A Podcast

Nomad
Gnome

Senior homelessness. Shared housing. Van camping. Told with the humor and dignity these stories actually deserve.

50%
of America's homeless population is now over 50 years old
3x
projected increase in senior homelessness by 2030
0
podcasts covering this crisis with humor and humanity

Three worlds.
One podcast.

Each episode explores the unconventional ways older Americans are living, surviving, and finding community outside the system.

01

Van Camping

Seniors who traded mortgages for engines. Some by choice, some by necessity, all with stories worth hearing. The open road doesn't have an age limit.

02

Shared Housing

The Golden Girls wasn't just a sitcom. It was a housing strategy. Co-living for seniors is back, messier and more real than ever.

03

Senior Homelessness

The fastest-growing housing crisis nobody's talking about with the people actually living it. First-person stories, not policy papers.

"Getting old isn't for sissies. Neither is losing your house. But if you can't laugh about it, what can you do?"

Nomad Gnome treats its subjects like adults, not victims. Humor isn't disrespect. It's how people survive. We just give them a microphone.

Why this podcast exists

There are serious podcasts about homelessness. There are funny podcasts about aging. Nobody is in the middle, where the real stories live. Nomad Gnome goes where the coverage doesn't: into the van, the shared kitchen, the shelter lobby, and finds what's funny, sad, and deeply human there.

Real voices, not commentators

Interview-driven episodes with seniors living these lives, not experts talking about them from offices.

Portland ground zero

Based in one of America's most visible homelessness epicenters. The stories are right outside the door.

Humor as a lens, not a weapon

Comedy doesn't minimize. It humanizes. If the guests are laughing, we're laughing with them.

Every senior has a story.
Most never get a microphone.

Nomad Gnome is changing that. One van, one shared kitchen, one shelter lobby at a time. Coming soon from Portland, Oregon.