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POWERS

Hosted by Chris Powers · business · EN · 428 episodes

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Conversations with the best founders, entrepreneurs, and investors.

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Booking probability

46%

Guest openness

Selective

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Questions about POWERS

Who hosts POWERS?

POWERS is hosted by Chris Powers. The show has published 428 episodes to date.

What has POWERS covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Ross Perot Jr. on Why Texas Keeps Winning" (21 October 2026, 94 minutes), "Inside Hunt Companies: From Military Housing to $37B Holding Company with Woody Hunt (#433)" (14 October 2026, 90 minutes), and "How To Workout Distressed Real Estate Debt with Shlomo Chopp (#432)" (30 September 2026, 68 minutes).

How often does POWERS publish?

POWERS publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 80 minutes across 428 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on POWERS?

Booking probability for POWERS is 46%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. POWERS requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. POWERS's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch POWERS?

The strongest fits for POWERS are Investing & Wealth Management. POWERS has a business audience.

About the host

Chris Powers hosts POWERS, a business show with 428 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • POWERS

    Ross Perot Jr. on Why Texas Keeps Winning

    Oct 21, 20261h 34m

    This week Chris sits down with Ross Perot Jr., Chairman of Hillwood and The Perot Group. Ross founded Hillwood in 1988 and built Alliance Texas, his masterpiece, a 1 of 1 27,000-acre development. They discuss:• Why...

  • POWERS

    Inside Hunt Companies: From Military Housing to $37B Holding Company with Woody Hunt (#433)

    Oct 14, 20261h 30m

    In this episode, Chris sits down with Woody Hunt, Chairman Emeritus of Hunt Companies, the El Paso holding company that grew out of a hardware and building materials business his family bought in 1947. Woody joined in...

  • POWERS

    How To Workout Distressed Real Estate Debt with Shlomo Chopp (#432)

    Sep 30, 20261h 8m

    This week Chris sits down with Shlomo Chopp, Founder of Case Equity Partners. His job is helping real estate owners get out of or restructure loans they can't pay. Shlomo got into this after an attorney told him to read...

  • POWERS

    The Art & Science of Developing Iconic Retail Properties with Terry Montesi (#431)

    Sep 23, 20261h 1m

    This week Chris sits down with Terry Montesi, Founder and CEO of Trademark Property Company, a Fort Worth developer of retail and mixed-use real estate he started in 1992. Terry was last on the show in 2019, in the...

  • POWERS

    Inside the Department of Energy: Why the AI Race Has Become Physical with Adam Blake (#430)

    Sep 16, 20261h 22m

    This week Chris sits down with Adam Blake, Co-founder and CEO of Mavria. Adam spent a little more than a year leading the DOGE team inside the Department of Energy. He has been a private person for 15 years, and last...

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    Reindustrializing America: Building NOX Metals & The Future of Manufacturing with Zane Hengsperger (#430)

    Sep 9, 20261h 3m

    This week Chris sits down with Zane Hengsperger, Founder and CEO of NOX Metals, a metal supplier in Detroit he started in 2025. NOX buys metal from the mill, cuts it to the exact size a machine shop needs, and ships it...

  • Episode #428

    Developing North Texas' Iconic Master Planned Communities with Lucy Billingsley (#428)

    Aug 26, 202651 min

    This week Chris sits down with Lucy Billingsley, Co-founder and Partner of Billingsley Company, the Dallas development firm she started with her husband Henry in 1978. Lucy is the daughter of Trammell Crow, who built...

  • Episode #427

    The Man Who Took Elon to Russia & Why His New Company Phantom is SpaceX's Unfinished Business with Jim Cantrell, CEO of Phantom Space (#427)

    Aug 12, 20261h 52m

    This week Chris sits down with Jim Cantrell, Co-founder & CEO of Phantom Space. He co-founded Phantom Space in 2019, where he is now trying to mass produce rockets. He was employee number four at SpaceX and its first VP...

