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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

shaped informed investors. In this podcast, we speak to great authors about their writings.

The late great Charlie Munger prescribed using multiple mental models and analysis.

We analyze their work through the lens of business, markets, and people.

In this episode, we will discuss some of the history of the element table, mining, energy, and ultimately uranium.

Lucy Jane Santos is joining us to discuss her recently released book, Chain Reactions, The Hopeful History of Uranium. To teach our audience a little bit about

Lucy, she is a freelance historian, she is a founder of the Art Deco Society UK, and co-founder

of the Cosmetic History and Makeup Studies Network as well.

Ms. Santos' work has been featured in History Today, BBC History Revealed, The New York Post, and Vogue Magazine.

She received her BA and Egyptian archaeology and her MA in Museum and Heritage Management.

Lucy, thanks for joining me today.

Thank you so much for having me.

Let's see, we talked about this a little bit before,

but I just, like, the first question is, like,

you have a very eclectic background.

I'm terribly intrigued by it.

I think it's interesting.

But, you know, I guess, like, with all the work you've done,

what caused you to do this work on uranium?

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