Off russia and china to create a triangular diplomacy where opening to china and a detente with russia as we pulled out of vietnam, preserves the United States influence and power in the world after a retreat from vietnam by doing this tray triangular balance with russia, china, and to me that was a Creative Leap that even the bright people the best and the brightest, the mcgeorge bundies hat not thought spoof that helped preserve ore influence in the world. Host the wise men, six friends and the world they made, Averill Herry man, georgetown ten net, dean acheson, robert love vet john mccloy. Were they the establishment . Guest they were. I wrote that book with a friend evan thomas, because i was knew at Time Magazine. I was covering Ronald Reagan these people handing out leaflets and evan, a friend of mine from college, he had come from a more prep school background. I said evan, whats this establishment thing . Then we decide to demystify is buy writing a book at six people who at t
With our guest. But every guest is on indepth. We asked what they are reading and influences. Ch here is the look at mr. Issacsons answers. Host walter isaacson, who is walker percy . Is. Guest he was one of my original heroes mentor, uncle of a friend of mine, ugging by uncle by marriage. We called him uncle walker. We used to go across lake pontchartrain in new orleans where i group, and percy was a friend of ours. We couldnt figure out what anns dad did. Whats your dad do . A writer. And it wasnt until the movie goer came out in the early 960s 1960s, and i was 9 or 10 years old, and i go oh a writer thats something you can be when you grow up just like a fibberman, a doctor an engineer. And and so i took sort of an enter in, you know, dr. Percy, uncle walker. And, you know, i would sit there, and id sort of read his books and say, well theyre sort of deep, philosophical religious messages, especially in the moviegoer the last gentleman. And hed say things like, you know walter, ther
Discipline like the arts and sciences, the way ben franklin did, the way ada lovelace did and Albert Einstein. We talk about innovations so often, its almost drained of its meaning, and ive always liked to write about real people who are in a situation whether it whether it be after world war ii when you have to create a whole new world order like the world bank and the Marshall Plan or steve jobs who says okay we are now in a digital revolution and have to make it personal. These are people who are able to think different and outofthebox. So i want to try to explore the creative mind and how it works. Host one of the themes in all of your her books seems to be the connection to spirituality. Everybody had written about the leaves believes whatever they did was part of something larger than themselves. I remember sitting with steve jobs at the end of his life and i asked him why did you do what you do, what was the meaning and he said life is like a river. You get to pick things out of
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The worlds leading voices on Holistic Health. Hes a graduate of harvard medical school. Hes also widely known for establishing the field of Integrative Medicine. If you dont know already thats the combination of the best tenets of conventional and alternative medicine to create a more holistic treatment plan for patients. Dr. Weil is the founder and director of the center for Integrative Medicine at the university of arizona. Hes authored 10 books that have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. One of the cornerstones of his philosophy on Better Health is diet. Hes recreated the food pyramid to emphasize antiinflammatory foods, including organic fruits and vegetables. Hes also a fan of seafood and healthy fats. Dr. Weil believes reducing chronic inflammation within the body can offset many health problems. I recently sat down with dr. Andrew weil in washington, d. C. To get his insights on the connection between food and Better Health and discuss his new role as a restaurateur. L