Hi, I'm Shana Shealy. I've been a producer on Snap Judgment for nearly a decade. And years ago, I started following a small group of homeless people in Oakland, California, documenting their epic battle for their own place on their own terms.

I got totally sucked into this group's drama and I couldn't stop.

And now, we're finally bringing that story to you.

A tiny plot, a five-part series about scarcity, survival, and the one thing people in this group

wanted most. Control over their own lives. A tiny plot. A story told by the people who lived it.

A tiny plot is out now. Listen on Snap Judgment.

Introducing the five-year price guarantee from Xfinity.

No matter how your life or your taste and music changes in five years,

your internet price will stay exactly the same.

Restrictions apply new residential customers only, Taxes and fees extra and subject to change.

Snap Nation, we are really proud and humble.

Because just a few weeks ago,

the Third Coast Audio Festival awarded Snap Judgment its highest prize,

a gold award for an episode that we crafted as a message to our own hometown of Oakland.

Because we do love so much about this place.

The music, the art, the people, the cultures living side by side.

But for this episode, we explored a darker truth.

We sent a team of Snapdgment producers to document the stories behind every single homicide that occurred within our city limits for a full year.

And what you're about to hear is the story of the artists, the singers, the activists, the teachers, the students, the parents, and the regular folk.

Our neighbors lost in 2017.

From WNYC Studios, Snapdiction Proudly Presents, Counted, an open story.

This piece does contain explicit language and material,

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