# Trent Preszler - Evergreen

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Podcast: [A Book with Legs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595)
Published: 2026-01-05T06:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://smeadcap.com/episode/trent-preszler-evergreen
Audio file: https://p.podderapp.com/1491119697/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/eaff7020-8832-4a91-8d37-35fdc647e05b.mp3
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Duration seconds: 4235

## Resource

In this episode, learn about how evergreen trees have uniquely shaped America as we know it today, impacting how we build our homes, celebrate holidays, and more. In fact, the American Revolutionary War might have really started with the Pine Tree Riot, which happened a year before the Boston Tea Party! Smead Capital Management CEO and Portfolio Manager Cole Smead is joined by Trent Preszler, author of “Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America.” Trent is also a professor of practice in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University and serves as director of the Henry David Thoreau Foundation's Planetary Solutions Initiative. To hear more, check out the full episode!

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