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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

The Jackpod: Gimme shelter!

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, News, On Point, Daily, Npr

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the role that restrictive zoning laws have played in the shortage of affordable housing in the U.S.

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0:00.0

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0:35.3

I'm Magna Chakrabardi, and this is the Jackpod, where on-point news analyst Jack Beattie helps us connect history, literature, and politics in a way that brings his unique clarity to the world we live in now.

0:47.5

Hello there, Jack.

0:48.7

Hello, Magna.

0:49.8

We are at episode 105.

0:52.5

What's your headline?

0:54.3

Gimme Shelter.

0:55.5

You're going to talk about the Rolling Stones today?

0:59.4

Maybe eventually.

1:01.6

But, you know, such is the cry of young Americans who were shut out of the housing market.

1:07.1

A new Sienna, New York Times poll found, and I'm quoting now, housing stands out as the problem most on the minds of young people.

1:17.5

About half said they worried more about affordable housing than every other item on the list combined, retirement, health care, bills, education, cars, and food.

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