Poor Charlie’s Almanack book cover

8 episodes · Book podcast

  1. 01

    The Man Behind the Mental Models

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About the book

Poor Charlie’s Almanack is a book by Charles T. Munger; edited by Peter D. Kaufman, published in 2018. This Waffle podcast explores the book across 8 episodes.

Poor Charlie's Almanack collects Charlie Munger's reflections on investing, judgment, and a well-lived life, edited by Peter Kaufman. This series connects his personal history with the mental models he draws from psychology, economics, and other disciplines. His investment lectures and examples, including Coca-Cola, show how incentives, cognitive biases, and institutional habits shape decisions. Listeners explore multidisciplinary thinking, human misjudgment, ethical responsibility, and the practice of learning from mistakes.

These episodes are AI-generated adaptations grounded in the book. Listen to the first episode here and continue the series in the Waffle app.