Valley of Genius features the hackers, founders, and freaks who made Silicon Valley boom, in their own words.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Get a copy of Adam Fisher's Valley of Genius book at a bookstore near you.
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