Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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We went to the world’s largest open-air drug market in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. There are a few thousands of people living on the streets there, and we went to find out how they got there and how people are trying to make it better.

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0:00 Intro
0:40 The Opioid Epidemic
1:23 We Stick Out From the Crowd
2:13 Does the Media Portray the Tenderloin Correctly?
4:52 Covid in San Francisco
5:25 The Mayor of the Tenderloin
7:23 Meeting Business Owners
8:29 SFPD
9:32 Gentrification
10:05 A Historical Center of Vice
11:06 Who is to Blame?
12:38 People on the Ground Giving Us Hope
15:35 Del and Dennis’ Story

episode 49
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