Episodes

  • VoG 24: Larry Brilliant
    Mar 4 2019

    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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    23 mins
  • VoG 23: Howard Warshaw
    Feb 25 2019

    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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    22 mins
  • VoG 22: Fabrice Florin
    Feb 18 2019

    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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    23 mins
  • VoG 21: Charlie Ayers
    Feb 11 2019

    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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    23 mins
  • VoG 20: Tiffany Shlain
    Feb 4 2019

    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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    11 mins
  • VoG 19: Jaron Lanier
    Jan 28 2019

    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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    9 mins
  • VoG 18: Aaron Sittig
    Jan 21 2019

    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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    12 mins
  • VoG 17: Mark Pincus
    Jan 14 2019

    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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    11 mins