know your rights in an increasingly uncertain and hostile environment. He speaks with ACLU staff attorney Kath Rogers and Supervising Attorney for Tenants Rights at Inner City Law Kaimi Wenger about what you can do to protect yourself, and to remain educated, liberated, and…

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SVDP 35│Breaking the Cycle: Dr. Donna Beegle on Escaping the Warzone of Generational Poverty 46:56

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Communication Across Barriers President and Founder Dr. Donna Beegle shares her one of a kind story on how she broke free from the "warzone of poverty" after 26 years. As a national expert on poverty, Donna invites us to fight poverty, not the people experiencing it. She talks about how you can be poverty-informed, the different types of poverty, a…

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For all the Unseen , never heard women on Intl Women's day 2:09

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Hold us close and please don't look awayBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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Episode 15: The intersectionality of Homelessness and the Lived Black Experience 53:56

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In this episode, we delve into the intersectionality of homelessness and the Black experience with two prominent leaders in the fight for social justice and housing equity: Shellena Eskridge, Executive Director of the Homeless Prenatal Program (HPP), and Joe Wilson, the Executive Director of Hospitality House. Shellena, a San Francisco native who i…

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Swept to death -for James Edward Oakley Who Shud Still B Alive 2:06

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PoemCast from a povertySkola for JamesEdwardOakley, Cornelius Taylor, Shannon Marie Bigley and so many more who shud still b alive but #SweepskillBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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LA: Big Fires Everywhere 1:11:27

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In our final installment on the LA fires (for now), Theo speaks to Alex, a survivor of the Altadena Eaton fire about his recent experience, and his previous experience being unhoused years ago. Then, we check in with Rachel Sanoff, volunteer coordinator of the SELAH unhoused coalition in LA about the efforts they've done to assist with those newly …

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Episode #75: A Talk Story w/ Judy Meredith on Hawaii's Vacant Land Loan Options 45:34

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Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Judy Meredith with PRMG Hawaii. Today we will be discussing land loans and how someone can obtain land to build on. A topic of discussion by many who are looking to find that perfect family land larger than the typical 5-10,000 square foot lot, something you can grow f…

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Colded to Death..4 the Babies & Mamas we lost To Homelessness On stolen land 1:21

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PoemCast dedicated to Tateona & her babies & my mama & all the babies and mamas we lost to homelessness on stolen landBy Lisa Tiny Gray-Garcia

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Wake Up, LA: Smell the Ashes 40:20

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In the second part of We the Unhoused's LA fire coverage, Theo speaks with JTown Action and Solidarity co-founder Mario Correa about the mutual aid response to the fires, both with the existing unhoused community and newly displaced people. Then, he checks in with longtime unhoused veteran activist in West LA Ryan Thompson, who speaks on how the un…