Decoding Tech
by Computer History Museum
Latest episode
In Conversation with Boris Cherny, Creator of Claude Code
In Conversation with Boris Cherny, Creator of Claude Code
About this podcast
Decoding Tech (from the Computer History Museum) explores the past, present and future of technology through conversations with today's leading experts as well as the pioneers and innovators of our on-going computing revolution. Programs are recorded live as a part of the museum's CHM Live events.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 44 episodes
- In Conversation with Boris Cherny, Creator of Claude Code · 1 h 8 min · Episode 43What does it take to help shape one of the most consequential revolutions in tech history? Boris Cherny, creator and head of Claude Code, joins CHM curator David C. Brock for a…
- The Silicon Gold Rush: How AI is Driving the Development of New Chips · 1 h 8 min · Episode 42The 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 explosive…
- Making Smalltalk · 1 h 8 min · Episode 41Smalltalk, the transformative programming language, development, and user environment pioneered by Alan Kay, turned 50 in 2022. For the occasion, Dan Ingalls and Adele Goldberg…
- David Pogue on Apple at 50: From a Garage Startup to a Cultural Force · 1 h 34 min · Episode 40David 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 way. From…
- The Godmother of Silicon Valley, Esther Wojcicki, Answers Questions · 38 min · Episode 39What 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 leaders…
- A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare · 1 h 10 min · Episode 38Will 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, A Giant…
- Out Online: Trans and Queer Community on the Early Net · 1 h 5 min · Episode 36How 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 · 1 h 10 min · Episode 36Most 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 of Steve…
- My Year With AI: Joanna Stern Hands Over Her Life · 1 h 1 min · Episode 35What 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: My Year…
- Emoji for Everyone: A Quest for Inclusive Communication with 🥟 and 🧕 · 1 h 9 min · Episode 34Are 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 big…
- The Geek Way: A Handbook for a New Culture · 1 h 0 min · Episode 33What 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 explores…
- Apple at 50: Five Decades of Thinking Different · 1 h 36 min · Episode 32On 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 influential tech…
- Computing For the Whole World · 1 h 15 min · Episode 31The 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 designing…
- The Pixel: From Cave Paintings to Toy Story · 1 h 12 min · Episode 30The 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 from his…
- Algorithms of Love: Dating in the Digital World · 1 h 9 min · Episode 29What 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 today…
- Read Me: The Books that Inspired the Computing Revolution · 1 h 6 min · Episode 28How 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 how the…
- Look Who's Driving · 1 h 4 min · Episode 27Today, 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 to make…
- The Future of Humanoid Robots · 1 h 5 min · Episode 26Humanoid 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, and Niv…
- Morris Chang in Conversation with Jensen Huang · 1 h 23 min · Episode 22What 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 Huang to…
- To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar's Stock Market Debut · 1 h 14 min · Episode 24In 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 smash hit…
