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9 episodes
How to Spot a Real Estate Money Pit: The Property Triage
Learn how to distinguish between "good bones" and expensive structural failures when touring potential fixer-upper properties.
The Invisible Threat: Decoding the Air We Breathe
From orange skies to microscopic particles, learn what’s actually in the air and how to protect your health using the Air Quality Index.
The Skyscraper Lie: Density, Cost, and Jerusalem’s Future
Are luxury towers solving the housing crisis? Explore the "rocket equation" of architecture and why height doesn't always equal density.
Beyond the Burj: The Future of Kilometer-High Towers
From vortex shedding to the elevator paradox, Herman and Corn explore the physical and economic limits of building the world's tallest towers.
Policing Shekels, Losing Dollars: The Transit Friction Crisis
Exploring how aggressive transit enforcement creates high-stress cities and why "policing shekels" might be costing us the future of green mobility.
Fixing the Leak: How Cities Can Actually Protect Renters
Explore how cities like NYC and Vienna protect tenants from landlord neglect and why housing should be treated as a public utility.
Firmness, Commodity, and Delight: A Guide to Architecture
Explore the evolution of architecture from ancient pyramids to digital twins, and learn why a building needs firmness, commodity, and delight.
Building an Ideation Factory: Beyond Generic AI Ideas
Learn how to overcome AI repetition and build a multi-agent "ideation factory" to solve complex local economic challenges.
Inside Smallville: Can AI Agent Villages Predict Humanity?
Herman and Corn explore "Smallville," a digital town where AI agents plan parties, form memories, and simulate human society.