<p>Intro/Outro: “Trying Not to Think About Time,” by The Futureheads</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><ul><li>Unfrozen’s 2023 Spotify Wrapped Stats:&nbsp;<ul><li>Most Popular Episode: “<a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/show-me-the-bodies-742">Show Me the Bodies</a>” with Peter Apps</li><li>Most Shared Episode: “<a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/untimely-meditations-virtual-repatriations-111">Untimely Meditations, Virtual Repatriations</a>,” with Era Merkuri and Martin Gjoleka + Chidi Nwaubani</li></ul></li><li><a href="https://afterschool.substack.com/">After School Newsletter</a> by Casey Lewis</li><li>Unfrozen’s Favorites of 2023:<ul><li>Attending the Venice Biennale during previews, including Sir Peter Cook’s assertion that, while at their event and on their payroll, NEOM would be less than half-built and eventually devolve into shantytowns</li><li>“<a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/moving-the-monolith-speed-running-the-follies-numena-and-spectracities-759">Moving the Monolith, Speed-Running the Follies</a>,” with Andreea Ion Cojocaru and Nick Kauffman</li><li>“<a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/the-atlas-of-space-rocket-launch-sites-427">The Atlas of Space Rocket Launch Sites</a>,” with Brian Harvey and Gurbir Singh. Greg was channeling Geoff Manaugh’s <a href="https://www.bldgblog.com/">BLDGBLOG</a></li><li>“<a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/smaller-cities-in-a-shrinking-world-941">Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World</a>,” with Alan Mallach</li><li>“<a href="https://unfrozenarch.net/episodes/renewing-the-dream">Renewing the Dream</a>” with James Sanders</li></ul></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>2024 Doomscroll:<ul><li>NEOM meets the Metaverse at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8rxtGRi0c0&amp;ab_channel=Dezeen">Aquellum</a> + Zaha Hadid’s <a href="https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Minas_Morgul">Minas Morgul</a> tower, <a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2023/10/05/neom-skyscraper-zaha-hadid-architects-trojena/">Discovery</a> at Trojena</li><li>You won’t have <a href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/charlie-munger-berkshire-hathaway-dead-74d476a8">Charlie Munger</a> to kick around anymore</li><li><a href="https://www.ces.tech/">CES</a> is underway, and so is the metaverse rebranding</li><li><a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/">Apple Vision Pro</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ray-ban.com/usa/electronics/RW4006ray-ban%20%7C%20meta%20wayfarer-black/8056597769440">Meta Wayfarer Ray-Bans</a></li><li>Want work? You need to kneel before the <a href="https://www.pif.gov.sa/en/Pages/Homepage.aspx">PIF</a></li><li>Are architects and engineers really building the future for Saudi’s young? Or are they just taking the money and running</li></ul></li><li>Half the world’s population will vote in 2024</li><li>No election scheduled in Canada, but in 2025, things are looking topsy-turvy:<ul><li>Canada is “three NIMBYs in a trenchcoat” right now</li><li>Households now owe more in mortgage debt than <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/household-debt-gdp-1.6852027">Canada’s entire GDP</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Poilievre">Pierre Poilievre</a> and the Canadian Conservatives seem to be the only ones taking the housing crisis seriously, and the kids are listening</li><li><a href="https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/">CHMC</a> can’t just straight-up build affordable housing – why?</li></ul></li><li>But it’s good real estate vibes in the US once rates get cut</li><li><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/politics/donald-trump-freedom-cities-flying-cars/index.html">Freedom Cities</a></li><li><a href="https://californiaforever.com/">California Forever</a></li><li>You can build it – but who will <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/insurance-home-auto-rate-increases-climate-change-03b806f3?page=1">insure it</a>?</li><li>Will San Francisco exit its doom loop in 2024? What cities will pull ahead?</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/us/san-francisco-downtown-rebound.html?searchResultPosition=1">Gensler doubles down</a> in its hometown + <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shvo">Shvo</a> to the rescue at the Transamerica Pyramid</li><li>Greg draws a picture of the work-from-home, AI-driven, obesity-drug-taking hellscape called America</li><li>People are competing for walkable urbanism everywhere because we can’t seem to build any new housing</li><li>Could consumer branding of residential real estate boost housing construction?<ul><li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/welcome-to-the-neighborhood-wall-street-designed-it-70562612?page=1">Welcome to the Neighborhood! Wall Street Designed It</a></li><li><a href="https://culdesac.com/about">Culdesac</a> – build-to-rent walkable urbanism in Tempe, AZ</li><li>WeWork’s <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/dileeprao/2023/11/07/from-wework-to-flow-unpacking-adam-neumanns-act-2/?sh=65519cba22cc">Adam Neumann</a> starts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(real_estate_company)">Flow</a></li></ul></li><li>Dead mall resurrections</li><li><a href="https://eastontowncenter.com/">Easton Town Center</a>, Columbus</li><li><a href="https://retrofittingsuburbia.com/">Retrofitting Suburbia</a>, Ellen Dunham Jones and June Williamson</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>--</p><p>Engagements Preview 2024:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“<a href="https://elm.umaryland.edu/announcements/2023/Save-the-Date-Feb-22-Presidents-Panel-on-Politics-and-Policy-with-Greg-Lindsay.php">Don’t Believe the Hype: Cities are Alive and Well</a>,” University of Maryland Baltimore, 22 February</li><li>“<a href="https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP142779">Using Augmented Reality to Drive Inclusive City Development</a>,” SXSW, Austin, 10 March</li><li>Smart City Expo USA, New York, 22-23 May</li><li><a href="https://ctbuhconference.com/">CTBUH International Conference</a>, London and Paris, 23-27 September</li></ul>