Podcast Episodes

Be Great with your Pawns

Rik Adamski is a man of many hats. But first and foremost, he’s someone that cares deeply about the people side of urban planning. So often, planners, architects and developers get mired in the techn…

Published on 9 months ago

Do You Live in a Fragile Neighborhood?

From the earliest days of my interest in urban planning, I became very interested in the overlap between design and culture. By that I mean, how cities shape human interaction, and how human interact…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Creating a (mostly) car-free new town in Costa Rica

I had the pleasure of meeting Charles Brewer right when he was starting to get interested in becoming a real estate developer. This was after a very successful short career in the dot-com world, as …

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

A Conversation with Dhiru Thadani

It’s truly a rare thing in life to run across people that are uber-talented, thoughtful, and just fantastic human beings. Dhiru Thadani is one of those rare people.

An architect, urban designer, auth…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Designing Beauty in Housing, by Being Intentional

The world of architecture is full of megalomanicas, wanna-be stars, and also a whole lot of good people just grinding out beautiful work outside the spotlight. One thing I enjoy with my little platfo…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

Building Culture in Oklahoma

Austin Tunnell is one of the shining stars of a new generation of designer/builders for creative smaller projects, and he also happens to work in the world of mass masonry construction. In this episo…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Exploring Small Scale vs Large Scale Development

It’s not often you run across people in the development world that have deep knowledge in both the smallest scales of projects and the biggest. The industry, like many, is very bifurcated. People who…

Published on 11 months ago

Boomerang to Help Your Hometown

“Just do it. Do it as quickly as you can.” That’s the advice of architect Doug Moss, who came to doing small-scale development projects after working for three decades as an architect. Doug left smal…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

Is Your Town a Bitterness Factory or a Hope Factory?

Allen County, Kansas is not a place most people will be familiar with, but the story is one you’ve probably heard before. Located in southeast Kansas, an hour and a half from the nearest major city, …

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

How to be a Small Developer that Makes a Big Impact

Jesse Russell and Ryan Andrews fit the profile of successful small developers. That is, they had no experience at all before trying it, almost no money, but have a ton of passion and creativity. Jess…

Published on 1 year ago