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layout: episode
type: podcast
title: "Nadir"
date: 2022-6-12 22:00:00
summary: "Ruchi, Jer, and Scott discuss the recent election, whether SF is a failed city, shelter costs, and neigborhood defenders."
duration: "1:13:45"
mediaURL: "https://archive.org/download/recording-1_postproductions_2022-06-12-t10-28-19pm-final-mix/recording-1_postproductions_2022-06-12-t10-28-19pm-final-mix.mp3"
mediaLength: "61952733"
explicit: "clean"
block: "no"
keywords: "sf, politics, housing"
---
Articles mentioned in this podcast:
[Inflation, part 1: On shelter futures
](https://jbconsulting.substack.com/p/on-shelter-futures-part-1?s=r) by [Jacob Bayless](https://substack.com/profile/90418892-jacob-bayless)
[How San Francisco became a failed city](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/how-san-francisco-became-failed-city/661199/) by [Nellie Bowles](https://www.theatlantic.com/author/nellie-bowles/)
[Why the viral narrative of San Francisco as a ‘failed city’ is an obvious lie
](https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/San-Francisco-failed-city-17234133.php) by [Matthew Fleischer](https://www.sfchronicle.com/author/matthew-fleischer/)