30 Best Homelessness Podcasts

1. Homeless in San Diego

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Homeless in San Diego: Real People, Real Stories, is a podcast created by Interfaith Community Services, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization located in North San Diego County. Hosted by Greg Anglea, CEO of Interfaith Community Services, each episode features a local professional's perspective on the issue of homelessness, as well as shares the real story of an individual or family who has experienced homelessness in San Diego.MORE Host Greg Anglea
Producer/Network Interfaith Community Services
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 37Facebook 4KTwitter 795Instagram 3K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Since Jun 2018 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. The Road Home

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Addressing and ending veteran homelessness is more than an obligation, it is a responsibility. Roughly 33,000 veterans throughout the country lack permanent housing, of this some 14,000 are unsheltered on any given night.The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans is launching 'The Road Home' podcast with a series covering affordable housing for veterans. Tune in as we discuss several projects across the country, housing best practices and how affordable housing availability is critical to ending veteran homelessness.MORE Host Jaidee Villaflor
Producer/Network National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7Facebook 16.1KTwitter 3KInstagram 686 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. The HOMELESS IDEA

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A view into the everyday events, and insights of a Homeless individual in today's society from a first hand perspective. Entirely hosted and co hosted by people who are in society s eyes down and out. Are they ?? Find out what it's really like on our side of the street. This is as real as I can bring it to you unscripted street life reality, street life rom those who live it. Our personal perspective. Do the homeless have a voice, they do now, this is that voice.are those who wander lost? You may be surprised!MORE Hosts Shea Smith, Collin Spires, Scott Taylor, Ross Addicott
Producer/Network Shea Smith,Collin Spires,Scott Taylor,Ross Addicott.
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 23Twitter 1.2K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Dec 2019 Get Email Contact

4. Things You Didn't Know You Wanna Know That You Should Know

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'Things You Didn't Know You Wanna Know that You Should Know,' (or 'Things' for short) examines and explores some of the hottest and most relevant current topics and issues that affect our lives. We feature a new issue each month---one that our listeners help to select. We take a look at the facts of each issue, honest and straightforward, so you are better informed with a clearer understanding of each issue when it counts. Each episode will also contain bonus content to give listeners news and information in a fun and unique way.MORE Host David Sevick
Producer/Network D-Man
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Groundswell - the reality of homelessness, from the people who have been there.

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Groundswell is a charity that exists to enable people who are homeless to create solutions and move themselves out of homelessness for benefit of our whole society.The experience of homelessness is core to everything we do. Our podcasts link to various pieces of research and journalism we have done, all led by people who have themselves been homeless. The episodes explore specific issues relating to the experience of homelessness, using real stories. Content warning: some of the episodes to cover triggering topics including (but not limited to) suicide, violence, abuse and addictionMORE Producer/Network Groundswell
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 685Twitter 7.4K Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

6. Homelessness Is Real

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I will be explaining why I am homeless and what brought me here. And what happens in my daily life bc of this. I hope my experience, strength and hope can help someone else, or enlighten someone. Welcome to my life!MORE Host Tori
Producer/Network Tori
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Since Jul 2020 Get Email Contact

7. Unpacking Homelessness

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'Homeless' is one of the most dehumanizing labels we use—reducing nearly a million unique lives to a single, harmful stereotype. We're three friends seeking to better understand the housing crisis and its root causes. In this series, we speak with people who have experienced homelessness, along with social workers, mental health professionals, researchers, law enforcement, and everyday community members trying to make sense of a complex issue. Together, we explore the human stories, systemic challenges, and lived realities behind one of the most pressing social issues of our time.MORE Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 66 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. Going Beyond: Homeless Link Practice Podcast

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Going Beyond, a podcast for people working in the homelessness sector.
Producer/Network Homeless Link
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9. Young People to the Front

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The Young People to the Front Podcast (YP2FPod) aims to elevate youth voices and increase awareness about youth homelessness in LA. By exploring the causes and LA-specific issues that intersect with youth homelessness, as well as highlighting actions that can be taken to solve it, we hope to build a broad support network and deepen our connection to the community.MORE Producer/Network Young People to the Front
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10. Trial by Shelter: Speaking back to the war on the unhoused

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A podcast by Voices for Unhoused Liberation featuring folx with current or past lived experience of poverty and being insecurely and/or unhoused, speaking to the harms of the shelter system and and the City of Toronto's maltreatment of the unhoused community.MORE Producer/Network Voices Collective
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11. Ending Homelessness: What is to Be Done

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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 ..MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

12. Collaborative Solutions Podcast

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In the Collaborative Solutions podcast, listeners are introduced to a diverse panel of local experts from Kansas as they work to solve the challenging social issues that confront people experiencing homelessness. Through personal anecdotes and professional insights, James Chiselom, Barry Feaker, Misty Bosch-Hastings, and Brett Hartford highlight the importance of collaboration and compassion in finding solutions.MORE Producer/Network Collaborative Solutions Podcast
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13. On the Corner of Homelessness and '_____________'

