{"podcast":{"title":"A Book with Legs","slug":"a-book-with-legs-4895595","podcast_index_feed_id":4895595,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/a-book-with-legs/","website_url":"https://smeadcap.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d083d036-dbf5-49c1-9e4c-6a243e657de2/aBbpAdCjon8b5JLa6SSYuHo1.png","author":"Smead Capital Management","episode_count":125,"summary":"In each episode, we explore value investing through an entirely unique lens, bringing in authors to discuss books that have directly or indirectly influenced the decisions the Smead Capital Management team has made on their investments in stocks and equities. The podcast is for the curious-minded looking for worldly wisdom. Investing is the last great liberal art, and the team at Smead wants to learn as much as they can. Any level of investor, business person, or thinker, whether personally or professionally, will be intrigued and engaged by these discussions.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595"},"episode":{"title":"Graham Taylor - Imperial Standard","slug":"graham-taylor-imperial-standard","published_at":"2025-08-04T06:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595/graham-taylor-imperial-standard","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595","url":"https://smeadcap.com/episode/graham-taylor-imperial-standard","audio_url":"https://p.podderapp.com/1491119697/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/21bb5339-7f41-41e9-8f35-16aa9dfda8aa.mp3","summary":"In this episode, author and professor Graham Taylor sits down with Cole Smead to discuss his book, “Imperial Standard: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880.” Their conversation takes an in-depth look at the history of Canada’s Imperial Oil and its complex relationship with Exxon Mobil. Additionally, Cole and Graham discuss their expectations for the future of Imperial Oil, including if they foresee a time when the company is no longer controlled or majority owned by Exxon, and more!","meta_description":"In this episode, author and professor Graham Taylor sits down with Cole Smead to discuss his book, “Imperial Standard: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4603,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-book-with-legs-4895595/episodes/graham-taylor-imperial-standard/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595/graham-taylor-imperial-standard.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}