Vin Lyon-Callo

Ending Homelessness: What is to Be Done

Society EN ↓ 29 episodes

A Podcast Featuring Discussions with Academics, Activists, and Advocates. It is hard to imagine today but there was a time in the not too distant past without so many people living in camps, on the streets, or in shelters. How did today's conditions of homelessness being largely accepted as "just the way things" are come to be? Why is it that despite the well-meaning helping efforts and hundreds of millions of dollars spent over the last four decades homelessness remains widespread? How has homelessness become as American as Apple Pie, Football, and Mass Shootings? And, of course, it is not...

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Vin Lyon-Callo

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Criminalizing Homelessness Today: Discussion with Chris Herring 12.01.2026 1:09:48

The discussion covers the criminalization of homelessness, the formation of mass encampments, the impact of policies on homelessness, the role of Housing First, racisms contributions to homelessness and criminalization efforts, and the policing of poor people. It also delves into the societal perception of homelessness and the need for affordable housing. The conversation covers the intersection o...

LGBTQ Youth and Homelessness: Discussion with Brandon Robinson 29.12.2025 56:59

The conversation today delves into the complex issue of LGBTQ youth homelessness, exploring systemic causes, the impact of poverty, race, and class, and the role of family dynamics with Dr. Brandon Robinson (University of California, Riverside). Brandon Robinson is the author of the important book "Coming Out to the Streets: LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness". https://www.ucpress.edu/books/com...

Tent City, Seattle: Discussion with Tony Sparks 10.12.2025 42:03

Dr. Sparks is the guest today. Dr. Sparks is associate professor of urban studies and planning at San Francisco State University and author of the book Tent City, Seattle: Refusing Homelessness and Making a Home. https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295752617/tent-city-seattle/ The conversation today explores the themes of community governance, the challenges of collective living, and the importance o...

Introducing the Podcast Ending Homelessness: What Is to Be Done? 03.12.2025 10:21

In this initial episode, the host Vin Lyon-Callo lays out the rationale and plan for the podcast. A goal is a return to a focus on ending homelessness. Through dialogues and discussions with academics, advocates, and activists the hope is to learn from decades of important insights gained on what has not worked, to challenge dominant stereotypes about homeless people with facts, and to suggest alt...