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Street Fight Part II: Cruel & Unusual

September 17, 2026

Homelessness today looks very different than it did in the 1980s, when American cities first woke up to this crisis. Today, we explore the legal battles that turned survival outside into a constitutional question. You can hear the full series right now when you become a Longview subscriber by visiting us⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠here⁠ THIS EPISODE FEATURES: Estela Lopez, Kevin Cope LINKS: ⁠Estela Lopez’s organization Los Angeles magazine article that features Lopez Jones v. City of Los Angeles settlement...

Street Fight Part I: Hobos, Bums, and the Homeless

September 09, 2026

What we call “homelessness” is a relatively modern phenomenon. Today, we tell the story of its emergence and why, in the 1980s, one woman fought so fervently for her right to live on a New York City street corner. You can hear the full series right now when you become a Longview subscriber by visiting us⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠here THIS EPISODE FEATURES: Stephen Eide LINKS: 60 Minutes segment on Joyce Brown Stephen Eide at the Manhattan Institute The New York Civil Liberties Union  Jack London’s m...

Book Keeper

July 20, 2026

Today on Reflector we are bringing you a very special episode from a new series that found its beginnings right here.  It is called Book Keeper.  Last year we released the episode Hallelujah, where Megan Phelps-Roper revisited the Bible to ask what still endures when belief is gone.  That episode inspired us to continue telling these stories. In our first episode of this series Megan, more than 10 years after leaving the Westboro Baptist Church, returns to the Bible again. Eve...