Straight Talk, No B.S., with Matthew's Hope presented by Imagine Marketing
Pastor Scott and Shelley share their experiences from operating a homeless outreach in Florida’s Orange and Brevard Counties to raise awareness and tackle some of the biggest misconceptions surrounding the homeless crisis in America.
Episodes
In this episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, you will hear part II of a special edition of our Real Faces of Homelessness Series featuring Pastor Scott himself.
This week you will hear how Pastor Scott emerged from homelessness to climb the corporate ladder, only to walk away from it to attend Seminary. Then learn how churches not stepping up to help the homeless the way he expected...
In this episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, you will hear a special edition of our Real Faces of Homelessness Series featuring Pastor Scott himself.
Pastor Scott opens up about the two times in his life when he experienced homelessness. The emotions are very raw and very real and offer a glimpse into what drives him to do the work he does today with Matthew's Hope. Be sure to come...
In this episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Shelley are joined by Kathy Rohr, a volunteer with a lot of experience at Matthew’s Hope.
Kathy speaks about what lead to her involvement with Matthew’s Hope and how her own views of those experiencing homelessness have evolved thanks to her interactions with guests. Kathy recounts some of the most impactful and memorabl...
“They’re not invisible.”
In this episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Shelley are joined by Vickie, a member of the Matthew’s Hope staff.
Vickie shares how she first because involved with Matthew’s Hope, how she viewed those experiencing homelessness prior to working with Matthew’s Hope, and how her views are radically different after working with the guests of Matthe...
In this Episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing we are honoring Pastor Frankie Gallo who passed away in March of this year. Pastor Frankie had been a fixture around Matthew’s Hope for years even while battling illness and he never missed an opportunity to remind all that they were loved.
We revisit a conversation from Episode 21 featuring Pastor Scott, Shelley and Pastor Frankie. They ...
Touched by an angel.
In this episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Shelley sit down with Greg, a former guest of Matthew’s Hope and now a long-time staff member.
Greg is part of our Real Faces of Homelessness series and his story is filled with more trauma than most could handle. You will hear how he eventually found himself living in the woods clinging to a bottle j...
“There were times where I just wanted to die.” ~Katie
In this week’s episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Shelley rejoin Katie, a current guest of the Moving Forward Program, for part II of this installation of our Real Faces of Homelessness series.
If you missed part I of Katie’s story, we highly encourage you to watch episode 112 to learn how her life unraveled and ...
***This episode contains accounts of abuse in various forms, including sexual. Viewer discretion is advised.
In this episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Shelley continue their Real Faces of Homelessness series with Katie, a current guest of Matthew’s Hope.
Katie shares how her life started out “normal.” Growing up in a stable home with loving parents, graduating f...
“Don’t talk about it. Be about it.” ~Jeff
In this week’s episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Tracy are joined by Jeff Bondy who is the Director of Business Development for Bondy Law.
Jeff’s father was once a guest of Matthew’s Hope. Pastor Scott and Jeff discuss the services that Jeff’s father received as well as the challenges he presented. They also share the im...
“I am still a success story.” ~Janine
In this episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Shelley catch up with Janine, a former guest of Matthew’s Hope as part of our Real Faces of Homelessness series.
Janine spent a significant amount of time in the Moving Forward program before choosing to leave before graduation. What may have seemed like a failure at the time ended up...
In Episode 109 of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Shelley are joined by Shelley’s husband Darren.
Darren shares what it is like to view Matthew’s Hope and the work they do through hist lens as the spouse of the President of the organization. Learn how his awareness level of our homelessness crisis has changed through the years and what he wishes more people knew about wha...
“Human beings are nesting animals.”
In this episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Tracy are joined by Brian Postlewait who is the Chief Operating Officer of the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida.
Brian shares the concept of HomeMore which he examined in a recent article. He explains how more home comes before full home and that, as human, we are always tryi...
In this week’s episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Shelley discuss the growing baby boomer problem.
Learn what factors are causing a significant increase in the number of older Americans finding themselves homeless for the first time and how Matthew’s Hope is having to adapt to serve them. The Moving Forward Program has always been about moving someone towards a l...
In Episode 106 of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Tracy are joined once again by Lee Perry, the founder of Lee Perry Strategies LLC. Be sure to watch last week’s episode if you haven’t already seen part I with Lee.
This week the discussion is centered on inspiring more support for nonprofits. Lee explains that her goal is to inspire enough financial support for organizati...
In Episode 105 of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Tracy are joined by Lee Perry, founder of Lee Perry Strategies LLC to discuss the importance of local politics and getting involved.
They share details of a proposed shelter project in Orlando that was scrapped before it got started in part due to public outrage from people that were poorly informed and fully bought into ma...
In this episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Shelley discuss how their need for support and volunteers extends year-round. Many people are inspired to support those in their communities in need during the season of giving but then lose that spark for the following 10 months.
Scott and Shelley share the importance of their donors and volunteers spreading their givin...
In this episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Tracy are joined by Brian Postlewait, the COO of the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida.
In this episode Scott and Brian discuss changes to HUD policies and how they impact the growing homeless crisis in our area. Brian talks about what he would like to see from communities of faith in response to policies and a...
In this episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott and Shelley outline some of the goals for Matthew’s Hope in 2026 along with some of the challenges they expect to continue to face.
Hear how they expect the demographic of homelessness in central Florida to evolve in the coming year and what they are doing to evolve along with it. You will also hear their plans for rolling ou...
In Episode 101 of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, we wanted to look back and share a compilation of some of the most impactful moments from the first 100 episodes.
We have come a long way from episode 1 until now and we thank everyone that has come along for the journey. Our guests have included individuals currently experiencing homelessness, former guests that have graduated from the ...
In the 100th episode of Straight Talk, No B.S. with Matthew’s Hope, presented by Imagine Marketing, Pastor Scott, Shelley and Tracy examine the origins of this podcast and discuss whether they are made progress towards the goals they set forth for it. Far less than 1% of podcasts make it to 100 episodes so this is a milestone to be celebrated.
They also discuss what Christmas looks like for those in our communities experiencing ho...
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