S4E21 - A conversation with David Bentler, author of Brotherhood in War & Peace

Where were you when the U.S. was at war, whether it was Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and, now, Iran? More importantly, how did you feel about where you were?

Lamar and Tom welcome David Bentler to the table for a conversation on his new book, Brotherhood in War & Peace: A Historical Fiction of War, College, and Lifelong Friendship.

David Bentler and Lamar Roth were classmates at Mt. Pleasant High School in Iowa. They competed with one another in basketball and track. Upon graduation David pursued a career in law enforcement and Lamar became a psychologist. Fifty years later they reunite for this conversation about David’s new book.

In this table talk Lamar and Tom talk with David about what led him to write this book and how the process has changed him. There are laughs as two friends re-unite and serious reflections as David, Lamar, and Tom reflect on how the Vietnam War, ever present in their teenage years, shaped them as people.

This is a conversation that will make you smile, make you laugh, and make you think about war and the role it plays in American culture.

Learn More

Brotherhood in War & Peace: A Historical Fiction of War, College, and Lifelong Friendship - https://a.co/d/054AYTHu

Really? You didn’t do any kind thing for anyone in the past year? Nobody was kind to you? That just can’t be true. We want to hear about your acts of kindness - big or small - from the past year. Next month we’ll be celebrating the Acts of Kindness of our podcast guests as well as those of our followers. It’s not too late…please take just a couple of minutes to share an act of kindness with us. It can be one you performed, one your received, or both. Click on this link to our Google Forms Acts of Kindness Survey or copy and paste this address in your browser: https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5

How you get there doesn’t matter. What matters is that you share your story to inspire others.

Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.

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Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. Together Lamar and Tom hope to carve out a 3rd Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry.

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Credits:

Wild Opinions and Nonsensical Musings by Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus

Images by Getty Images, Pexels, Pixabay, Roth Images, and Cyberlink AI

Final review and approval by Jake and Ebie Dawgs Inc.

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Getting to 3rd Space with Lamar and Tom is produced and sponsored by Klaus Haus Productions LLC and Acorn Consulting, LLC. © 2026. All Rights Reserved. Permissions: hello@klaushausllc.com.

No living creature was harmed in the production of this film but a lot of Colombian coffee was consumed.

Recorded using Riverside.fm - http://riverside.fm/ - from “home studio” locations in Maryland, Kansas, and Illinois, USA and Illinois; Original Publishing Date, October 13, 2026.