Good (NIMBY) storytelling
Top quality journalism and production as I would expect from any CBC podcast. I’m sure the story is more nuanced and that this person is a slum lord but there isn’t really any effort to address the fact that poor people need a place to live… even if it’s an ugly house in a middle class neighborhood. I couldn’t make it past the second episode…
Marimartrece via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/21/22
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