Dan Slater - The Incorruptibles

A Book with Legs

Smead Capital Management

Investing, Business, Management

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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In this episode, author Dan Slater joins Cole Smead to discuss his recently published book, "The Incorruptibles", which explores how Jewish immigrant communities played a significant role in shaping early organized crime and law enforcement efforts in the 20th century. Slater delves into the tension between labor unions, emerging crime syndicates, and the federal agents determined to combat corruption, ultimately shaping modern policing strategies.

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0:00.0	You're listening to A Book with Legs, a podcast presented by Smead Capital Management.
0:08.0	At Smead Capital Management, we advise investors who fear stock market failure.
0:12.9	You can learn more at Smeadcap.com or by calling your financial advisor.
0:25.8	Welcome to a book with legs podcast. I'm Cole Smead, CEO and portfolio manager here at Smead Capital Management. At our firm, we are readers and we believe in the power of books to help
0:31.3	shaped informed investors. In this podcast, we speak to great authors about their writings.
0:36.4	The late great Charlie Munger prescribed using multiple mental models and analysis.
0:41.0	We analyze their work through the lens of business, markets, and people.
0:45.1	A common theme for us this year has been to view the past through the eyes of the Jewish people.
0:50.9	In this episode, we will look deep into the world of Jewish immigrants, particularly
0:54.4	Russian Jews arriving on U.S. soil as they are persecuted home. Dan Slater is joining us to
1:00.5	discuss his work, The Incorruptibles, which will teach us about the New York they arrived
1:05.7	with, strived in, and sought to reform. A little bit about Dan, for those you don't know him, Dan has written
1:12.0	one other titled Wolf Boys, which was a Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year.
1:16.5	Dan has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Boston
1:21.1	Globe, the Atlantic, and many other publications. He is a graduate of Colgate University,
1:26.7	New York Film Academy, and Brooklyn Law School. I would say, Dan, I don't know too many lawyers trained in film. I've written for so many publications. So I'm really glad you're joining us here today. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. This is such an awesome podcast. Thanks.
1:42.4	So, you know, this is a very unique history.
1:45.3	I really liked your writing.
1:46.6	It's a very, it's a social history, very much so.
1:50.6	But you're born in Minnesota and you live in New England.
1:54.5	So how did you go so far down the rabbit hole on this with that being your background?
1:59.4	Yeah.
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