Mogul and younger brother of secretary of education betsy the boss. Who they are actually brother and sister so with viruses making headlines stock markets falling or oil wars brewing in erik prince of mercks caught spying i think its a good time to for us to start watching the hawks. Was going on in the city the streets you want to see. Them so youd like to see the prices you always just stay and see a rolls royce gracie suggests least systemic deception is the late show which would be so when the guild is. World war one watching logs i am Tyrone Ventura and im in the chicago boil boil made to look at this we got coronavirus scares and people locked down the countries and all the way comes with the hole so we cut the other mother favorite virus erik prince back in the headlines again yes the former blackwater mercenary maestro got caught spying on everyone. Here in the United States and its interesting its also it seems like everything and everything everybody thats close to bit think
A New York Times investigation uncovered that the war profiteer helped recruit former american and british spies for a secretive intelligence gathering operations that included infiltrating Democratic Congressional campaigns labor organizations and other groups considered hostile to the trump agenda. Or other words just another day at the office for the mercenary mogul and younger brother of secretary of education betsy the boss. Who they are actually brother and sister so with viruses making headlines stock markets falling or oil wars brewing in erik prince of mercks caught spying i think its a good time to for us to start watching the hawks. If you want to risk going on a city the streets you want to see. Them so you like to see the prices you always just stay and see a little slice scrapes suggests least systemic dissent says the late show which would be so when the joke as. Well when watching the eggs i am tyrone ventura and im in the chicago boil boil me should look at this we got
Host what is the thread that connects all these topics. Guest one of the great things as journalist you can do anything you want. Im not a scholar. I dont have a specialty. Having said that there is a connection. I fells i would say its america after world war ii. This country really coming into its own as this global power, this supreme power, really. That fascinated me, and what is it like to be a leader in this world thats your world, your time, your world. So that drew me initially to the wisemen which i did with Walter Isaacson, and then john paul jones, couple centuries before, but even he is a study in leadership, and i just im fascinated by the burdens of leadership, because its hard. Its harder than we think. And im fascinated by what its like to be a man usually men obvious live we Sandra Day Oconnor, but up to her, men. And human fallibility and weak in enormous pressures. How do they handle it . Well, some really well and some bravely and some not so well but its the pressu
mark thompson his face faithfully been on standby for two years for our festival through the cancellations in this darn pandemic. as i said at the opening of the show today, it s been both terrifying and boring this pandemic. it s done a number on our festival. we are humbled to finally have mark here. he is the former ceo of the new york times where he presided over an expansion of its digital and global operations. under his leadership digital subscriptions grew from 500,000 to nearly four million subscribers. before joining the times mr. thompson served as director general of the bbc. i could go on and on about mark, but i think you get the point. i told you our moderators there is about as exciting as our authors today. okay, garrett graff. his book has hit the new york times bestseller list twice in the last two weeks. so that s exciting. it s good to know that people are still reading 800 page history books. we maybe he will tell us how watergate measures up to today s
subscribers. before joining the times mr. thompson served as director general of the bbc. i could go on and on about mark, but i think you get the point. i told you our moderators there is about as exciting as our authors today. okay, garrett graff. his book has hit the new york times bestseller list twice in the last two weeks. so that s exciting. it s good to know that people are still reading 800 page history books. we maybe he will tell us how watergate measures up to today s political scandals. garrett graff a distinguished journalist and best-selling historian has spent more than a dozen years covering politics technology and national security. today he serves as the director of cyber initiatives for the aspen institute. and it s a contributor to wired cnn and politico. he s written for publications from esquire to rolling stone to the new york times. garrett graff is the author of multiple books including another new york times bestseller the only plane in the sky. ple