Episode 21 | America's Disordered Cities

About this episode

The episode discusses homelessness and public encampments in progressive cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, questioning the role of NGOs and societal perceptions of homelessness.

In this special episode of Rationally BASED, our host, law professor Ilan Wurman, is joined by guest co-hosts Sanjana Friedman and Judge Glock. Both write about homelessness, public encampments, and other disorders in America's progressive cities. Our hosts talk about the state of the homelessness-industrial complex in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Do NGOs have an incentive to perpetuate homelessness? Was Spencer Pratt right to describe homeless people as simply "drug addicts"? (Answer: most...

People in this episode

Host: Ilan Wurman

Guests: Sanjana Friedman, Judge Glock

Topics covered

• homelessness
• public encampments
• progressive cities
• homelessness-industrial complex
• NGOs
• drug addiction

Keywords

• homelessness
• public encampments
• Los Angeles
• San Francisco
• NGOs
• drug addiction
• progressive cities

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Spencer Pratt

Places: Los Angeles, San Francisco

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