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The Scott And Siew ProjectWe All Need and Crave Human ConnectionSiew and I discuss the need for human connection that perhaps one solution for homelessness is to find ways to integrate across class boundaries. Then I discuss some lessons I learned from reading a book about Meth's role in our current homelessness problem. That book is The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scottandsiew/message2021-12-2433 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectCan Blockchain save the world?In this podcast Siew and I wonder whether there's anything within blockchain and web 3.0 generally that might be helpful in the physical world where homeless people can't find shelter.We both listened to Tim Ferris's podcast with Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant as a seed to this discussion.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scottandsiew/message2021-12-091h 03The Scott And Siew ProjectCan Localism Help With HomelessnessWe kicked of a debate triggered both by a book Siew read, The Prosperity Paradox and a podcast interview with Jaron Lanier I recently listened to.Siew counters with Ben Thompson's Aggregation Theory ideas about how to leverage current enabling technology. It's an interesting debate, one I know we'll return to.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scottandsiew/message2021-10-2337 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectThe Importance of Setting BoundariesIn this episode we rift off some insights gleaned from Brene Brown and her book, The Gift of Imperfection about the importance of setting boundaries in order to find compassion. Something we need to work out as we hope to make a difference within homelessness.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scottandsiew/message2021-09-1125 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectA Special Guest with a Difficult QuestionOur mutual friend and work colleague, Josh, joins us today to ask about how to deal with serious mental health issues which is a major component of the homeless problem. We cover a ranging number of topics as we deal with mental illness including Utah's housing first initiative, The Book on Ending Homelessness, San Diego's homeless podcast, in particular the episode that talks about how homelessness can be predicted with data, UCLA's research policy lab, and much more...Great to have our friend Josh on the show.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm...2021-09-0147 min
The Scott And Siew ProjectA little talk therapy about dealing with work and family stressIn this episode, Siew and I explain why we haven't issued a podcast episode in a very long time and why we haven't accomplished much on our project in a while. We talk about some of the stresses we're both experiencing, how that's affected us and some strategies we've learned a long the way.We get around to homelessness a little bit at the very end. We haven't given up. We're still here.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scottandsiew/message2021-08-2132 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectA little talk therapy about dealing with work and family stressIn this episode, Siew and I explain why we haven't issued a podcast episode in a very long time and why we haven't accomplished much on our project in a while. We talk about some of the stresses we're both experiencing, how that's affected us and some strategies we've learned a long the way.
We get around to homelessness a little bit at the very end. We haven't given up. We're still here.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scottandsiew/message2021-08-2100 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectSiew's Attempt at Walking Along SideSiew has been doing volunteer work for the homeless for a very long time through his church's homeless ministry but that was interrupted because of Covid. He has recently restarted and that has also restarted his efforts to be a friend to a man whose been attending this ministry for a while. In this episode, Siew describes the challenges and difficulties in extending himself in a way that could be effective.The city of Chandler recently spotlighted the volunteer work done by the Compass Christian Church.In the podcast, I referenced a really interesting and...2021-06-2027 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectIs Homeless an Outgrowth Of Our Scarcity Mindset?Recognizing it's been a while since Siew and I have met, we covered a number of different topics.We begin by talking a bit about the 2020 AHAR report.I reference a recent Ezra Klein podcast that describes Utah's recent drive to deal with homelessness by housing them.Ultimately, we're struggling with what Noah Smith calls a scarcity mindset, offering three examples of scarcity: housing, elite universities, and access to our country through immigration.We segue from there to talk about why advice is often bad and how we should think more...2021-06-1343 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectHelp Those Who Need it MostIn this episode, Siew begins by talking about the possibility of migrating our wordpress site off of wordpress.com and onto alternatives that provide greater flexibility at a cheaper price, perhaps Google Cloud or a friend and listener recommended SiteGround. Next, we transitioned a brief discussion on the recent report from The 2020 Annual Homeless Assessment Report that shows, no surprise, a significant uptick in homelessness in 2020. Siew speculates on some of the causes. We also reference Biden's stimulus that includes funds to address homelessness, that sound significant when dividing the total amount by the homeless population, but g...2021-05-1441 min
