The Walker Webcast
The Walker Webcast, hosted by Willy Walker, CEO of Walker & Dunlop, brings renowned leaders and brilliant minds together for engaging conversations. Insights for life.
Episodes
August 28, 2025 • 72 mins
In this special episode of the Walker Webcast, we featured Marc Porat’s powerful keynote on the transformative role of artificial intelligence at the Walker & Dunlop Summer Conference.
Marc has spent his career at the intersection of technology and society, founding pioneering companies and anticipating the future of how we live and work. In this webcast, he shares his perspective on the exponential growth of AI and the exciting –...
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August 21, 2025 • 64 mins
Willy welcomed back one of the most respected voices in the housing industry, Walker & Dunlop’s Hall of Fame housing market analyst and executive vice president and co-founder of Zelman, Ivy Zelman.
She and Willy covered the hot topics impacting today’s rapidly evolving housing landscape, including tariffs, inflation, interest rates, rising inventories, consumer trends, student loans, immigration, AI implementation, and much more....
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August 14, 2025 • 61 mins
Willy welcomed back Will Ahmed, the visionary founder and CEO of WHOOP - the leading wearable fitness tracking company that’s reshaping how the world thinks about health and human performance.
He and Will unpacked WHOOP’s expanded mission into lifespan and longevity, recovery trends in professional athletes, the integration of medical-grade capabilities into their technology, the impact of physiological data on the live sports exp...
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August 7, 2025 • 62 mins
On this episode of the Walker Webcast, we featured the timely and insightful remarks of Kate Moore, Chief Investment Officer at Citi Wealth, live from the Walker & Dunlop Summer Conference.
Kate unpacked what’s driving investor paralysis, how consumer behavior is shifting, what higher-for-longer rates mean for portfolios, and why corporate confidence is faltering behind closed doors. She also gives her take on the labor market, ta...
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July 31, 2025 • 65 mins
Willy sat down with Michael Levy, CEO of Crow Holdings, a Dallas-based real estate investment and development firm with over $33 billion in assets under management.
They discussed Michael’s broad macro view of the CRE market, opportunities he’s seeing across the asset classes, secular trends shaping the industry, opportunities in private credit, as well as his career journey, managing through the financial crisis, and leadership ...
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July 24, 2025 • 58 mins
On a special episode of the Walker Webcast, Willy sat down with Dr. Theodore Schwartz—one of the nation’s leading neurosurgeons and author of Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery—at the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.
Together, they discussed Dr. Schwartz’s approach to patient care and balancing transparency with compassion, making the decision to become a neurosurgeon, the power of the human brain, cutting edge technologies...
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July 17, 2025 • 81 mins
On this special episode of the Walker Webcast, recorded live at the Walker & Dunlop Summer Conference, guest host Gary Pinkus — Walker & Dunlop board member and former Chairman of McKinsey & Company — sits down with Gillian Tett, award-winning journalist, author, Chair of the Financial Times’ Editorial Board, and Provost of King’s College, Cambridge.
You won’t want to miss Gillian’s unique perspective on everything from the global...
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Willy was joined once again by renowned economist Dr. Peter Linneman for the Most Insightful Hour in CRE. They unpacked key takeaways from the Q2 Linneman Letter, including employment data, tariffs, GDP, oil, geopolitical impacts, supply chain issues, the Fed, single and multifamily supply, hot markets, and much more.
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July 2, 2025 • 59 mins
In a special episode of the Walker Webcast, we’re celebrating past guests whose dedication to public service, leadership, and governance defines the American spirit.
From former governors and policymakers to decorated veterans and civic leaders, this video highlights key moments of insight and inspiration—on democracy, leadership, and what it means to serve the public good.
Whether you're reflecting on how far we’ve come or...
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June 26, 2025 • 55 mins
With the Tour de France just around the corner, we couldn’t think of a better duo to join Willy than legendary racing cyclists George Hincapie and Christian Vande Velde.
