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June 7, 2026

Why Real Estate Deals Are Falling Apart Right Now

Real estate deals are falling apart and the trigger is a smaller move in rates than you'd think. Guest: John Zegen, Co-founder of Madison Realty Capital. Link to episode (# 417) https://youtu.be/7ObuERkK3uE

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June 6, 2026

What's for Sale Today Isn't Worth Buying

Everyone keeps waiting for the post-crash fire sale. This time it isn't coming the way they think. Guest: John Zegen, Co-founder of Madison Realty Capital. Link to episode (# 417) https://youtu.be/7ObuERkK3uE

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June 5, 2026

Why Wall Street Ignored This Market for a Decade

For years, one of the biggest markets in finance had no natural owner. This is why. Guest: John Zegen, Co-founder of Madison Realty Capital. Link to episode (# 417) https://youtu.be/7ObuERkK3uE

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June 4, 2026

How the Great Financial Crisis Created an Entirely New Market

How the wave of post-2009 bank sell-offs opened up a new line of business for Madison. Guest: John Zegen, Co-founder of Madison Realty Capital. Link to episode (# 417) https://youtu.be/7ObuERkK3uE

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June 3, 2026

Why Office Is Less Than 1% of Our Business

Josh Zegen explains why office has been less than 1% of Madison's lending book since 2004. Guest: John Zegen, Co-founder of Madison Realty Capital. Link to episode (# 417) https://youtu.be/7ObuERkK3uE

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June 2, 2026

From One $3M Loan to a $25B Firm - How Madison Realty Capital Was Built

In this episode, Chris sits down with Josh Zegen, Co-Founder & Managing Principal of Madison Realty Capital, a $25 billion real estate private credit firm he started with his college roommate in 2004. They dig into how he built one of the largest private lenders in the country starting from…

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May 31, 2026

Inside One of America’s Largest AI Infrastructure Projects

John McQueeney describes the scale of the AI infrastructure buildout happening in West Texas: 6,500 workers on site, 10 gas turbines, and half a million square feet per building. Guest: John McQueeney, Texas State Representative. Link to episode (# 416) https://youtu.be/8PvNEk7zOko

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May 30, 2026

Why the US Wants AI Infrastructure Built Here

John McQueeney argues that AI infrastructure is becoming strategically important - and that the investment will happen somewhere whether Texas participates or not. Guest: John McQueeney, Texas State Representative. Link to episode (# 416) https://youtu.be/8PvNEk7zOko

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May 29, 2026

Why Texas Is Betting Big on Data Centers

The argument isn’t just about AI. It’s about jobs, infrastructure, tax base, and whether cities want to participate in the next major economic buildout. Guest: John McQueeney, Texas State Representative. Link to episode (# 416) https://youtu.be/8PvNEk7zOko

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May 28, 2026

Why Texas Might Need More Data Centers

Built right, data centers curtail their own usage during peak demand and turn on backup generation so your power stays on. Guest: John McQueeney, Texas State Representative. Link to episode (# 416) https://youtu.be/8PvNEk7zOko

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May 27, 2026

The Surprising Tax Impact of Data Centers

Why do so many cities compete for data centers? One reason is the belief that they can generate substantial tax revenue without the same long-term public infrastructure burden as large residential growth. Guest: John McQueeney, Texas State Representative. Link to episode (# 416) https://youtu.be/8PvNEk7zOko

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May 27, 2026

Every App You Use Depends on This

Most people never think about data centers until one gets proposed near their town - even though almost every part of modern life already depends on them. Guest: John McQueeney, Texas State Representative. Link to episode (# 416) in bio.

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May 26, 2026

The Texas Power Grid, AI, and the Race for Data Centers | Rep. John McQueeney

In this episode, Chris sits down with John McQueeney, State Representative for House District 97 in Tarrant County, Texas and member of the State Affairs Committee covering power grid and electric policy. In the last six weeks alone, John's committee has run three interim data center hearings. He is also…

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May 24, 2026

What Most Founders Get Wrong About Their Business Model

Most founders pick a product and try to build a business around it. The best operators do the opposite - pick the model first, and let the products fit it. Guest: Bryan Perkins, founder and CEO of Novaria Group. Link to episode (# 415) https://youtu.be/jDRfElheTFw

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May 23, 2026

How to Build a Large, Successful Business

Most founders try to get through the next day. The ones who build large, successful businesses are deliberate about decisions whose payoff is 10 or 15 years out. Guest: Bryan Perkins, founder and CEO of Novaria Group. Link to episode (# 415) https://youtu.be/jDRfElheTFw

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May 22, 2026

Why the Space Boom Isn't About Mars

Why the space market is still in the early innings, even after SpaceX and Blue Origin. Guest: Bryan Perkins, founder and CEO of Novaria Group. Link to episode (# 415) https://youtu.be/jDRfElheTFw

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May 21, 2026

Why Boeing Only Makes 52 Planes a Month

You don't really understand the business you're in until you've stood on a factory floor and watched your customer's end product get built. Guest: Bryan Perkins, founder and CEO of Novaria Group. Link to episode (# 415) https://youtu.be/jDRfElheTFw

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May 20, 2026

How to Win Every Single Day

Incremental wins compound. Herculean change almost never happens. Guest: Bryan Perkins, founder and CEO of Novaria Group. Link to episode (# 415) https://youtu.be/jDRfElheTFw

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May 20, 2026

Building a $2.2B Aerospace Business From Scratch

In this episode, Chris sits down with Bryan Perkins, Founder & CEO of Novaria Group, a Fort Worth-based aerospace manufacturer he started in 2011 and sold to Arcline last November for $2.2 billion. Bryan didn't set out to be in aerospace. He needed a job. But once he was in,…

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May 19, 2026

Building a $2.2B Aerospace Business From Scratch

In this episode, Chris sits down with Bryan Perkins, Founder & CEO of Novaria Group, a Fort Worth-based aerospace manufacturer he started in 2011 and sold to Arcline last November for $2.2 billion. Bryan didn't set out to be in aerospace. He needed a job. But once he was in,…

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May 17, 2026

What the Pandemic Did to Our Small Town

How the pandemic pulled this North Texas market forward by a decade - and what it looked like when the big box stores finally decided there were enough rooftops to show up. Guest: Rex Glendenning, founder and CEO of REX Realty. Link to episode (# 414) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvh8G60Go50

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May 16, 2026

Why Companies Are Moving to DFW

Why DFW Airport is one of the top reasons large companies keep relocating here - including Goldman Sachs' new 5,000-employee headquarters fifteen minutes away. Guest: Rex Glendenning, founder and CEO of REX Realty. Link to episode (# 414) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvh8G60Go50

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May 15, 2026

The Deal Every NFL Team Wants Now

How a 60-day land deal landed the Dallas Cowboys in Frisco - and locked in over $130M in public incentives. Guest: Rex Glendenning, founder and CEO of REX Realty. Link to episode (# 414) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvh8G60Go50

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May 14, 2026

The New Financial Capital of America

Why DFW will overtake New York as the financial capital of the United States - and the geographic reason it's already happening. Guest: Rex Glendenning, founder and CEO of REX Realty. Link to episode (# 414) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvh8G60Go50

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