Decoding Tech

The Silicon Gold Rush: How AI is Driving the Development of New Chips

The California Gold Rush created fortunes not only for prospectors, but also for the people selling picks and shovels. The contemporary version of that story is the explo

Making Smalltalk

Smalltalk, the transformative programming language, development, and user environment pioneered by Alan Kay, turned 50 in 2022. For the occasion, Dan Ingalls and Adele Go

David Pogue on Apple at 50: From a Garage Startup to a Cultural Force

David Pogue, author of the bestselling book Apple: The First 50 Years, explores Apple’s history through its four defining eras and highlights pivotal moments along the wa

The Godmother of Silicon Valley, Esther Wojcicki, Answers Questions

What if the roots of Silicon Valley’s culture weren’t written in code but taught in a classroom? Esther Wojcicki, a trailblazing educator, journalist, and mother of tech

A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare

Will AI finally fix healthcare, or create a whole new set of problems? Dr. Robert Wachter, chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, joined us to discuss his new book,

Out Online: Trans and Queer Community on the Early Net

How did the early internet help shape today's transgender identity and activism? Scholar and CHM Book Prize winner Avery Dame‑Griff joined us to discuss his book, The Two

Steve Jobs in Exile: NeXT and the Making of a Comeback

Most people know about Steve Jobs' amazing work at Apple, but what about his "wilderness years" when he created NeXT? Learn about this period from Geoffrey Cain, author

My Year With AI: Joanna Stern Hands Over Her Life

What happens when you let artificial intelligence run your life? Joanna Stern, Emmy Award–winning tech journalist, asks this question in her new book, I Am Not a Robot:

Emoji for Everyone: A Quest for Inclusive Communication with 🥟 and 🧕

Are you part of the 92 percent? That’s how many people around the world use emojis every day. Today's conversation explores how something as small as an emoji can have a

The Geek Way: A Handbook for a New Culture

What if the most important innovation in technology isn’t what companies build but how they build it? In this episode, New York Times bestselling author Andrew McAfee ex

Apple at 50: Five Decades of Thinking Different

On April 1, 1976, Apple Computer was founded with a radical idea: that powerful computing should be personal. Fifty years later, Apple stands as one of the most influenti

Computing For the Whole World

The iPod and the iPhone transformed entertainment, communications, and computing in less than a decade. Tony Fadell joins John Markoff on stage to explore his time design

The Pixel: From Cave Paintings to Toy Story

The tiny pixel is the “big idea” that ties all digital imaging together. In this episode, computing‑graphics pioneer and Pixar cofounder Alvy Ray Smith shares insights

Algorithms of Love: Dating in the Digital World

What happens when the quest for love gets outsourced to computers? Just in time for Valentine's Day, we're exploring how technology has changed the ways we live and love

Read Me: The Books that Inspired the Computing Revolution

How can you truly grasp what is happening in computing? One powerful answer has endured: “Read a book!” In this conversation with historian W. Patrick McCray, we learn

Look Who's Driving

Today, autonomous vehicles are no longer a futuristic dream. But in 2019, industry leaders and researchers were still figuring how they work, the challenge of teaching AI

The Future of Humanoid Robots

Humanoid robots are stepping out of science fiction and into our daily lives. But what does that mean for us? Chaoyi Li from Booster Robotics, Victor Suen from Fourier, a

Morris Chang in Conversation with Jensen Huang

What happens when two tech visionaries sit down to talk? In this remarkable 2007 conversation, Dr. Morris Chang, the pioneering founder of TSMC, joins NVIDIA CEO Jensen H

To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar's Stock Market Debut

In November 1995, Steve Jobs pitched Wall Street on a company with no revenues and an unproven film. That company was Pixar, and against all odds, Toy Story became a smas

Taiwan Tech: The Origins of a High-Tech Industry

How did Taiwan ascend to such great heights in high-tech manufacturing? Honghong Tinn, author of Island Tinkerers, shares the fascinating history of how hobbyists and ent