Larry Brilliant met Steve Jobs in India, helped eradicate smallpox, and co-founded The Well. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher Guest: Larry Brilliant Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/valley-of-genius. Get a copy

Howard Warshaw

Feb 25th, 2019 22m 18s

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 Download or subscribe to t

Fabrice Florin

Feb 18th, 2019 23m 9s

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 Download or subscribe to this

Charlie Ayers

Feb 11th, 2019 22m 38s

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 Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/valley-of-genius. Get a copy of Adam

Tiffany Shlain

Feb 4th, 2019 11m 21s

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 Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/v

Jaron Lanier

Jan 28th, 2019 8m 47s

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 Download or subs

Aaron Sittig

Jan 21st, 2019 12m 22s

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 Do

Mark Pincus

Jan 14th, 2019 11m 18s

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 Laport

Louis Rossetto and Jane Metcalfe

Jan 7th, 2019 18m 41s

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 Met

Biz Stone

Dec 17th, 2018 16m 50s

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 Download or subscribe to

Mark Pauline

Dec 10th, 2018 15m 22s

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 gi

Steven Levy

Dec 3rd, 2018 9m 3s

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 Download or su

Andy Hertzfeld

Nov 26th, 2018 8m 38s

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 Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/valley-of-genius. G

Brenda Laurel at Atari

Nov 19th, 2018 18m 15s

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 Downloa

Joey Anuff

Nov 12th, 2018 9m 20s

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 An

Tony Fadell

Nov 5th, 2018 9m 36s

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 Download or subscribe to this

Ev Williams

Oct 29th, 2018 14m 42s

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

Alvy Ray Smith

Oct 22nd, 2018 21m 6s

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 L

Sean Parker

Oct 15th, 2018 18m 34s

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

Alan Kay

Oct 8th, 2018 18m 32s

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. Hos

Scott Hassan

Oct 1st, 2018 12m 6s

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 Download or subs

Nolan Bushnell

Sep 24th, 2018 32m 54s

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 Download or subscri

Stewart Brand

Sep 17th, 2018 20m 48s

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

Steve Wozniak

Sep 10th, 2018 11m 40s

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 Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.

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Introduction to Valley of Genius

Sep 6th, 2018 2m 6s

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 Download or subscribe to this show at h