Wildfires have devastated Southern California in the past week, while mainstream media has remained fairly fixated on the wealthier communities and celebrities affected. Meanwhile, the majority of lives lost were in the middle class neighborhood of Altadena, and mutual aid efforts have blossomed across the city to address those affected. This week, Jamie reaches out to writers and organizers in Los Angeles to take a closer look at who will be at the forefront of this ongoing crisis.

Theo Henderson of We the Unhoused speaks to how the unhoused and newly displaced have to navigate city hostility; independent reporter Alissa Walker explores how the fires will continually affect families and the risk of holding the Olympics in LA; Sara Reyes, Maebe A. Girl, and Rachel Sanoff of SELAH talk mutual aid in a time of crisis; and Mychal Threets tells Jamie about the importance of libraries and community spaces in the wake of tragedy.

Displaced Black Families Mutual Aid: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pK5omSsD4KGhjEHCVgcVw-rd4FZP9haoijEx1mSAm5c/htmlview 

Follow Theo Henderson and We the Unhoused here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-we-the-unhoused-66071889/ 
https://x.com/TheoHen95302259 

Follow Alissa Walker and Torched here:
https://www.torched.la/ 
https://bsky.app/profile/awalkerinla.bsky.social 

Follow SELAH here:
https://www.selahnhc.org/volunteer 
https://www.instagram.com/selahnhc/?hl=en 

Follow Mychal here: https://www.instagram.com/mychal3ts/?hl=en

Tickets to The Bechdel Cast in San Francisco: https://sfsketchfest2025.sched.com/event/1rbOs

Buy A Paradise Built in Hell: https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-paradise-built-in-hell-the-extraordinary-communities-that-arise-in-disaster-rebecca-solnit/11725474?gad_source=1

Wildfires have devastated Southern California in the past week, while mainstream media has remained fairly fixated on the wealthier communities and celebrities affected. Meanwhile, the majority of lives lost were in the middle class neighborhood of Altadena, and mutual aid efforts have blossomed across the city to address those affected. This week, Jamie reaches out to writers and organizers in Los Angeles to take a closer look at who will be at the forefront of this ongoing crisis.
Theo Henderson of We the Unhoused speaks to how the unhoused and newly displaced have to navigate city hostility; independent reporter Alissa Walker explores how the fires will continually affect families and the risk of holding the Olympics in LA; Sara Reyes, Maebe A. Girl, and Rachel Sanoff of SELAH talk mutual aid in a time of crisis; and Mychal Threets tells Jamie about the importance of libraries and community spaces in the wake of tragedy.
Displaced Black Families Mutual Aid: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pK5omSsD4KGhjEHCVgcVw-rd4FZP9haoijEx1mSAm5c/htmlview">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pK5omSsD4KGhjEHCVgcVw-rd4FZP9haoijEx1mSAm5c/htmlview&nbsp;</a>
Follow Theo Henderson and We the Unhoused here: <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-we-the-unhoused-66071889/">https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-we-the-unhoused-66071889/&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://x.com/TheoHen95302259">https://x.com/TheoHen95302259&nbsp;</a>
Follow Alissa Walker and Torched here: <a href="https://www.torched.la/">https://www.torched.la/&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/awalkerinla.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/awalkerinla.bsky.social&nbsp;</a>
Follow SELAH here: <a href="https://www.selahnhc.org/volunteer">https://www.selahnhc.org/volunteer&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/selahnhc/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/selahnhc/?hl=en&nbsp;</a>
Follow Mychal here: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mychal3ts/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/mychal3ts/?hl=en</a>
Tickets to The Bechdel Cast in San Francisco: <a href="https://sfsketchfest2025.sched.com/event/1rbOs">https://sfsketchfest2025.sched.com/event/1rbOs</a>
Buy A Paradise Built in Hell: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-paradise-built-in-hell-the-extraordinary-communities-that-arise-in-disaster-rebecca-solnit/11725474?gad_source=1">https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-paradise-built-in-hell-the-extraordinary-communities-that-arise-in-disaster-rebecca-solnit/11725474?gad_source=1</a>

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) is a weekly show from Jamie Loftus that takes a closer look at the internet’s main characters – one part reported, one part interviews, and one part Jamie collapsing her permanently internet-damaged brain. Whether it’s an enduring meme or a dreaded Character of the Day distinction, it’s the kind of notoriety that often results in little money, unwarranted attention, and a confusing blurred line of consent. What do you do when you get more attention and judgement than any one person is built to handle? The Sixteenth Minute of Fame is the place where we figure that out, putting people in the context of the moment they've been frozen inside of.

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) is a weekly show from Jamie Loftus that takes a closer look at the internet’s main characters – one part reported, one part interviews, and one part Jamie collapsing her permanently internet-damaged brain. Whether it’s an enduring meme or a dreaded Character of the Day distinction, it’s the kind of notoriety that often results in little money, unwarranted attention, and a confusing blurred line of consent. What do you do when you get more attention and judgement than any one person is built to handle? The Sixteenth Minute of Fame is the place where we figure that out, putting people in the context of the moment they've been frozen inside of.

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

Sixteenth Minute (Of Fame)

the LA Fires: who's being forgotten?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/bd8048c6-354c-4bcc-ac13-b265014f8b24/transcript

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