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Affinius Capital closed a $3.4B take-private of Veris Residential last month, one of the largest multifamily transactions in years.The deal  represents a change in thesis for Affinius and perhaps for the industry, Affinius partner Ryan Krauch said on this week's episode of First Draft Live.In the cycle of zero interest rates and constant rate compression, multifamily investment had moved away from “what it is supposed to be,” he said.“[Housing] is not meant to be tactical, opportunistic, high-yielding plays,” Krauch said. “Multifamily, from its origins, has really been more about income producing, downside protection, diversified income, inflation hedge, all the traditional things. So for us, when we looked at Veris, this was a great opportunity to really reset that framework.”

Zinzi Clemmons was raised in Philadelphia by a South African mother and an American father. Her debut novel, What We Lose was named “Debut Novel of the Year” by Vogue, and received praise from the Atlantic, the Guardian, the New York Times, The New Yorker, and others. What We Lose was a finalist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, the California Book Award, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Leonard Prize. She is a 2017 National Book Award 5 Under 35 Honoree. She wrote the foreword to a new edition of Jean Toomer's Cane, published by Penguin Classics in 2019. Her new collection of essays is called Freedom. Listen to First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing ad-free, pitch-free and with monthly extras by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/firstdraftwriters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bestselling author Amy Bloom is widely known for 2022 memoir “In Love.” The memoir follows her journey with her late husband, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. The pair made a decision to travel to Switzerland to help him end his life. Bloom’s latest book is different. “Blunt Instrument” is a vivacious, and often hilarious, murder mystery that’s set in the world of academia. And it’s partly inspired by Wesleyan University. Bloom recently sat down with us to talk about her book and writing process. Where We Live is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Time to target Morocco, Belgium, England and Argentina ahead of Matchday 3 with the Wildcard Active.

Screenwriter and coach Aleia Kristene survived grueling hustle, but she walked away questioning whether the narrative of the suffering artist is actually a badge of honor or just unexamined trauma. In our conversation, she reveals how she transformed twenty years of family tragedy into a limited series. She also shares the exact pacing mistakes that instantly tank amateur scripts.    If you feel stuck behind a wall of perfectionism or lost in a quiet season of your own creative journey, this episode delivers:  an insider guide to reclaim your voice, how to master the production realities of Hollywood, and how to get your biggest ideas onto the page.  Chapters 00:00 - Redefining the Artist's Struggle  01:23 - Reclaiming Creativity with iCode  02:08 - Writing a Male Cinderella at Nine Years Old  04:17 - Realism over Cartoons: The Influence of Black Cinema  06:35 - Turning Family Tragedy into a Sellable Script  11:15 - Demystifying the Hollywood Table Read  12:47 - Brutal Production Realities from Major Film Sets  17:43 - The Biggest Mistakes Amateurs Make in Action Lines  20:06 - Balancing Mentorship with Personal Creative Output  23:15 - Overcoming the Perfectionism Trap of First Drafts  27:55 - Aleia's Ultimate Dream Project   Listen to the show on your favorite streaming platform! Apple Podcast: http://bit.ly/4fcopgQSpotify: http://bit.ly/4fdkiBsYouTube: https://youtu.be/4ekuzVLC8_M   Connect with Aleia: Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aleiakristene/ Website: https://aleiakristene.com/ Support the show Website: Martine SeverinFollow on Instagram: Martine | This Is How We CreateSubscribe to the Newsletter: Martine's Substack This is How We Create is produced by Martine Severin. This episode was edited by Daniel Espinosa. Podcast show art is designed by Violetta Encarnación. Music by Timothy Infinite. show   Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts Leave a review Follow us on social media Share with fellow creatives  

Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. Her new short story collection is called The Typing Lady and Other Fictions. Her novels — My Year of Meats , All Over Creation, A Tale for the Time Being, and The Book of Form and Emptiness — have been translated and published in over thirty countries. Her third novel, A Tale for the Time Being, won the LA Times Book Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Book of Form and Emptiness was the winner of the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction as well as the 22nd Annual Massachusetts Book Award, the BC Yukon Book Prize, and the Julia Ward Howe Prize for Fiction. She is Professor Emerita of English Language & Literature at Smith College, where she was the Grace Jarcho Ross 1933 Professor of Humanities. Support First Draft and listen ad-free and pitch-free with monthly extras at www.patreon.com/firstdraftwriters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emma Straub is the New York Times-bestselling author of seven books for adults: the novels American Fantasy, This Time Tomorrow, All Adults Here, The Vacationers, Modern Lovers, Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures, and the short story collection Other People We Married. She is also the author of three picture books: Gaga Mistake Day, which she co-wrote with her mother, Mama Hug, and Very Good Hats. She is a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and her work has been published in more than 20 languages. Emma and her husband own Books Are Magic, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York. Listen ad-free, pitch-free with thank you gifts each month by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/firstdraftwriters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a Round 3 Wildcard locked in, I'm picking 15 players with good Round 1 & 2 fixtures for max upside. This is my first draft with plenty of players under 5% owned for the scouting bonus.. ✅ Start your weight loss journey with Oxford Natural and get up to 70% off your first order with code GB70 at https://oxfordnatural.com/gb70/

A book coach who's written 15 novels pulls back the curtain on what's really happening when your messy first draft disappoints you. Ever finished a chapter, read it back, and realized the words on the page don't match the story in your head? There's a name for that. It's called the “taste gap,” and it often shows up among serious, lifelong readers. In this episode, I sit down with book coach and publishing strategist Gala Russ (who's written 15 novels) to talk about the taste gap, what a first draft is supposed to look like, and why messy writing is the whole point.This one's for you if you've studied writing for years but still struggle to finish your first draft. Because the taste gap closes when you practice writing more than researching it.Here's what we talk about:[04:41] Why no number of finished pages ever makes you feel like a real writer, and the loaded questions non-writers often ask that get inside your head. [13:55] What a real first draft actually looks like behind the scenes and why a scrappy, hodgepodge, messy manuscript is usually a good sign.[19:04] The taste gap explained: why being an avid reader who knows what ‘good' is can make your own draft feel like the worst thing you've ever read.[23:52] How to know when a book needs more revision, when it's okay to walk away, and the sunk cost fallacy trap that keeps writers rewriting forever. [38:37] Why more craft books won't fix a stuck draft, the hidden blocks keeping writers frozen, and Gala's creative workaround for finding writing time in a busy life.Here's what I want you to take away from this episode. The fact that you can read a great book, feel moved by it, then look at your own draft and feel like it's not measuring up, that is not a sign you're not meant to be a writer. It's a sign your taste has developed faster than your skills. And skills are built by writing, not by reading one more craft book.

Lily King is the award-winning author of six novels. Her most recent novel is Heart the Lover. She has also published a collection of short stories, Five Tuesdays in Winter. Her 2020 novel, Writers & Lovers, won the New England Society Book Awards and was a New York Times Notable Book and chosen as a top-ten best book of 2020 by The Washington Post, NPR, People Magazine, and The Los Angeles Times. Her 2014 novel Euphoria won the Kirkus Award, the New England Book Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Award. This episode was recorded live at Aspen Words Winter Words program in 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. His first collection of essays, The Book of Delights, was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller. His new collection of essays is called Inciting Joy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark, aka FPL General, joins Tom to reveal his first draft for FIFA World Cup Fantasy 2026 Matchday One and his early thoughts on chip strategy! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Gianni Buttice joins Tom to reveal his first draft for FIFA World Cup Fantasy 2026 Matchday One and his early thoughts on the best players and fixtures to target. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Ramona Ausubel is a graduate of the MFA program at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of the novel No One Is Here Except All of Us and the short story collection A Guide to Being Born. Her work has been published in The New Yorker, One Story, The Paris Review Daily, Best American Fantasy, and elsewhere, and has received special mentions in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. She has been longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and was a finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Award and the Pushcart Prize. Her new book is Unstuck: A Writer's Guide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 10-year Treasury rising past 4.5% has taken the wind out of real estate's recovery sails. Momentum gained in Q1 is already reversing as the war in Iran pushes on inflation. MSCI Chief Economist of Real Estate Research Jim Costello said the volatile bond market is “a new wrench thrown into the works.” And while he believes the CRE recovery is still underway, it's tenuous.“[Investors] need to do more scenario planning these days, because that's how you can deal with the growing uncertainty in the market,” he said.

