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We the Unhoused is a podcast created by Theo Henderson with the goal of uplifting voiceless citizens. Begun while Theo was living on the streets of LA for over eight years, the show provides an intimate look at the unhoused experience.


We the Unhoused

This week, Theo is in the field with Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid (PUMA) for their National Houseless Persons’ Memorial Day event. Organizers and neighbors gathered on December 21st, 2025, the longest night of the year, to memorialize those we lost. We also remember Cindy McAllister, Jessica 'Queen' Mendez, and Benito Flores.

Follow Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid here: 
 
https://www.instagram.com/palmsunhousedmutualaid/

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Can You See Me 2025

To close out 2025, Theo speaks with Sam Luu and Hillary Cohen of Every Day Action. We learn how they scaled their pandemic-era mutual aid effort to feed the unhoused to where they are today, continuing that work by preventing food waste on film sets and helping out-of-work film industry professionals during the ongoing labor crisis. 
 

Learn more about Every Day Action here: 
 
https://www.youreverydayaction.org/

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Actions, Not Just Words: Every Day Action to the Rescue

This week, Theo speaks with Professor Dina Gilio-Whitaker, author of the new book Who Gets to Be Indian? Ethnic Fraud, Disenrollment, and Other Difficult Conversations about Native American Identity. We also take a look at the new ghoulish policies that stand to force people into houselessness in the new year, and revisit the story of Brendan Glenn, an unhoused man killed by an LAPD officer ten years ago.
 

Buy Dina's book here: 
 
https://bookshop.org/p/books/who-gets-to-be-indian-ethnic-fraud-disenrollment-and-other-difficult-conversations-about-native-american-identity-dina-gilio-whitaker/6e5512b39cdfe3a3
 
Follow Dina: 
 
https://www.instagram.com/dinagiliowhitaker/?hl=en

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Hello, My True Name and Identity Is... with Dina Gilio-Whitaker

Longtime guest Caitlin Krenn returns to We the Unhoused to tell Theo about the upcoming documentary Outcast Nation: LGBTQIA. Homeless. Unseen. on PBS, along with collaborators and subjects Jen Liquori, Maddox Guerilla, and director Charlie Spickler.
 

Watch the documentary here starting December 6th or on your local PBS affiliate!
 
https://www.pbs.org/show/outcast-nation-lgbtqia-homeless-unseen-in-new-york-city/ 

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Don't Forget the Outcast Nation: Unseen LGBQTIA Unhoused

This week, Theo speaks with legendary activist and writer Dr. Gloria Browne-Marshall, author of the new book A Protest History of the United States. Dr. Browne-Marshall discusses the most effective ways to protest in the modern age, and what we can learn from the long tradition of sit-ins, street protests, and boycotts that have empowered people for centuries. Also, Theo returns to JTown Action and Solidarity in Los Angeles to speak with organizers Carlos and Zen the day that millions of Americans had SNAP benefits taken by the Trump regime.
 

Follow Gloria's work here: https://www.instagram.com/gbrownemarshall/?hl=en
 
Donate to JTown Action and Solidarity here: https://jtownaction.com/Donate

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The Ins and Outs of Protesting Effectively

This week, Theo heads to a protest organized by the unhoused residents of the Mountain View encampment after yet another violent sweep. Their question: why isn’t their DSA-endorsed councilperson, Eunisses Hernandez, showing up? Residents, organizers, and mutual aid workers share their perspectives. 
 
If you’re in LA and lost your SNAP benefits: 
 
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQP-y08EsjT/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
 
Follow the All Power Free Clinic here: 
 
https://www.instagram.com/apfreeclinic?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

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Where is Eunisses Hernandez When the Unhoused Need Her?

School is in session! This week, Theo speaks with Felicia Rangel-Samponaro of the Sidewalk School, an organization that provides services from food and necessities to policy advocacy to education to unhoused immigrants living on the Mexican border. Felicia's journey to this crucial work, and how the Sidewalk School has had to adapt to protect their participants during increased ICE kidnappings and violence, is not one to be missed.
 

Follow Felicia and the Sidewalk School here:
 
https://www.sidewalkschool.org
 
https://www.instagram.com/thesidewalkschool/?hl=en

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The Sidewalk School Is Open for Lessons Learned

Theo speaks with longtime activist Beth Green about how to push through moments of apathy in the organizing movement.
 
Follow Beth's work here: https://www.heartcastmedia.com/beth-green/
 
 
 
Keep voting for us in the Signal Awards -- open til October 9th!
 
https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?fbclid=PARlRTSANKtG1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp1QF2gTwcL-RtwGFolalwQqBkJK6ze8t3PwOwCPWyZ8OuvbsReVYEXZ5rFew_aem_uvY1f3AzE-45Fiw4fdKc5g#/2025/shows/genre/activism-public-service-social-impact?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadUBdoE8HC_kbcBhaJWpcEKgZCSus3vLdz8DsAj1smfDrr27EXlWBF2eaxXsA_aem_uvY1f3AzE-45Fiw4fdKc5g

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The Journey to Fighting Injustice

Description: We the Unhoused is nominated for a Signal Award, one of the most prestigious in podcasting, and your vote counts! Vote for WTU in the Activism, Public Service & Social Impact category before October 9th, and Theo will be back next week with a brand new episode.
 

Vote here: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?fbclid=PARlRTSANKtG1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp1QF2gTwcL-RtwGFolalwQqBkJK6ze8t3PwOwCPWyZ8OuvbsReVYEXZ5rFew_aem_uvY1f3AzE-45Fiw4fdKc5g#/2025/shows/genre/activism-public-service-social-impact?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadUBdoE8HC_kbcBhaJWpcEKgZCSus3vLdz8DsAj1smfDrr27EXlWBF2eaxXsA_aem_uvY1f3AzE-45Fiw4fdKc5g

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Vote for WTU in the Signal Awards!

This week, Theo examines how violent language has not just become normalized and weaponized against the unhoused, but how its worst offenders are lauded as heroes. Then: To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Crenshaw Farmer's Market, Theo speaks with organizers Laura, Ashley, Summer, and Jennifer about how community food justice is working to preserve and build community in South LA.
Learn more about the celebration on September 27th here:
 
https://www.crenshawfarmersmarket.com/

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Dream Better of What We Can Do: Food Justice and the Fight Against Hate

Theo covers and speaks at the "Defund The Police: Rally For Black Unhoused Lives" in Echo Park. We hear powerful testimony from Unhoused Echo Park resident Lady Bliss, a musical performance from Unhoused EP resident Ayman Ahmed, a call to action from LA CAN's General Dogon, John Blackman, and EP resident Zach talks about a camp shower he built. Theo then interviews congressional candidate David Kim, a self professed "PHIMBY" aka Public Housing In My Back Yard. (Photo: A portrait of Charley "Africa" Keunang, an unhoused resident of Skid Row who was murdered by LAPD in 2015. Rest In Power)

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Episode 27: Black Unhoused Lives Matter

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