Internet History Podcast - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Like Brian McCullough, I lived through this time. While I never had the courage (or the connections) to join a start-up, I remember all of this.

I taught, for a couple of years, at a local community college and, as part of my curriculum, I had students watch the BBC series on the history of computing (out of print) and the Robert X. Cringely mini-series Triump of the Nerds and the follow-up (not written by him) Nerds 2.0.1.

This podcast (and the related book) blow that content out of the water.

Someday, when I go back to teaching, even if the subject is not the Internet or computing, this is going to be required reading/listening.

It is amazing.

A-maz-ing!

If you happen to be an amateur geek who, like me, is also a history buff, the Internet History Podcast absolutely hits the sweet spot. Luckily, I have just started listening since reading Brian McCullough’s fascinating and entertaining recent book. That means I have several years of past episodes to catch up on. Each of the dozen or so I have listened to has been fun, captivating and incredibly informative. I am looking forward to many hours of enjoying Brian and his amazing guests.

The podcast is absolutely fascinating. It’s a great source of insider insights for anyone interested, not only in internet history, but in business in general. It’s one of the hidden gems of podcasts.

Brian has done an outstanding job cobbling together a cohesive story of how the internet happened from the initial Cambrian explosion to the bombed out ashes of the bust to present day phenomena like the iPhone. Highly recommend.

This podcast is heavily biased, and feels like purposeful PR for the figures discussed. In episode 1 Host credits Andreesen with creating the VC blueprint that had been in play in Silicon Valley for about 50 years by the time Andreesen came along.

In episode 2 the host credits James Clark as being "prescient regarding the internet", but he cites a quote from Clark that is rehashing a Marshall McLuhan quote from 30+ years prior.

All told, there is probably good info in here because there are a lot of episodes. But it doesn't seem anywhere close to honest or accurate, it feels like someone starts with the intent of creating a favorable depiction of Silicon Valley people who are obsessed with self-mythologizing💁🏻‍♂️