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Co-hosted by basketball journalists Zach Fleer and Jason Morrow, two natives of Columbus will discuss basketball in the capital city and throughout the entire state. Like our content? Help support us on Patreon below!
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A podcast spotlighting the creative soul of people with creative minds. And vice versa. Hear how some of the creative world's best got into the business, what keeps them in it and how great work gets to be that way. That, and whatever else comes up. Hosted by Andy Askren, ECD at Grady Britton in Portland, OR.
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Join host Alkarim Devani as he discusses Canada's housing needs with development experts, politicians and passionate community members. As cities continue to hit their housing capacity, Alkarim is on a mission to help others deliver middle housing and gentle density at scale in our established neighbourhoods across Canada. He wants to connect more people to the simple pleasure of living in walkable neighbourhoods full of vibrant local businesses and existing infrastructure. Alkarim is the co ...
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Sarah Woodgate is the President and CEO of the Calgary Housing Company. As a professional urban planner, she began her career in Ontario and has now been in Calgary for over 20 years. As Sarah notes: The housing crisis is moving fast, and one thing is clear: we need a major boost in housing supply from all sources. Middle housing is a crucial part …
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Jason Thorne spent the last 10 years working at the Head of Planning and Development of the City of Hamilton. Now, he is working at Stantec leading their urban placement section across Canada. He focuses on urban work, solving complex urban issues and more. He joins Al for coffee to chat about the explosive growth Hamilton experienced, similarities…
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Josh White ended up in politics by accident. After volunteering to write policy with Nenshi in Calgary, he ended up working as the Senior Policy Advisor when Nenshi won the election. He has also worked for the City of Calgary on city and regional planning, eventually ending up as the General Manager, Planning, Urban Design & Sustainability for the …
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Mark Erickson is the Principal and Owner of Studio North – a Calgary-based architectural firm that specializes in custom homes, heritage renovations, multi-family units, laneway housing and public art. Mark joins Al to talk about the surprising challenges of laneway housing builds, if it’s actually possible to build something that is affordable in …
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Kayla Browne is the Founder of BOLD Workshop Architecture – a progressive architecture and development studio located in Calgary. BOLD aims to produce excellent designs for their clients and the community while creating authentic connections to place. In this episode, Kayla joins Al to talk about how Calgary’s recent re-zoning has affected what sty…
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Paul Battistella is a developer in Calgary that has transformed how development happens within established neighbourhoods. Coming from a family of developers, Paul has unique insight into Calgary’s history with infill and middle housing, along with a wealth of experience to inform what we can expect to see next. Want to learn more about middle hous…
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In this week’s episode we’re talking with Ryan Doherty, owner of Pen Lake Ventures Inc, a boutique real estate firm specializing in owning and developing urban properties. He joins Al to talk about his transition from single family home development to middle housing. Ryan shares his perspective on investing in middle housing projects and how to ret…
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Greg Morrow is the Executive Director and Faculty Director at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design. In this episode, Greg joins Al to talk about the middle housing process in California and what Canada can learn from it. They talk about the cost of housing, how middle housing affects transit and what is realistically needed to create dev…
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Following the largest public hearing in Calgary’s history, City Council made a future-altering decision to empower Calgarians and provide the opportunity to develop middle housing. Just a few months earlier, Edmonton City Council was met with little opposition when they made a similar change, despite even more aggressive policy. So, what was the di…
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This week Al is talking with Tye Reidie, Principal at Canada ICI (aka, Al’s “finance guru”). In this episode, Al and Tye talk about Canada ICI’s work, how to find financing for middle housing projects, managing debt for a project, the Canadian rental market, interest rates and what it actually takes to participate in middle housing. Want to learn m…
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Jared Chamberlain is the Team Lead at Chamberlain Group, a Calgary-based real estate group that services Calgary and the surrounding area. Jared joins Al to talk about Calgary’s citywide rezoning, the city’s fast expansion, what is happening with interest rates and when people considering buying property should take the plunge. Show notes: 00:30 – …
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UPDATE: Coffee In a Cocktail Bar is now Meet in the mddl. Thank you for subscribing! Calgary recently approved citywide rezoning, one of 98 recommendations a task force put together with Ward 8 Councillor, Courtney Walcott. In this episode, Courtney talks with Al about how the 98 recommendations came to be, what level of involvement the city has wi…
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Mike Payne is a partner and the Client Services Director at Arcade Studios, an award-winning Calgary-based digital agency. He joins Al to talk about Calgary’s housing options for families, wanting to live around the hub of a city and middle housing. Show notes: 00:30 – How Mike ended up in Calgary. 01:30 – Mike’s experience with housing in Canada a…
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Richard White is the writer behind the blog, Everyday Tourist. He is always searching for new experiences and surprises as he wanders the streets, parks, plaza and alleys of Calgary and other cities. Richard worked a variety of roles over his career, including an urban development consultant. He joins Al to talk about his stance that senior Calgari…
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Alice Lam is a commercial portfolio manager, business owner and founder of several non-profit initiatives. She has lived in all four quadrants during her time in Calgary. She joins Al to talk about Calgarians’ housing needs, how middle housing affects property owners and the impact density has on small businesses. Show notes: 00:40 – Alice’s experi…
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Jeffrey Cox is a realtor in Calgary who works with clients across a spectrum of ages and housing needs. He joins Al to talk about what the realities are around housing affordability in Calgary, if middle housing projects detract buyers from neighbourhoods, why “city wide rezoning” sounds more daunting than it is and why he’s excited for mddl School…
