We the Unhoused iHeartPodcasts

Description: Theo heads over to Painted Brain LA to meet with artist-in-residence Amanda Nicholson, whose work explores the diversity and uniqueness of the unhoused experience. Plus, Theo checks in for Unhoused News all the way from Washington DC, where he just finished covering the National Alliance to End Homelessness conference.
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This week, Theo takes you inside the Care, Not Cages press conference from this past spring in LA, organized by the Reimagine LA coalition. How do we get our cities to invest in their people as promised? Gather, and demand it. Also: Theo gives his take on the horrifying Supreme Court decision that further criminalizes being unhoused in the U.S.
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Theo speaks with Ralph Silverman and Fred Waitzkin. Waitzkin is the author of the upcoming book "Anything is Good," an account of his friendship with Ralph ranging from their high school best friendship, through Ralph's experiences being unhoused in Florida, and Waitzkin's learning that his assumptions about the unhoused experience were far from the truth.
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This week, Theo explores how struggles of the unhoused are intersected with Palestinians fighting for freedom while being ethnically cleansed. He catches up with reclaimer and past guest Martha Escuerdo with @reclaiminghomes, then speaks with student organizers in protest encampments at USC, demanding divestment from Israel and acknowledging the displacement universities do locally. 
Also, a memorial for Jessica ‘Queen’ Mendez.
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This week, Theo learns about the origins of a successful, ever growing mutual aid group — the Echo Park Trash Club, and what they offer to the unhoused community.
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To conclude our Blow the Whistle series, Theo conducts a round table discussion with three whistleblowers on Inside Starving.
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