Podcast
Outsiders
Hosted by KNKX Public Radio & The Seattle Times · EN
Homelessness on the West Coast is rising to crisis levels at a time of historic economic growth and prosperity. Why? KNKX Public Radio and The Seattle Times' Project Homeless spent one year in a city that’s grappling with homelessness. What’s it like to live outside for months on end? What’s it like when tents come to your neighborhood? What new solutions can city leaders find? This is Outsiders.
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New Podcast: The Walk Home
Sep 7, 202200:33:42Tap to summarizeKNKX Public Radio and The Seattle Times want to share a new podcast: The Walk Home. Listen to the first episode here. To get new episodes as they come out, look for The Walk Home wherever you get your podcasts or visit thewalkhomepodcast.org.
Transcribe →Episode 10: The Streets Change You
Oct 21, 202000:51:00Tap to summarizeThis series started with Jessica. We find out what happened to her.
Transcribe →Episode 9: On the Ground
Oct 14, 202000:18:00Tap to summarizeWhat’s with all the trash? Should you give cash to someone who asks for it? We took your questions about homelessness to the people best equipped to respond: those who are homeless themselves.
Transcribe →Episode 8: A Ticking Clock
Oct 7, 202000:50:00Tap to summarizeOlympia’s response to homelessness defied conventions. Did it work? A year later, we look at the city’s results and whether they point to a way forward.
Transcribe →Announcement: Outsiders is back
Sep 30, 202000:01:00Tap to summarizeStay tuned for a three-episode finale that completes the story we started telling you early this year. The first of those episodes drops Oct. 7.
Transcribe →Transmission: A pandemic meets a homelessness crisis
Mar 20, 202000:17:00Tap to summarizeWhen the novel coronavirus outbreak hits Olympia, it arrives in the middle of a "state of emergency" around homelessness. What happens to people surviving outside when the government says to stay at home? This crossover episode with the KNKX podcast Transmission looks at the effects of the pandemic on the homeless population.
Transcribe →Episode 7: It's the Water
Mar 18, 202000:36:00Tap to summarizeDoes something about Olympia attract desperate people from all over? We examine the “magnet theory” of homelessness.
Transcribe →Inside Outsiders
Mar 11, 202000:57:00Tap to summarizeThe Outsiders team holds a live event to explain how we made the series and what we learned. We answer listeners’ questions: Are some people homeless by choice? After a year of reporting, do we feel society is any closer to solving homelessness?
Transcribe →Episode 6: The Bridge
Mar 4, 202000:44:00Tap to summarizeHomelessness divides Olympia and forces people to re-examine their politics. Emotions converge on an encampment under the Fourth Avenue Bridge.
Transcribe →Episode 5: Let's Dance
Feb 26, 202000:41:00Tap to summarizeSam Miller can help us understand how addiction and homelessness intersect because he’s lived them both. Plus he can make us laugh. He points to one reason he was able to overcome homelessness while many others get trapped.
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