Franklin D. Roosevelt, every mention
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How Bob Dylan Studied His Way to Greatness
- ▶ 15:21 David Senra Hitler, Churchill, Mussolini, Stalin, Roosevelt.
How Claude Shannon Invented The Future
- ▶ 24:52 David Senra During World War II, they improved radar, sonar, and the bazooka, and they created a secure phone line connecting Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.
How Bill Gates Works
- ▶ 12:31 David Senra And he named some in the book, like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Douglas MacArthur, Napoleon, Henry Ford, et cetera.
- ▶ 35:36 David Senra It's a little like Roosevelt telling Churchill that he could deal with Stalin.
J. Paul Getty: The Richest Private Citizen in America
- ▶ 22:52 David Senra His cousin June is a close friend with, uh, FDR, FDR's president when this story is taking place. 5 times in the scene
The Biography of George Lucas
- ▶ 1:41:56 David Senra The most important person to keep alive for the American war effort was FDR.
The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant
- ▶ 25:25 David Senra A few years ago, I read a 700 page biography on Charles de Gaulle, and everybody around him, Churchill, FDR, they just could not understand why the guy just refused to quit.
The Autobiography of Christian Dior
- ▶ 40:17 David Senra The most important person to keep alive for the American war effort was FDR.
Les Schwab (Charlie Munger recommended this book)
- ▶ 1:16:50 David Senra The most important person to keep alive for the American war effort was FDR.
Charlie Munger (the NEW Poor Charlie's Almanack)
- ▶ 1:35:44 David Senra The most important person to keep alive for the American war effort was FDR.
The Autobiography of Ted Turner
- ▶ 1:05:13 David Senra The most important person to keep alive for the American war effort was FDR.
The Biography of The Founder of Glock
- ▶ 24:52 David Senra Tommy the Cork was really close with, like, FDR and Lyndon Johnson, and he winds up surviving and living longer than both LBJ and FDR, and he agrees to be interviewed by Caro, and Robert Caro at the time is a very young man. 2 times in the scene
The Biography of Bill Gates
- ▶ 8:33 David Senra With the same kind of commitment he had made to computers, he consumed a number of biographies, Franklin Roosevelt's and Napoleon's among others, to understand how the great figures of history thought.
- ▶ 24:53 David Senra It was a little like Roosevelt telling Churchill that he could deal with Stalin.
The Biography of Ralph Lauren
- ▶ 30:30 David Senra And then he's trying to help Churchill and Roosevelt defeat them so he can get his country back.
Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick's Bitter Partnership
- ▶ 2:15 David Senra To Carnegie's FDR, as it were.
The Biography of Vannevar Bush (Engineer of the American Century)
- ▶ 5:09 David Senra During World War II, he advised President Roosevelt on science and technology and organized a successful effort to build the first atomic bomb, popularly known as the Manhattan Project.
- ▶ 37:02 David Senra This is a little bit about Bush coming to respect FDR, even though he did not agree with his policies. 9 times in the scene
The Autobiography of Vannevar Bush
- ▶ 19:20 David Senra And he says, listen, I didn't like FDR's political theories or his policies, but that was irrelevant. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:13 David Senra And then another piece of advice is demonstrated through his interaction with FDR. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:47 David Senra And he also happened to be the cousin of the Secretary of War who had FDR's ear. 2 times in the scene