Randall Sullivan - Graveyard of the Pacific

A Book with Legs

Smead Capital Management

Investing, Business, Management

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Randall Sullivan joins Cole and Bill for a conversation about his book, Graveyard of the Pacific: Shipwreck and Survival on America's Deadliest Waterway. The book describes the haunting history of the Columbia River Bar, one of the deadliest bar crossings on the globe, where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. The discussion covers the dangers associated with the area, the shipwrecks and lives lost, and Randall's first-hand journey crossing the bar.

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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.
0:20.5	Welcome to a book with legs podcast. I'm Cole Smead. I'm the CEO and a portfolio
0:24.8	manager here at Smead Capital Management. At our firm, we are readers and book junkies. It can be said
0:30.1	that leaders are readers and we believe books provide us a great source of information for filtering
0:34.7	what is and isn't important for us as investors.
0:41.2	Investing is the last great liberal art and the best way to spend a lifetime of learning.
0:46.8	This podcast is for readers, thinkers, business-minded people, and investors who want to grow their knowledge from great authors in their writing.
0:49.3	Charlie Munger often talks about using multiple mental models and analysis.
0:53.2	Our aim for this podcast is to help listeners test M mongers theory in business, markets, and people.
0:58.9	We are glad you joined us for this episode.
1:01.2	We're going to talk about a journey across the Columbia River Bar that will also teach you about the history
1:07.3	and the level of danger that is present there to this day.
1:11.2	Joining us to talk about his new book, Graveyard of the Pacific, is author Randall Sullivan.
1:16.5	To give a little background on Randall, he was a contributing editor for Rolling Stone magazine
1:20.8	for over 20 years. His work has also been published in Esquire, Outside, Men's Journal,
1:26.3	The Washington Posts, and The Guardian. Mr. Sullivan has also published titles includingquire, Outside, Men's Journal, The Washington Post, and The Guardian.
1:28.2	Mr. Sullivan has also published titles including Dead Wrong, The Price of Experience,
1:32.5	Labyrinth, The Miracle Detective, and Untouchable. He was also the executive producer for
1:37.2	the Oprah Winfrey Network series Miracle Detectives, made an appearance on the history channels
1:41.4	The Curse of Oak Island, and was executive producer of the City of Lies,
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