This week’s podcast covers everyone’s favorite subject which seems to be tiny house toilets. Ethan chats with inventor Sandy Graves of the C-Head Compact Composting Toilet. The system is designed so it doesn’t have to be emptied near as often as the classic Jenkins Humanure toilet. Sandy discusses what makes … Read more
Do you live near water? What does purchasing a used houseboat, fixing it up and turning it into a successful Airbnb sound like? Nicole Young has done just that and shares the process with Ethan in this week’s podcast. Having gone through the process twice Nicole has gained lots of … Read more
Cities and states across the United States are looking at ways to legalize tiny houses. There are many people working on ways to make this happen. There is a lot of effort to get tiny houses legislated. In this episode, Ethan interviews Dan Armstrong to discuss a law called RILUIPA, … Read more
Chris Schapdick of Tiny Industrial creates tiny houses that are lightweight and easy to tow. He is also an author of two books about living in tiny houses. In Ethan’s interview with Chris, he shares why he decided to share his process on Instructbales. Chris also shares what to look … Read more
Miranda Aisling has been on the podcast before but is here to update us on an event this is upcoming. The Big Massachusetts Tiny House Festival. She explains her plans to turn an unused public building in Beverly, MA into a new community art hotel. She also shares an interesting … Read more
I learned about Terry’s work through Alexis and Christian of Tiny House Expedition. Terry is in the process of creating an urban tiny house village in Lake Dallas, Texas, in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area. After working on this project for some time and running into a lot of red … Read more
What natural material has the tensile strength of steel and can grow 12? in a single day? Bamboo! On today’s show, I’m chatting with my friend Palo Coleman about alternative and old-school building methods and materials that are better than what we do today. We’ll also go in depth on … Read more
Jewel is leading the conversation on inclusiveness and diversity in the tiny house movement and is a wonderful interview guest. We talk about a wide range of topics, from her own tiny house and the special features inside it, to some issues that persist in our housing and financial systems. … Read more
On today’s show, we will be exploring the possibility of heating your tiny house with compost. Not long ago, I came across a book called The Compost-Powered Water Heater. It’s only about 140 pages and I read it in one sitting. Author Gaelan Brown details the experimentation and the work … Read more
Brenda Mason downsized from a 3,100 sf, 5 bedroom home to a 310 sf converted motor coach tiny home in just 31 days. Brenda is passionate about helping others downsize their own lives, and she recommends doing it quickly! In this conversation, Brenda shares her take and tips on downsizing, … Read more
Lee Pera is an early pioneer in the tiny house movement and she actually helped build the first tiny house community that I ever saw, which was Boneyard Studios in Washington D.C. I wanted to have Lee on the show because she is planning a tour to teach classes in … Read more
I’ve been wanting to introduce you to the FIRE movement for quite a long time, and I finally found the guest to do it! If you haven’t heard of it, FIRE stands for Financial Independence Retire Early. It’s a movement dedicated to extreme savings and investment and it allows people … Read more