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A group of unhoused people fight for a tiny plot of land and a radical idea

By Mallory Yu,

Scott Detrow, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Published August 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM EDT

A discussion with KQED's Snap Judgment team about the podcast A Tiny Plot that follows a group of homeless people in Oakland and their fight for their own plot of land from the city.

Mallory Yu

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Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

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Patrick Jarenwattananon

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