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Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson

We tell the unexpected stories of digital disruption. Listen in as Walter Isaacson, digital revolution expert, explores the unknown drama behind some of the world’s biggest digital disruptions, the da... Read more

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Food Delivery: A Slice of Disruption

Food Delivery: A Slice of Disruption

One simple (but disgusting) viral video drove a pizza company to reinvent itself as a technology company. However, techn... Read more

12 Apr 2017

26mins

Ranked #2

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Gaming: Game On, Disruption

Gaming: Game On, Disruption

Sometimes you lose your entire market share to two plumbers and a hedgehog. In this week’s Trailblazers, Walter Isaacson... Read more

26 Apr 2017

33mins

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News: Disruption is the Lead Story

News: Disruption is the Lead Story

Over 150 years ago, new technology threatened newspapers to the brink of extinction. Sound familiar? In this episode of ... Read more

10 May 2017

31mins

Ranked #4

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Conservation: Next Generation Technology

Conservation: Next Generation Technology

Technology and nature used to reside at the opposite ends of the spectrum. But like our environment, that relationship h... Read more

6 Nov 2019

30mins

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Stocks: Timing the Market

Stocks: Timing the Market

The stock market is one wild ride, from the literal rough seas of the Renaissance to the forthcoming disruption of algor... Read more

27 Jun 2018

28mins

Ranked #6

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Athletic Shoes: Sneakers

Athletic Shoes: Sneakers

From an actual jail in England to a pretend jail in Nike advertisements, sneakers have always made a statement without s... Read more

13 Jun 2018

30mins

Ranked #7

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Batteries: The Power of Portable Power

Batteries: The Power of Portable Power

Walter Isaacson returns to talk about batteries with the inventor of the lithium ion cell himself, plus current research... Read more

12 Sep 2018

25mins

Ranked #8

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AI: What's Hype? What's Reality?

AI: What's Hype? What's Reality?

Guests Jerry Kaplan of Stanford University, Oren Etzioni of The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, research fe... Read more

22 May 2019

30mins

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Sports Analytics: What's After Moneyball?

Sports Analytics: What's After Moneyball?

Walter Isaacson hits a homerun with the story of sports analytics, from Moneyball to the championship run of the Golden ... Read more

27 Feb 2019

26mins

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Groceries: Clean Up On Aisle 9

Groceries: Clean Up On Aisle 9

For 100 years, the supermarket has been the place to go to purchase groceries –but that’s rapidly changing and will almo... Read more

1 Nov 2017

32mins

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Gambling: Jackpot

Gambling: Jackpot

We’ve come a long way from the mechanical slot machines of the 1960s. In just the past few decades, we’ve graduated to m... Read more

2 May 2018

29mins

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Fame: A New Breed of Celebrity

Fame: A New Breed of Celebrity

The allure of celebrity has always been a facet of human nature. Whether it's deified early leaders emblazoning their fa... Read more

25 Sep 2019

31mins

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Introducing, AI: Hype vs. Reality

Introducing, AI: Hype vs. Reality

New from Dell Technologies comes a show about the cutting edge of artificial intelligence. Join host Jessica Chobot as s... Read more

29 May 2019

23mins

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Hospitality: Disrupting the Destination

Hospitality: Disrupting the Destination

Before hotels, there was home sharing. In the digital age, Airbnb has brought it back. Walter Isaacson takes a historica... Read more

24 May 2017

30mins

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Airlines: Where Disruption Takes Flight

Airlines: Where Disruption Takes Flight

The air travel industry has seen more than its share of turbulence in the century since its inception. Come fly with us ... Read more

27 Sep 2017

33mins

Ranked #16

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Skyscrapers: An Upward Journey

Skyscrapers: An Upward Journey

As space on our planet comes at a premium, building “up” is the natural solution. But how high can we go? From a century... Read more

23 Oct 2019

28mins

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Fashion: The Politics of Style

Fashion: The Politics of Style

Host Walter Isaacson recounts the fascinating origins, developments and movements behind paradigm shifts within the fash... Read more

17 Apr 2019

27mins

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Education: Head of the Class

Education: Head of the Class

From the blackboard to bots, technology has made inroads into classrooms all over the world. Where will the next innovat... Read more

7 Mar 2018

32mins

Ranked #19

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Privacy: Privacy, Please

Privacy: Privacy, Please

Privacy is an American norm, but did you know it wasn’t an American law until 1977? The war to protect our image, our da... Read more

11 Apr 2018

31mins

Ranked #20

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Robotics: Beep Boop

Robotics: Beep Boop

At SXSW, we brought together leading experts in the field of AI for a special live panel discussion on the future of rob... Read more

16 May 2018

34mins

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