The Speakeasy Podcast
Podcast Description
The Speakeasy Podcast dives deep into the systems shaping life in Saskatchewan — from housing and health care to justice and harm reduction. Through honest conversations with lived experience leaders, service providers, and policy thinkers, we explore what’s broken, what’s working, and what’s possible.
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The podcast focuses on societal systems impacting life in Saskatchewan, with specific topics including housing, health care, justice, and harm reduction. Episodes often feature personal narratives and expert insights, such as the conversation with Colleen Christopherson-Cote about how public policy creates poverty and the implications of centralized intake policies.
The Speakeasy Podcast dives deep into the systems shaping life in Saskatchewan — from housing and health care to justice and harm reduction. Through honest conversations with lived experience leaders, service providers, and policy thinkers, we explore what’s broken, what’s working, and what’s possible.
Sarah Buhler, law professor and housing researcher, joins us to explore how eviction law, landlord power, and financialized housing are shaping the homelessness crisis in Saskatchewan. Drawing on data, case reviews, and community insights, Sarah unpacks the systems and legal frameworks that are failing our most vulnerable tenants—and what needs to change.
🔥 Key topics include:
• What “legal unhousing” looks like in practice
• Why tenants lose 90% of eviction hearings
• How corporate landlords move faster to evict
• The gap between housing as a right—and housing in reality
• Barriers to justice for people with trauma, low literacy, or no phone access
• Why involving lived experience in policymaking is not optional
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