Tell me more about cohousing
By Lynn Morstead & Kelli Soika
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Our members Lynn Morstead & Kelli Soika get together weekly to chat about cohousing topics. They reflect on a broad range of questions, observations, challenges and successes related to their forming cohousing community and the world around them. They are newbies to the podcasting world, refining their craft each week. Come along for the ride! They're fun and look forward to your comments. Lynn & Kelli
For more information on CoHousing Houston go to www.cohousinghouston.com
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S4 Episode 20 - Hello! Connecting construction to a live community
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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S4 Episode 19 - Living in cohousing at all stages of life
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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S4 Episode 18 - 2026 Update - What is going on in Houston!?
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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S4 Episode 17 - What is GRIT in Cohousing?
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 16: Chuck Durrett on founding the cohousing movement and where he thinks it could go next
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 15: Founders Series, CoHousing Houston's Very Own Tom & Lynn!
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 14: Founders Series, Sunnyside Village Cohousing in Marysville, Washington
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 13: What it means to be the founder of a cohousing community
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 12: How do you stay motivated and energized?
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 11: Growing up in cohousing
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 10: A visit with Heartwood Commons in Tulsa
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 9: Construction update (Spoiler: we have pendant lights!)
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 8: Why does Community matter?
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 7: (Gently) calling all introverts! Cohousing is for you
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 6: Minimalism and checking in on right-sizing project
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 5: Getting the word out- sales and marketing for new cohousing communities
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 4: Abundance
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 3: A Katie McCamant Replay
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 2: Why THIS Site Tour?
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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S4 Episode 1: The Senses of Our New Homes
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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S3 Episode 61: How Cohousing is different than Coliving
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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S3 Episode 60: What will change your mind about Houston?
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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S3 Episode 59: Why come to an Info Session?
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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S3 Episode 58: Moving means switching grocery stores. Yikes!
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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S3 Episode 57: Winter doldrums
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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S3 Episode 56: What's Happening in CoHousing Houston Jan '25
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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S3 Episode 55: REPLAY An interview with Laird Schaub, a seasoned consensus decision-making coach
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 54: Common meals will save the world
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 53: We're Dreaming of New Neighbors
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 52: Tell Me More About Cohousing
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 51: HAUS Project Houston with Matteo Roberts
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 50: The value of a simple conversation
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 49: The National Conference with Katie McCamant
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 48: A quick look at the real estate market today
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 47: The Neighborhood Engagement advance team
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 46: Amiss Baucum
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 45: Top 10 Agreements Before Moving In
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 44: The Cohousing Conference Recap
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 43: Inside cohousing- what if I want to make changes to my home?
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 42: A farewell to the Olympics!
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 41: A visit with Heartwood Commons in Tulsa
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 40: Discovering community through a sisterhood of refugees
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 39: Experiences of community living for a young adult
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 38: Community responses to Hurricane Beryl
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 37: The practice of showing up
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 36: Cooking for a crowd, a tale from the Camino de Santiago
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 35: Book Review: A Consensus Handbook
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 34: 10 Lessons Courtney Martin learned living in cohousing
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 33: Book Review: The Cooperative Culture Handbook by Yana Ludwig & Karen Gimnig
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 32: Book Review: Head, Heart & Hands Lessons in Community Building, by Shari Leach
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May 24, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 31: Poetry
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May 10, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 30: A spiritual path to cohousing with Tom King
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May 03, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 29: Cracking the locked safe story
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 28: Inflections of community on a creative life.
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 27: Building community wherever you go
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 26: What can you do with 1.5 acres?
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 25: Community Radio, meet Community Living
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 24: Letting Go For the Better
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 23: How To Know A Person
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 22: Lynn Answers Three Questions about Downsizing
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 21: Community is a Practice
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 20: The Power of Invitation
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 19: How was our retreat on Conflict?
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 18: Forming Group vs. Living Group
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 17: Being an Authentic Neighbor
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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S3 Episode 16: End of Year Wrap Up!
