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
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3mins
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
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37mins
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
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40mins
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
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42mins
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
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41mins
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
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41mins
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
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44mins
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
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57mins
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
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36mins
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
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17mins