9th Transmission: Lyon Porter of Urban Cowboy Hotels (@urbancowboyhotels)

Welcome to the 9th Transmission of the ALLSHIPS podcast. I’m your host Dave Krugman, and today I bring you a conversation with someone who has had a tremendous impact on my life and my social disposition- Lyon Porter, the founder of Urban Cowboy Hotels. Lyon is a renaissance man, a catalyst for creative communities, and an absolute visionary in the field of hospitality. His properties are world renowned, with locations in Brooklyn, The Catskills, and Nashville. I recently stayed at the Dive Motel and we took half an hour to talk about the potential of our post pandemic efforts to reunite our communities. We spoke on silver linings, growth after a period of tragedy and disconnect, hospitality, the new roaring 20’s, the power of creative connection, and so much more. Let’s dive in.

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Recorded at Shishkin Productions in Brooklyn, NY.