We the Unhoused

Dec 03 2024 86 ep. 59 mins 358
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We the Unhoused is a podcast created by Theo Henderson with the goal of uplifting voiceless citizens. Begun while Theo was living on the streets of LA for over eight years, the show provides an intimate look at the unhoused experience.

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Take a Pause: SELAH Mutual Aid Helps the Unhoused, Part 1

Dec 03 2024 45 mins  
This week Theo provides updates on the Jordan Neely murder trial before exploring how one Los Angeles mutual aid organization is working to educate their participants and volunteers on the Grants Pass decision, and how they plan to continue providing services during a second Trump administration. We speak with new volunteer Max, current volunteer site lead Raquel, operations manage

Grants Pass: The Pieces of Horrors

Nov 19 2024 74 mins  
This week, Theo gives insight into what the election means for the unhoused population, and speaks with activists on how to move forward. Rooflesser returns to the show to discuss their work on the ground in LA, and we check in with home reclaimer and advocate Martha Escuerdo to talk about her continued fight for safe and sustainable housing. Follow Rooflesser here: https://x.com/

The Power is in the People Who Vote!

Nov 05 2024 55 mins  
This week, Theo checks in with two candidates for judge we spoke with earlier this year -- George Turner and Erika Wiley. We discuss what's changed with the Grants Pass decision, the journey to the ballot box, and the pressing need for local politicians that are advocating for the unhoused. Learn more about George here: https://georgeaturner4judge.com/ Learn more about Erika here:

Unhoused Votes Matter

Oct 22 2024 70 mins  
Ahead of the election, Theo dives deep into why the unhoused vote is so crucial with Dr. Caitlin Krenn. Also, Theo speaks with Oregon-based activist Jetty about how Grants Pass legislation is already affecting the intensity of sweeps across the country. Follow Jetty here: https://www.instagram.com/junkartlady/ https://www.instagram.com/barefootdefenders/Follow Dr. Krenn here: htt

And the Youth Shall Lead Us

Oct 08 2024 79 mins  
Theo continues his exploration of the wreckage of the Grants Pass ruling with a focus on the effects of youth houselessness, and goes in depth with Dr. Robin Petering and Tonny St. James to discuss the Young People to the Front initiative. But first, Theo speaks with Emptea about the uptick of evictions in Los Angeles in district one, and how they're taking City Councillor Hernande

The Darkness Rises in El Monte

Sep 24 2024 52 mins  
This week, Theo is on the ground for a brutal Grant's Pass motivated sweep of a long term, vulnerable unhoused community in El Monte, CA this month. He speaks with people affected, and asks sheriffs and Army CORPS members on how one can justify sweeping and threatening to arrest allies assisting the unhoused in the middle of a triple-digit heat wave. How are sweeps changing now tha

Hillside Villa Fights On

Sep 10 2024 53 mins  
It's a busy week on We the Unhoused -- Theo travels between California and Michigan to take a closer look at the intersecting struggles of the unhoused and the housing-insecure. First, we speak with journalist Phoenix Tso of LA Public Press and Alejandro Gutierrez of the Hillside Villa Tenant Association on the current struggle to keep longtime residents housed in the face of brut

WTU Checks Out D.C. Part 3:

Aug 27 2024 73 mins  
Theo concludes the We the Unhoused trip to the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference in July, and reflects on the conference's urgency on the heels of the Grant's Pass Supreme Court decision. He speaks with three interviewees, who share how they've turned their lived experience with being unhoused into advocacy for others -- Curtis Howard, Rachel Parker, and Tawanna Sim

WTU Checks Out D.C. Part 2

Aug 13 2024 38 mins  
Theo's adventures in Washington continue this week, with two more interviews from the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference in July. First, Albert Townsend, the Director of Lived Experience at the Alliance, shares his story; then, Theo attends the "Lessons Learned from the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program" talk and speaks with Tatiana Reis and Lenn Dittmeier. Lea

The Heat Was On: WTU Checks Out D.C.

Jul 30 2024 60 mins  
Today we're sharing our first episode from Theo's summer trip to Washington, D.C., for the National Alliance for Ending Homelessness Conference. Theo attends a thought provoking presentation featuring Melissa Chinchilla and Deyanira Nevárez Martínez: Latinx Houselessness, Understanding and Addressing Double Up Houselessness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.