KCB Boiler Room Podcast
From the After Hours to the Breakfast Clubs, host Kevin Cradock, along with his In-House Storyteller Corey Nuffer, resurrect the Boiler Room events with a hard listen to the recordings of the events. From there we pick key moments we wish we could have asked guests to say more. We’ll also record Boiler Room-adjacent episodes featuring our own team, our mill shop, and other germane content.
Episodes
33 episodes
KCB Boiler Room Live! "Giving Back" Panel Discussion
On June 11th, we hosted a panel discussion titled, “Giving Back,” where we invited leaders in Boston’s build-design community to share their stunning stories on what they are doing to make the world a better place. It was so inspirational th...
Cecilia Casagrande Discusses Thoughtful Design And Its Limits
“Big box design” bothers Cecilia Casagrande and was at the top of her mind when she sat down with us in the Boiler Room to let us get to know her better. Hotels in London and holidays in the English countryside, backpacking in Europe and Africa...
Cory Gans Discusses Interiors, Architecture, and His Dad’s Hammer
Designer Cory Gans approached us back in 2025 with an idea for a panel discussion that involved a focus on the service industry. It was an amazing night of discussion. We recently had him back into the Boiler but this time to talk about hims...
Manny Makkas Discusses The Family Business
We’ve been lucky to work with Manny Makkas of Makkas Workroom on numerous projects. He’s a supporter of and familiar face at our Boiler Room events, as well. We were excited to have Manny in to hear more of his origin story and got a full-on od...
Steve Payne Discusses Boston’s Historical Carpentry Scene
Last year we were lucky to have Steve Payne of Payne|Buchier Builders on a panel discussion titled “Preservation Vs. Performance,” and we wanted to bring him back to the Boiler Room to revisit two moments—which we played recordings of on the...
Jenna Talbott Discusses Panels and Going Viral
Editor in Chief of New England Home magazine, Jenna Talbott, stopped by the Boiler Room for a conversation and to sign our copies of It’s Lonely in the Modern World: The Essential Guide to Form, Function and Ennui, a book she ...
Greg Premru Discusses Film and Digital Photography
Over the years photographer Greg Premru has shot many of our finished projects. Having him in the Boiler Room for a conversation allowed us to get to know not just Greg’s origin story as a photographer but the story of architectural photosho...
Trevor Fulmer Discusses Advertising, Lighting and Interior Design
We’ve known Trevor Fulmer before he launched his rug line, but we got to know him better at his launch event in 2024. It felt like a family reunion, meeting his parents and entourage of relatives who were all so proud of him.
Matthew Dickey Discusses Historic Preservation and Storytelling
One of Boston’s most outspoken advocates for the region’s historic buildings, Matthew Dickey has been a familiar face for years. His Instagram, @streetscapecurator, is a testament to storytelling-as-a-public service done right. And it’s so much...
Paul Reidt and Karla Monkevich Discuss B/A/D Talks, Music, and Bliss
After attending the November 2025 B/A/D Talk, we were curious about its origin story. So we invited Paul Reidt (President) and Karla Monkevich (CEO) of Kochman Reidt + Haigh Cabinetmakers to join us in the Boiler Room to tell us more about t...
Iris Marcus Discusses Finishing
Iris Marcus, expert finisher and leader in the industry, stopped by the Boiler Room to talk shop and music. We’ve been fortunate to have worked with Iris over the years on numerous projects, with most recently, a preservation job salvaging p...
Sarah and Josh Muncey Discuss the KCB Client Experience
Clients Sarah and Josh Muncey were once new clients, starting ten years ago and since then have been ongoing clients as part of our estate care. Their home is featured on our website as the PARAGON. Sarah and Josh shared w...
Julie Murphy On Making Connections
Julie Murphy, expert seamstress and owner of Designer Draperies of Boston, sat on a panel with Kevin last May at the Luxury Home Design Summit titled, “Unfiltered Insights: What Works (and What Doesn’t) in B2B Outreach for High-End Design,” ...
AKA—Ask Kevin Anything: Social Media, Technology, and Hiring
In our second installment of “AKA” or “Ask Kevin Anything,” Kevin fields three questions sent in by you! For this episode, Kevin talks about how social media posts have had an impact on what is considered “quality” work in...
Re-release—Episode 10: J. B. Clancy Discusses the Architecture of Jamaica Plain
We're re-releasing an episode in which good friend and partner on numerous projects architect J. B. Clancy cited making his first mixtape as part of why he became an architect. OMD's album, "Architecture and Morality" also played an important r...
AKA—Ask Kevin Anything: Goals, Difficulties, and Materials
We’ve started a new series, “AKA” or “Ask Kevin Anything.” And wow, did our listeners deliver! From Kevin’s most difficult issue concerning running a business and then the mantra Kevin uses during dark times to how Kevin goes about creating ...
Georgia Zikas Discusses "Applied Optimism"
While I haven’t been able to work with Interior Designer Georgia Zikas yet, she’s been a familiar face for years. At this past Luxury Home Design Summit, we bonded over a presentation involving what Summit presenter Seth Cohen calls “Applied...
ICAA Presents: Preservation vs. Performance
On October 29th, we hosted the New England Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art in a Boiler Room panel discussion titled, “Preservation vs. Performance: Renovation in the Modern Era.” Builders Steph...
Steve Siegel on Storytelling and Structural Engineering
This past May at the Luxury Home Design Summit Steve Siegel had a bit of a “moment.” With about sixty seconds to spare at the mic, he rolled out a description of what he and his company does—structural engineering—in a way that set the room ...
Adam Japko Discusses Risk and Positivity
From his role as both managing partner of New England Home magazine and co-founder of the Luxury Home Design Summit, Adam Japko is a force in Boston’s build-design community. With personal interests like fishing and wine tasting rounding him...
Meg McSherry Discusses Builder & Designer Relationships
On June 14th, 2023, we hosted a PRO New England panel in our Boiler Room on why builders should work with interior designers. Meg McSherry, owner and principal designer of Meg McSherry Interiors in Newton, was one of the designers on the panel....
Architect Matthew Arnold Discusses Starting a New Business
We all know Kevin loves people who put themselves out there. He won’t pass up a chance to talk with someone who is doing new things and not playing it safe. He also values people doing it the right way, with attention paid to detail and focus o...
Hard to Make: Kevin and Nate Discuss the POD or "Plan of the Day"
This is our second episode of a new series where we do a deep dive in things that are "Hard to Make." I served in the Coast Guard. One of my takeaways was the POD or “Plan of the Day.” We’ve implemented this on our job sites, along with our pro...
J.B. Clancy Discusses the Architecture of Jamaica Plain
Architect J.B. Clancy, of ART Architects, holds the record for guest spots on Boiler Room panels. Along with his work on the SUNFLOWER, an historic stick-style Victorian, J.B. shares a love of Jamaica Plain, the neighborhood in Boston that Kevi...
Hard to Make: Kevin and Nate discuss “Baseline”
Introducing a series we’re calling “Hard to Make.” This is a story Kevin’s been wanting to tell for decades, the culmination of a lifetime of experiences as a carpenter, woodworker, and general contractor. And so periodically, we’ll drop one...
