Homeless at 20: How Aging Out of Foster Care Almost Cost Her Everything | Ep. 1
She lost her mother at 15. Was stranded in Nigeria. Came back to America
and landed straight in foster care. The moment she aged out she was on
her own. No family. Two minimum-wage jobs. College classes. And no guarantee
of a place to sleep.
This is Adaora Onuora's story.
In the first episode ...
He Worked His Whole Life — Then Lost Everything: Black Senior Homelessness | Ep. 2
"To live on the streets is very frightening. It lowers your dignity as a man
and as a woman."
Those are the words of Donald Gardner 68 years old, a cobbler, a HUD
contractor, and a full-time caretaker for eleven years. Then the pandemic hit.
His business shut down. His godfather passed. The fam...
He Worked His Whole Life — Then Lost Everything: Black Senior Homelessness | Ep. 2
"To live on the streets is very frightening. It lowers your dignity as a man
and as a woman."
Those are the words of Donald Gardner 68 years old, a cobbler, a HUD
contractor, and a full-time caretaker for eleven years. Then the pandemic hit.
His business shut down. His godfather passed. The fam...
Unhoused & Unheard Ep. 3: A Mother of 6 Navigated Homelessness — And the System That Almost Failed Her
"Your kids always tend to ask what's next, mommy?"Sharell Matthis said those words while working, while homeless, and whileraising six children with no safety net. This is her story.In this final episode of Unhoused and Unheard: The Black Experience ofHomelessness, Sharell takes us through what ...
Unhoused & Unheard Ep. 3: A Mother of 6 Navigated Homelessness — And the System That Almost Failed Her
"Your kids always tend to ask what's next, mommy?"
Sharell Matthis said those words while working, while homeless, and while
raising six children with no safety net. This is her story.
In this final episode of Unhoused and Unheard: The Black Experience of
Homelessness, Sharell takes us through...
Homelessness: Is There a Real Solution?
The debate over whether cities and states have the right to criminally punish people experiencing homelessness for sleeping in public. With a decision from the Supreme Court looming on whether cities and states will have the right to criminally punish people experiencing homelessness for sleeping...
Should Homelessness Be Criminalized?
The debate over solutions to homelessness heats up; is criminalization an answer? Grants Pass is a smaller community, nestled in the beautiful backdrop of southern Oregon, that has many residents claiming there has been an explosion of homelessness, leaving their idyllic community unsafe. Grants ...
Call To Action
Dr. Phil McGraw and guest experts Donald Whitehead, Reshma Saujani, Dr. Ingrid Haynes-Traylor, and Guy Fieri analyze societal issues and call for us to take action for a better future. They address inertia, advocate for support structures, share personal stories, and tackle addiction crises. Plus...
Diving Into The Homeless Crisis In America
California has the highest number of homeless encampments in the United States and holds more than half of all unsheltered homeless people. In an effort to resolve homelessness, major cities across the U.S., including Los Angeles, Portland, Austin, Houston, and San Francisco, are passing bills th...
Episode 772: In The Seats With....Valerio Zanoli, Donald Whitehead and 'Homeless'
It's one of the scourges of the modern age...On this very special episode we dive into a new documentary that is streaming now on Tubi for us up here in Canada that tackles a subject that needed humanizing long ago. It's time for 'Homeless'.For quite possibly the first time, 'Homeless' is a film...
