At age 24, Nick Flynn started working at the Pine Street Inn, the largest shelter in Boston. It was here that he reconnected with his estranged father, who was unsheltered at the time. Ten years later, Nick shared the story in his moving memoir, “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City”, which was later adapted to the big screen as Being Flynn, starring Robert De Niro and Paul Dano.
Nick explores the story behind the story while shedding light on the origins of homelessness and the subsequent explosion of shelters across the United States.
A full transcript of this interview is available here.
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