Bestselling novelist Holly Ringland on writing from joy instead of fear, the toolkit she built to meet the inner critic with self-compassion, and finding the first true sentence of her debut after decades of silence.   We discuss Why the pain of not writing eventually outweighs the pain of writing. What grief and loss can crack open in a writer that nothing else can. How the first true line of a novel can arrive once you stop listening to the reasons you can't write it. A bullet-point approach to plotting that protects the nervous system from the blank page. What to ask for from early readers, and what to refuse. The distinction between self-doubt and the inner critic, and why it matters. Meeting the inner critic with an equal and opposite internalised force. Breaking procrastination by making the next step impossibly small. Fiction as the lie that tells the truth truest.   Resources & Links

Andy Crysell is editor of No Way Back, an archive publishing project that looks back at music and subcultures of the late 20th century, republishing stories from the music press to show how people experienced key turning points in the moment. It would be easy for No Way Back to slide into fond nostalgia, but instead of distant wistfulness, the magazine's main currency is the immediacy of its writing. Dipping into a story from The Face in 1986, or Rolling Stone in 1979, the reader is carried along on the energy and excitement of the moment, rather than ruminating on what it all means decades later. In this episode, Andy speaks about the ideas behind the project, and his ideas of where it will go next.

Hafeez Lakhani was born in Hyderabad, India and raised in suburban South Florida. His novel is called Abundance. His fiction and essays have appeared in Crazyhorse, Exposition Review, Salt Hill, Tikkun, The Cortland Review, and The Southern Review, among other places, and have garnered fellowships from PEN America and The Center for Fiction. He was twice recognized with a Notable Essay in Best American Essays and twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize. After publishing his essay, If We Show That We Like They Make More Mainga, he was profiled by the Huffington Post as one of “Eight Fantastic New Writers To Look Out For”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Silurian Hypothesis asks whether a prior civilization could have risen and vanished without leaving a trace we'd recognize. The standard version looks for industrial signatures - carbon spikes, isotope anomalies, the chemical ghosts of a world that burned. But what if the most advanced technology doesn't leave that kind of mark? This episode loosens the assumption and follows it into stranger territory - systems built on principles we're only beginning to name, infrastructures that may still be running, hiding not in the geological record but in plain sight.Call in live during the show: 702-857-6939 Full archive of 1,100+ episodes: troubledminds.org

Tom Perrotta is the bestselling author of eleven works of fiction, including Election and Little Children, both of which were made into Oscar-nominated films, and The Leftovers, which was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Peabody Award-winning HBO series. His other books include Bad Haircut, The Wishbones, Joe College, The Abstinence Teacher, Nine Inches, Mrs. Fletcher, and Tracy Flick Can't Win. His new novel is Ghost Town. His work has been translated into a multitude of languages. Perrotta grew up in New Jersey and lives outside of Boston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Malak Hijazi is an English Literature graduate, writer, historian of displacement and journalist from Gaza. She joins us from Gaza City to share her story, describe life under the ongoing genocide and explain why she is compelled to record what is happening to her people despite the danger to herself. A remarkable young woman. Don't miss it. Stormont on the Brink pod:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-157551108 The Hope, Courage and Community podcast is here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-157607730