The Scott And Siew ProjectTechnologyTalkAndSomeTherapyIn this episode Siew and I talk about our progress pushing on technology. Siew is ramping up on observable, hoping to get data from HUD into this tool to make the data more visual and giving us the ability to analyze and make broad inferences. I'm trying to ramp deeply into wordpress, using udemy to take some classes.In the next half of the episode, we get a little deep, discussing our own feelings of vulnerability and how that relates to our desire to try to help out in homelessness. I messed up the book I shared...2021-05-0146 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectA Bit About Mountain Beyond MountainsIn this episode we talk a tiny bit about Mountains Beyond Mountains - the book talks about a highly innovative and influential doctor who sees his impact by focusing on the individual patient while also caring about global policy. What does that mean for us? We need to volunteer. We also need to find other ways to contribute. We're both trying to figure out how to work that in our schedules. We are starting by trying to scan the valley and document a survey of resources. This post starts with Tempe.--- Send in a voice...2021-04-1616 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectInterview With MaryIn this episode, I interview Mary, someone who happens to be living with my mom, keeping an eye on her and finding relative home stability.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scottandsiew/message2021-04-0224 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectGetting To WorkIn this episode Siew and I talk about some brainstorming we did on Miro and our desire to actually do something tangible, laying out a few process principles from the book, Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scottandsiew/message2021-03-2624 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectCan Charity Do More Harm Than Good - Possibly?In this episode, Siew and I dive a bit more into The Book On Ending Homelessness. We ask the provocative question whether charity has the potential of causing more harm, the need for deep competency and professionalism in dealing with homelessness, in particular organizing all aspects of our response to helping people enter stable long-term housing.Also, we talk a little bit about our latest blogpost, highlighting some of my recent experiences with homelessness in Portland.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scottandsiew/message2021-03-1920 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectThe Book on Ending HomelessnessIn this episode Siew and I talk about a bit about Portland homelessness, where I happen to be when this recording was made, tiny homes and its role in affordable housing, and finally a bit of an introduction on my reading of the Book on Ending Homeless. Links discussed in this podcast: The Book on Ending Homelessness The interview with Iain de Jong, the author of The Book on Ending Homelessness Systems Thinking Edwards Deming--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scottandsiew/message2021-03-1423 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectInterview with PamIn this episode, we play segments from a recorded interview I had with someone we happened to know who has struggled with homelessness. Siew and I conclude with our reactions to her life story.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scottandsiew/message2021-03-0951 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectOur First Dive Into Homeless DataIn this episode, we dive into some of the homeless data Siew analyzed from the HUD website. We published some of his findings on a recent blog post. We need more data and plan on doing more work to understand what's driving homelessness. We also talked about some programs at work in Tempe right now, like I-HELP, that provide emergency rental assistance and other ways to keep people from becoming homeless. We talked about the upcoming end on the moratorium on rental evictions. Siew's friend who is a landlord contemplates what to do about tenants who haven't paid rent...2021-02-2633 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectWhat if we could just give homeless people homes?Siew and I discussed what we accomplished the past week. I had a couple of interesting meetings with a couple of organizations working on homelessness with hopes of getting plugged in. Siew spent the week playing with data. In this episode we wax a little philosophical about some of our initial findings. Can we do what it takes to end homelessness? Can we have skin in the game? I had a nice zoom meeting with a representative from UMOM and another in person meeting at the Tempe First United Methodist Church. Siew has begun to dig into the data...2021-02-2025 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectEpisode Three - A Deeper Dive on EffectivenessIn this episode, Siew and I talk about our recent progress, including our expanding website, a podcast now available on all the major channels, a recent blogpost I wrote and we conclude it with next steps and hope for more.More specifically...We now have a website. We discussed some thoughts on our first blogpost on Effective Altruism. Siew recommended an excellent resource on poverty at the site Poverty Unlocked. Siew and I committed to give some money to the Give Well Maximum Impact Fund. We discuss the need to do this work on a...2021-02-1245 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectEarly Steps on Our JourneyIn this episode, Siew and I introduce Effective Altruism by discussing the book, Doing Good Better.We reference our barebones website, hosted on Wordpress, thescottandsiewproject.wordpress.com, and whether or not we want to keep it on wordpress.com or find a different hosting site.We discuss whether or not we want to keep our podcast on anchor.fm or move it elsewhere.We discuss homelessness a bit by discussing high level solutions described in https://www.usich.gov/solutions/.Finally, we talk about next steps, including starting conversations with people...2021-02-0520 minThe Scott And Siew ProjectThe inaugural episode - getting startedWhy are we doing this podcast at all? What are we hoping to get out of this? We begin the discussion in this episode.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scottandsiew/message2021-01-2922 min