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 15: Hard Questions About Cohousing
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 14: "Work Days" in cohousing and out
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 13: Platforms for Community Life: Mosaic and Gather
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 12: Things developers think about cohousers
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 11: Can't wait for Common Meals
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 10: AgriHood Blooming in Fort Bend County
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 9: Build a Bigger Table, Not a Higher Fence
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 8: Talking about Affordable Housing with Jackie Augustine from Geneva, NY
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 7: Mission Peak - Jane Mueller
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 6: The ride from Dreaming to Reflection with Shelly Parks
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 5: A Quick Introduction to CohoUS
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 4: From dreams to action, a visit with the national cohousing organization
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 3: A forming Agrihood in Burns, TN
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 1: "In the Air"
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 2: Turning away from dystopia
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 40: A Visit With Adams Creek Cohousing
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 39: What can cohousing learn from professional sports?
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 38: How to shorten Development Cycles - with Danny Milman at UD+P
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 37: "Fat Tailed Projects" and other adventures in being a forming cohousing community
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 36: What I learned at a Conflict Resolution training - Liz Parker
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 35: In the Mud - On the Dirt - In the Air
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 34: Beginning of Summer Update from Houston
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 33: Hanging out at Moon Tower
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May 20, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 32: Interview with our Developer, David Kelley
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May 10, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 31: Interview with Member Sandra Tirey
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May 03, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 30: The Hang Out Factor
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 29: 15 Minute Neighborhood
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 28: The Cohousing Uplift
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 27: From "Dolt" to "Teacher" what's the path
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 26: Moving in at Haystack Heights with Bob Francis
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 25: Interview with member Valentina
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 24: A Slice of Life in a New Cohousing Community
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 23: Interview with our member Phil Berrie
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 22: Organic Friendships in Adulthood
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 21: What ChatGPT (Open AI) has to say about cohousing
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 20: How to shop for cohousing
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 19: What do Whataburger and cohousing have in common?
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 18: Downshifting into Cohousing
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 17: Making sense of downsizing in cohousing
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 16: Designing for Small Spaces with Sharon Staley
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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S2 Episode 15: The Cohousing Crystal Ball
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 14: The Cohousing Teen Corner
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 13: Lighten Up! Decluttering chat with Michelle Passoff
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 12: Applying "Rules of Civility" to Cohousing
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 11: Facilitating Conflict in cohousing
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 10: Is cohousing right for you?
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 9: #vanlife with Beni & Paresh
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 8: Are you an Ecovillage?
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 7: Community Living at its Best with Karin Hoskin
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 6: Downsizing with June & Bob
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 5: Spectrum of intentional communities - Interview with Cynthia Tina
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 4: Abundant Abundance
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 3: An Enneagram 3 & a 7 walk into a cohousing meeting….
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 2: Thinking about Transitions
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 1: Beginning a New Phase
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Episode 81: The term "co-housing"
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Episode 80: Take an Explorer Master Class
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Episode 79: Sounds from the 2022 Cohousing Conference
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Episode 78: Chop wood and carry water
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Episode 77: Tips for Engaging and Converting "Explorers"
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Episode 76: "Did I get you?"
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Episode 75: Cohousing From a Kid's Perspective
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Episode 74: Start a Car Share Program - with Janet Murphy
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Episode 73: Building a Custom Neighborhood - with Jim Leach
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Episode 72: Landscaping for connection and sustainability
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Episode 71: Cohousing “Down Under” with Darren Vandenberg
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Episode 70: Building the life you want with Rachel Claret
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Episode 69: Summertime ... summertime ... summertime in cohousing
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May 20, 2022 |
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Episode 68: The paradox of choosing community vs. location / design
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May 11, 2022 |
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Episode 67: An interview with Laird Schaub, a seasoned consensus decision-making coach
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May 03, 2022 |
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Episode 66: How an idea becomes an agreement using consensus process
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Episode 65: A visit with Village Hearth CoHousing
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Episode 64: REPLAY: What makes a good Explorer?