Malak Hijazi is an English Literature graduate, writer, historian of displacement and journalist from Gaza. She joins us from Gaza City to share her story, describe life under the ongoing genocide and explain why she is compelled to record what is happening to her people despite the danger to herself. A remarkable young woman. Don't miss it. Stormont on the Brink pod:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-157551108 The Hope, Courage and Community podcast is here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-157607730

America's most confusing war might be coming to an end, crews are painting the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, President Trump pressured the FDA to approve fruity vape flavors, and there's a new scandal surrounding the suppression of government-funded vaccine studies. Stephen's fabulous wife Evie McGee joins him to help The Late Show audience select the perfect Mother's Day card for 2026. Oscar-winner Sally Field tells Stephen Colbert that she resisted months of efforts by Robin Williams to make her laugh on set, but one fart noise from Pierce Brosnan made her totally fall apart. Watch “Remarkably Bright Creatures” on Netflix this Friday. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim Newton is a journalist, teacher, and author of Justice for All, Eisenhower, Worthy Fights, and Man of Tomorrow. He was at the Los Angeles Times for twenty-five years as a reporter, bureau chief, editorial page editor, columnist, and editor at large. He lives in Pasadena, California, and teaches at UCLA, where he founded and edits the award-winning public affairs magazine Blueprint. His new book is Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead and an American Awakening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global volatility hasn't pushed commercial real estate investing into a crisis — it's having the opposite effect, Chad Lavender, Newmark's president of capital markets in North America, said on this week's show.Optimism around economic growth is keeping borrowers optimistic that income streams will grow, even if interest rates don't sink. There is no wave of distress on the horizon because debt markets are “almost insatiable,” Lavender said.Despite private credit continuing to grow, bank lending opening up at pre-Covid levels and investors increasingly drawn to hard asset in uncertain times, that doesn't mean windfalls are around the corner or sales activity is about explode.“We know where stuff's going to price, that doesn't mean a seller wants to sell it there,” Lavender said.

Michael Cunningham is a novelist, screenwriter, and educator. His novel The Hours received the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1999. He has taught at Columbia University and Brooklyn College. He is currently a professor in the practice at Yale University. This is about his novel The Snow Queen recorded in 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a while since the last episode, so I bring you up to speed on what's going in my life. I'm moving, and it sucks. I'm living in an Airbnb, which also sucks. But good news, I finished my novel, Citizen Zero. I talk a bit about how some genres, like sci-fi and fantasy, are more about the story's setting, while other genres, like thrillers, mysteries, and horror, are more about the story's plot. As a reader and a writer, I especially like stories that combine a “setting” genre with a “plot” genre.LinksCheck out my novel, Critical Balance.Have you read Critical Balance? Please leave a review on Amazon.Subscribe via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.Support the show on Patreon.Donate to the show.Follow me on Bluesky.Join my Discord server.Email me.Call My Voicemail: 951-465-5391Check out my YouTube channel.Join my Book Club, now on Discord.I'm looking for alpha & beta readers for my next novel.A Few Notes on the Culture by Iain M. BanksStart The Culture series with Excession.Check out episode 98 for my discussion of Martha Wells's lecture on AI characters in stories.

Every draft is won or lost in the margins. Join us as we break down the critical picks 21 through 24. We dive deep into the board, analyzing team strategy, player fit, and why these selections could define the future of these franchises. Whether it's a steal, a reach, or a head-scratcher, we provide the expert breakdown you need to understand the late-round landscape.

