A Tiny Plot: "Burned" EP 5

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🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The group from Union Point moves into their new homes on the tiny plot of land near Lake Merritt. They run their own security and decide who comes into their space. But then, on a Monday morning in March, we hear devastating news…

A fire burns through the plot of land on E12th. Is this the end of the experiment, or will the group keep building?

This episode contains strong language & graphic imagery. Please take care while listening.

Thank you to the entire cast from A Tiny Plot for sharing your story with us.

Hosted and produced by Shaina Shealy. Edited by Anna Sussman, original music by Renzo Gorrio, engineering by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Director of Production: Marisa Dodge. Executive Producers: Glynn Washington and Mark Ristich. Artwork: Teo Ducot.

Special thanks: Jen Chien, Catherine Winter, the City of Oakland, Sweetie at the Travel Inn, Ryan Finnegan, Will Craft, JP Dobrin, Thomas Brouns, Sukey Lewis, Alistair Boone, The Street Spirit, KQED legal, and Ott House Audio.

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0:00.0	Introducing the five-year price guarantee from Xfinity.
0:10.9	No matter how your life or your taste and music changes in five years,
0:14.7	your internet price will stay exactly the same.
0:17.7	Restrictions apply new residential customers only,
0:20.1	taxes and fees extra, and subject to
0:21.6	change. From KQED's SNAP Studios, this is a tiny plot.
0:31.6	Welcome back to a tiny plot, a story told in five parts. This is Chapter 5.
0:39.5	When we left off,
0:41.6	You know how all of the girls, they want that white house with the white picket pants?
0:45.9	She got it.
0:47.9	May it taking a little longer, but she hasn't now.
0:50.6	After an entire year of fighting and planning and building, the group from Union Point
0:56.8	finally moved into their new co-governed home on East 12th Street.
1:00.7	It's kind of nice, you know.
1:03.4	We feel comfortable and we feel safe.
1:06.3	Until one morning, I heard helicopters above my apartment near Lake Merritt and checked my phone.
1:12.2	I saw a text from Adam. One of the tiny homes on East 12 caught fire.
1:19.2	I gathered my gear and ran to the site.
1:24.2	How are you guys? Are you okay?
1:28.5	From KQED SnapAP Studios, I'm Shana Shealy.
1:33.2	This is a tiny plot, Chapter 5, burned.
1:37.6	You okay?
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