The Truckee River Runs Through Us, an Expert's Take
The Truckee River is looking frighteningly low toward the end of 2021. Our guest for this episode is environmental storyteller and Truckee River exper...
Biggest Little Streets
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This is Biggest Little Streets audio street chronicles, a podcast by Our Town Reno. We address issues of homelessness, the disappearance of public space and the value of helping each other out. We do live reporting, micro storytelling and spoken word. As we face an affordable housing crisis, what happens to our most vulnerable?
On Stopping Sweeps and Facing the Constant Threat of Being Swept
Jake Maynard explains why he joined the anti-sweeps movement in Reno, Nevada, while we go into our archives, a profile of Joane, over 70 and fending f...
Losing Hope on the Streets
What happens when you've lost almost all hope while living on the streets? Why is it that in certain situations it's so difficult to climb that hill a...
RTC Washoe Bus Drivers Renew Strike Action Against Keolis
Contracted private operator Keolis, transportation and city officials have expressed disappointment and frustration bus drivers are back on strike ami...
A Family in Washoe County Shattered by a Police Killing
Too many of our neighbors have had their relatives killed by local law enforcement in situations which could have easily avoided death. At a recent ra...
Alexis Hill, Now Leading the Way to Help the Unhoused in Northern Nevada
In this episode with Richard Bednarski, we look into getting more details on what’s going on at the Nevada Cares Campus and the overall local governme...
Helping Seniors Combat Smoke and COVID Loneliness with Technology
Being elderly in normal times can lead to acute loneliness. In this new normal of a still surging pandemic and terrible air quality, the loneliness ha...
Forced Evacuees of California's Caldor Fire Cross Over into Nevada
In this bonus episode, we look into the plight of evacuees from the Caldor Fire on the California Nevada border. Despite efforts by firefighters, hund...
Jessica Castro, From Unhoused and Surviving Trauma to Helping Others in Reno
Jessica Castro was unhoused herself and went through devastating trauma but has rebounded. She’s now a powerhouse advocate for those struggling in Ren...
Anthony Shafton, an Author Tracking Reno Through Famous Artists and Public Spaces
Our guest on this episode is Anthony Shafton, a Chicago native, independent scholar and current Reno resident. He’s an author who has written several ...