Unsheltered Conversations

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, the podcast from HomeAid America where we explore the human stories, partnerships, and solutions shaping the conversation around homelessness. This podcast is hosted by Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. Today's episode is a little different because we're talking about something that sits at the intersection of leadership, business, philanthropy, an...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, the podcast from HomeAid America where we explore the human stories, partnerships, and solutions shaping the conversation around homelessness. This podcast is hosted by Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. When we think about homelessness and housing insecurity, we often think about the need for shelter. But for many families, especially those living paycheck...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, the podcast from HomeAid America where we explore the human stories, partnerships, and solutions shaping the conversation around homelessness. This podcast is hosted by Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. As summer approaches, many Americans look forward to longer days, vacations, and warmer weather. But in cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas, extreme heat can...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, the podcast from HomeAid America where we explore the human stories, partnerships, and solutions shaping the conversation around homelessness. This podcast is hosted by Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. Today’s conversation brings together leadership, innovation,and impact through the lens of one of the most challenging housing markets in the country: Nort...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, the podcast from HomeAid America where we explore the human stories, partnerships, and solutions shaping the conversation around homelessness. This podcast is hosted by Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. Today’s conversation is with someone whose career has helped shape the homebuilding industry in California for decades. Tom Grable recently retired as Divi...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, the podcast from HomeAid America where we explore the human stories, partnerships, and solutions shaping the conversation around homelessness. This podcast is hosted by Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. Today’s conversation is about something incredibly important and often overlooked in the conversation around homelessness: opportunity . We know that housi...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, the podcast from HomeAid America where we explore the human stories, partnerships, and solutions shaping the conversation around homelessness. This podcast is hosted by Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. Today’s conversation is especially meaningful as we approach Mother’s Day, a time when we reflect on the strength, resilience, and love of mothers everywhe...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, the podcast from HomeAid America where we explore the human stories, partnerships, and solutions shaping the conversation around homelessness. This podcast is hosted by Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. Today’s conversation is with someone who has spent decades helping the public understand homelessness not just as a statistic, but as a deeply human story....

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, the podcast from HomeAid America, where we explore real solutions, real partnerships, and real stories behind the work to build a future without homelessness. This podcast is hosted by Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. Today, we’re talking about something small but incredibly powerful. A diaper. For most parents, diapers are a routine part of raising a chi...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, the podcast from HomeAid America, where we explore real solutions, real partnerships, and real stories behind the work to build a future without homelessness. This podcast is hosted by Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. Today’s episode takes us to Austin, Texas and to one of themost inspiring and innovative communities in the country: Community First! Villa...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, the podcast from HomeAid America, where we explore real solutions, real partnerships, and real stories behind the work to build a future without homelessness. This podcast is hosted by Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. Today’s episode is a special one recorded in recognition of Women in Construction Week established by the National Association of Women in...

In this special Black History Month episode, Scott sits down with Nancy Ackerman and Jackie Broxton to explore the extraordinary life of Biddy Mason. Born into slavery, she courageously secured her freedom, built generational wealth, and became a philanthropist whose legacy continues to inspire. The conversation explores how the partnership between HomeAid, the California Lutheran Homes Foundation...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, where we explore housing and community solutions from the people on the front lines. Today we’re talking about a number many of us have heard but few fully understand—211. 211 is a critical gateway connecting people to resources from food and shelter to health and crisis support. And February 11 is recognized annually as 211 Day, a moment to reflect on the pow...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations , the podcast from HomeAid where we dig into the stories, ideas, and systems shaping how we support people experiencing homelessness across the United States. I’m Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. Today we’re honored to be joined by two leaders whose work, in both storytelling and service , deepens our understanding of homelessness in America: Brian Goldsto...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, the podcast from HomeAid where we explore the people, partnerships, and policies shaping solutions to homelessness across the country. Hosted by Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. Today we’re talking about something that happens every January in communities across the nation, the Point In Time Count, an important effort led by local Continuums of Care, coor...

Welcome to Unsheltered Conversations, HomeAid America’s podcast where we explore stories of homelessness, hope, and the change we can build together. This special episode revisits HomeAid’s origins in 1989, its national expansion in the 1990s, the personal and professional journeys of its early leaders, and how those foundations shaped the HomeAid of today. The conversation also looks ahead to 202...

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, Scott Larson sits down with Donald Whitehead to explore the origins, meaning, and action-oriented purpose behind Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. The conversation will reflect on how communities across the country commemorate lives lo...

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...