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Homelessness is a deeply complex and multifaceted issue in America today. Join your hosts, Joe and Emma, as they delve into the many intersecting factors that shape the experiences of those facing homelessness.MORE Producer/Network Family Promise of Spokane
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14. UnHoused & UnFiltered | MCAH's Podcast

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UnHoused and UnFiltered — Podcast OverviewUnHoused and UnFiltered is a Michigan-based podcast that tackles the real issues surrounding housing insecurity and homelessness across the state. It brings together a range of voices — from policy experts and advocates to individuals who have lived through homelessness — to explore both systemic causes and practical responses.Episodes are frank, in-depth conversations that go beyond surface-level discussion to highlight nuanced perspectives and lived realities.Hosts & PerspectiveHosted by Nick Cook, Director of Public Policy at the Michigan Co..MORE Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

15. It Takes a Village with Creekside Community Village

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Housing alone will not end homelessness, but community will. You can partner with Mission Waco to help provide low-cost permanent supportive housing to the homeless in McLennan County.
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16. Unhoused - voices from the threshold

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Welcome to Unhoused, a podcast where we explore the changing face of homelessness in the Bega Valley, the levels of awareness in the community and the kinds of assistance available to those experiencing difficulties with housing. In later episodes we will also explore some of the housing strategies that are on the table and those being implemented for our community.MORE Email ****@begavalley.nsw.gov.au
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17. On The Way Home

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On the Way Home is a podcast that brings together the voices and issues involved in ending homelessness in Canada. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Producer/Network On The Way Home
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18. WVCEH Presents: Between the Lines

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Hello and welcome to Between the Lines , a podcast presented by the West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness dedicated to exploring the critical and complex issue of homelessness here in our Great State. Between the Lines aims to shed light on the realities of homelessness in a way that moves beyond the headlines, to the heart of the issue, through honest discussions with individuals who have lived experience, and front line service providers alike. I'm your host - Ashley Hawkins - and I'm thrilled to have you join us on this conversational journey...MORE Estimated listeners
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19. Unsheltered Conversations

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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. In each episode, we'll talk with builders, nonprofit leaders, advocates, and those with lived experience to explore the deeper stories that often go untold.MORE Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

20. The System Remix

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The System Remix Podcast flips the script on youth homelessness. This is where youth voices take the mic, myths get challenged, and real solutions take center stage. We break down how Florida's homeless response system works and the impact on the youth experiencing it in the present. Whether you're a young person, an ally, or just ready to learn, each episode sparks action, builds community, and fuels bold change, so every young person has a place to call home. MORE Email ****@flyinaction.org
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21. Give Me Shelter

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Every day we see more tents under bridges, more families living out of their cars. While the problems seem insurmountable, the solutions are simpler than you think.We share the real stories and the real solutions of homelessness… what works, what doesn't, and how communities like ours can do better. This is… Give Me Shelter.MORE Estimated listeners
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22. KRFC From Here to Home

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From Here to Home is a podcast that cuts through the myths and half-truths surrounding homelessness. Hosted by a journalist and his son, a homelessness expert, each episode explores the real questions people ask but rarely get answered. It's an honest, human conversation about one of the most misunderstood issues in America.MORE Email ****@krfcfm.org
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23. Street Roots Radio

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XRAY.FM's Street Roots Radio is a collaborative radio project with Street Roots journalists. Highlighting the work of the Orange Fence Project, which focuses on homelessness policy, enforcement and impact in Portland, OR. Also available as a podcast on demand.MORE Producer/Network hanarosafrancis@gmail.com (hanarosafrancis@gmail.com)
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24. The Power of Home

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The Power of Home is a podcast by Miriam's Kitchen that explores the meaning of home and the impact of stable housing on individuals and communities. Through powerful stories, expert insights, and candid conversations, the podcast highlights the journey from homelessness to housing, the challenges of the system, and the solutions that drive change. Each episode amplifies voices of guests, advocates, and changemakers committed to ending chronic homelessness in D.C.MORE Email ****@miriamskitchen.org
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

25. housing last

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We can end homelessness, but do we want to? Housing Last explores what stands in the way of ending homelessness. Created by unhoused, for unhoused. Based in Dane County, WI. housinglast.carrd.coMORE Estimated listeners
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26. WVCEH Presents: Fact or Fake

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'Fact or Fake' - a WVCEH Podcast - explores the most persistent myths about homelessness in West Virginia, and examines them through the lens of real data, frontline insight, and lived experience. Each short episode takes on one common claim, from 'They're bussed in from out of state' to 'People choose homelessness,' and separates fact from fiction. Straightforward, research-based, and grounded in the reality of our communities.MORE Estimated listeners
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