Eric Metaxas - Bonheoffer

A Book with Legs

Smead Capital Management

Investing, Business, Management

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In this episode, author, speaker, and radio host Eric Metaxas joins Cole Smead to discuss his book, “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy.” Their discussion explores the remarkable life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a dedicated pastor, unwilling to waver in his convictions, even when facing the Nazi regime. Bonhoeffer’s story spans continents and finds him playing a role in a plot to kill Hitler, protecting the German Church from Nazi takeover, and more.

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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.
0:22.4	Welcome to a book with legs podcast. I'm Cole Smead, CEO and portfolio manager here at
0:26.9	Smead Capital Management. At our firm, we are readers, and we believe in the power of books
0:31.2	to help shaped informed investors. In this podcast, we speak to great authors about their
0:35.2	writings. The late great Charlie Munger prescribed using multiple mental models and analysis.
0:40.6	We analyze their work through the lens of business, markets, and people.
0:45.0	In this episode, we will think about being a light in a dark world.
0:49.0	We will also discuss what it's like to be on the inside of people being led by evil. We will also think about the
0:55.1	incentives of an outside world that doesn't care to understand the good being spoken from
0:59.1	pulpits and from private conversations among military officers. Eric Mataxis is joining us to discuss
1:05.5	his 2011 book, Bonhofer, Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. Also, to note for our listeners, this is based on
1:14.4	the recent movie that was also released here. To give us a little background on Eric, Eric's an
1:19.1	author, speaker, and also hosts his on radio show. He has published other books, including
1:22.8	Amazing Grace, William Wilberforce, and the heroic campaign to end slavery, Martin Luther, the man who rediscovered God and changed the world, and many other titles, including numerous, might I add, children's books.
1:34.6	Eric is the founder and host of a New York City series called Socrates in the city.
1:38.8	He graduated from Yale with a BA in English.
1:41.4	And I assume, Eric, you're joining us from New York City.
1:44.9	Close. I'm in Danbury, Connecticut. This is the house that I grew up in only about an hour
1:50.9	and 15 minutes from where we live in New York City. So this is, yeah, this is where I grew up.
1:56.9	This is where I grew up. So I got to tell you how I originally came across Bonhofer, you know, prior to you writing
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