All Episodes

S4 Episode 20 - Hello! Connecting construction to a live community

S4 Episode 19 - Living in cohousing at all stages of life

S4 Episode 18 - 2026 Update - What is going on in Houston!?

S4 Episode 17 - What is GRIT in Cohousing?

S4 Episode 16: Chuck Durrett on founding the cohousing movement and where he thinks it could go next

S4 Episode 15: Founders Series, CoHousing Houston's Very Own Tom & Lynn!

S4 Episode 14: Founders Series, Sunnyside Village Cohousing in Marysville, Washington

S4 Episode 13: What it means to be the founder of a cohousing community

S4 Episode 12: How do you stay motivated and energized?

S4 Episode 11: Growing up in cohousing

S4 Episode 10: A visit with Heartwood Commons in Tulsa

S4 Episode 9: Construction update (Spoiler: we have pendant lights!)

S4 Episode 8: Why does Community matter?

S4 Episode 7: (Gently) calling all introverts! Cohousing is for you

S4 Episode 6: Minimalism and checking in on right-sizing project

S4 Episode 5: Getting the word out- sales and marketing for new cohousing communities

S4 Episode 4: Abundance

S4 Episode 3: A Katie McCamant Replay

S4 Episode 2: Why THIS Site Tour?

S4 Episode 1: The Senses of Our New Homes

S3 Episode 61: How Cohousing is different than Coliving

S3 Episode 60: What will change your mind about Houston?

S3 Episode 59: Why come to an Info Session?

S3 Episode 58: Moving means switching grocery stores. Yikes!

S3 Episode 57: Winter doldrums

S3 Episode 56: What's Happening in CoHousing Houston Jan '25

S3 Episode 55: REPLAY An interview with Laird Schaub, a seasoned consensus decision-making coach

S3 Episode 54: Common meals will save the world

S3 Episode 53: We're Dreaming of New Neighbors

S3 Episode 52: Tell Me More About Cohousing

S3 Episode 51: HAUS Project Houston with Matteo Roberts

S3 Episode 50: The value of a simple conversation

S3 Episode 49: The National Conference with Katie McCamant

S3 Episode 48: A quick look at the real estate market today

S3 Episode 47: The Neighborhood Engagement advance team

S3 Episode 46: Amiss Baucum

S3 Episode 45: Top 10 Agreements Before Moving In

S3 Episode 44: The Cohousing Conference Recap

S3 Episode 43: Inside cohousing- what if I want to make changes to my home?

S3 Episode 42: A farewell to the Olympics!

S3 Episode 41: A visit with Heartwood Commons in Tulsa

S3 Episode 40: Discovering community through a sisterhood of refugees

S3 Episode 39: Experiences of community living for a young adult

S3 Episode 38: Community responses to Hurricane Beryl

S3 Episode 37: The practice of showing up

S3 Episode 36: Cooking for a crowd, a tale from the Camino de Santiago

S3 Episode 35: Book Review: A Consensus Handbook

S3 Episode 34: 10 Lessons Courtney Martin learned living in cohousing

S3 Episode 33: Book Review: The Cooperative Culture Handbook by Yana Ludwig & Karen Gimnig

S3 Episode 32: Book Review: Head, Heart & Hands Lessons in Community Building, by Shari Leach

S3 Episode 31: Poetry

S3 Episode 30: A spiritual path to cohousing with Tom King

S3 Episode 29: Cracking the locked safe story

S3 Episode 28: Inflections of community on a creative life.

S3 Episode 27: Building community wherever you go

S3 Episode 26: What can you do with 1.5 acres?

S3 Episode 25: Community Radio, meet Community Living

S3 Episode 24: Letting Go For the Better

S3 Episode 23: How To Know A Person

S3 Episode 22: Lynn Answers Three Questions about Downsizing

S3 Episode 21: Community is a Practice

S3 Episode 20: The Power of Invitation

S3 Episode 19: How was our retreat on Conflict?

S3 Episode 18: Forming Group vs. Living Group

S3 Episode 17: Being an Authentic Neighbor

S3 Episode 16: End of Year Wrap Up!

