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You Know Me Now
by Rex Hohlbein and Tomasz Biernacki
You Know Me Now is a Seattle based podcast giving voice to those marginalized in our community and those reaching out in service. When we listen to those living different lives or views from our own, we begin a journey of understanding. An understanding of not only those around us, but also ourselves.
Episodes
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EP038: Loving Seattle with Mike O’Brien
On this episode we are talking with Mike O’Brien, former Seattle City Councilman, who served during this time, from 2010 to 2020. Seattlelites got to know Mike as a politician through his stance on various issues. Regardless of whether you agreed with him or not, when the issues were polarized…
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EP037: Finding companionship
Several years ago, while walking through a homeless encampment in the Ballard neighborhood, stretched for several blocks along Leary Avenue, I saw a man sitting comfortably in a folding camp chair rolling cigarettes. He had several folks standing around, waiting their turn for a smoke. All the...
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EP036: Experiencing our sacredness
Craig is the author of Souls in the Hands of a Tender God, a small but very influential book about the ministry of companionship, leading us from distress and despair into healing through a deeply mutual community. He is also the co-author of a just recently published book, Whole Community…
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EP035: What Can I Do?
As citizens of a community, whether you define that as your neighborhood, or your city, state, or, our American nation, what role, as citizens, do each of us play? This question is not in regards to our personal needs and wants, but rather to the collective health and welfare of all of us. Today,...
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EP034: Homeless Entrepreneur
On this episode we speak with Andrew Funk who is the president of the Homeless Entrepreneur based in Barcelona Spain. Website: https://www.homelessentrepreneur.org/ Homeless Entrepreneur’s mission is to promote economic empowerment and poverty reduction via work and active citizenship thanks to...
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EP033: Magic Bus
Nathans Website and Blog https://www.nathanvass.com/ His new book: https://www.nathanvass.com/book.html Nathan is a recognized Seattle-based author, filmmaker, photographer, artist, and….wait for it, a King County Metro bus driver. He is known widely for the connections he creates with riders…
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EP032: It takes just one person.
Homelessness, as everyone knows, is an extremely complicated emotional issue. Systemic societal barriers along with personal mental health issues can pull or push people into homelessness, and a dearth of affordable housing and needed services can keep them there. The complexity of this issue can...
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EP031: Exploitation of Vulnerability
On this episode we hear from Sabra Boyd. For those of you who don’t know Sabra, she is the Editor in Chief of REAL CHANGE, Seattle’s award winning street newspaper. Sabra is also an award winning independent journalist, public speaker, consultant, and web developer. She covers stories about...
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EP030: Community Joy
On this episode we are talking with Ryan Henry Ward. If you live in Seattle and you don’t know Ryan, there is a good chance you do know his artful murals seen all over town! Ryan’s murals, which are signed simply “henry”, have the power to bring out a smile, even on the grayest days. The scenes…
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EP029: Light of Love
A while back we interviewed Casey for a 3-part series titled The Skipping Rock. It was one of our most popular stories shared! If you missed it, we highly recommend that you take the time to listen to Casey's story. I believe it will shift your understanding and feelings about the sex industry....
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EP028: Libraries are for everyone
In every city and town across America, our libraries are loved. I know I smile to myself every time I come through the entry doors of the main branch in downtown Seattle or any one of the other neighborhood branches. I think it’s connected to knowing ahead of time that I’m entering into a special...
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EP027: The Outsiders Inn
On this episode we sit down with Ren and Adam, the co-founders of The Outsiders Inn. I met them 8 years ago. At that time Ren and Adam were living in the basement of a house where the owner, a Deacon in the church, let them be there for next to nothing. He also allowed them to care for friends...
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EP026: Take a deep breath
Tracy and I met 9 years ago when she commented on the Facing Homelessness Facebook page. Her sharing was, you could say, a tour de force of emotional outpouring. Today I want to revisit that exchange because something important happened, something I believe is available to all of us and provides…
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EP025: People don’t change, they heal - Part 3
David knows first-hand the impacts of mass incarceration, after receiving a life sentence at the age 16. In his words, “being thrown away at 16 years old wasn’t the event. It was an exclamation point” on the consistent messaging he’s been receiving his whole life from systems that failed to see…
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EP024: People don’t change, they heal - Part 2
David knows first-hand the impacts of mass incarceration, after receiving a life sentence at the age 16. In his words, “being thrown away at 16 years old wasn’t the event. It was an exclamation point” on the consistent messaging he’s been receiving his whole life from systems that failed to see…
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EP023: People don’t change, they heal - Part 1
David knows first-hand the impacts of mass incarceration, after receiving a life sentence at the age 16. In his words, “being thrown away at 16 years old wasn’t the event. It was an exclamation point” on the consistent messaging he’s been receiving his whole life from systems that failed to see…
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EP022: The Skipping Rock - Part 3
This is the 3rd and last part of an episode called The Skipping Rock. In this 3rd part of Casey’s story, we cover some of the most traumatic events of her life. She admits openly that due to the heavy drug use, trauma, and instability during this time, she has gaps in her memory, making it...
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EP021: The Skipping Rock - Part 2
This is Part 2 of a 3 part episode called The Skipping Rock - We recommend you listen to Part 1 first, which will undoubtedly give greater meaning to the following Parts two and three. When we left Casey in the last episode, in Part One, she was making some big decisions in her life, wanting to…
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EP020: The Skipping Rock - Part 1
While it is not always apparent in the moment, our life choices, all of them, the big complicated ones down to the little daily decisions, create the direction and opportunities of our life, our future, for better or worse. When someone is successful we often admire them for their smarts, for...
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EP019: Stone Dancer
In this episode we are talking with Benny. He has lived homeless in the Fremont neighborhood, artfully stacking stones on the parking strip, in the same place, for the last 30 plus years. It seems, in every family there is a person who is living a bit differently from the rest of the family. You...