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Episode 63: In House Experts: Rank-Choice Voting
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Episode 62: Let's Talk About the Treasurer Role
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Episode 61: Let's Talk About Kids in Cohousing
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Episode 60: My road from a kibbutz, to a coop vegetarian restaurant to cohousing - Carolyn White
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Episode 59: An Introduction to CoHousing Houston
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Episode 58: A Danish Farm and a Canadian Fire Hall spark a passion for community
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Episode 57: My Road to Cohousing - Susan Daniels
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Episode 56: The Pesky Price Per Square Foot Question
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Episode 55: Thoughts on “Why Consensus”
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Episode 54: Interview with Nancy Rielle on her "Intergenerational Cohousing Walkabout"
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Episode 53: Eli Escobar from Audacy Radio's "Eye on Houston" interviews Kelli and Lynn
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Episode 52: My road to cohousing - an Interview with PD Wadler
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode 51: From Kitchen Table to Groundbreaking: Honoring a Milestone
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Episode 50: East End Connections with Roy Lira and Diego Degenhart
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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Episode 49: How cohousing improves Houston's livability vision
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Episode 48: Cohousing - A solution for the future
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Episode 47: How to get to Cohousing: What's the Roadmap?
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Episode 46: Dr. Kim Swales interviews CoHousing Houston
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Episode 45: How work gets done in CoHousing Houston
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Episode 44: Cohousers celebrate so much more than the rest of us!
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Episode 43: Community and Mental Health
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Episode 42: Generational hurdles for living in community
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Episode 41: My road to cohousing - an Interview with member Jim Rosenbach
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Episode 40: Conflict Resolution... When Well-Meaning People "Run Into" One Another
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Episode 39: Intergenerational CoHousing
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Episode 38: Sustainable green living in Houston
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Episode 37: Think Globally, Act Locally - How cohousing makes that possible
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Episode 36: Questions about participation levels in a forming community
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Episode 35: Putting "better together" into action
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Episode 34: Board Structures outside Cohousing - Interview with Jane Schmitt
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Episode 33: Board Structures in Cohousing - Interview with Katie McCamant
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Why Forming Cohousing Communities need Professionals on the team
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Episode 31: Every day Encounters and why they matter
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Episode 30: Marketing cohousing to traditional buyers
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Episode 29: Finding the words to talk about community ... or an "-ism" that works for you!
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Episode 28: The Value of Slowing Down
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Episode 27: Putting your money where your heart is
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Episode 26: Doing Work Together in Cohousing
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Episode 25: Going Deeper into Cohousing Development with Katie McCamant
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Episode 24: Development during the pandemic explained
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Episode 23: What's this Common House really all about?
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Episode 22: The wilderness and the good news about Value Engineering
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Episode 21: Is this all worth the effort?
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Episode 20: Shared Work
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Episode 19: What is Value Engineering?
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Episode 18: Pet Peeve about living in Houston
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Episode 17: Voices of Cohousing Houston and Summer Explorer Series
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Episode 16: Building everyday connections without a disaster event
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Episode 15: What makes shared meals so special?
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Episode 14: What is the Common House?
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May 24, 2021 |
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Episode 13: What makes a good Explorer?
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May 17, 2021 |
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Episode 12: When we are on the other side of an issue from each other
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May 11, 2021 |
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Episode 11: What if I had been living in cohousing when ...?
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May 03, 2021 |
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Episode 10: What made Bryan Bowen "jump" into cohousing
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Episode 9: What is an Explorer?
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Episode 8: Downsizing #1
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Episode 7: What made Shelly Parks "jump" into cohousing
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Episode 6: What makes you jump?
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Episode 5: Preparing for the Change that is cohousing
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Episode 4: FAQs - Part 2 - Cohousing Houston Design
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Episode 3: FAQs - Part 1 - Cohousing Concepts
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Episode 2: Misconceptions about Cohousing
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Episode 1: Resiliency in Cohousing
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Episode 0: Introduction to Tell Me More About Cohousing
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Feb 28, 2021 |