Are We Here Yet?

Where Economics, Urbanism & Culture Collide

Episode 213 Are We Here Yet? Podcast Ep. 13 Housers Podcast

Episode 213 Are We Here Yet? Podcast Ep. 13 Housers Podcast

Author & Founder Ryan ShortAuthor Ryan Short’s 2025 The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place caught our attention for a singular reason.  One of the books many underlying themes is to choose substance over shallow ‘solutions’.  Why do we hang new...

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Episode 212 Are We Here Yet? Podcast Ep. 38 Innova802

Episode 212 Are We Here Yet? Podcast Ep. 38 Innova802

A Theoretical History of AI as Final Step to Outlawing The ImaginatorWarning!  There is some adult language in this podcast!  Transcript taken from SMGtheHouser.substack.com This week, a break from our work solving all the problems of small scale developers in rural...

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Episode 211 Are We Here Yet? Podcast

Episode 211 Are We Here Yet? Podcast

w/ Tamara Laine, Founder of MPWRTamara Laine is the founder of MPWR, a fintech services platform launching in 2026 to serve the some 80 million global gig economy workers.  This isn't the first founding experience for Tamara, here she is speaking with Nasdaq in 2023...

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Episode 210 Are We Here Yet? Podcast

Episode 210 Are We Here Yet? Podcast

From the Culture Desk w/ Joshua Michael StewartJoin co-hosts Joshua Michael Stewart & Scott Graves on a musical look at just what all those Big Band musicians were doing decades after the end of the Big Band Era.  The popular culture phenomenon of swing music did...

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Ep. 37 Innova802 Podcast

Ep. 37 Innova802 Podcast

A Look at 2026Cohosts Ryan Munn and Scott Graves delve into what’s on the horizon in Vermont tech in 2026.   Talk of BETA Technologies recent IPO and its consequences on employment opportunities was high among the list of other companies mentioned that we’re watching...

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Episode 208 Are We Here Yet? Podcast

Episode 208 Are We Here Yet? Podcast

New Ideas from Otis, MAWe’re joined by Dr. Stacey Schultze, a fifth generation citizen from the Berkshire hamlet of Otis, MA.  After listening to Stacey tell us in detail about the town’s greatest assets we’re feeling good about the resiliency of small town New...

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