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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VoG 24: Larry Brilliant

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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VoG 23: Howard Warshaw

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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VoG 22: Fabrice Florin

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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VoG 21: Charlie Ayers

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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VoG 20: Tiffany Shlain

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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VoG 19: Jaron Lanier

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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VoG 18: Aaron Sittig

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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VoG 17: Mark Pincus

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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VoG 16: Louis Rossetto and Jane Metcalfe

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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VoG 15: Biz Stone

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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VoG 14: Mark Pauline

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 
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VoG 13: Steven Levy

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 
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VoG 12: Andy Hertzfeld

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 
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VoG 11: Brenda Laurel at Atari

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 Anuff 
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VoG 10: Joey Anuff

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 
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VoG 9: Tony Fadell

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 
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VoG 8: Ev Williams

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 Laporte and Adam Fisher 
Guest: Alvy Ray Smith 
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VoG 7: Alvy Ray Smith

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: Sean Parker 
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VoG 6: Sean Parker

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. 
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Adam Fisher 
Guest: Alan Kay 
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