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Former Findlay national champion and player of the year Josh Bostic joins the relaunch of the Around 270 Hoops Podcast to talk about his 11-year career overseas, his role for Armored Athlete in the TBT and much more.0:50 - His TBT experience 7:30 - Matching up with Joe Johnson and Overseas Elite9:45 - District title and high school career at Westla…
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On this episode, we switch things up a bit: it's debate time! Our special guests, Dean Booty from the Hacking Self Storage Podcast and Travis Morrow from National Self Storage, each present their opinions and experiences with automation and customer service in the self-storage industry. Listen along as they share their expert advice and different v…
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Hello self-awareness: How can an industry built on newer/fresher/bolder still be so blind to biases of diversity, equality, and inclusion within its own walls? What keeps agencies from reflecting the society they’re in business to connect with in the first place? Derek Walker of brown and browner, together with Sally and David Morrow of Sally Morro…
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Roc Hughes has been working in the self-storage industry for over 15 years, and he has a wealth of knowledge spanning all aspects of this business. As Vice President of the Janus R3: Restore. Rebuild. Replace Program, Roc works with owners and operators to bring out the best in their facilities through renovations, retrofits and upgrades. In this e…
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At the 2019 Inside Self Storage World Expo, we caught up with David Gengler, Co-Founder and CEO of Nokē. David has had an extensive career in the technology space, and had a lot of great insights to share with us in regards to self-storage tech advancements, how Janus and Nokē are working to create a great user experience, and more!…
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In this episode, we caught up with Josh Boyd from On Guard Self Storage based in Leeds, Alabama. Josh has a fascinating background in the medical technology field, and brought along a lot of unique and insightful perspectives into his career in the past 5 years as a developer in the self-storage industry. Recently he became a partner and investor a…
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Meet Josh. Meet Colby. Together you have the sunshiney design duo behind one of the happiest, most chill crews of creative do-gooders out there: Jolby & Friends. Theirs is a design studio where lines, forms, and colors go to get funky. Get loose. To move and dance and give shape to causes and clients – big and small – the world needs to know about.…
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Don Clauson and Travis Morrow are a couple of serious heavy hitters in the self-storage industry! Don is the CEO of Strat Property Management Incorporated and the Chairman of the Self-Storage Association Board of Directors, while Travis is the President of Strat Property Management and the winner of the 2018 Overall Facility of the Year Award. In t…
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On this episode of Janus Connected, we're headed to Florida! Todd Stockhausen, Lance Stockhausen and Sandra Hack have brought a unique facility to life with their conversion project in Punta Gorda, and are some of the best people you'll ever talk to. Listen along as we chat about their building processes, management style, access control technology…
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Terry Bagley, President of the Door Entry and Facility Automation division at Janus, sits down with us to chat about his lengthy background in the technology arena, his experience in the self-storage industry, and how owners/operators are making huge strides to incorporate tech advancements into their business strategies.…
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Creativity, meet diversity. Ideas, meet inclusion. Meet two of the creative world’s brightest who are making that spectacular collision of creativity and culture work on their own terms, in their own ways: Donna Lamar and David F. Walker. These two might not ever sleep; they for sure never settle. Donna Lamar, Group Creative Director at VICE Media,…
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She might need to update her resume: When Anne Elisco-Lemme first joined agency Duncan Channon as an Art Director (employee #7!), she probably didn't see her experience one day becoming creative boss of the whole show. In an industry famous for people who [cough] ooze entitlement, precious few throw down and earn a role like ECD (and the respect of…
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You probably owe this man a drink. Bill Borders and early creative opportunists like him literally defined the golden age of creative advertising. When ads moved from something that filled media space to something worth people's time. Rewarding attention with a thought, a twist, a chuckle. And lo and behold, it paid off for clients, too. So thanks …
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Glenn Cole, chief creative officer, founder, and ball of light & energy at 72andSunny sat down with us over a couple beers recently as part of Design Week Portland 2016. And when you get the chance to chat up someone known not only for creating great work but also responsible for creating a great agency, you take it. Even if means doing it in front…
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Who wants to be "Art Director No. 729"? Sure, everybody wants to work on the hot accounts, but as the principal and founder of WONGDOODY puts it, "It's a lot easier to make a name for yourself where nothing good has been done before." Exactly how Tracy Wong made a name for himself early on, owning reams of CA Annuals, One Shows and countless awards…
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Danielle is Chief Creative Officer, Americas at POSSIBLE. A fitting agency name for someone who’s never settled for "what is" when "what could be" was out there to be made. And who better to make it, than her.We talk circle-of-creative-life (girl inspired by “If you let me play,” campaign in 1995, meets female writer of said campaign at 3% Conferen…
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Before digital design had any kind of best practices, there were those passionate few who could see what wasn’t working, ignored what “you’re supposed to do” and just fixed it. Elegantly. With soul. And maybe a little magic.Meet JD Hooge, of Instrument. He doesn't pursue awards, doesn't need the spotlight. But together, he and those around him have…
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Jelly’s experience inside some of the most renowned agencies of the past 30 years is something everyone can learn from. He’s part creative director, part creative educator. And in the end, the world’s a better place because he’s both.He’s convinced about 3 people will want to hear his stories. (We think it's at least double that. Proof he’s not alw…
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Dad, runner, cyclist, and executive creative director at one of the world’s premier ad agencies. Just don’t call him “Adman” or he could easily choke you out. (Seriously.) Advertising, meet jiu-jitsu, meet Joe Staples. Joe’s made a remarkable career in advertising. Here, he shares insights about himself and the pursuit of not sucking that anyone wh…
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