This is the first recorded episode of The Broke Architect Podcast brought to you by the Global Architect Alliance (GAA). In this episode, I talk to a salaried architect working in London, UK. Since recording the episode we have had to anonymise the architect being interviewed so you will hear the occasional censorship beeps. We discuss issues of pay in the profession, living with debt, mental health, and alcoholism and I ask how sustainable is working in architecture in 2023.