even days. >> not on even days. >> and the ceo of the aspen institute, author and biographer walter isaacsonare -- >> ambassador. >> let's talk last night. >> yep. >> the president. turns 88, right? was it 88? >> the president. >> the president turns 88. >> george herbert walker bush. >> the last gentleman you're going to be writing a biography about him and you got to see -- >> hbo did -- >> jerry weintraub inspired beautiful film. >> great film. it was -- they did -- hbo did a nice event at saint ann's church where george herbert walker bush's parents were married and the family -- >> gorgeous. >> family church and then had a lovely party and it was -- it fulfilled sort of all your -- what your expectations would be. he was in -- the film is very good. it's all in '41's voice basically, and -- which is ineffable, it's hard to make that up, predicate sometimes happens, sometimes they don't. >> sometimes they don't. >> who needs them. he's a small government guy. and very gracious. the senior -- the 43rd president was there and much of the family and mrs. bush. it was lovely. and reminder of

the title is the wisemen by walter isaacson and edmond thomas. furniture design is not our forte here at gps. take a look at this magazine rack that caught our eye. abstract perhaps? portraying the alps, no. these sharp angles are the rise and fall of italy's ten year bond spread. the higher the peaks, the more it cost to borrow money. the highest peaks for the the berlusconi era. if you want some place to put your "time" magazine, send some euros italy's way. don't be surprised if your order doesn't arrive. the correct answer was "c." the windsor name was adopted by the british family in 1917 during world war i when britain was at war with germany. they are originally a german family and the old name was dropped. thanks to all of you for being part of my program. i'll see you next week. i am the wife of the great cal, and i carry his son inside me. >> they were a kind of wandering tribe in this kind of imaginary world that in his books he has created. the first and foremost are warriors. [ speaking foreign language ] the way that i would describ

being called the expert by walter isaacson who probably knows more about media than i do by far givenhis experience but thanks also for spear driving this paleolithic members of the media establishment. even win a paleolithic period have our eyes on the future and "the washington post" is actually had a close relationship with facebook and don graham as you may know is on the board of facebook and is a friend of mark zuckerberg's. we have been -- pretty much a social media has grown. today we have seen people in our newsroom who are focused on getting our content out to where the audience is in number when he can't do anymore than deliver news in template form from the mountaintop to the audience and what you have to do is figure out where the audiences are that are interested in the kind of content you are producing and put that content in front of them. their compositions that take place over many other platforms then obviously "the washington post" web site and rather than assuming people are going to come to us and look for information which is i think still the attitude of people

walter isaacson book on steve jobs is a perfect example of that.an international best-selling phenomenon and with good reason because of all the things that we could learn from it. >> what are you currently reading? >> i read eclectic lee. i read a wonderful book written by a british fly fisherman. i love that. the 48 campaign, which if you think this is wild, that was really wild. chairman and strom thurmond and do we, first election after the war. but terry anderson and the book about george bush and how he decided to go to war. my wife just finished catherine the great. it i have to go back and

walter isaacson's book on steve jobs is the perfect example. the best selling phenomenon and with -- of the things we learn from it. >> what are you currently reading? >> i read collectively. i read a wonderful book written by a british version, and about the 48 campaign which was really wild. harry truman and

walter isaacson's book on steve jobs is an example of that. it was an international selling phenomenon, and with good reason because of all of the things we can learn from it. >> what are you currently reading? >> i read at electrically, actually. i read a wonderful book written by a british fly fisherman about his father in world war ii called blood knots. i'm reading about terry anderson and the book about george bush and how he decided to go to war. my wife just finished catherine the great, which was given to me and she picked it off. i have to go back and get involved in that. i read a lot of magazines.com a lot of essays. i actually opened up correspondence with donald hall over something he wrote in the new yorker about growing old and it really spoke to me in a way. that was quite gratifying to me. i don't pretend to be a great writer, i am energetic and pretty good sometimes, but a great writer moves me in ways that nothing in life does. >> for more information on this and other him are reading less, visit booktv.org. next month, awar

