This is Cohousing: The Cohousing Podcast

This is Cohousing | Ep 15 | Reparatory Real Estate & Self-Determined Communal Living with Senait Brown

In this episode, Chuck sits down with Senait Brown of House of Mkeka, an eight-household intergenerational pocket neighborhood being developed by Black families in Seattl

This is Cohousing | Ep 14 | The Antidote to Isolation with Dr. Richard Louis Miller

What makes us feel like we belong? Psychologist, author, and podcast host Dr. Richard Louis Miller joins Charles Durrett to make the case that connection isn't a luxury

This is Cohousing | Ep 13 | Bridging the Cultural Divide through Cohousing with Alan O'Hashi

Can cohousing do what so much of American life can't — bring genuinely different people together? In this episode, host Charles Durrett sits down with Alan O'Hashi, a lo

This is Cohousing | Ep 12 | Getting Your Cohousing Community Approved with Marty Maskall

Hear from the project manager who "project managed a project into existence."In this episode, Charles talks with tenacious project manager, Marty Maskall about what it ac

This is Cohousing | Ep 11 | The Anthropology of Culture Change & Cooperation with Richard Senghas

Join Charles Durrett on This is Cohousing as he sits downwith anthropologist Richard Senghas. Together they explore what appliedanthropology can teach us about building c

This is Cohousing | Ep 10 | Rebooting Community: From Conflict to Connection with Julia Jongkind

What does it take for a cohousing community to function at its fullest potential? In this episode, Charles Durrett sits down with educational learning consultant and faci

This is Cohousing | Ep 9 | From Me to We: The Philosophy of Living in Community with Carl Hall

What can a philosophy professor teach us after two decades of living in community? In this episode of This Is Cohousing, Charles Durrett sits down with Carl Hall — reside

This is Cohousing | Ep 8 | Out of Denial, Into Community: Quimper Village with Carolyn & Jack Salmon

Quimper Village is about as elegant as the cohousing process gets. In this episode, host Charles Durrett sits down with founding members Carolyn and Jack Salmon to unpack

This is Cohousing | Ep 7 | Different, Not Less: Neuro-Inclusive Living with Desiree Kameka Galloway

What happens to adults with autism when their parents can no longer care for them? It's one of the most urgent and overlooked housing crises of our time — and intentional

This is Cohousing | Ep 6 | How Common Meals Nourish Cohousing with Vesanto Melina

What if the secret to a thriving neighborhood was as simple as sharing a meal? In this episode, Charles sits down with Vesanto Melina — registered dietitian, author of ov

This is Cohousing | Ep 5 | Aging with Pride: Redefining Home for LGBTQ+ Elders with Margaret Roesch

In this episode, Charles Durrett sits down with Margaret Roesch, co-founder of Village Hearth Cohousing in Durham, North Carolina—the first LGBTQ+ cohousing community in

This is Cohousing | Ep 4 | From Asphalt to Village: Reimagining the Modern Campus with Gary Morrison

In this episode, we explore a bold rethinking of the modern campus—moving from isolated, car-dominated environments to vibrant, community-centered villages. What if camp

This is Cohousing | Ep 3 | From Home Builder to Community Maker

In this episode of the cohousing podcast, Charles Durrett sits down with Alan Carpenter, co-creator and co-director of the Canadian Cohousing Network. Together they explo

This is Cohousing | Ep 2 | Building Belonging with Pat Darlington

What does it take to build a cohousing community from scratch? In this episode of This is Cohousing, we talk with Patricia Darlington, one of the founders of Oakcreek Co

This is Cohousing: Trailer

THIS IS COHOUSING: The Cohousing Podcast, from The Cohousing Company and hosted by architect, author, and cohousing pioneer Charles Durrett. For nearly 40 years, Charle

This is Cohousing | Ep 1 | Social Architecture of Affordable Housing

In this episode of the podcast, Charles Durrett sits down with architect, researcher, and community development expert Nazin Bagherynejad to explore how housing design ca