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EP018: Seeing the precious other
When responding to complex societal issues, we are all familiar with the shortcomings of treating symptoms rather than causes. Even so, despite knowing this, we also all know how easy it is to go down that path. When an issue is screaming at us, any issue, our knee-jerk reaction is to just make…
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EP017: Taking the off-ramp
Blair helped James get into housing and have basic needs met, she helped reconnect him with family, and maybe, most of all, feel loved in the last few years of his life. And James, what he did for Blair was to change her life. He helped her take an off-ramp from the path she was on and in the...
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EP016: Just Say Hello
Personal relationships can be thought of as the foundational supports of a healthy community. By simply getting to know each other, being exposed to different life experiences and views, we broaden ourselves and deepen our ability to empathize within the community. While we know this to be true,...
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EP015: The Night Watchman
On this episode we are talking with Rev. Rick Reynolds. He has spent most of his life stepping closer, getting to know those struggling. For nearly 40 years he worked at the nonprofit Operation Nightwatch, most of that time as the Executive Director, engaging in direct action for those in need.…
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EP014: WE NEED YOU NOW: Daniel
You Know Me Now would like to raise funds for hotel stay while housing can be found. You can Venmo funds to @YouKnowMeNow. Please list Daniel in your donation. No funds will be used by YKMN. If for whatever reason Daniel does not use all of the funds they will go to someone else struggling with...
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EP013: The Learning Curve
The idea, or act, of Mutual Aid has been around for a long time, for a very long time. Perhaps, in the simplest form, from the beginning of time. Mutual Aid is nothing more than people coming together, in community, to take care of each other, often addressing basic needs and human rights that…
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EP012: Inside view of Tent City 3
For folks who don't know Tent City 3 is operated by the 501C(3) non profit called SHARE / WHEEL which stands for Seattle Housing and Resource Effort and its partner organization Women's Housing Equality and Enhancement League. Both organizations have deep roots in Seattle with their birth during...
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EP011: 2023 Fleagle Lecture
On February 19 2023 Rex delivered a sermon during morning worship at the University Unitarian Church in Seattle. He focused on homelessness in Seattle and building relationships between people who sleep outside and people who are housed. Full video version is available on the episode page on...
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EP010: I have more to offer
There were 310 homeless deaths in 2022 in the Seattle area. A 65% increase over the previous year. Fentanyl-related overdoses accounted for more than half of those deaths. Thirty-five people died from natural causes, ten people died from hypothermia or exposure, and seven died from suicide. The...
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EP009: Nothing's for Nothing
When I was a kid growing up, nobody talked about mental illness. At least openly that is. There were the hushed talks about so-and-so’s mom losing it and having to be committed to a psych-ward. Being taken away, put in a hospital somewhere. Or a friend’s Uncle who ‘went off the deep end’, now...
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EP008: A dog’s best friend
On this episode we have a conversation about people and their pets living homeless. I want to begin with what I think is a truism. And that is, “We all have issues.” For some, the issues are small and containable, while for others, the issues are big and overwhelming. Truth is though, we all...
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EP007: But first, housing
We have the sincere pleasure of sharing with you a conversation I had with my dear friend Sinan Demirel. We talked about the issue of homelessness, first from a historical perspective, to better understand how we got to this crisis point, and then a bit about solutions needed from the community…
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EP006: Why have we not ended homelessness?
We want to begin this episode by asking a big question. With all the suffering, all the helplessness and fear felt, as expressed by Dene and others living on our streets, why have we not ended homelessness? Beyond what the solution needs to be, whatever combination of more housing, more mental...
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EP005: The Sweep
In this episode of You Know Me Now we’ll be discussing the controversial government policy of sweeps. If you are not familiar with the term, a sweep is the forced disbanding of a homeless encampment on public property. The act of sweeping is typically performed by a combination of police, tow...
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EP004: Would do it all over again
In this episode we meet Auntie who poses a question. A question really for all of us, which is, “If you are judging my life, tell me what you have done with yours?” She goes on to say, there are probably a lot of your actions that you don’t think are wrong, but to her and to others, maybe they…
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EP003: The Next Good Thing
Drug addiction. As vast and complex as this topic is, chances are you already have strong opinions based on past experiences. Perhaps you’ve had a bicycle stolen and you’re sure it was taken by someone addicted, looking to sell it for their next fix. You negatively refer to that unknown person as…
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EP002: Being Dizzy
What does becoming a friend with someone experiencing homelessness look like? Getting to know and becoming friends with anyone, you begin to care about that person, about their well being. When your friend is struggling it pulls at you, you want to help. That’s what friends do. Often in these...
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EP001: No Worries, You Know Courtney Now
Meet Courtney. A mother of three who has survived homelessness on Seattle streets. “When we first came to Seattle it was so freeing, so comfortable. It all felt right. I remember closing my eyes and breathing in the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, feeling happy. A sense of belonging filled me....
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EP000: Introducing You Know Me Now Podcast
You Know Me Now is a Seattle based podcast, storytelling and journalism project giving voice to those marginalized in our community. From these life stories we hope to spark conversation and connection. We are doing this with the sole purpose of bringing us all closer together so that we can…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
You Know Me Now is a Seattle based podcast giving voice to those marginalized in our community and those reaching out in service.
When we listen to those living different lives or views from our own, we begin a journey of understanding. An understanding of not only those around us, but also ourselves.
HOSTED BY
Rex Hohlbein and Tomasz Biernacki
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You Know Me Now is a Seattle based podcast giving voice to those marginalized in our community and those reaching out in service. When we listen to those living different lives or views from our own, we begin a journey of understanding. An understanding of not only those around us, but also...
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