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Recent Episodes
May 20, 2026
Fault Lines & Forecasts: How Geopolitics is Reshaping Growth, Inflation, and Capital
In this episode, David Levy, CRE, talks with Frank Kelly, founder and managing partner of Fulcrum Macro Advisors. Leveraging more than 30 years as a senior Wall Street executive at Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, and Deutsche Bank, and having served two presidential administrations, Frank Kelly offers a unique inside sources perspective on Washington, DC, the broader geopolitical landscape, and the complex cross-roads of public policy, global markets, and macroeconomics.
April 20, 2026
AI Owns the Block
In this episode Trepp Chief Product Officer Lonnie Hendry, CRE®, talks with JLL Global Head of Research Julia Georgules, BGO Chief Economist Ryan Severino, and Crenetics Co-Founder and CEO Patrick Nessenthaler, CRE®, on the predictive power of Artificial Intelligence.
March 23, 2026
We’re Not In Kansas Anymore
In this episode, MSCI Real Assets Chief Economist Jim Costello, CRE®, engages fellow members of the Counselor organization's Economic Advisory Council on what worries them, where the imbalance is in the economy, and what's going to drive it.
Feb. 3, 2026
Emerging Trends in Real Estate®
In this episode, 2026 Global Chair John Baczewski, CRE®, talks with PwC's Andrew Alperstein, CRE®, and Charles DiRocco, Jr., CRE®, who share the pivotal trends and top markets to watch as published in Emerging Trends in Real Estate®, a joint publication of the Urban Land Institute and PwC. It's one of the most comprehensive real estate and land use reports in the industry.
Feb. 2, 2026
Year in Review: What’s Past is Prologue. Or Is It?
In this episode, Jonathan A. Schein, CRE, and Victor Calanog, PhD, CRE, discuss the year that was 2025 and speculate on the issues expected to have the most effect on commercial real estate in 2026.
Jan. 26, 2026
A Conversation with John Baczewski, CRE®
2026 Global Chair John Baczewski, CRE®, shares his vision for the Counselor organization with Jonathan Schein, CRE®.