Podcast Episodes

From House Hacking to Building Success in Real Estate

If you’re fortunate and diligent, you’ll encounter people in your field that are just supremely knowledgable about the details, and willing to talk about them. Audrey Navarro, the Managing Partner of…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Development is Harder Than You Think

You’re not going to find too many movies with developers as the hero. For most of the public, their opinion of developers is somewhere below Congress. And that’s saying something.

I find that all unfo…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Discussing Messy Cities on the Challenger Cities Podcast

From Iain, whose excellent site you can find at this link:

The term 'messy' is a growing one when it comes to cities just now, and it's a refreshing one in what has for the last little while been the …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pay Attention to What is Happening in Memphis

Usually when a Kansas Citian talks about Memphis, it’s to discuss their bbq vs ours. And trust me, they do make some good ribs on Memphis. But today we are here to learn about housing and redevelopme…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Creating a Small Developer Ecosystem

Jed Byrne is a man of many hats, but what he really cares about is demystifying real estate development for ordinary people. Jed’s podcast, Dirt NC, focuses primarily on issues in North Carolina and …

Published on 4 months ago

The Past and Future of Retailing

One of the critical dilemmas of our time for people in retailing is, how do you get people to put down their devices and come out to shop in the real world? Jaime Izurieta of Storefront Mastery, talk…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

A Symphony of Summer Advice

Today’s episode isn’t exactly Coughlin’s Laws, nor is it my whole list of Klinkenberg’s Rules, but it is full of some life advice I’d like to share for the dog days of Summer. I’ve long enjoyed solvi…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Starting a new Architecture School, Rooted in the Classics

What's it like to start an architecture school from scratch? That’s a question that has run through my mind for years. So much of the education of architects and designers is, at best, misguided. As …

Published on 5 months ago

State-Level Code Reforms for More and Better Housing

Why is the production of housing, especially new housing in big cities, so expensive? Why doesn’t inclusionary zoning make our cities more affordable? How can cities amend the building code itself to…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Bootstrapping Small Scale Affordable Housing

Terrell Jolly didn’t start out making it his mission in life to become a small-scale developer. But somewhere along the way, from Detroit to Kansas City, he made it happen. And boy is KC lucky to hav…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago