# Author Brian Goldstone on There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America

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Podcast: [WAHNcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wahncast-6796568)
Published: 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://wahncast.podbean.com/e/author-brian-goldstone-on-there-is-no-place-for-us-working-and-homeless-in-america/
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## Resource

Brian Goldstone on the Rise of the Working Homeless In this powerful WAHNcast conversation, Angie Truitt and Jean Dahlquist sit down with award-winning journalist and anthropologist Brian Goldstone, author of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America. Through the stories of five Atlanta families, Goldstone exposes a deeply troubling and increasingly common reality: the rise of the working homeless. These are parents with full-time jobs — cleaning airports, stocking shelves, driving for Uber, caring for children and elders — who still cannot secure stable housing. They are not visible in encampments. They are not disconnected from work. They are living in cars, extended-stay hotels, doubled up with family: America’s hidden homeless. In this conversation, Brian shares: The moment he realized employment no longer protects families from homelessness How precarious work, rising rents, and broken systems intersect Why homelessness is not a charity issue but a justice issue The emotional toll of witnessing families fight daily for stability How we can move from compassion fatigue to targeted, productive anger This is not a light conversation but it is a necessary one. The paperback edition of There Is No Place for Us releases March 3 and will be available anywhere you buy books. Brian encourages readers to consider purchasing through Bookshop.org to support local independent bookstores. This episode is essential listening for everyone.

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