Unsheltered Conversations

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, HomeAid America’s podcast where we explore stories of homelessness, hope, and the change we can build together. In this episode, Amber Celmer shares an extraordinary personal and professional journey: growing up in foster care, surviving trauma and instability, rising into leadership in the building/housing industry, and now directing HomeAid Sacramento toward...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, HomeAid America’s podcast where we explore stories of homelessness, hope, and the change we can build together. This Veterans Day, we honor the men and women who served our country, and we shine a light on the work being done to ensure every veteran has a place to call home. On a single night in 2024, just under 33,000 veterans were experiencing homelessness i...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, HomeAid America’s podcast where we explore stories of homelessness, hope, and the change we can build together. As we enter Homelessness Awareness Month, we’re leaning into this year’s theme: Someone You Know. Because the truth is, homelessness isn’t just about strangers on the street, it often touches closer than we realize. It’s about our neighbors, our cowo...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, HomeAid America’s podcast where we explore stories of homelessness, hope, and the change we can build together. Hosted by Scott Larson, today's episode features Brian Peterson, an artist, community builder, and the visionary behind Faces of Santa Ana, that became Faces of Mankind. From designing cars at Kia to painting portraits on the streets and now large-sc...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations , the podcastfrom HomeAid America where we take a deeper look at the human stories, systemic issues, and bold solutions shaping our response to homelessness. I’m your host, Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. Today, we’re joined by Dr. Gregg Colburn, Associate Professor at the University of Washington and co-author of Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How St...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, a podcast from HomeAid America. This episode of Unsheltered Conversations explores the aftermath of the Lahaina wildfires and the community's journey towards recovery. Host Scott Larson is joined by Kimo Carvalho, Dave Kosko, and Mark Kiner, who share their experiences and insights on rebuilding not just homes, but lives. The conversation delves into the impor...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, a podcast from HomeAid America. Hosted by Scott Larson we're joined by Cindy Bell, the Executive Director of Homemade Colorado, and Laura McKenna, the Executive Director of Tall Tales Ranch. In this episode, we talk about a pioneering project in Colorado Tall Tales Ranch, a shared housing community for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, a podcast from HomeAid America. Hosted by Scott Larson we're joined by two guests whose work—and lives—embody what it means to move from indifference to connection. Kevin F. Adler is the founder of Miracle Messages and author of "When We Walk By," a powerful book about the crisis of homelessness and the deeper crisis of belonging. Alongside him is Jamie Marie...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, a podcast from HomeAid America where we take an honest look at homelessness and the people, policies, and partnerships working to end it. I'm your host Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid. Today for our very first episode, I'm joined by someone whose voice has shaped so much of how HomeAid shows up in the world, our Chief Marketing Communications Officer, Monique Wad...