The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway Why America Can’t Solve Homelessness — with Anand Giridharadas
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Oct 8, 2026 
Anand Giridharadas, journalist, author, and publisher of The.Ink, explores what Jordan Neely’s death reveals about homelessness, public safety, and America’s crisis of belonging. He examines why cities struggle to end homelessness, the tensions around involuntary mental health care, and how community can support recovery. The conversation also considers Daniel Penny, Luigi Mangione, vigilantism, and the void left by failing institutions.
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Jordan Neely Became America’s Rorschach Test
- Jordan Neely’s subway death became an instant national Rorschach test, with people assigning fixed meanings before learning the facts.
- Anand Giridharadas spent three years investigating because the subway car concentrated America’s failing systems, abandonment, and political fracture.
Why New York’s Homelessness Looks Different
- New York’s visible homelessness differs sharply from West Coast homelessness because the city provides a legal right to shelter.
- About 95% of New York’s roughly 100,000 homeless people are in shelters or supportive housing, leaving about 5,000 on the street, often after refusing shelter.
Cities Maintain Homelessness Instead Of Ending It
- Cities have become better at maintaining homelessness than ending it through revolving doors involving emergency rooms, shelters, sweeps, and temporary facilities.
- Short hospital stays, unsafe shelters, and inadequate support repeatedly return people to the street without rebuilding their lives.