i read the jobs biography by walter isaacson which is a terrific book and it is striking how completely different and similar apple is to exxonmobil. what a country. only the united states that is produced apple and exxonmobil because on the one hand, apple is a completely california bred, creative 60's -- and in the book i point out the steve jobs used to going to interviews and asked job candidates if they have editors done lsd in the hopes of the answer would be yes. exxonmobil would say take this cup and provide us a sample. on the one hand they are very different hand they are both a closed system, they both have a command management and they both are driven by the desire to control their environment. job so desperately wanted to control every element of the customers experience, every element of the design and they both were not get partners. they didn't really believe in partnership. they believed in the advantages of total control. that makes them secretive because it's the secrecy that follows the desire for control, not secrecy is an end in itself. so it is fascinating. the ot

i read the jobs' biography by walter isaacson, terrific book, and it is striking how different and how similar they are to exxonmobil. only the united states could produce both apple and exxonmobil because on the one hand, you know, apple is a completely california-bred, creative, '60s -- >> host: black turtle neck -- [laughter] >> guest: in the book isaacson reports that steve jobs used to go into interviews and ask serious candidates if they had done lsd in the hopes the answer would be yes. [laughter] would you, please, take this cup and provide us a drug test? [laughter] on the one hand, they're very, very different, and on the other hand, there are these similarities you referred to. they're both closed systems, they both have a command management, they both are driven by a desire to control their management. steve jobs desperately wanted to control every element of the customer's experience, every element of the design. and they both were not good partners, they didn't really believe in partnership. they, you know, they believed in the advantages of total control. and that makes

walter isaacson's book on steve jobs is a perfect example of that. it was an international best-selling phenomenon, and with good reason because of alll of the things we could learn from it. >> what are you currently reading? >> i'm read ago lot of things. i read eclectically, actually. i read a wonderful book called "blood knots," i loved that. i'm reading about the '48 campaign which if you think this is wild, that was really wild. harry truman and henry wallace and tom dewey, first election after the war. so i said about terry anderson and the book about george bush and how he decided to go to war. my wife just finished katherine the great which was given to me, and she picked it off, so identify got to go back and -- i've got to go back and get involved in that. i read a lot of magazine stuff, a lot of essays. i read, i actually opened up a little correspondence with a poet by the name of donald hall as a result of something he wrote in the new yorker about growing old, and it really spoke to me in a way, and so we had a little exchange, and that

i read the jobs by devotee on walter isaacson, a terrific book, and it is striking both how completely different and how similar apple is to exxonmobil. what a country. only the united states can produce both apple and exxonmobil because on the one hand at coal was a completely california breath created 60's -- in the book there's a report that steve jobs used to go into interviews and ask serious job candidates if they had ever done lsd and the hope of the answer would be yes. .. and so, it is fascinating. the other point about exxonmobil and it's popularity is most big industrialized democracies because of the nature of our energy economy, the author takes state oil companies, so there's panamax, mexico, bp, to the industrialized west, the study states that privatize them, but even bp were partially stayed on this precise the 1980s. but only in america -- exxonmobil is our state oil company. there's much more coherent than anything the federal government does. that's for sure. they are just as powerful relative to the state and maybe even more so. and yet, only in america would we ha

walter isaacson's book on steve jobs is the perfect example of that. it was an international best-selling phenomenon, and with good reason, because of all the things we can learn from it. >> what are you currently reading? >> i read eckler quickly. i read a wonderful book written by a british fly fisherman in world war ii. it was called blood knots. also, harry truman, tom wallace, the first election after the war. i am reading about terry anderson and the book about george bush and how he decided to go to war. my wife just finished catherine the great, it was given to me, and she picked it off. i have to go back and get involved in that. i read a lot of magazines, a lot of essays. i actually opened up a correspondence with donald hall, something that he wrote in the new yorker about growing old. it really spoke to me in a way. we had a little exchange, and that was quite gratifying. i am in all great writers. i don't pretend to be a great writer. i am intergenic and i'm pretty good sometimes, the great writers would mean ways that nothing else in life