The Full Walter Isaacson/Steve Jobs Interview From 60 Minutes

Sunday October 23, 2011 4:33 pm PDT by Jordan Golson

CBS has posted the full 60 Minutes interview with Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson, including a number of extras that weren't included in the broadcast piece. The double-length interview promotes Jobs' authorized biography which goes on sale tomorrow in the United States, and is already available on iBooks in some parts of the world.

Part 1:

Part 2:

The Steve Jobs Family photo album:

What did Steve Jobs say about his rivals?:

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Top Rated Comments

GenesisJLS

193 months ago

That episode of 60 Minutes was fantastic, and the audio from Walter's interviews with Jobs was surprising. The best part of 60 minutes was the fact that Steve Jobs actually met his biological father before knowing who his biological father really was.

Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)

movieator

193 months ago

Wow he was more of a psychotic ********er than I has ever imagined.

What the hell does this even mean?

So he could be a dick when he wanted to in order to get his way? Welcome to human nature.

Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)

aristotle

193 months ago

Wow he was more of a psychotic ********er than I has ever imagined.

Let's see. He was loving husband and a father to children who loved him.

Being able to have a stable marriage and raise children who love their father requires a certain amount of emotional and psychological stability and maturity.

I'm not going to bother stooping to your level by hurling insults at you. I'll just let your own words speak for themselves.
:rolleyes:

In a world where so many men abandon their children for all of their childhood, I'm happy to see that Steve Jobs owned up to his mistake and reached out to his child from his previous relationship and went on to have a successful family with his second wife.

Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Lurk

193 months ago

I think the whole thing about not wanting to put on/off switches on Apple products is really interesting.

Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)

KPOM

193 months ago