and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith. he's the 44th president of the united states. don't need to say much more than that. in this special episode, i sit down with barack obama at the south by southwest interactive festival and conference to talk about civic engagement and public service in the digital age and a few topics in the news. he's potus. this is overheard. (music and clapping) - [voiceover] let's be honest. is this about the ability to learn, or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you could say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time, took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually. (audience laughter) this is overheard. (audience clapping) - mr. president, you're very nice to be here with us today, and you came for a purpose. you want to accomplish somethin

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community, also by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith, he's a national magazine award winning journalist with expertise in foreign affairs, a national correspondent for the atlantic, a former middle east and washington correspondent for the new yorker and the author of prisoners a muslim and jew across the middle east divide. he's jeffrey goldberg, this is overheard. (light music) let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? i mean how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa. you could say that he's made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you know, you saw a problem and over time took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the state. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually. this is over. (crowd applauding) - [evan] jeff goldberg welcome. - [jeff] thank you. - thank you very much for being here. we're sitting here at the end of march, brussels has just happened, what i

and, by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith. she's a pioneering and award-winning technology journalist who serves as the executive editor of re/code, and is the host of the re/code decode podcast. she could also be a future mayor of san francisco. she's kara swisher. this is overheard. let's be honest is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you could say that he's made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem, and over time, took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you guys. (applause) - kara swisher, welcome. - thank you. - nice to have you here. - thank you. - i want to establish the rules of engagement for our time together. what do we mean by tech? tech could be a lot-- - what do you mean what do we mean? - it could be a lot of things. - it's like what do you mean by oxygen. - but tech m

and, by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith. she's a pioneering and award-winning technology journalist who serves as the executive editor of re/code, and is the host of the re/code decode podcast. she could also be a future mayor of san francisco. she's kara swisher. this is overheard. let's be honest is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you could say that he's made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem, and over time, took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you guys.

and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith. he's a celebrated academic, author, and critic, an emmy-award-winning film maker who's latest pbs documentary series is and still i rise: black america since mlk. he's henry louis gates jr., this is overheard. let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen of the nations in africa? you can say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the stake, are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually.

and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith. he's the 44th president of the united states. don't need to say much more than that. in this special episode, i sit down with barack obama at the south by southwest interactive festival and conference to talk about civic engagement and public service in the digital age and a few topics in the news. he's potus. this is overheard. (music and clapping) - [voiceover] let's be honest. is this about the ability to learn, or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you could say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time, took it on.

community, also by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith, he's a national magazine award winning journalist with expertise in foreign affairs, a national correspondent for the atlantic, a former middle east and washington correspondent for the new yorker and the author of prisoners a muslim and jew across the middle east divide. he's jeffrey goldberg, this is overheard. (light music) let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? i mean how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa. you could say that he's made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you know, you saw a problem and over time took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the state.