The broadcast will originate from outside of Columbus House, a homeless shelter in New Haven, Connecticut.

The Marathon is almost entirely live, covers taboo
territory and features the voices of people who are rarely heard on the air. Perhaps for this reason it has grown rapidly. The first Marathon, in 1998, was on one tiny station in central New York. The 7th Marathon, in 2004, was on 80 stations coast-to-coast, with another 30 stations across Canada carrying a parallel Canadian Homelessness Marathon.

As always, the 8th Marathon's broadcast booth will be set up outside, to dramatize the plight of people with nowhere to go in the cold, and calls will be taken from around the country. But there will be no on-air solicitations. The Marathon is a consciousness raising, not a fundraising broadcast.

The Homelessness Marathon, has been called, "the most significant media event focusing on homelessness and poverty" by Donald Whitehead, director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. And it is unlike any other broadcast in the world.

The 8th Marathon will be distributed via the NPR and Pacifica satellites and will be streamed on the web at http:// liveradio.indymedia.org:8003/cpr.ogg.m3u . More information, including broadcast schedules and audio clips from past broadcasts may be found at the Marathon's web site:
www.homelessnessmarathon.org.