Feudal Future

On this episode of Feudal Future,  hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Dr. Roxanne Greitz Miller, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and the Interim Dean of the Attallah College of Educational Studies. A member of Chapman's faculty since 2005, Dr. Miller holds the rank of tenured full professor with a joint appointment to Schmid College of Science and Technology. In additi...

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Bheki Mahlobo, Research Assistant at the Centre For Risk Analysis and Hugo Kruger, structural engineer and specialist in African economics. Bheki is a Research Assistant at the Centre For Risk Analysis (CRA). In this role, he is primarily involved in writing chapters for the Socio-Economic Survey of South Afri...

This episode is about the Covid Vaccines and the future of pandemics On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Beth Brown, Ph. D., R.Ph and CTO of Rev Pharmaceuticals who has over  20 years of leadership experience in pharmaceutical development and commercialization of over 30 products  & Ron Jordan  Dean of the School of Pharmacy at Chapman Unive...

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Senior Economist and Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Research Robert Scott & the Director of Economic Policy Studies and the Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Michael Strain. Michael R. Strain is the Director of Economic Policy Studies and th...

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Austin Williams. Austin Rhys Williams is course leader/senior lecturer in PG Dip Professional Practice in Architecture at Kingston School of Art; and honorary research fellow at XJTLU University in China. He is the director of the Future Cities Project, China correspondent for the Architectural Review and has...

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Charles Blain, Brian Calle, and Cullum Clark. Charles Blain is the president of Urban Reform Institute. Urban Reform Institute (URI, formerly Center for Opportunity Urbanism) is a stand-alone think tank, based in Houston. Brian Calle is the CEO and publisher of LA weekly. Since 1978, LA Weekly has been decodin...

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Rev. John L. McCullough, President Emeritus of Church World Service. CWS is a global ecumenical organization specializing in Development and Humanitarian Assistance, Immigration and Refugee Services, Justice and Human Rights. Headquartered in NYC with primary offices in: Bangkok, Belgrade, Buenos Aires, Elkhar...

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Michael Lind. Michael Lind is a professor of practice at the LBJ School. A graduate of the Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program and the Law School at The University of Texas with a master's degree in international relations from Yale, Lind has previously taught at Harvard and Johns Hopkins. He has been ass...

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Tracy Hernandez. Tracy Hernandez is the Founding Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed), a nonprofit, massive grassroots alliance of 180 top business networks that counts among its more than 400,000 business members a diverse demographic, industry sector, and geographic...

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by Pete Saunders. Pete Saunders is a writer and researcher whose work focuses on urbanism and public policy. He has been the editor and publisher of the Corner Side Yard, an urbanist blog, since 2012. A practicing urban planner, he serves as the community and economic development director for the Chicago suburb o...

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by guests Joe Payne and Tony Lemus. Joseph E. Payne, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Arcturus Therapeutics. Arcturus therapeutics is a leading clinical-stage messenger RNA medicines company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of therapeutics for rare diseases and vaccines....

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by guest Kevin Shuvalov. Kevin served as Regional Political Director for the Republican National Committee, where he worked with state parties and campaigns in his region to grow Republican majorities in the Senate, House, and Governorships. In this role, he helped win Iowa’s electoral votes for President Bush as...

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by guest Morley Winograd. Morley is a Senior Fellow at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School’s Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, author, and fellow at democratic think tank NDN. Morley also served as the chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party, and Senior Policy Advisor to Vice P...

In this episode of the Feudal Future podcast, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky interview John Russo, co-author of Steel Town USA and a visiting scholar at Georgetown University. John has spent most of his academic career at Youngstown State University in Ohio, and he has spent much time cataloguing the plight of the middle class and working class in the US.Learn more about John Russo: http...

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by guest Kyle Harper, a professor of classics at the University of Oklahoma. Their discussion looks to the past, particularly the fall of Rome to help understand the problems of today. Kyle’s book, The Fall of Rome takes a look at infectious disease as part of the destruction of Rome. Learn more about Kyle Harper...

On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts, Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by guests Harry and Fred Siegel. Fred is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. His son, Harry is a senior editor at the Daily Beast. Their conversation covers the future trends of cities, the workforce, and Manhattan. Learn more about Fred and Harry’s book, The Prince of the City: https...

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...