Yeoman

I had the pleasure of sitting down with my father, Tom Graham, for a lengthy discussion of his career. The conversation begins with Dad's early life in 1940s and 50s Rock Hill, South Carolina, we continue through his careers in energy and the nascent software industry, his introduction to real estate development, and his work as what one might appropriately call a wildcatter developer in Atlan...

For the last two decades years,  Chris Smaje  has been a small-scale vegetable grower in Somerset in South West England. Prior to that, he was a researcher and teacher in political science and policy. Chris has authored two books: 2020’s  A Small Farm Future  and 2023’s  Saying No to a Farm Free Future . Visit yeomanpodcast.com for show notes.

Geoffrey Long is the owner of Long Story Farms in Newberry, SC. We discuss his farm, his roots, what brought him to farming, and how his farm connects him to his community. Please pardon the awkward delay. That left Geoffrey and I stumbling over each other a bit, hence the decision to continue the conversation face-to-face in the near future. So much more to discuss! Their soon-to-open retail loca...

Charlie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldUrbanist Charlie's bio at Mercatus: https://www.mercatus.org/scholars/charles-gardner Some court decisions referenced in our conversation: Euclid v. Ambler, 1926 https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/272/365/ Spann v. City of Dallas, 1921 https://casetext.com/case/spann-v-city-of-dallas-1 Buck v. Bell, 1927 https://supreme.justia.com/cases/feder...

Ashley on Twitter Rizoma Field School Ashley's writings Doomer Optimism podcast I open our conversation quoting from this article by Ashley in Front Porch Republic . Ashley referenced Andrew ⁠Szasz's Shopping our Way to Safety⁠ . "Spreadsheet Brain"

Coby's guest post on Noahpinion: "Why small developers are getting squeezed out of the housing market" Coby on Twitter Coby's website Coby's business Coby's interview on Building Culture

Ilya Somin joins Geoff to discuss the newly published paper, The Constitutional Case Against Exclusionary Zoning , that he co-authored with Joshua Braver. What's the big deal about exclusionary zoning and what does it have to do with the overarching Yeoman theme? Glad you asked! Geoff answered that question in this thread . Professor Somin is a Professor of Law at George Mason University and t...

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 of being an owner operator, and the growth of the business. Some relevant...

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. Some relevant links: Austin on X Build Culture on X , Instagram , YouTube , and Spotify Build Culture's new Townse...

Geoff Graham introduces the Yeoman podcast.