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  "id": 10400246,
  "title": "Odd Lots: Why Building a Crosswalk in LA Is Kafkaesque (Podcast)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/odd-lots-why-building-a-crosswalk-in-la-is-kafkaesque-podcast",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-28T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2026-09-28/odd-lots-why-building-a-crosswalk-in-la-is-kafkaesque-podcast"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bill McBride did not just predict the 2008 housing bubble, he helped invent financial blogging with his Calculated Risk newsletter. Zach Lasry, meanwhile, is much newer to the scene, but in his career as a real estate developer, he is already responsible for building one of LA's hottest new neighborhoods — Melrose Hill. We spoke to both of them at our live show at the Vermont Hollywood, for a…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}