Reality Distortion (Steve Jobs)

About this episode

This episode explores the life and impact of Steve Jobs, focusing on his contributions to Apple and Pixar.

This person died 2011, age of 56. He dropped out of Reed College in 1972 and once said that taking LSD was among the most important things he ever did. In the early years of his career, his obsession with detail drove colleagues crazy, but later he inspired extraordinary loyalty. In the 1990s he bought a small computer graphics spinoff from George Lucas and built it into Pixar. He told the world he would step down as Apple’s CEO if he could no longer meet expectations — and then he did. Today’s dead celebrity is Steve Jobs. If you liked this episode, you might also like Episode 98 Pleasure Activists (Julia Child) or Episode 42 Game Changer (John Madden). LINKS Transcript of this episode Steve Jobs Stanford commencement 2005 full speech iPhone launch 2007 keynote Steve Jobs Pixar Toy Story interview 1995 on Charlie Rose Steve Jobs Noah Wyle Macworld 1999 impersonation Steve Jobs Simpsons parody Steve Mobbs MyPods and Boomsticks Dead or Alive quiz game Famous & Gravy on Facebook , LinkedIn , Threads Famous & Gravy official website Steve Jobs was an entrepreneur who transformed Apple and Pixar into global icons, creating the iPhone and reshaping Silicon Valley with his…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Osborne

Topics covered

• Steve Jobs
• Apple
• Pixar
• entrepreneurship
• innovation
• technology
• biography

Keywords

• Steve Jobs
• Apple
• Pixar
• entrepreneur
• innovation
• Silicon Valley
• biography
• LSD
• reality distortion
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, Pixar

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