Valley of Genius (Audio)

VoG 24: Larry Brilliant

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:41:34 PST

Larry Brilliant met Steve Jobs in India, helped eradicate smallpox, and co-founded The Well.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Larry Brilliant

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VoG 23: Howard Warshaw

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:17:20 PST

Howard Warshaw is infamous for creating the "worst video game ever," ET the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600. He tells tales of the final days of Atari.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Howard Warshaw

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VoG 22: Fabrice Florin

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:00:00 PST

Fabrice Florin produced a documentary of the first ever Hackers Conference, and was influential in the development of Hypercard. He tells his story here.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Fabrice Florin

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VoG 21: Charlie Ayers

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:00:00 PST

Google's first Chef dishes on Google's early days, the Grateful Dead, and Burning Man.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Charlie Ayers

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VoG 20: Tiffany Shlain

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:46:40 PST

Tiffany Shlain is the founder of the Webby Awards. She talks about the early days of the Web and the crazy times she had.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Tiffany Shlain

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VoG 19: Jaron Lanier

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:29:48 PST

Jaron Lanier is a virtual reality pioneer and the inventor of the EYE Phone, the first commercially available head-mounted display. He talks about the early days of VR.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Jaron Lanier

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VoG 18: Aaron Sittig

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:00:00 PST

Aaron Sittig was the first designer at Facebook, and the man who created the "Like" button. He talks about writing the first Mac client for Napster and the earliest days of Facebook.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Aaron Sittig

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VoG 17: Mark Pincus

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:16:32 PST

Before Mark Pincus made it big with Zynga, he made it even bigger by investing in a couple of little companies called Napster and Facebook. He talks about those early days, and what Mark Zuckerberg was really like back then.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Mark Pincus

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VoG 16: Louis Rossetto and Jane Metcalfe

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 10:23:22 PST

Louis Rossetto and Jane Metcalfe are the founders of Wired Magazine and Wired.com. They talk about starting Wired, the early days of the Web, and inventing the banner ad.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guests: Louis Rossetto and Jane Metcalfe

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VoG 15: Biz Stone

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:06:50 PST

Biz Stone is the co-founder of Twitter. He talks about his days at Google and Odeo, the predecessor of Twitter. He also tells his version of how Twitter was born.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Biz Stone

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VoG 14: Mark Pauline

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:46:31 PST

Mark Pauline is the founder of Survival Research Labs, an art collective famous for its pyrotechnic shows featuring giant robots. He talks about his most infamous show, which resulted in a freeway in San Francisco being shut down due to the giant flames surrounding it.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Mark Pauline

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VoG 13: Steven Levy

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:48:11 PST

Steven Levy is a legendary tech journalist and author of the seminal book Hackers. He talks about the reaction to his book and the famous Hackers Conference that followed.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Steven Levy

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VoG 12: Andy Hertzfeld

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:01:41 PST

Andy Hertzfeld is one of the minds behind the Apple Macintosh. He talks about the early days at Apple.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Andy Hertzfeld

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VoG 11: Brenda Laurel at Atari

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:36:26 PST

Brenda Laurel tells what it was like working at Atari, the office antics and wild parties that occurred, and the eventual downfall of Atari with the infamous ill-fated ET game.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Brenda Laurel

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VoG 10: Joey Anuff

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:42:03 PST

Joey Anuff created Suck.com, one of the earliest humor sites on the web. In his own words, he talks about working at Wired magazine's first website, HotWired, and creating Suck.com in secret.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Joey Anuff

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VoG 9: Tony Fadell

Mon, 05 Nov 2018 11:18:21 PST

Tony Fadell is one of the creators of the iPod and a co-founder of Nest. In his own words, he talks about his start at General Magic and building the iPod.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Tony Fadell

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VoG 8: Ev Williams

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:20:13 PDT

Ev Williams is the co-founder of Twitter. In his own words, he talks about starting Blogger and selling it to Google, starting Odeo as a podcast platform, and pivoting to create Twitter.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Ev Williams

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VoG 7: Alvy Ray Smith

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:19:54 PDT

Alvy Ray Smith is the co-founder of Pixar. In his own words, he talks about his early experiments with computer graphics at Xerox PARC, work at Lucasfilm, and his opinions on Steve Jobs' contribution - or lack thereof - to Pixar.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Alvy Ray Smith

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VoG 6: Sean Parker

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:49:38 PDT

Sean Parker is the co-founder of Napster and the first President of Facebook. In his own words he talks about the beginning and end of Napster, meeting Mark Zuckerberg, and the early days of Facebook.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Sean Parker

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VoG 5: Alan Kay

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 11:03:45 PDT

Alan Kay is one of the founders of Xerox PARC. In his own words, he talks about developing early personal computers, the famous demo at Xerox PARC that gave Steve Jobs the idea for the Macintosh, and his feeling that computing has failed.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Alan Kay

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VoG 4: Scott Hassan

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 10:38:19 PDT

Everyone knows Larry Page and Sergei Brin, but who really came up with the idea of creating the Google search engine? Meet Google's unknown third creator, Scott Hassan.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Scott Hassan

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VoG 3: Nolan Bushnell

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:30:23 PDT

Nolan Bushnel was the prototypical "t-shirt tycoon." He tells the stories of how he founded Atari, ushered in the first video game gold rush, and then lost it all.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Nolan Bushnell

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VoG 2: Stewart Brand

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:51:23 PDT

Stewart Brand coined the term "personal computer" and the phrase "information wants to be free." He organized the first Hackers Conference and founded The Well, one of the earliest social networks. He talks about these and other events in his life as one of the most innovative minds in Silicon Valley.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Stewart Brand

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VoG 1: Steve Wozniak

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:00:00 PDT

Steve Wozniak describes his early days at Atari and the beginning of Apple. He details his lifelong dreams and his bitterest regret.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher

Guest: Steve Wozniak

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Introduction to Valley of Genius

Thu, 06 Sep 2018 12:00:00 PDT

Leo Laporte introduces TWiT's newest podcast, Valley of Genius.

Valley of Genius features Adam Fisher's interviews with the hackers, founders and freaks who made Silicon Valley boom.

Host: Leo Laporte

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