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Marsha Michaelis Talks Homelessness on The Earthvox Podcast

Center on Wealth & Poverty and Marsha Michaelis
January 28, 2026
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Marsha Michaelis appeared on The Earthvox Podcast with Ryan Keogan. After discussing Michaelis’ journey from the Evergreen Freedom Foundation to homeschooling to her current position at Discovery Institute’s Fix Homelessness initiative, they then discuss her recent article exploring the kinds of solutions society could offer a family in acute distress, homelessness, and drug addiction. The conversation continues with problems with the Housing First approach to homelessness, how the Trump administration is addressing homelessness, the nature of compassion, and more.

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Center on Wealth & Poverty

Marsha Michaelis

Project Coordinator and Research Fellow, Fix Homelessness Initiative
Marsha Michaelis is a project coordinator and research fellow for Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty and the Fix Homelessness Initiative. She interned with Discovery in the late 90’s while studying at Seattle Pacific University, then spent more than a decade directing communications and education reform at a Washington State-based think tank. She left the office to raise and educate her four children, spending another decade directing various homeschool programs and teaching classes from kindergarten through high school. Marsha has written as a columnist and freelancer for numerous state and national publications, most recently and currently for her county’s monthly newspaper. She and her family live in northeast Washington state.