Welcome to the season-finale of "First Draft." Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr. close the book on the 2026 NFL Draft season with final team-grades! 00:00 Welcome to the show! 2:00 Mel Kiper Jr.'s 2026 NFL Draft Grades 5:53 Los Ángeles Rams select Ty Simpson 11:40 Raiders select Fernando Mendoza 14:45 New York Jets draft grade 21:28 Arizona Cardinals draft grade 25:30 Tennessee Titans draft grade 30:00 New York Giants draft grade 33:50 Dallas Cowboys draft grade 37:37 Philadelphia Eagles draft grade 42:00 Final 2026 NFL Draft notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Allegra Goodman is the author of Isola, Sam, Intuition, The Cookbook Collector, Paradise Park, and Kaaterskill Falls (a National Book Award finalist). Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Commentary, and Ploughshares and has been anthologized in The O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories.  Her new novel is This is Not About Us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nuggets were humiliated last night in Game 3 from the jump. The Timberwolves came out with an energy that the Nuggets could not match. What is going on with the Nuggets and can they still win the series? Did Aaron Gordon's absence take all the wind out of the Nuggets sails? Is Game 4 an absolute must-win? On the other hand, the Avalanche have taken a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Kings. How are we feeling about their Cup chances heading into the second round? Also, a quick recap of the first round of the NFL Draft and a preview of the Broncos first draft pick tonight (62nd overall). Catch a Friday edition of Hot Takes with Eric Goodman and Troy Renck! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're Mock-Drafting for the final time before Round 1 begins on April 23rd in Pittsburgh. 2026 NFL Draft Coverages begins at 8PM ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN+ & and the ESPN App! #nfl #espn #firstdraft #nfl #nfldraft #nfldraft2026 #ncaa #ncaafootball #sports 00:00 Welcome to First Draft! 1:00 Alternating mock draft is now open! 1:45 David Bailey to the Jets 3:45 Jeremiyah Love to the Titans 5:30 Titans select Sonny Styles 7:15 Giants select Arvell Reese 9:15 Browns select Carnell Tate 11:00 Commanders select Caleb Downs 13:30 Chiefs select Mansoor Delane 15:05 Francis Mauigoa to the Giants 16:30 Dolphins select Jordyn Tyson 18:00 Cowboys select Dillon Thieneman 19:00 Rams select Spencer Fano 20:30 Ravens select Vega Ioane 22:15 Kenyon Sadiq to the Buccaneers 23:30 Makai Lemon to the Jets 25:00 Happy Birthday Field Yates 26:24 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're diving into the top news, notes and storylines surrounding the 2026 NFL Draft, including the potential draft-ranges of Alabama QB Ty Simpson and Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love. 00:00 Welcome to First Draft! 1:10 Dexter Lawrence trade reaction 9:16 Where will Ty Simpson land? 14:00 What should the Jets do at #2? 16:00 David Bailey or Arvell Reese? 20:00 Jeremiyah Love 26:30 Jermod McCoy 33:00 Bold NFL Draft predictions 39:30 Keagen Trost 40:30 Lewis Bond 44:30 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rachel Khong's first novel Goodbye, Vitamin, won the 2017 California Book Award for First Fiction, and was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for First Fiction. Her second novel, Real Americans, was a New York Times bestseller.  She was the managing and executive editor of Lucky Peach magazine and edited a cookbook called All About Eggs. In 2018, she founded The Ruby, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco's Mission district.  Her new short story collection is called My Dear You. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Only 0.5% of U.S. land works for large-scale data center development.On this episode of First Draft Live, Tract President and Tract Capital managing director Graham Williams, whose firm is behind some of the biggest data center developments in the country, breaks down why power, water, a shrinking skilled workforce and rising regulation and public backlash are making viable sites surprisingly difficult to find. 

