Episode 189 - Living Rent Free
Bad Faith
Bad Faith
4.5 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2022
⏱️ 76 minutes
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This week, Briahna convenes an all-star panel of guests to break down the economic and philosophical roots of the housing crisis, and how to solve it. Rebecca Parson, a candidate for Washington's 6th congressional district, brings her personal experiences with homelessness to bear, along with observations from her district, while Canadian attorney and Global Director of THE SHIFT housing initiative, Leilani Farha, offers a global perspective. Finally, sociologist, anthropologist Dr. Dan Souleles joins from Copenhagen to apply his work on financial capitalism, and the role private equity has played in the housing market. The conversation spans the practical to the philosophical, and only deepens as it progresses. Stick around till the end, and join Briahna on Callin later this evening to discuss.
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Produced by Armand Aviram.
Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).
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| 0:00.0 | 7 months |
| 0:30.0 | It is my sincere pleasure to be joined by an all-star panel of listener or recommended |
| 0:40.6 | guests to talk about the ongoing housing crisis. |
| 0:44.1 | We have Lailani Farha, who is the Global Director of the Shift, a global housing organization |
| 0:50.6 | and co-host of Pushback Talks. |
| 0:53.1 | Welcome, Lailani. |
| 0:54.1 | I'm sure to be here. |
| 0:55.9 | We have Dr. Dan Suleilas, anthropologist and associate professor at the Copenhagen |
| 1:01.1 | Business School in Denmark, studies politics, economics and values in the United States |
| 1:05.1 | and has done field work on financial capitalism. |
| 1:08.0 | Welcome, Dr. Daniel. |
| 1:09.0 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:11.5 | And last but not least, Rebecca Parsons, many of you who are avid listeners and leftists |
| 1:16.7 | know her already. |
| 1:18.2 | She is a congressional candidate for Washington's sixth district. |
| 1:21.4 | Welcome to the podcast, Rebecca. |
| 1:23.0 | All right. |
| 1:24.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:25.0 | All right. |
| 1:26.0 | So, obviously, this is from the first time the audience is going to have heard that there's |
| 1:29.6 | a bit of a housing crisis. |
| 1:31.1 | A foot, I just want to establish a little bit of background for folks who don't know how |
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