Prohibition and organized crime, as well as popular music and sports of the era. Morning,koe good everybody. Today we will discuss the jazz age. Or at least i will discuss it, and youre part of the discussion will be at the end, so please write down any thoughts you have, questions, responses. That would be good. Fromazz age is the period 1919 to 1929. It reminds me of the opening lines of the tale of two cities by charles dickens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It wasnt exactly the best of times. But for many people, it was certainly good times. It was the great age of literature, the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th amendment to the constitution, which allowed women to vote in National Elections for the first time. Radio was becoming popular. It was the early days of the aged, and certainly of the automobile, the model t. Almostiles were for every budget. Times, which good we will discuss. And it wasnt exactly the worst of times, although there were s
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It wasnt exactly the best of times, but for many people it certainly was good times. It was the great age of literature, the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th amendment to the constitution, which allowed women to vote in National Elections for the first time. Radio was becoming popular. It was the early days of hollywood, and certainly the age of the automobile, the model t. And automobiles were for almost every budget. Those are the good times which we will discuss. And it wasnt exactly the worst of times, although there were some very bad times. And it the failures of that decade led to the worldwide depression in the 1930s and helped the rise of fascism in europe. So lets begin with talking about the politics of the era. It was a republican decade. Three republican president s, harding, coolidge and hoover, and the republicans controlled the presidency from 1921 until 1933, and congress from 1918 or from the 1918 electio
Alright. David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Let me go back to the beginning of golf. I am not a golfer. I have to be honest with you. I took it up when i was nine, i quit when i was 10. Jack im not one anymore either. David but you were pretty famous in golf. It was too frustrating and here is what i cannot understand. Why is it some new people are addicted to something that is so humiliating and frustrating to so many people . It never goes where it supposed to go, why are people addicted to it . Jack that is a pretty good question. Its a neverending pursuit of an unattainable goal. [laughter] david right. Jack you could try all you want. Nobody has ever mastered the game. Most athletes love to play golf because its difficult. Its challenging fo
Journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Let me go back to the beginning of golf. I am not a golfer. I have to be honest with you. I took it up when i was nine, i quit when i was 10. Jack im not one anymore either. David but you were pretty famous in golf. It was too frustrating and here is what i cannot understand. Why is it some new people are addicted to something that is so humiliating . And frustrating to so many people . It never goes where it supposed to go, why are people addicted to it . Jack that is a pretty good question. Its a neverending pursuit of an unattainable goal. [laughter] david right. Jack you could try all you want. Nobody has ever mastered the game. Most athletes love to play golf because its difficult. Its challenging for them. It challenges them at whatever
David i dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Let me go back to the beginning of golf and so forth. I am not a golfer, i have to be honest with you. I took it up when i was nine, i quit when i was 10. Jack im not one anymore either. David but you were pretty famous in golf. It was too frustrating and here is what i cannot understand. Why is it some new people are addicted to something that is so humiliating and frustrating to so many people all the time . The ball never goes where it is supposed to go. Why are people addicted to it . Jack that is a pretty good question. Its a neverending pursuit of an unattainable goal. [laughter] david right. Jack you could try all you want. Nobody has ever mastered the game. Most athletes in all their sports love to play