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're diving into Round 2 of Mel's FINAL Mock Draft of 2026! #nfl espn #firstdraft #nfl #nfldraft #nfldraft2026 #ncaa #ncaafootball #sports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're diving into Mel's FINAL Mock Draft of 2026! #nfl espn #firstdraft #nfl #nfldraft #nfldraft2026 #ncaa #ncaafootball #sports 00:00 Welcome to the show! 2:00 Mel Kiper Jr.'s final 2026 NFL Mock Draft 4:00 Titans select Jeremiyah Love 8:15 Dallas trades up to select Sonny Styles 12:20 Commanders select Carnell Tate 17:26 Browns select Kadyn Proctor 21:00 Rams select Makai Lemon 25:20 Kenyon Sadiq to the Buccaneers 35:00 Chargers select Peter Woods 43:24 Cardinals trade up for Ty Simpson 45:31 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Perfection is keeping you broke. In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down a truth most people avoid—your first version is supposed to be ugly. Because let's be real… While you're tweaking your logo… Fixing your website… Rewriting your offer for the tenth time… Someone else already launched… And they're already getting paid. In this episode, you'll learn: Why the market cares about results—not perfection How over-preparing kills your momentum and delays income Why real feedback only comes after you launch How taking action fast leads to better products and faster growth Because the people who win… They don't wait. They launch. They adjust. They improve. Version one is messy. Version two is better. Version ten is unstoppable. But you never get there… If you never start. Your Network is your NETWORTH! Make sure to add me on all SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS: Instagram: https://jo.my/paulalex2024 Facebook: https://jo.my/fbpaulalex2024 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGhDAD1JyGGzSQUPD9lc9HQ LinkedIn: https://jo.my/inpaulalex2024 Looking for a secondary source of income or want to become an entrepreneur? Check out one of my companies below to see if we can help you: www.CashSwipe.com FREE Copy of my book “Blue to Digital Gold - The New American Dream”www.officialPaulAlex.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kate Schatz is a feminist author, educator, and public speaker. She's the New York Times-bestselling author of the "Rad Women" book series; the novel Where the Girls Were; the 33 ⅓ book Rid of Me: A Story; and Do the Work: An Anti-Racist Activity Book, co-written with W. Kamau Bell. She lives in the Bay Area with her wife, three children, and pets. In all she does, Kate is committed to sharing radical histories that shine light on the marginalized people who've truly made America (and the world) great: the people of color, the immigrants, the queers, the punks, the weirdos, the artists, the workers, and the women.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Multifamily is under pressure from every direction, and yet it is still expected to fix America's housing crisis.A record wave of new supply has hit the market, pushing vacancy higher and rent growth flat or negative in several Sun Belt metros. At the same time, Washington is turning up the heat, with voices like Sen. Elizabeth Warren targeting institutional ownership and the Federal Trade Commission applying new scrutiny to rental fees.But with the bulk of the supply tsunami behind us, could 2026 be the turnaround year? Or will it be just another step in a longer reset? On this episode of First Draft Live, Bisnow sits down with Bob Hart, president and CEO of TruAmerica Multifamily, to break down where the market actually stands, where capital is flowing and how investors are making the math work in a sector caught between rising pressure and uncertain recovery.