S3 Episode 15: Hard Questions About Cohousing

S3 Episode 14: "Work Days" in cohousing and out

S3 Episode 13: Platforms for Community Life: Mosaic and Gather

S3 Episode 12: Things developers think about cohousers

S3 Episode 11: Can't wait for Common Meals

S3 Episode 10: AgriHood Blooming in Fort Bend County

S3 Episode 9: Build a Bigger Table, Not a Higher Fence

S3 Episode 8: Talking about Affordable Housing with Jackie Augustine from Geneva, NY

S3 Episode 7: Mission Peak - Jane Mueller

S3 Episode 6: The ride from Dreaming to Reflection with Shelly Parks

S3 Episode 5: A Quick Introduction to CohoUS

S3 Episode 4: From dreams to action, a visit with the national cohousing organization

S3 Episode 3: A forming Agrihood in Burns, TN

S3 Episode 2: Turning away from dystopia

S3 Episode 1: "In the Air"

S2 Episode 40: A Visit With Adams Creek Cohousing

S2 Episode 39: What can cohousing learn from professional sports?

S2 Episode 38: How to shorten Development Cycles - with Danny Milman at UD+P

S2 Episode 37: "Fat Tailed Projects" and other adventures in being a forming cohousing community

S2 Episode 36: What I learned at a Conflict Resolution training - Liz Parker

S2 Episode 35: In the Mud - On the Dirt - In the Air

S2 Episode 34: Beginning of Summer Update from Houston

S2 Episode 33: Hanging out at Moon Tower

S2 Episode 32: Interview with our Developer, David Kelley

S2 Episode 31: Interview with Member Sandra Tirey

S2 Episode 30: The Hang Out Factor

S2 Episode 29: 15 Minute Neighborhood

S2 Episode 28: The Cohousing Uplift

S2 Episode 27: From "Dolt" to "Teacher" what's the path

S2 Episode 26: Moving in at Haystack Heights with Bob Francis

S2 Episode 25: Interview with member Valentina

S2 Episode 24: A Slice of Life in a New Cohousing Community

S2 Episode 23: Interview with our member Phil Berrie

S2 Episode 22: Organic Friendships in Adulthood

S2 Episode 21: What ChatGPT (Open AI) has to say about cohousing

S2 Episode 20: How to shop for cohousing

S2 Episode 19: What do Whataburger and cohousing have in common?

S2 Episode 18: Downshifting into Cohousing

S2 Episode 17: Making sense of downsizing in cohousing

S2 Episode 16: Designing for Small Spaces with Sharon Staley

S2 Episode 15: The Cohousing Crystal Ball

S2 Episode 14: The Cohousing Teen Corner

S2 Episode 13: Lighten Up! Decluttering chat with Michelle Passoff

S2 Episode 12: Applying "Rules of Civility" to Cohousing

S2 Episode 11: Facilitating Conflict in cohousing

S2 Episode 10: Is cohousing right for you?

S2 Episode 9: #vanlife with Beni & Paresh

S2 Episode 8: Are you an Ecovillage?

S2 Episode 7: Community Living at its Best with Karin Hoskin

S2 Episode 6: Downsizing with June & Bob

S2 Episode 5: Spectrum of intentional communities - Interview with Cynthia Tina

S2 Episode 4: Abundant Abundance

S2 Episode 3: An Enneagram 3 & a 7 walk into a cohousing meeting….

S2 Episode 2: Thinking about Transitions

S2 Episode 1: Beginning a New Phase

Episode 81: The term "co-housing"

Episode 80: Take an Explorer Master Class

Episode 79: Sounds from the 2022 Cohousing Conference

Episode 78: Chop wood and carry water

Episode 77: Tips for Engaging and Converting "Explorers"

Episode 76: "Did I get you?"