  • Episode #426

    Manufacturing, Supply Chains, and Building an Infrastructure Company with Justin Lopas (#426)

    Aug 5, 20261h 9m

    Today Chris sits down with Justin Lopas, Co-founder & COO of Base Power Company. On Monday Base announced a $1B Series D at a $13B post money valuation. Justin spent his early career at SpaceX, where he helped lead the...

  • Episode #425

    Reindustrialization, Data Center Gold Rush, Death of The Allocator, National Security, & Capital Flows with Michael Levy (#425)

    Jul 29, 20261h 25m

    This week Chris sits down with Michael Levy, CEO of Crow Holdings, one of the largest private real estate firms in the country. This one goes far beyond real estate. Michael runs a major firm, but he opens on the big...

  • Episode #424

    He's Raised $10 Billion For Real Estate Fund Managers. His Advice: "Don't Raise A Fund." with Jonathan Glick (#424)

    Jul 22, 20261h 27m

    This week Chris sits down with Jonathan Glick, founder of Incucap and one of the most active fund placement agents in the country. Over his career he's helped place more than $10 billion into real estate funds, and he...

  • Episode #422

    The Hottest Apartment Developer in America (Who Builds For 30% Less Than Competitors) with Steven Campisi, Hillpointe (#422)

    Jul 8, 20261h 22m

    In this episode, Chris sits down with Steven Campisi, co-founder of Hillpointe, one of the largest developers of attainable housing in the country. Most apartment developers design a brand new building for every...

  • Episode #421

    The Ex-SpaceX Engineer Reinventing the American Home with Riley Meik (#421)

    Jul 1, 20261h 21m

    In this episode, Chris sits down with Riley Meik, co-founder and CEO of The American Housing Corporation, a company building factory-made row homes for the kind of city lots we've stopped building on. For 70 years we...

  • Episode #420

    How He Built a 2.5M-Follower Media Machine with Chris Koerner (#420)

    Jun 23, 20261h 16m

    In this episode, Chris Powers sits down with Chris Koerner, a serial entrepreneur and host of The Koerner Office - one of the fastest-growing business podcasts in the world. Koerner has gone all-in on media: 1.4M on...

  • Episode #419

    The Business That's Selling Sunlight After Dark with Ben Nowack, CEO of Reflect Orbital (#419)

    Jun 16, 20261h 45m

    In this episode, Chris sits down with Ben Nowack, co-founder and CEO of Reflect Orbital, one of the first companies building satellites that redirect sunlight from orbit to specific spots on Earth - with the goal of...

  • Episode #418

    State Of The Private Aviation Industry with John Owen, CEO of Airshare (# 418)

    Jun 9, 20261h 2m

    In this episode, Chris sits down with John Owen, President and CEO of Airshare, one of the largest private jet operators in the country. Airshare started in 2000 and spent over twenty years as a regional Midwest...

  • Episode #417

    From One $3M Loan to a $25B Firm - How Madison Realty Capital Was Built with Josh Zegen (# 417)

    Jun 2, 20261h 25m

    In this episode, Chris sits down with Josh Zegen, Co-Founder & Managing Principal of Madison Realty Capital, a $25 billion real estate private credit firm he started with his college roommate in 2004. They dig into how...

  • Episode #416

    The Texas Power Grid, AI, and the Race for Data Centers with Rep. John McQueeney (# 416)

    May 26, 20261h 21m

    In this episode, Chris sits down with John McQueeney, State Representative for House District 97 in Tarrant County, Texas and member of the State Affairs Committee covering power grid and electric policy. In the last...

  • Episode #415

    Building a $2.2B Aerospace Business From Scratch with Bryan Perkins (#415)

    May 19, 20261h 23m

    In this episode, Chris sits down with Bryan Perkins, Founder & CEO of Novaria Group, a Fort Worth-based aerospace manufacturer he started in 2011 and sold to Arcline last November for $2.2 billion. Bryan didn't set out...

  • Episode #414

    The Most Powerful Land Broker in North Texas with Rex Glendenning (# 414)

    May 12, 20261h 23m

    In this episode, Chris sits down with Rex Glendenning, founder of REX Real Estate and the man known across North Texas as the "King of Dirt." Rex is a fourth-generation Celina native whose great-grandfather homesteaded...

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