They discussed predictions ahead of the 2025 tournament, their experiences competing in the Tour de France, how the physiology of riders has changed over the last two decades, their personal health and fitness regimens, and their transitions from the competitive c...
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The AI era is here – is your business ahead of the curve or playing catch-up?
Willy sat down with Jeff Bussgang, Co-Founder of Flybridge Capital Partners, serial entrepreneur, and Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School.
He and Willy explored key themes from Jeff’s recent book The Experimentation Machine, including the importance of reinvention in the age of AI, why we need to have an abundance mindset when it comes to new tec...
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May 29, 2025 • 65 mins
Willy sat down once again with bestselling author—and his childhood friend—Amor Towles, whose literary hits include Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow, and his newest collection, Table for Two.
He and Willy covered the adaptation of A Gentleman in Moscow – including conversations with lead actor Ewan McGregor, his writing process and utilizing both the left and right brain, how fiction plays a role in building empathy, the i...
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May 22, 2025 • 67 mins
Willy was once again joined by Jim Millstein, Co-Chairman of Guggenheim Securities to discuss today’s hottest topics facing the market.
They explored the revolutionary impact of AI, the truth about the sovereign debt market, implications of the Mar-a-Lago Accord, rising trade barriers, Jim’s insights on the potential privatization of Fannie and Freddie, and the warning bell he’s sounding for the U.S.
Whether you're a policymaker,...
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May 15, 2025 • 50 mins
Willy was once again joined by economist, strategist, and industry expert Jay Parsons – and you won’t want to miss his sharp, data-driven perspective on the rental housing landscape.
He and Willy covered everything from the macroeconomic outlook and Fed policy to construction trends, core markets, immigration impacts, and Jay’s latest take on rates, spreads, and overall market sentiment.
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May 8, 2025 • 55 mins
With today's dramatically shifting global landscape, we couldn't think of a better time to welcome back General David Petraeus, a retired four-star U.S. Army general who also served as the director of the CIA.
He and Willy discussed a wide range of geopolitical topics, including the ongoing situation in Ukraine, developments in the Middle East, the trade war and U.S.-China relations, broad effects of tariffs and new administration...
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May 1, 2025 • 59 mins
When it comes to breakthroughs in medical research, the future is closer than you think. Willy was joined by one of the most influential voices in oncology, Dr. Ben Ebert, President and CEO of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
They explored Dana-Farber’s strategy for navigating threats to medical funding and research, competition and collaboration in the medical field, how Dana-Farber attracts world-class talent, cutting-edge new tech...
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Willy sat down with Chris Cassidy to discuss his extraordinary journey from highly decorated U.S. Navy SEAL to NASA’s Chief Astronaut, and now President and CEO of the National Medal of Honor Museum.
They explored what it means to overcome fear—on the battlefield and in space—the power of quiet, humble leadership, what it’s really like to live in orbit (including two-hour daily workouts!), how he carved out opportunities throughou...
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Willy and renowned economist Dr. Peter Linneman took their quarterly discussion to YPO’s Real Estate Multi-Family Symposium.
They covered the hottest topics shaping the economy – tariffs, Fed cuts, inflation, GDP,
employment, debt, the stock market, and so much more.
Don’t miss this timely update from two of the greatest minds in the CRE industry.
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April 10, 2025 • 60 mins
Thank you for tuning into the Walker Webcast, where Willy was joined by Tom Michaud, President and CEO of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Do you know someone who would find this webcast interesting?
Willy and Tom discussed timely topics, including tariff uncertainty and trade deals, challenges facing small businesses, the evolving world of crypto and stablecoins, and current trends in M&A.
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On this episode of the Walker Webcast, Willy sat down with Walker & Dunlop experts Aaron Appel, Kris Mikkelsen, and Ivy Zelman to break down key market trends, attention-worthy asset classes, and what’s shaping the industry’s future.
Tune in for expert perspectives on everything you need to know, from the impact of tariffs on the single- and multifamily markets and if you’re better off renting or owning to the most investable mark...
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