Natalie Bogwalker has been a guest before on the Ethan’s podcast and is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to natural building techniques. In this podcast Ethan and Natalie do a deep dive into two techniques. Slip straw and hempcrete. Natalie does a great job explaining to the new … Read more
Ethan’s guest this week is Betsy Barbour. After selling her condominium in 2017 Betsy downsized to her 200 sqft tiny home in 2019. Since then she has lived in three unique communities in two states. Betsy is passionate about tiny house advocacy and community development. In this episode she discusses … Read more
Ethan talks today with Angela Barnard about the tiny house mindset and how it can help you start living tiny sooner. Angela is a tiny house dweller and also a life and career coach. She specializes in helping people change the direction of their lives. In this episode of the … Read more
Ethan calls his guest this week is one of his all-time favorite professional tiny house builders. JP Marquis from Minimaliste Houses has been building gorgeous, modern, premium tiny houses since 2015, His company really has staying power because of their pursuit of building excellence. Minimaliste Houses have continued to innovate … Read more
Discover the Joys of Growing and Collecting Itty Bitty Houseplants” a book written by Leslie Halleck caught Ethan’s attention and he reached out to talk to her on his weekly podcast. Ethan wanted to talk about plants and how they fit into tiny house living. Leslie is a super outgoing … Read more
In this week’s podcast, Ethan chats with Sarah Burch. Sarah is a bicycle touring professional and also a tiny house enthusiast who got in touch with Ethan nearly 10 years ago when she was looking for people interested in both bicycle touring and tiny houses. Sarah discusses the similarities and … Read more
Ethan’s fascination with houseboats really started when he saw a video tour of Bonnie’s houseboat, the River Den, on the Exploring Alternatives YouTube channel. Ethan has been trying to get her on the show ever since. As it turns out Bonnie is a talented entrepreneur who has multiple houseboats and … Read more
In today’s podcast, Ethan talks with my friends Joshua and Shelley Engberg who in 2014 decided to design a custom trailer to build their tiny dream home. Finding it very frustrating they decided to jump in and start their own business called Tiny House Basics. In 2021 they have now … Read more
Ethan in his podcast this week discusses with Alex Ontiveros who runs Pacific West tiny homes about certification of tiny homes. Ethan who has always been skeptical of certification wants to see if Alex can convince him of its worth. In the last episode, Jenifer Levini didn’t help Ethan’s skepticism. … Read more
In this weeks podcast Ethan talks with Jenifer Levini about the legal landscape of tiny houses. This is one of the most frustrating and confusing parts of living in a tiny house. A tiny house still is not a legal term in municipalities and most don’t know how to fit … Read more
On this podcast Ethan talks to Amanda about SquareOne Village which is an organization creating self-managed communities of cost-effective tiny homes for people in need of housing in and around Eugene Oregon. Amanda is the director and if you are interested in tiny house villages you will enjoy learning from … Read more
Jessica and Will Sueiro state that one of the best ways to spend time as a family is traveling full-time. Traveling together can be fun, interesting, and educational for your children too. But it can also be difficult. Jessica and Will, are two parents who have done it successfully. In … Read more