Poverty Policy Podcast
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Poverty and homelessness are the result of failed policy decisions. Each month, join a staff member from the National Health Care for the Homeless Council as they talk to expert guests to explore the connection between structural and social policy issues and poverty. If you're curious about how to help the 40 million people living under the poverty line and the millions more harmed by poverty policies, this podcast is for you.

Episode 13: Vaccines

This episode of the Poverty Policy Podcast is on the COVID-19 vaccine. Regina speaks with Katie League, COVID-19 Policy Manager at the National Health...
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Episode 12: Evictions

Regina interviews Noëlle Porter (Director of Government Affairs, National Housing Law Project) and attorney and artist, Rasheedah Phillips (Managing A...
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Episode 11: Disasters & Housing

On this episode of the Poverty Policy Podcast Regina interviews Joey Lindstrom, the Field Director for the National Low Income Housing Coalition, abou...
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Episode 10: Elections

For this episode of the Poverty Policy Podcast, Regina interviews Donald Whitehead Jr., the newly named Executive Director of the National Coalition f...
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Episode 9: Resilience

The episode features conversations with Carrie Craig, MSW, LCSW from Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and Lawanda Williams, LCSW-C from Baltimore’s...
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Episode 8: COVID - 19

Episode 8 features a conversation with Catherine Crosland, MD, from Director of Homeless Outreach at Unity Health Care in Washington DC, and Barbara D...
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Episode 7: Public Office

This episode explores what it takes to run for office and the role of public officials in ending poverty. Interviewees include Bakari Burns, MPH, MBA ...
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Episode 6: Food

Episode 6 explores hunger and food security and features interviews with Lauren Badger, Senior Government Relations Associate at the Food Research and...
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Episode 5: Work

The Council’s Poverty Policy Podcast's new “Episode 5: Work” explores what employment looks like for people living in poverty and how work requirement...
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Episode 4: Yoga

Join us to hear from three special guests on the connection between yoga, poverty, and policy. Yogi Albert, Yoga instructor and advocate in Baltimore,...
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