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At Home, On Air

At Home, On Air

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  • Creating an Urban Sanctuary for Safety and Health

    Creating an Urban Sanctuary for Safety and Health
    Jan 14 2026
    In this episode, host Susanne Stadler, architect and AHWGO Executive Director, welcomes Lydia Bransten, Executive Director of The Gubbio Project, for a compelling conversation about building community through compassion and sanctuary. The Gubbio Project is a pioneering daytime shelter housed in St. John the Evangelist Church in San Francisco's Mission District. Since its founding, Gubbio has offered a radical form of sanctuary: a safe place for unhoused neighbors to rest during the day, no questions asked. In this episode, we explore how Lydia's background in arts and theater informs her approach to building community and creating dynamic, engaging environments for healing. We discuss the origins of the Gubbio Project and its namesake—the Italian town where St. Francis famously found mutual understanding with a wolf by bringing it into the community rather than treating it as a monster. Lydia shares powerful insights about destigmatizing visible poverty, the crucial role of low-barrier spaces in our public health infrastructure, and what happens when housed and unhoused neighbors come together in shared spaces. We examine why sanctuary matters, how the church's mission aligns with harm reduction principles, and why expensive solutions like increased policing often fail to address the root issues. From recaptured food programs to partnerships with the Department of Public Health, The Gubbio Project demonstrates what's possible when we choose community care over criminalization. This conversation challenges us to rethink our relationship to public space, safety, and what it means to truly welcome our most vulnerable neighbors into the fold. "When you start to be treated like you deserve better, you suddenly want better. You can start to envision better: What does better look like?" — Lydia Bransten At Home With Growing Older is proud to host At Home, On Air — a radio hour offering connection, community and knowledge to our participants. Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/RO3XAuNe9JI Takeaway Resources: https://athomewithgrowingold.com/2025/12/06/at-home-on-air-a-conversation-with-lydia-bransten/ Learn more, support our work, and register for the next LIVE episode of At Home, On Air: www.athomewithgrowingolder.org.
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    44 mins
  • People First: Creating Spaces Without Walls

    People First: Creating Spaces Without Walls
    Dec 4 2025
    At Home, On Air Podcast Episode 51 | People First: Creating Spaces Without Walls In this episode of our podcast, we welcome Nichole Battle, the CEO of the Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO). In this compelling conversation, hosted by architect and AHWGO Executive Director Susanne Stadler, we explore the profound connection between affordable housing and community vitality. “What if affordable housing could transform entire communities, not just provide shelter?” Battle leads GEDCO, a Baltimore-based affordable housing developer born from a coalition of churches responding to their parishioners' needs. With her background in urban planning, landscape architecture, and real estate development—plus deep roots as a longtime Baltimore resident—Nichole understands that decent housing goes beyond four walls and a roof. It's about creating context: green spaces where neighbors gather, ball fields for exercise and play, urban farms that nourish bodies and spirits, and sacred grounds for celebration and reflection. It's also about stability—having a home provides the foundation people need to secure employment and fully participate in community life. “When we put people first, housing becomes something bigger—it creates spaces without walls that strengthen the entire community,” shares Nichole. At Home With Growing Older is proud to host At Home, On Air—a radio hour offering connection, community and knowledge to our participants. Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/edWRfMnDZkd Learn more, support our work, and register for the next LIVE episode of At Home, On Air: www.athomewithgrowingolder.org.
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    44 mins
  • Coming Out as an Older Adult: Finding Individual and Collective Agency in How We Age

    Coming Out as an Older Adult: Finding Individual and Collective Agency in How We Age
    Nov 5 2025
    On our podcast – At Home, On Air – we welcome Jennie Chin Hansen, the immediate past CEO of the American Geriatrics Society, former President of AARP, previous Executive Director of On Lok, and a longtime community advocate. In this forward-looking conversation, Jennie draws from her lifelong career in the field of aging as well as her own personal aging journey. She discusses the strength that comes with older age — why living with agency while experiencing the normal changes of aging is essential to our wellbeing. Jennie challenges us to rethink interdependence: how can we nourish our connections across generations and build "new muscles" by working alongside younger people, acknowledging our differences rather than avoiding them? She speaks to the responsibility that comes with being an older adult — to share our resources and take care of those who come behind us, to be soldiers of caretaking and the collective good, keeping the flow going for generations to come. This is a conversation that will shift how you see your own aging journey — and inspire you to build the intergenerational connections our world desperately needs. At Home With Growing Older is proud to be your host of At Home, On Air — a radio hour offering connection, community and knowledge to our participants remotely. Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/DM4dSR03y5F Learn more, support our work, and register for the next LIVE episode of At Home, On Air: www.athomewithgrowingolder.org.
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    45 mins
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