Yeoman

Charles Gardner is a research fellow at the Mercatus Center, where he focuses on planning law and housing affordability. He’s the author of the Old Urbanist blog and has worked on zoning and land use issues as a local elected official. He’s also been an active participant in state policy…

Ashley Fitzgerald is an environmental sociologist, a writer, a teacher, and the cofounder and co-director of the Rizoma Field School. Rizoma leads experiential field learning trips to Uruguay and the midwestern United States and offers courses on homesteading and homeschooling. Ashley is also the cofounder and cohost of the Doomer…

Coby Lefkowitz is a developer who lives in NYC and is building in Southern California, with a deep interest in the human capacity to create beauty in the modern world. Geoff and Coby talk about real estate finance, why it matters, and how it shapes what gets built, as well…

Ilya Somin is a Professor of Law at George Mason University and the B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute. His research focuses on constitutional law, property law, democratic theory, federalism, and migration rights. Professor Somin joins Geoff to discuss the newly published paper, The Constitutional…

Michael Tavani is the founder and CEO of Switchyards, the world’s first neighborhood work club. He joins Geoff to talk about creating a new—and much needed—type of “third place”, his love of third places, the inspiration he took from Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place, building with soul, the advantages…

Austin Tunnell joins Geoff for a conversation about his business ⁠Building Culture⁠. They talk about getting started as a mason and a homebuilder, small scale real estate development, structural masonry, apprenticeships, living in a place like ⁠Carlton Landing⁠, and creating beauty

Geoff introduces the podcast, provides a historical and practical definition of the yeoman, and tells us about the types of conversations he’ll be having