Ted Turner: The Legendary Maverick Tells All

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Partner:: Commonwealth Club
Location:: The Commonwealth Club of California
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 11.19.08
Speakers:: Phil Bronstein,; Ted Turner
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Summary: Turner's life is the stuff of legend. But what drives him? Now, for the first time, the businessman shares his personal story.

From his difficult childhood to his hard-partying college life, from the surprise success of CNN to the drama of the AOL/Time Warner deal, and how he went from being a billboard salesman to becoming the largest private landowner in the country, Turner spares no details - The Commonwealth Club of California

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Phil Bronstein

Phil Bronstein began his career in San Francisco as a reporter and editor at the Jewish Bulletin. He then moved on to reporting duties with KQED-TV and the San Francisco Examiner.

Bronstein specializes in investigative projects and foreign correspondence. In 1986, he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his work in the Philippines, and he went on to cover conflicts in other parts of Southeast Asia, El Salvador, Peru, and the Middle East.

Bronstein was named executive editor of the Examiner in 1991, having previously served as managing editor for news. When the Examiner and the San Francisco Chronicle merged in November 2000, he was named Senior Vice President and Executive Editor of the paper and became Executive Vice President and Editor of the Chronicle in March 2003.

In February 2008, Bronstein was named Executive Vice President and Editor at Large of the Chronicle.

Ted Turner

Ted Turner has received recognition for his entrepreneurial acumen, sharp business skills, leadership qualities, and his unprecedented philanthropy. Turner is co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; chairman of the Turner Foundation, Inc., which supports efforts for improving air and water quality, developing a sustainable energy future to protect the earth's climate, safeguarding environmental health, maintaining wildlife habitat protection, and developing practices and policies to curb population growth rates; chairman of the United Nations Foundation, which promotes a more peaceful, prosperous and just world.

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01 hr 04 min 39 sec

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01.: Moderator Introduction

02 min 21 sec

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02.: 70 years of Knowledge

02 min 22 sec

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03.: Best Moments of Turner's Life

01 min 31 sec

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04.: Consumption and the Financial Crisis

01 min 51 sec

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05.: Bail-out the Restaurant Business

01 min 58 sec

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06.: On His Love Life

03 min 05 sec

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07.: Obamamania

03 min 58 sec

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08.: The Secret of His Success

02 min 06 sec

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09.: Selling CNN

01 min 35 sec

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10.: On Same Sex Marriage

01 min 30 sec

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11.: Watching TNT

00 min 43 sec

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12.: Relationship with Rupert Murdoch

02 min 03 sec

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13.: Ted Turner Sings "My Old Kentucky Home" / Poem on Integrity

03 min 31 sec

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14.: The Death of the Newspaper

02 min 14 sec

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15.: Great Financial Losses / Gold Standard

04 min 47 sec

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16.: Relations with Jerry Levin

01 min 33 sec

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17.: Passion for Non-Proliferation

02 min 58 sec

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18.: From Hell-Raiser to Born Again

02 min 14 sec

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19.: Running for President

02 min 40 sec

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20.: Advice for Young People

00 min 48 sec

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21.: U.N./Federal Government still Relevant?

01 min 33 sec

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22.: Greed in America

02 min 09 sec

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23.: Civil Service for the Youth

00 min 55 sec

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24.: Anxiety Medication Rumors

01 min 27 sec

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25.: On the Time Warner / AOL Merger

00 min 59 sec

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26.: New Entrepreneurs, Google, Social Networking

01 min 25 sec

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27.: Concern with Image

00 min 45 sec

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28.: Complicated Relationship with Dad

03 min 24 sec

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29.: Men and Polygamy

01 min 31 sec

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30.: Relationship with Children

01 min 49 sec

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31.: What Does Free Market Capitalism Mean?

01 min 36 sec

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32.: What Do You Want to Be Doing at 75?

01 min 03 sec

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Ted Turner Supports Same-Sex Marriage

01 min 00 sec

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Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch Bury the Hatchet

02 min 09 sec

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Ted Turner Sings 'My Old Kentucky Home'

51 min 45 sec

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Ted Turner Looks Back at Levin, Time Warner / AOL Merger

51 min 45 sec

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