Feudal Future

On this episode, Marshall Toplansky and Joel Kotkin sit down with Jay Garner. Jay is CEO of Garner Economics as well as the Chair of the Site Selectors Guild. This episode explores the topic of site selection and how companies are choosing sites for their expansions. Learn more about Jay Garner: https://siteselectorsguild.com/members/garner/Show Notes: http://joelkotkin.com/feudal-future-podcast/J...

Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by guests Jim Young and Kirstie Acevedo of Gensler, the largest design and architecture firm in the world. Their conversation covers the future trends and needs of the office spaces and what kinds of issues employers are facing in our current world. Show Notes: http://joelkotkin.com/how-covid-shaping-office-of-future/ Learn about Gensler: https://www.g...

Joel and Marshall interview one of their longtime collaborators, Wendell Cox. He is an expert in urban policy, focusing much of his work on demographics and transportation, and he joins Joel and Marshall for a conversation on the COVID-19 pandemic, death rates, and public policy. Show Notes: Show Notes: http://joelkotkin.com/making-sense-urban-density-death-rates/Join the 'Beyond Feudalism&ap...

Joel & Marshall interview Mike Shellenberger, author of Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All. In the book he 'unleashes a scientific, fact-based broadside against eco-alarmism and the excesses of the left, arguing that climate change and other environmental problems are real but not apocalyptic and require practical, not radical, solutions.'In this talk the three...

On July 14th, Joel & Marshall held a Virtual Town Hall on a research brief titled, Beyond Feudalism: A Strategy to Restore California's Middle Class discussing inequality in California and how a change in state policy could restore our state’s dream. This is a recording of the presentation and Q & A.Chapman University's Beyond Feudalism Report: https://www.chapman.edu/communicati...

In this episode of the Feudal Future podcast, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky interview Clarence (Nink) Carter. He and his wife, Dr. Donna Carter founded GateWay Second Chance Foundation and GateWay Boarding Academy, to provide a second chance for academically andbehaviorally-deficient adolescent boys to learn the academic, life and problem solving skills to minimize their risk of becomin...

In this episode of the Feudal Future podcast, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky interview Jennifer Hernandez, a partner with Holland & Knight Law Firm in its California offices. Her firm is one of the most prominent in the world of environmental regulations, and she herself is in the midst of lawsuits pertaining to California environmental law. Joel and Marshall raise the topic of feuda...

In this episode of the Feudal Future podcast, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky interview guest Li Sun. Li is a lecturer in sociology and social policy at the University of Leeds in the UK. Originally from China, she has resided in several other countries since 2007, and is a consultant for the UN, the World Bank, the OECD, and the governments of the UK, the Netherlands, and China. Li’s mai...

In this episode of Feudal Future, hosts, Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky speak with guest Dan Young. Dan was the former president of the Irvine Company, mayor of Santa Ana, and currently sits on the boards of Hoag Hospital, THINK Together, an afterschoolprogram, and MindOC.His latest projects within Camino Enterprises include: Passage San Mateo, a 960 unit apartment project with ground floor re...

On the first episode of the Feudal Future podcast, Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky break down what it means to live in a feudal society, why we're headed towards one, and what we can do to start reversing the trends. Show Notes: https://joelkotkin.com/feudalfuturepodcastTweet thoughts: @Joelkotkin, @Mtoplansky, #FeudalFuturePurchase Joel's Book 'The Coming of Neo-Feudalism':...

"History repeats itself. The rise and fall of nations, societies and people are each a part of the world's turning. Time and time again we suffer the same tragedies, but is this destiny, or can we alter this reality?"On the Feudal Future podcast, world renown author Joel Kotkin and tech entrepreneur Marshall Toplansky explore what it takes to liberate the global middle class. They s...