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Field Yates, Jordan Reid, Matt Miller, and Mel Kiper Jr., and we're drafting superteams of 2026 NFL Draft prospects! Our 4 analysts go-pick-for pick in a Mega Mock Draft to determine who has the best squad!  Let us know in the comments who you think drafted the best team! 00:00 Welcome to the show! 3:15 MEGA MOCK Draft is open! 4:16 Fernando Mendoza 6:30 Jeremiyah Love 7:42 Caleb Downs 14:00 Kenyon Sadiq 15:54 Makai Lemon and Carnell Tate 18:20 Jordyn Tyson 19:30 KC Concepcion 21:00 Arvell Reese 22:00 Ty Simpson 27:22 David Bailey 28:30 Teams through 4 picks 33:40 Francis Mauigoa 35:00 Rueben Bain Jr. 42:25 Kadyn Proctor 49:20 Garrett Nussmeier 51:00 CJ Allen 52:12 Akheem Mesidor 56:40 Jacob Rodriguez 58:00 Germie Bernard 1:03:30 Full teams revealed 1:08:50 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You've probably noticed that the digital landscape is flooded with AI-generated content right now, leaving a massive gap for coaches who can provide real-world expertise and a unique point of view. A coaching book can easily get lost in a sea of sameness without a distinct human element, and special guest Sean Mabry is here to show how building a psychological moat around your brand can set you apart from the rest!  If you've been waiting for the "perfect" moment to start the book writing process, this episode will stop that half-finished manuscript from gathering dust. Sean gives a clear path to finally get those words out of your head and onto the page so you can finish your first draft quickly!  Register for the Live Workshop If you want to stop overthinking and finally get your book done, join Sean for his upcoming live workshop: How to Write Your Complete First Draft in 90 Days. The details are below - see you there!  When: Wednesday, April 15th at 2:00 PM ET Where: https://www.naturalborncoaches.com/book What You'll Hear In This Episode: The crisis in the landscape caused by AI and why there is a growing hunger for reality and human battle scars in the book world. How to build a psychological moat around your expertise by capturing a unique point of view that a machine cannot replicate. What Sean means when he says the specific is the universal and the magic that happens when you begin leaning into your most unique, personal details. The importance of writing Book Number One to establish yourself as a character in the reader's mind before diving into lean, tactical advice. Why Sean views a book outline as a living document and how to use the jigsaw puzzle strategy to prevent getting stuck. The Benefit + Mechanism formula for titling a book and the way to use a subtitle to transition from grabbing attention to building deep interest. How the plotter vs. pantser debate applies to coaches and why pattern recognition is the secret to a faster writing process. A preview of Sean's upcoming live workshop on April 15th, detailing his strategic roadmap for completing a full first draft in just 90 days. LINKS Register for Sean's Upcoming Live Workshop, How to Write Your Complete First Draft in 90 Days (Happening Wednesday, April 15th at 2:00 PM ET)  Connect with Sean on LinkedIn & Instagram The Smashing Machine (Movie) The Book of Sheen: A Memoir by Charlie Sheen Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Larry Winget Books & Latest Episode on Natural Born Coaches Limitless (Movie) Need help launching a podcast or editing your current show? This podcast is proudly sponsored, edited and produced by PodAssist. Visit their website below for more info!  http://www.podassist.com Book a no-obligation 1:1 strategy call with Marc for your coaching business: http://www.chatwithmarcm.com If you'd like more coaching clients without sending cold messages or spending money on ads, the Natural Born Coach Program is for you. Get the details here! http://www.nbcprogram.com Join The Coaching Jungle Facebook Group! http://www.thecoachingjungle.com   Become a Coaching Jungle VIP member which includes special posting perks in the group to reach almost 30,000 potential clients! http://www.myjunglevip.com   Grow your business with The Coaching Jungle Mastermind! http://www.coachingjunglemastermind.com If you have a product or service that helps coaches, and you'd like to get it in front of 100,000 of them: http://www.jvwithmarc.com

