Take It From Us with Kent Johns
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Take It From Us with Kent Johns
Kent Johns: 'I slept rough for one night - here's what I learned'
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A different kind of episode this week. Host Kent recently slept rough for one night at the Big Sleepout. He bedded down on cardboard at the AUT campus, part of a group of 70 community leaders raising funds and awareness for people experiencing homelessness in Auckland.
One night. Terrible sleep. But he was safe, fed, warm and dry. Which made him realise something: people living on the streets don't get that. They go to bed not knowing what tomorrow looks like.
In this episode, Kent reflects on what that one night taught him. Plus, a conversation with Daryl Bishop, CEO of Ember Korowai Takitini, who has his own story of sleeping on the streets when he was younger... and now fights for systemic change.
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