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Rethinking Homebuilding: Why Competitive Bidding is Killing Your Dream Home – Ep 120 with Monika Zasada
Melissa Chenell 1/21/26 Melissa Chenell 1/21/26

Rethinking Homebuilding: Why Competitive Bidding is Killing Your Dream Home – Ep 120 with Monika Zasada

Title: Rethinking Homebuilding: Why Competitive Bidding is Killing Your Dream Home – Ep 120 with Monika Zasada

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How Does One Of The Largest School Systems In The World Design For Success? – Ep 119 with Thierry Paret
Melissa Chenell 1/14/26 Melissa Chenell 1/14/26

How Does One Of The Largest School Systems In The World Design For Success? – Ep 119 with Thierry Paret

Title: Designing Justice: Are We Failing Students by Building Schools Like Prisons? – Ep 119 with Thierry Paret

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Is Your Building Too “Healthy”: How Ventilation May Be Making Us Sick  – Ep 118 with Joseph Lstiburek
Melissa Chenell 1/7/26 Melissa Chenell 1/7/26

Is Your Building Too “Healthy”: How Ventilation May Be Making Us Sick – Ep 118 with Joseph Lstiburek

Title: Is Your Building Too “Healthy”: How Ventilation May Be Making Us Sick – Ep 118 with Joseph Lstiburek

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Your Water Is Lying to You: The Hidden Crisis in ‘Safe’ Drinking Water – Ep 117 with Cydian Kauffman
Melissa Chenell 12/17/25 Melissa Chenell 12/17/25

Your Water Is Lying to You: The Hidden Crisis in ‘Safe’ Drinking Water – Ep 117 with Cydian Kauffman

Title: Your Water Is Lying to You: The Hidden Crisis in ‘Safe’ Drinking Water – Ep 117 with Cydian Kauffman

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Architecture Is Failing Us: Can Design Become Public Health? – Ep 116 with Yiselle Santos Rivera
Melissa Chenell 12/10/25 Melissa Chenell 12/10/25

Architecture Is Failing Us: Can Design Become Public Health? – Ep 116 with Yiselle Santos Rivera

Title: Architecture Is Failing Us: Can Design Become Public Health? – Ep 116 with Yiselle Santos Rivera

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Twilight Indoors: Are Our Buildings Making Us Sick? – Ep 115 with Jan Denneman
Melissa Chenell 12/3/25 Melissa Chenell 12/3/25

Twilight Indoors: Are Our Buildings Making Us Sick? – Ep 115 with Jan Denneman

Title: Twilight Indoors: Are Our Buildings Making Us Sick? – Ep 115 with Jan Denneman

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Glass vs. Plastic: Are We Settling for Disposable Daylighting? – Ep 114 with David Leinbach & Terry MacGillivary
Melissa Chenell 11/26/25 Melissa Chenell 11/26/25

Glass vs. Plastic: Are We Settling for Disposable Daylighting? – Ep 114 with David Leinbach & Terry MacGillivary

Title: Glass vs. Plastic: Are We Settling for Disposable Daylighting? – Ep 114 with David Leinbach & Terry MacGillivary

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Sunlight Is Medicine: Have We Engineered the Healing Power of Nature Out of Our Cities? – Ep 113 with Georg Molzer
Melissa Chenell 11/19/25 Melissa Chenell 11/19/25

Sunlight Is Medicine: Have We Engineered the Healing Power of Nature Out of Our Cities? – Ep 113 with Georg Molzer

Title: Sunlight Is Medicine: Have We Engineered the Healing Power of Nature Out of Our Cities? – Ep 113 with Georg Molzer

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Rewriting the Rules: Are 21st-Century Schools Finally Putting Students First—or Just Rebranding the Same Old Boxes? – Ep 112 with Cory Boudreau
Melissa Chenell 11/12/25 Melissa Chenell 11/12/25

Rewriting the Rules: Are 21st-Century Schools Finally Putting Students First—or Just Rebranding the Same Old Boxes? – Ep 112 with Cory Boudreau

Title: Rewriting the Rules: Are 21st-Century Schools Finally Putting Students First—or Just Rebranding the Same Old Boxes? – Ep 112 with Cory Boudreau

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Classrooms on the Frontlines: Are NYC Schools Our Best Hope—or Biggest Gamble—in Climate Resilience? – Ep 111 with Caleb Crawford
Melissa Chenell 11/5/25 Melissa Chenell 11/5/25

Classrooms on the Frontlines: Are NYC Schools Our Best Hope—or Biggest Gamble—in Climate Resilience? – Ep 111 with Caleb Crawford

Title: Classrooms on the Frontlines: Are NYC Schools Our Best Hope—or Biggest Gamble—in Climate Resilience? – Ep 111 with Caleb Crawford

