mark spitz in my book cannot swim so ironic name for mark spitz. >> host: barbara in virginia beach.er: hi. thank you for taking my call. such a fascinating interview. i'd like to ask colson whitehead if he admires or like this work of walling at the mosley, a writer i he join who is versatile, like limps in terms of genre, and as someone who can talk about being a black man in modern america. i thank you for taking my call. >> guest: thank you for calling in. walter mosley is great. as i said earlier, when i was trying to find a model for a book with plots, i was trying to learn how to become a better writer, learning about structure, reading loot of detective books and read elmore leonard and walter mosley. a great couple of months of my life, studying the conventions of suspense, how to bring in politics, say, terms of james el el roy, and bring in race in terms of walter mosley and when i was finished, they send it out for blushes, endorsements on the back of the books and walter mosley gave me three sentences endorsing the book and i met him since then and always great to see hi

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mark spitz, american swimmer, won a gold medal while there were hostage negotiations taking place a half mile away. think about that. so that's what you were talking about. we were not prepared for that in 1972. in 1968, when my sister was competing, i was able to walk into the olympic village without any security clearance. now, in 2018, there are 2,000 athletes, approximately. 5,000 police forces. 10,000 security. and, look, russia paid $50 billion to host their olympics. a lot of that infrastructure goes into security. your second question about how athletes fund themselves. it's a good question. how do you follow that olympic dream? my sister skated for west germany. and the german government gave her a stipend each month to be able to allow her to compete. in the united states, it's more decentralized. we have national governing bodies that do help. but as you know, we're a country that's privatized. we believe in entrepreneurship. so for many athletes, especially individual athletes, like somebody in luge or a ski jumper or an ice skater, they would have to find personal and privat

at those athletes in the past and i know i'll date myself but other lympics champions like like mark spitz hussein bolt even bruce now caitlin jenner you know once you've won the gold does that really set you up to be have a financially lucrative career after the olympic games. well it obviously does penn's what sport you're in right we as americans are thrilled when someone wins the biathlon or some sort of long distance cross-country ski race but that's probably not a high enough profile to do much for you in the long term however we have athletes like obviously michael phelps the most successful olympian in the water in history he made about two million dollars more by winning a vents outside of the olympics over his career but he top that off with about one hundred million dollars more in lifetime endorsement earnings to this point and there's no reason to think that he's not going to be able to make indorsement earnings for a long time yet even though he's been retired from the pool. and how do some of these folks it must be difficult i mean i shouldn't say they're kids but clearly th

at those athletes in the past and i know i'll date myself but other lympics champions like like mark spitz saying even bruce now kaitlin jenner you know once you've won the gold does that really set you up to be have a financially lucrative career after the olympic games. well it obviously does penn's what sport you're in right we as americans are thrilled when someone wins the biathlon or some sort of long distance cross-country ski race but that's probably not a high enough profile to do much for you in the long term however we have athletes like obviously michael phelps the most successful olympian in the water in history he made about two million dollars more by winning a vents outside of the olympics over his career but he top that off with about one hundred million dollars more in lifetime endorsement earnings at this point and there's no reason to think that he's not going to be able to make indorsement earnings for a long time yet even though he's been retired from the pool. and how do some of these folks it must be difficult i mean i shouldn't say they're kids but clearly the seve

. >> guest: mark spitz one goad medals for swimming. mark spitz in my book cannot swim.for mark spitz. >> host: barbara in virginia beach. hi. >> caller: hi. thank you for taking my call. such a fascinating interview. i'm enjoying so much. i'd like to ask colson whitehead if he admires or likes the work of walter mosley, a writer i very much enjoy, a writer who is versatile like himself in terms of genre, and also, as someone who can talk about being a black man in modern america. i thank you for taking my call. >> guest: thank you for calling in. walter mosley is great. as i said earlier, when i was trying to find a model for a book with a plot, i was trying to learn how to back better writer, learning about structure, reading a lot of detective books and i read elmore leonard and walter mosley and a great couple of months of my life, studying the convention of suspense, how to bring in politics, in terms of james el roy, how to bring in race in terms of james walter mosley and very fortunate when the intuitionist was finished, they sent it out to people for blurbs, and

at those athletes in the past and i know i'll date myself but other lympics champions like like mark spitz hussein bolt even bruce now jenner you know once you've won the gold does that really set you up to be have a financially lucrative career after the olympic games. well it obviously does pen's what sport you're in right we as americans are thrilled when someone wins the biathlon or some sort of long distance cross-country ski race but to do much for you in the long term however we have athletes like obviously michael phelps the most successful olympian in the water in history he made about two million dollars more by winning a vents outside of the olympics over his career but he top that off with about one hundred million dollars more in lifetime endorsement earnings to this point and there's no reason to think that he's not going to be able to make indorsement earnings for a long time yet even though he's been retired from the pool. and how do some of these folks it must be difficult i mean i shouldn't say they're kids but clearly the seventeen year olds are or are not adults yet but

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mark: thank you for joining us today. bernard spitz, resident of the french insurance federation. cellor seeking brexit clarity. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: german chancellor angela merkel will urge theresa may to present concrete plans for britain's post-brexit relationship with the e.u. when the two meet in berlin. it is the start of a busy weekend. she will have a munich security conference where michel barnier speaks today. joining us now, bloomberg's brexit editor. we are on the way to an orderly u.k. withdrawal. that should have been encouraging for those that are behind that. >> that's right. he said most politicians in the u.k. are not looking for a chaotic, disorderly exit. audiencened for the what the issue is with the irish border. he described the situation as volatile and fragile. it is the u.k.'s responsibility to sort out. does a partial customs union solve the island problem? >> it would go some way to solving it. regulation is also one of the issues. probably northern ireland is also around the cabinet table. it is one of the issues holding back the decision. in bor