Street Speak

About Street Speak

Brought to you by the staff of the Street Sheet, the nation's oldest newspaper bringing you the word on the street about homelessness and poverty directly from those who live it. We answer your burning questions about homelessness in San Francisco because we know that homeless people themselves are the experts when it comes to ending poverty.

Publisher

Street Speak

Category

news · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Dec 2019

Latest episode

1 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Nov 2026

   Episode 26: Election Rapid Fire Round

   The election is right around the corner! Still undecided or want to learn more? Listen to this episode where we talk about local and state measures and break each one down. This episode's guest is Sunny Angulo, former legislative aide to Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Jane Kim, and director of PROPEL San Francisco, a progressive advocacy group. She works closely with the League of Pissed off Voters and is here to talk to us more about the election, how we can fight the billionaire agenda at the...

2. 

   8 Sept 2026

   Episode 25: YES on I: Affordable Housing Guaranteed

   More Affordable Housing! Join us to talk about Prop I: Affordable Housing Guarantee Act with Tuesday Rose Thorton, Anti Eviction attorney and DSA member, alongside Scott Feeney; member of the steering committee of the Democratic Socialists of America, San Francisco. On this episode we discuss why San Franciscans should vote for the Affordable Housing Guarantee Act, what social housing is and how it exists here already in San Francisco and how you can join the fight to secure affordable housin...

3. 

   28 Jul 2026

   Episode 24: How Proposed SF Charter Reform Threatens Democracy

   Join us on this episode with guests Christin Evans community advocate and former member of the Homeless Oversight Commission and Ajai Nicole Duncan– a community advocate at TODCO to discuss the city’s attempt at charter reform— to propose amendments to the city charter on the ballot this November. On this episode we will be breaking down these charter reform amendments, outlining the threats to democracy here in San Francisco and hopefully activating listeners to engage in protecting Sa...

Who has been a guest on Street Speak

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Lauren Hall
• Lucia Obregon
• Virginia Barrett
• Dee Allen
• Johanna Elattar

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 25 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

36

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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