Episode 75: Cohousing From a Kid's Perspective

Episode 74: Start a Car Share Program - with Janet Murphy

Episode 73: Building a Custom Neighborhood - with Jim Leach

Episode 72: Landscaping for connection and sustainability

Episode 71: Cohousing “Down Under” with Darren Vandenberg

Episode 70: Building the life you want with Rachel Claret

Episode 69: Summertime ... summertime ... summertime in cohousing

Episode 68: The paradox of choosing community vs. location / design

Episode 67: An interview with Laird Schaub, a seasoned consensus decision-making coach

Episode 66: How an idea becomes an agreement using consensus process

Episode 65: A visit with Village Hearth CoHousing

Episode 64: REPLAY: What makes a good Explorer?

Episode 63: In House Experts: Rank-Choice Voting

Episode 62: Let's Talk About the Treasurer Role

Episode 61: Let's Talk About Kids in Cohousing

Episode 60: My road from a kibbutz, to a coop vegetarian restaurant to cohousing - Carolyn White

Episode 59: An Introduction to CoHousing Houston

Episode 58: A Danish Farm and a Canadian Fire Hall spark a passion for community

Episode 57: My Road to Cohousing - Susan Daniels

Episode 56: The Pesky Price Per Square Foot Question

Episode 55: Thoughts on “Why Consensus”

Episode 54: Interview with Nancy Rielle on her "Intergenerational Cohousing Walkabout"

Episode 53: Eli Escobar from Audacy Radio's "Eye on Houston" interviews Kelli and Lynn

Episode 52: My road to cohousing - an Interview with PD Wadler

Episode 51: From Kitchen Table to Groundbreaking: Honoring a Milestone

Episode 50: East End Connections with Roy Lira and Diego Degenhart

Episode 49: How cohousing improves Houston's livability vision

Episode 48: Cohousing - A solution for the future

Episode 47: How to get to Cohousing: What's the Roadmap?

Episode 46: Dr. Kim Swales interviews CoHousing Houston

Episode 45: How work gets done in CoHousing Houston

Episode 44: Cohousers celebrate so much more than the rest of us!

Episode 43: Community and Mental Health

Episode 42: Generational hurdles for living in community

Episode 41: My road to cohousing - an Interview with member Jim Rosenbach

Episode 40: Conflict Resolution... When Well-Meaning People "Run Into" One Another

Episode 39: Intergenerational CoHousing

Episode 38: Sustainable green living in Houston

Episode 37: Think Globally, Act Locally - How cohousing makes that possible

Episode 36: Questions about participation levels in a forming community

Episode 35: Putting "better together" into action

Episode 34: Board Structures outside Cohousing - Interview with Jane Schmitt

Episode 33: Board Structures in Cohousing - Interview with Katie McCamant

Episode 32: Why Forming Cohousing Communities need Professionals on the team

Episode 31: Every day Encounters and why they matter

Episode 30: Marketing cohousing to traditional buyers

Episode 29: Finding the words to talk about community ... or an "-ism" that works for you!

Episode 28: The Value of Slowing Down

Episode 27: Putting your money where your heart is

Episode 26: Doing Work Together in Cohousing

Episode 25: Going Deeper into Cohousing Development with Katie McCamant

Episode 24: Development during the pandemic explained

Episode 23: What's this Common House really all about?

Episode 22: The wilderness and the good news about Value Engineering

Episode 21: Is this all worth the effort?

Episode 20: Shared Work

Episode 19: What is Value Engineering?

Episode 18: Pet Peeve about living in Houston

Episode 17: Voices of Cohousing Houston and Summer Explorer Series

Episode 16: Building everyday connections without a disaster event

Episode 15: What makes shared meals so special?

Episode 14: What is the Common House?

Episode 13: What makes a good Explorer?

Episode 12: When we are on the other side of an issue from each other

Episode 11: What if I had been living in cohousing when ...?

Episode 10: What made Bryan Bowen "jump" into cohousing

Episode 9: What is an Explorer?

Episode 8: Downsizing #1

Episode 7: What made Shelly Parks "jump" into cohousing

Episode 6: What makes you jump?

Episode 5: Preparing for the Change that is cohousing

Episode 4: FAQs - Part 2 - Cohousing Houston Design

Episode 3: FAQs - Part 1 - Cohousing Concepts

Episode 2: Misconceptions about Cohousing

Episode 1: Resiliency in Cohousing

Episode 0: Introduction to Tell Me More About Cohousing