{"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":"James Romm - Plato and the Tyrant","slug":"james-romm-plato-and-the-tyrant","published_at":"2025-08-18T06:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595/james-romm-plato-and-the-tyrant","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-book-with-legs-4895595","url":"https://smeadcap.com/episode/james-romm-plato-and-the-tyrant","audio_url":"https://p.podderapp.com/1491119697/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2d9eb308-31b9-493e-b993-d4322af43b5f.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Cole Smead sits down with professor and author James Romm to discuss his book, “Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece.” They cover a series of letters that Romm believes to unmistakably be Plato’s writing. The two discuss Plato’s encounters with a tyrannical father and son, both named Dionysius, and the legendary philosopher’s impact on the opulent city of Syracuse.","meta_description":"In this episode, Cole Smead sits down with professor and author James Romm to discuss his book, “Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4282,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-book-with-legs-4895595/episodes/james-romm-plato-and-the-tyrant/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/james-romm-plato-and-the-tyrant.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}