Eric Weiner - Ben & Me
A Book with Legs
Smead Capital Management
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2024
⏱️ 79 minutes
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In this episode, author Eric Weiner joins Cole Smead to discuss his newly released work, “Ben & Me,” which explores the life of Benjamin Franklin through research and reflection. Weiner provides a blend of historical anecdotes and practical advice, highlighting Franklin’s experiences and philosophies to offer readers timeless lessons for living meaningful and impactful lives.
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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. |
| 0:12.8 | You can learn more at Smeadcap.com or by calling your financial advisor. |
| 0:25.6 | 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 |
| 0:30.6 | shaped informed investors. In this podcast, we speak to great authors about their writings. The late |
| 0:35.4 | great Charlie Munger prescribed using multiple |
| 0:37.8 | mental models and analysis. We analyze their work through the lens of business, markets, and people. |
| 0:44.8 | Charlie Munger's hero was Ben Franklin. We are going to look at the life, habits, and beliefs |
| 0:51.5 | of Mr. Franklin. Joining us as Eric Winer to discuss his recently released book, Ben and Me. |
| 0:57.7 | Give our listeners a little background on Eric. |
| 0:59.8 | Eric is an award-winning journalist. |
| 1:01.8 | He has published other titles such as The Geography of Bliss, The Geography of Genius, |
| 1:07.1 | Man Seeks God, and the Socrates Express. |
| 1:10.2 | Eric is a former correspondent for NPR and reporter for the New York Times. |
| 1:14.3 | He is a regular contributor to The Washington Post and BBC Travel. |
| 1:17.5 | Eric, thanks for joining me today. |
| 1:19.6 | Cole, it is great to be with you. |
| 1:21.2 | Yeah, this will be a lot of fun. |
| 1:23.1 | This is just a true American in so many respects. |
| 1:25.7 | And as we were talking about before, |
| 1:29.2 | you give it such a personal walk through your own life |
| 1:31.7 | and teach people about who you are in the process. |
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