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Lighting Matters

Welcome to the podcast about Lighting Matters! Our unflinching conversations uncover the nuances and complexities that shape the craft of lighting design. Tune in to explore the pivotal ‘whys’ behind a lighting designer’s choices and...more

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Episode 34: The Unregulated Profession: Why Lighting Design Needs Licensing Now

Episode 34

May 19, 2026

Episode 34: The Unregulated Profession: Why Lighting Design Needs Licensing Now

Why does the profession that shapes how humans experience every built space they occupy still have no regulatory recognition — anywhere in the world?Dawn...

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Episode 33: Profit Leaking Out the Floor: Inside Lighting's Broken Spec Process

Episode 33

May 01, 2026

Episode 33: Profit Leaking Out the Floor: Inside Lighting's Broken Spec Process

Lighting's go-to-market model is one of the most complex in any product category. Does anyone outside the industry actually understand that—and does it matter...

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Episode 32: Ron Unterreiner on Cash Flow, Minority Contractors, and the 90-Day Problem

April 14, 2026

Episode 32: Ron Unterreiner on Cash Flow, Minority Contractors, and the 90-Day Problem

What if the fastest way to bring a project in under budget was just to pay people on time?Ron Unterreiner—retired design-build executive, founder of...

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Episode 31: From Frustration to Strategy: Lighting Perception, Neocon, and What Comes Next

March 31, 2026

Episode 31: From Frustration to Strategy: Lighting Perception, Neocon, and What Comes Next

Structural engineers are licensed. Architects are licensed. Why isn't lighting?Hosts Avi Mor of Morlights and Lisa Reed of Reed Burkett Lighting Design go unscripted....

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Episode 30: Ten Designers, Three Questions, One Profession

March 17, 2026

Episode 30: Ten Designers, Three Questions, One Profession

Ten experienced lighting designers walk into a conference. Can they agree on what they actually do for a living?"What do you do?" For lighting...

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Episode 29: David Woody on Lighting in Storytelling

Episode 29

February 03, 2026

Episode 29: David Woody on Lighting in Storytelling

How does lighting affect how we tell stories? Avraham Mor of Morlights and Lisa Reed of Reed Burkett Lighting Design interview David Woody of...

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