Outsiders

KNKX

Homelessness on the West Coast is rising to crisis levels at a time of historic economic growth and prosperity. Why? KNKX Public Radio and The Seattle Times' Project Homeless spent one year in a city that’s grappling with homelessness. What’s it like to live outside for months on end? What’s it like when tents come to your neighborhood? What new solutions can city leaders find? This is Outsiders.

  • 33 minutes 42 seconds
    New Podcast: The Walk Home
    KNKX Public Radio and The Seattle Times want to share a new podcast: The Walk Home. Listen to the first episode here. To get new episodes as they come out, look for The Walk Home wherever you get your podcasts or visit thewalkhomepodcast.org.
    7 September 2022, 7:30 am
  • 51 minutes
    Episode 10: The Streets Change You
    This series started with Jessica. We find out what happened to her.
    21 October 2020, 8:00 am
  • 18 minutes
    Episode 9: On the Ground
    What’s with all the trash? Should you give cash to someone who asks for it? We took your questions about homelessness to the people best equipped to respond: those who are homeless themselves.
    14 October 2020, 8:01 am
  • 50 minutes
    Episode 8: A Ticking Clock
    Olympia’s response to homelessness defied conventions. Did it work? A year later, we look at the city’s results and whether they point to a way forward.
    7 October 2020, 8:01 am
  • 1 minute
    Announcement: Outsiders is back
    Stay tuned for a three-episode finale that completes the story we started telling you early this year. The first of those episodes drops Oct. 7.
    30 September 2020, 7:01 am
  • 17 minutes
    Transmission: A pandemic meets a homelessness crisis
    When the novel coronavirus outbreak hits Olympia, it arrives in the middle of a "state of emergency" around homelessness. What happens to people surviving outside when the government says to stay at home? This crossover episode with the KNKX podcast Transmission looks at the effects of the pandemic on the homeless population.
    20 March 2020, 5:38 am
  • 36 minutes
    Episode 7: It's the Water
    Does something about Olympia attract desperate people from all over? We examine the “magnet theory” of homelessness.
    18 March 2020, 7:01 am
  • 57 minutes
    Inside Outsiders
    The Outsiders team holds a live event to explain how we made the series and what we learned. We answer listeners’ questions: Are some people homeless by choice? After a year of reporting, do we feel society is any closer to solving homelessness?
    11 March 2020, 7:01 am
  • 44 minutes
    Episode 6: The Bridge
    Homelessness divides Olympia and forces people to re-examine their politics. Emotions converge on an encampment under the Fourth Avenue Bridge.
    4 March 2020, 8:01 am
  • 41 minutes
    Episode 5: Let's Dance
    Sam Miller can help us understand how addiction and homelessness intersect because he’s lived them both. Plus he can make us laugh. He points to one reason he was able to overcome homelessness while many others get trapped.
    26 February 2020, 8:01 am
  • 41 minutes
    Episode 4: Parallel Society
    Despite Olympia’s efforts, hundreds of people remain in unsanctioned camps around the city. They invent ways to stay alive and help each other survive.
    19 February 2020, 8:19 am
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