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Jennifer Egan on the promise and cost of housing the chronically homeless. And Joe Garcia, an inmate in California, reads from his essay about embracing Taylor Swift’s music behind bars. (article)
We could house most of the homeless, if we had the will. Also: Naomi Klein on what a case of mistaken identity says about our fragile society; and listening to Taylor Swift in prison. (episode)
Egan spent a year chronicling a new supportive-housing building in New York. This kind of facility works to end homelessness. What would be needed to scale it up nationwide?
Klein is commonly confused with Naomi Wolf, a writer who has embraced conspiracy theories. She discusses what this case of mistaken identity says about our fragile society.
An inmate in California serving a life sentence reads from his recent New Yorker essay about how he connects with Taylor Swift’s music.