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(Podcast) Designed in California 14: Digital Hub (Part 2, Origin of the iPod)

21 October 2026 at 10:17

Guiding Apple through its comeback, Steve Jobs comes up with a clever strategy to make the Mac the center of everyone’s digital life. The problem is, he’s failed to integrate music into the mixβ€”and Apple will have to scramble to catch up.

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(Podcast) Designed in California 9: Apple’s Mac OS Crisis: Who’s NeXT? (Part 5)

23 September 2026 at 10:25

Just up the road from Apple in Redwood City, Steve Jobs’s NeXT is fading and flailing, but has a modern operating system just like the one Apple desperately needs to buy to replace Mac OS. An unlikely person makes an unlikely phone call to save the day.

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