Episodes 21
Avg. Duration 42m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (5)
Since Dec 2019
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Brought to you by the staff of the Street Sheet, the nation's oldest newspaper bringing you the word on the street about homelessness and poverty directly from those who live it. We answer your burning questions about homelessness in San Francisco because we know that homeless people themselves are the experts when it comes to ending poverty.

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Street Speak Gameshow Edition: Which Politician Said This?

Feb 26, 2026 57m

Join us for a fun gameshow edition with hilarious guests Tom Ammiano, (activist and former member of California State Assembly), Sarah Shortt, (Director of counseling programs at the Housing Rights…

S1E20 Episode 20: Plaintiffs in COH v City of SF Tell Their Story

Oct 02, 2025 42m

After years of having their belongings destroyed by city workers while homeless in San Francisco, Apple Cronk and her partner fought back through the courts.Join Apple and her partner Josh with our…

S1E19 Episode 19: End Poverty Tows- 2025 RV Ban

Sep 15, 2025 58m

On this episode we are joined by Lukas Illa, Human Rights organizer with the Coalition on Homelessness and Armando Martinez, RV resident and End Poverty Tows activist. As part of the RV ban, RV…

S1E18 Episode 18: What is Harm Reduction? With Laura Guzman and Shakema Straker

Aug 21, 2025 45m Transcript

In this episode we host Laura Guzman- the Executive Director at the National Harm Reduction Coalition and Shakema Straker, human rights organizer and harm reduction advocate at the Coalition on…

S1E17 Episode 17: Housing First, Housing Heals with Lauren Hall from Delivering Innovative Supportive Housing

Jun 16, 2025 50m

Join us this episode with Lauren Hall to chat about DISH's commitment to providing high quality permanent housing to San Franciscans who suffer from serious health issues. According to the National…

Episode 16: San Francisco Immigrant Experience and Family Homelessness

Apr 18, 2025 48m

On Today's episode we will be speaking to the Lucia Obregon, the director at the San Francisco Latino Party and Equity Coalition (SFLPEC) a citywide coalition of more than 22 Latinx-led and Latinx…

Episode 15: The intersectionality of Homelessness and the Lived Black Experience

Mar 07, 2025 53m

In this episode, we delve into the intersectionality of homelessness and the Black experience with two prominent leaders in the fight for social justice and housing equity: Shellena Eskridge,…

Episode 14: Poets Speak Up 2023

Jan 24, 2023 26m

Today's episode features some incredible poets reading their pieces aloud. To read these poems and many others, check out our full 2023 poetry edition of the Street Sheet, available at…

S2E1 Episode 13: Why is the Coalition on Homelessness suing the City of San Francisco?

Nov 21, 2022 29m Transcript

On September 27th, the ACLU, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights, and the Coalition on Homelessness—the organization that creates this podcast—filed a lawsuit against the City of San Francisco. They,…

S1E12 Episode 12: How A.B.O. Comix is Challenging Prisons Through Art

Mar 31, 2022 27m Transcript

This podcast is created by the same people who bring you the Street Sheet, San Francisco’s street newspaper.  This year's April Fools Day issue hits the streets of San Francisco full of comics that…

Episode 11: Street Sheet Poets Speak

Feb 18, 2022 21m

Today's episode features some incredible poets reading their pieces aloud. To read these poems and many others, check out our full poetry edition of the Street Sheet, available at…

Episode 10: What is the Overdose Crisis, and Why Should I Carry Narcan?

Nov 13, 2021 28m

The overdose crisis claimed the lives of 700 San Franciscans in 2020—twice the number of COVID-19 deaths during the same period. Poverty, criminalization, and the demonization of people who use drugs…

S1E9 Episode 9 - Keep SIP Hotels Open

Oct 29, 2021 46m

At the height of the Delta variant spike, the City of San Francisco announced plans to close down the Shelter in Place Hotels that had kept about 2,000 people safe and off the streets over the course…

S1E8 Episode 8: How Business Improvement Districts are Privatizing the Block

Sep 30, 2021 27m

This episode features an interview with Paul Boden of Western Regional Advocacy Project, a local organization coordinating a regional response to the criminalization of homeless people. We talk about…

S1E7 Episode 7: Why Homeless Advocates Should Support Sex Workers

Apr 21, 2021 36m

This episode features an interview with Celestina Pearl, the Outreach director at St. James Infirmary. She spoke with Street Speak about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sex workers in San…

S1E6 Episode 6: Connecting the Dots - Racism and Homelessness

Mar 18, 2021 51m

This episode is a pre-recorded panel hosted by the Housing Justice Workgroup of the Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco exploring the panelists own experiences with racism and homelessness. The…

Episode 5: Inside the Shelter in Place Hotels

Jan 21, 2021 59m

This episode dives into the reality of life inside San Francisco's Shelter in Place (SIP) Hotel program. There are 2,400 formerly unhoused people currently staying in SIP hotel rooms in San…

S1E4 Episode 4 - Why Do You Need Housing?

Sep 23, 2020 1h 19m

Episode 4 - Why Do You Need Housing?September 22, 2020HOUSING IN THE TIME OF COVID-19, AND WHY IT MATTERSA panel discussion hosted by House the Bay with unhoused San Franciscans speaking about the…

Episode 3: What Are Shelters Like in the Time of COVID-19?

Aug 13, 2020 41m

Episode 3: What Are Shelters Like in the Time of COVID-19?August 13, 2020In this episode we speak with Meghan "Roadkill" Johnson and Ben Baczkowski, both Shelter Client Advocates who work at the…

S1E2 Episode 2: What is an Encampment Sweep?

Feb 14, 2020 40m Transcript

Episode 2: What is an Encampment Sweep?Feb 14, 2020What happens when enough 311 complaints come in and the city decides to clear out a community of people? What happens to their belongings? And…

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