This week, Steven Malkowich sits down with Jacob Soukoreff — Red Seal carpenter and principal of Westmont Projects — to talk about why building a home has become such a bureaucratic, expensive, and often soul-crushing journey.Coming from four generations of German carpenters, Jacob brings not only expertise but a boots-on-the-ground perspective on what’s gone wrong with housing in British Columbia.We also talk about homeschooling, entrepreneurial family life, and what it means to build something — literally and metaphorically — that lasts.If you’ve ever tried to purchase a home, get a permit, pour concrete, or raise kids while running a business... this episode is for you.
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CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist
It’s 1996 in rural North Carolina, and an oddball crew makes history when they pull off America’s third largest cash heist. But it’s all downhill from there. Join host Johnny Knoxville as he unspools a wild and woolly tale about a group of regular ‘ol folks who risked it all for a chance at a better life. CrimeLess: Hillbilly Heist answers the question: what would you do with 17.3 million dollars? The answer includes diamond rings, mansions, velvet Elvis paintings, plus a run for the border, murder-for-hire-plots, and FBI busts.
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