# Brian Potter - The Origins of Efficiency Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595/brian-potter-the-origins-of-efficiency Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595/brian-potter-the-origins-of-efficiency.md Podcast: [A Book with Legs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595) Published: 2025-11-03T06:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://smeadcap.com/episode/brian-potter-the-origins-of-efficiency Audio file: https://p.podderapp.com/1491119697/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/46490d95-8e56-407d-bc68-dbe9ae5a7fa9.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-book-with-legs-4895595/episodes/brian-potter-the-origins-of-efficiency Duration seconds: 4212 ## Resource In this episode, Cole Smead is joined by author Brian Potter to discuss his book β€œThe Origins of Efficiency.” The two discuss the importance and profound impact of efficiency when producing goods and services. Potter also explains how improved efficiency in penicillin production changed the world, the five factors of the production process, and more! ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-book-with-legs-4895595/episodes/brian-potter-the-origins-of-efficiency/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595/brian-potter-the-origins-of-efficiency.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.