A Tiny Plot: "Rocked" EP 4

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🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Mama D, President Matt, and the rest of the group are finally seeing their experiment in co-governance take shape. They built their security sheds and saw their tiny homes for the first time. But when Nino Parker stepped onto the sidewalk in a neck brace, on crutches, it was clear that the group was about to face a whole new level of chaos.

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.

A Tiny Plot is a new 5-part series from KQED’s Snap Studios, 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.
0:22.3	From KQED's
0:23.4	SNAP studios.
0:25.0	This is a tiny
0:26.1	plot.
0:29.0	This episode
0:30.3	contains strong
0:31.2	language and
0:32.1	graphic imagery.
0:34.0	Sensitive listeners,
0:35.3	please be advised.
0:41.7	Music sensitive listeners, please be advised. Welcome back to a tiny plot, a story told in five parts.
0:46.5	I'm your host, Shana Shealy, and this is Chapter 4.
0:50.9	When we left off, Mamadie and President Matt and the rest of the group were finally seeing their experiment and co-governance take shape.
0:59.4	They built their security shed and saw their tiny homes for the first time.
1:04.5	Yeah, you can move in today, man.
1:07.1	Wow.
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