Camille T. Dungy is the author of America, A Love Story. She has also written the memoir Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden, the essay collection Guidebook to Relative Strangers, and four other collections of poetry, including Trophic Cascade, winner of the Colorado Book Award. Dungy edited Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, the first anthology to bring African American environmental poetry to national attention. She also co-edited the From the Fishouse poetry anthology and served as assistant editor for Gathering Ground: Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade. Her work has appeared in Best American Poetry; 100 Best African American Poems; Best American Essays; The 1619 Project; All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis; and other publications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're diving into an Alternating Mock Draft for Round 1 of the 2026 NFL Draft, selected by Mel, Field and ESPN Draft analysts Matt Miller and Jordan Reid. 00:00 Welcome to the show! 3:30 Alternating Mock Draft is open! 5:30 David Bailey to the Titans 8:45 Jeremiyah Love to the Giants 14:30 Sonny Styles to the Saints 19:30 Chiefs select Kenyon Sadiq 21:30 Cowboys select Rueben Bain Jr. 25:19 Jordyn Tyson to the Rams 30:00 Jets select Omar Cooper Jr. 33:20 Monroe Freeling to the Lions 39:00 Kadyn Proctor to the Browns 43:40 Bears select Peter Woods 50:00 Ty Simpson to the Jets 56:30 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down Field's top-50 prospects of the 2026 NFL Draft Class, led by Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza and Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love.  00:00 Welcome to the show! 1:30 Ty Simpson's pro day 16:00 Field Yates' Top-50 NFL Draft prospects 19:45 Ohio State Buckeyes' NFL Draft prospects 20:40 Rueben Bain Jr. 23:00 Kadyn Proctor 29:00 Rankings 21 through 30 35:20 Rankings 31 through 40 39:50 Rankings 41 through 50 41:00 Jadarian Price 55:00 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down selections 33 through 64 of Field's 2-Round Mock Draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down selections one through 32 of Field's 2-Round Mock Draft. 00:00 Welcome to the show 2:09 Field Yates 2-round mock draft is open! 3:10 Sonny Styles to the Titans 7:50 Jeremiyah Love to the Commanders 11:24 Jordyn Tyson to the Chiefs 16:30 Akheem Mesidor to the Buccaneers 21:30 R Mason Thomas to the Cowboys 25:30 Omar Cooper Jr. to the Eagles 29:40 Ty Simpson to the Cardinals 43:50 Cashius Howell to the Chiefs 48:30 Denzel Boston to the Patriots 51:00 Thank you for watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down selections 11 through 32 of Mel's third Mock Draft of the 2026 season.   0:00 Welcome to First Draft 2:26 Recap Picks 1-10 4:43 No. 11 Jordyn Tyson to Dolphins 8:50 No. 12 Jermod McCoy to Cowboys 11:42 No. 13 Francis Mauigoa to Rams 15:32 No. 14 Spencer Fano to Ravens 19:58 Picks 15 & 16 20:23 No. 17 Kadyn Proctor to Lions 22:34 No. 18 Pick 22:50 No. 19 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren to Panthers 27:00 Picks 20-23 27:30 No. 24 Makai Lemon to Browns 31:50 Picks 25-27 32:15 No. 28 Christen Miller to Texans 36:32 No. 29 Pick 36:45 No. 30 Keldric Faulk to Dolphins 40:28 Picks 31 & 32 42:30 Goodbye & Thanks for Watching! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

She wrote her first novel in 15-minute increments—in drive-through lines, at the dance studio, at swim lessons—while raising two kids and walking through one of the hardest seasons of her family's life. And she finished her book. That's Jackie Heninger's (pen name J.J. Henley) story, and I wanted to bring her onto the podcast because I know so many of you feel like life keeps getting in the way of writing your novel. Jackie's story is proof that it doesn't have to.Jackie is a mom of two, a former teacher, and a long-time Bookstagrammer who spent years reviewing other people's stories before she finally decided to write one of her own. She went through my Notes to Novel program and finished her debut romantic suspense, writing most of it in small pockets of time between school drop-offs, swim lessons, and drive-through lines.In this episode, she walks us through the whole journey, and I know you're going to find it incredibly inspiring.Here's what we talk about:[05:58] How beta reading a friend's novel made Jackie realize she could actually write her own and why seeing a story in its messy state changed her mindset entirely. [15:14] Why Jackie resisted calling her book a thriller with a romance subplot and the ‘aha' moment that completely changed her mind on this. [23:07] How having a scene-by-scene outline made her 15-minute writing sessions low-stress, productive, and effective. [28:13] What happened when her son stopped sleeping, her writing windows disappeared, and her family was navigating one of the hardest seasons of their lives (and how she kept going anyway).[38:30] Her honest take on self-publishing vs. traditional publishing, and what shifted her perspective entirely.If you've been waiting for the right time to write your book, or if life keeps getting in the way and you're not sure you have enough time to actually finish, this one's for you.

Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the top-10 selections of Mel's third Mock Draft of the 2026 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices