Pay Attention: Homelessness, Humanity, and What We Owe Each Other | Andrew J. Gregor, Author, Roscoe
6/2/202651 min
The housing market right now is extremely competitive, and homelessness continues to be rampant across the country. Further amplified by economic constraints and the disparity of wealth, more and more people are finding themselves unhoused and living on the streets. Corinna Bellizzi takes a deep dive into how Americans struggle with this harsh reality with Andrew J. Gregor, a novelist and essayist. He talks about his upcoming book Roscoe, which focuses on homelessness and the speed at which stability can disappear. Andrew also explains what you can do to reach out to homeless people, or those living on the margins, to make them feel loved and supported despite their difficulties.
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About Guest: Andrew James Gregor is a novelist and essayist exploring how fear, power, and fragile social systems shape everyday life. Raised in Beirut and later based in the United States, his work draws from lived proximity to conflict, propaganda, and social division. His award-winning debut novel examines how paranoia and hatred corrode communities from within, while his upcoming book focuses on homelessness and the speed at which stability can disappear. Alongside his writing, Andrew runs a Bay Area design-build construction company, bringing over a decade of architectural and residential experience to his understanding of shelter as a basic human reality. His voice bridges narrative and lived truth, grounding abstract social questions in the physical structures people depend on to survive.
Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewgregor/ Guest Social: https://www.facebook.com/bluedogconstruction
Additional Resources Mentioned: Them by Andrew J. Gregor: https://amzn.to/4uPkFbZ Roscoe by Andrew J. Gregor: https://amzn.to/490pJBM
Show Notes: 04:32 - Writing About The Huge Issue Of Homelessness 14:40 - Writing The Book Roscoe 19:13 - The Alarming Disparity Of Wealth In The United States 32:13 - Why Roscoe’s Plot Unfolded In Just 12 Hours 40:54 - Notice And Acknowledge The Less Fortunate 46:55 - Discussion Wrap-up And Closing Words
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Andrew J. Gregor· Guest0:59
We live in a very capitalistic world here that, um, you know, there's this belief that everybody has an equal chance, which isn't true, um, that everybody can pull themselves up by their bootstraps, which ignores the fact that some people don't have boots. Um, it's a tough world for people who can't function in the way that we've de- decided to design this, where you get up in the morning and you go to work, and you sit somewhere, and you do your eight hours, and you come back. And then you, uh, you know, you, you sleep, and, and you eat breakfast, and you go back out and do it