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Outsiders

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 ... Read more

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Introducing: Outsiders, a story about homelessness

Introducing: Outsiders, a story about homelessness

Homelessness on the West Coast is rising to crisis levels at a time of historic economic growth and prosperity. Why? KNK... Read more

7 Jan 2020

3mins

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Episode 1: The Rain

Episode 1: The Rain

The West Coast's homelessness crisis arrives in Olympia, Washington. City leaders scramble to respond, and wonder if the... Read more

29 Jan 2020

37mins

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Episode 2: What Happened Here

Episode 2: What Happened Here

The rise of homelessness in Olympia looked different depending on where you were standing. To many people, it swept over... Read more

5 Feb 2020

40mins

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Episode 3: All My Nightmares

Episode 3: All My Nightmares

How did people end up on the streets of Olympia? Some can point to a catastrophe that bent their lives toward homelessne... Read more

12 Feb 2020

42mins

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Episode 4: Parallel Society

Episode 4: Parallel Society

Despite Olympia’s efforts, hundreds of people remain in unsanctioned camps around the city. They invent ways to stay ali... Read more

19 Feb 2020

41mins

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Episode 5: Let's Dance

Episode 5: Let's Dance

Sam Miller can help us understand how addiction and homelessness intersect because he’s lived them both. Plus he can mak... Read more

26 Feb 2020

41mins

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Episode 6: The Bridge

Episode 6: The Bridge

Homelessness divides Olympia and forces people to re-examine their politics. Emotions converge on an encampment under th... Read more

4 Mar 2020

44mins

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Inside Outsiders

Inside Outsiders

The Outsiders team holds a live event to explain how we made the series and what we learned. We answer listeners’ questi... Read more

11 Mar 2020

57mins

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Episode 7: It's the Water

Episode 7: It's the Water

Does something about Olympia attract desperate people from all over? We examine the “magnet theory” of homelessness.

18 Mar 2020

36mins

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Transmission: A pandemic meets a homelessness crisis

Transmission: A pandemic meets a homelessness crisis

When the novel coronavirus outbreak hits Olympia, it arrives in the middle of a "state of emergency" around homelessness... Read more

20 Mar 2020

17mins

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