Episodes

  • Brian Chandler’s Journey from Addiction to Service

    Brian Chandler’s Journey from Addiction to Service
    Mar 26 2025
    In this episode of Restorations, Caitlyn McKenney is joined by Brian Chandler of Seattle's Union Gospel Mission.

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    35 mins
  • Homelessness CEO Spends 24 Hours Unsheltered in Seattle

    Homelessness CEO Spends 24 Hours Unsheltered in Seattle
    Feb 26 2025
    In this episode of Restorations, Caitlyn McKenney is joined by Kim Cook the CEO of Bread of Life Mission in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square.

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    22 mins
  • Addiction Treatment Should Look Like This

    Addiction Treatment Should Look Like This
    Dec 5 2024
    In this episode of Restorations, Caitlyn McKenney is joined by the founder of Battlefield Addiction Art Dahlen. As a former addict, Art shares personal insights on addiction treatment, the policy environment in Seattle, and the power of language. Source
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    48 mins
  • A New Approach for Seattle’s Homelessness Crisis

    A New Approach for Seattle’s Homelessness Crisis
    Nov 13 2024
    In this episode, Caitlyn McKenney is joined by Discovery Senior Fellow and former Director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness to discuss a new policy report we coauthored to address homelessness in Seattle. Read the report. Source
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    30 mins
  • The ‘Sex Work’ Movement is a Lie

    The ‘Sex Work’ Movement is a Lie
    Jul 25 2024
    In this episode, Caitlyn McKenney talks with Kristine Moreland and SarahAnn Hamilton who are helping bring women out of sex trafficking and exploitation on the streets of Seattle.

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    48 mins
  • Middle America Has a Lot to Teach us About Homelessness

    Middle America Has a Lot to Teach us About Homelessness
    Jun 26 2024
    In this episode, I’m joined by Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Marvin Olasky who is the author of 29 books, the former editor of WORLD Magazine, and has spent the last year living in homeless programs across the U.S. to learn from the people living in them. We discuss the bias of West Coast journalism, what makes programs successful, and the Read More › Source
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    32 mins
  • This Movement is Restoring Seattle

    This Movement is Restoring Seattle
    Jun 13 2024
    Andrea Suarez, the founder of outreach organization We Heart Seattle, joins Caitlyn McKenney on this episode to talk about the power of volunteerism to restore city spaces and get people off the streets. We discuss protecting parks and green spaces, what’s going wrong in Olympia, WA, and the failures of low-barrier supportive housing. Source
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    27 mins
  • The Fentanyl Treatment Keeping People High

    The Fentanyl Treatment Keeping People High
    May 29 2024
    On this episode of Restorations, Caitlyn is joined by formerly homeless addict and convicted felon Ginny Burton. Ginny is an advocate for life transformation and a voice of reason on law enforcement, addiction, and homelessness. Source
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    34 mins