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Ripping Out the Wires: Why Low Voltage Might Be the Smartest—and Most Dangerous—Idea in Building Design – Ep 110 with Jim Baldwin
Melissa Chenell 10/29/25 Melissa Chenell 10/29/25

Ripping Out the Wires: Why Low Voltage Might Be the Smartest—and Most Dangerous—Idea in Building Design – Ep 110 with Jim Baldwin

Title: Ripping Out the Wires: Why Low Voltage Might Be the Smartest—and Most Dangerous—Idea in Building Design – Ep 110 with Jim Baldwin

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Breaking Ground, Breaking Barriers: Why Dirt Work Is the Real Foundation of Healthy Buildings – Ep 109 with Brenna Moore
Melissa Chenell 10/22/25 Melissa Chenell 10/22/25

Breaking Ground, Breaking Barriers: Why Dirt Work Is the Real Foundation of Healthy Buildings – Ep 109 with Brenna Moore

Title: Breaking Ground, Breaking Barriers: Why Dirt Work Is the Real Foundation of Healthy Buildings – Ep 109 with Brenna Moore

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Let There Be Light—Or Else: Why Denying Daylight Is Costing Us Our Health – Ep 108 with Dr. Lorne Whitehead
Melissa Chenell 10/15/25 Melissa Chenell 10/15/25

Let There Be Light—Or Else: Why Denying Daylight Is Costing Us Our Health – Ep 108 with Dr. Lorne Whitehead

Title: “Let There Be Light—Or Else: Why Denying Daylight Is Costing Us Our Health” – Ep 108 with Dr. Lorne Whitehead

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Why “Good Design” Might Be Hurting Us: The Case for Sensory Accessibility and Invisible Disabilities – Ep 107 with Eliza Redmann
Melissa Chenell 10/8/25 Melissa Chenell 10/8/25

Why “Good Design” Might Be Hurting Us: The Case for Sensory Accessibility and Invisible Disabilities – Ep 107 with Eliza Redmann

Title: Why “Good Design” Might Be Hurting Us: The Case for Sensory Accessibility and Invisible Disabilities – Ep 107 with Eliza Redmann

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Why Your Dream Home Might Be a Mistake: The Case for Smaller, Smarter, Soulful Design – Ep 106 with Toby Witte
Melissa Chenell 10/1/25 Melissa Chenell 10/1/25

Why Your Dream Home Might Be a Mistake: The Case for Smaller, Smarter, Soulful Design – Ep 106 with Toby Witte

Title: Why Your Dream Home Might Be a Mistake: The Case for Smaller, Smarter, Soulful Design – Ep 106 with Toby Witte

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The Most Sustainable Building Is Already Built: Why Architects Still Chase New – Ep 105 with Tommaso Bitossi
Melissa Chenell 9/24/25 Melissa Chenell 9/24/25

The Most Sustainable Building Is Already Built: Why Architects Still Chase New – Ep 105 with Tommaso Bitossi

Title:  The Most Sustainable Building Is Already Built: Why Architects Still Chase New – Ep 105 with Tommaso Bitossi

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Your Building Might Be Making You Sick: Why Nature Is Non-Negotiable – Ep 104 with Helena van Vliet
Melissa Chenell 9/17/25 Melissa Chenell 9/17/25

Your Building Might Be Making You Sick: Why Nature Is Non-Negotiable – Ep 104 with Helena van Vliet

Title:  Sustainability Is a Broken Word: Why “Green” Buildings Fail the People Inside – Ep 104 with Helena Van Vliet

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We Built Sick Buildings: How AI and Automation Might Just Save Us – Ep 103 with Renée Jacobs
Melissa Chenell 9/10/25 Melissa Chenell 9/10/25

We Built Sick Buildings: How AI and Automation Might Just Save Us – Ep 103 with Renée Jacobs

Title: We Built Sick Buildings: How AI and Automation Might Just Save Us – Ep 103 with Renée Jacobs

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Sustainability Is a Broken Word: Why “Green” Buildings Fail the People Inside – Ep 102 with Roberto Vega Peralta
Melissa Chenell 9/3/25 Melissa Chenell 9/3/25

Sustainability Is a Broken Word: Why “Green” Buildings Fail the People Inside – Ep 102 with Roberto Vega Peralta

Title:  Sustainability Is a Broken Word: Why “Green” Buildings Fail the People Inside – Ep 102 with Roberto Vega Peralta

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Safety Theatre Is Killing Us: Why Your Building’s Emergency Plan Is a Lie – Ep 101 with Sam Mathews
Melissa Chenell 8/27/25 Melissa Chenell 8/27/25

Safety Theatre Is Killing Us: Why Your Building’s Emergency Plan Is a Lie – Ep 101 with Sam Mathews

Title:  Safety Theatre Is Killing Us: Why Your Building’s Emergency Plan Is a Lie – Ep 101 with Sam Mathews

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