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Stalin Is Dead! | Сталин мертв!

March 5, 1953. The Premier of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, is on his deathbed, and he’s turning blue. At the end of his life, Stalin is surrounded by his closest advisors, but these comrades aren’t hoping for his quick recovery. For days, they’ve been sneaking away from their ... Show More

36m 52s

Feb 23

Disneyland on a Deadline

March 1, 1951. Two Texas horse trainers sit down to lunch with Walt Disney. They assume he wants to use their animals in a movie. Instead, Walt leans in and tells them about something that doesn’t exist yet. Not a carnival. Not an amusement park. Something movie-like in the real ... Show More

29m 31s

Feb 16

How To Dig a Train Tunnel Under the Hudson River

February 14, 1905. A stick of dynamite detonates under the Hudson River — and the ground above swallows a locomotive whole. It's the latest setback in an audacious plan to tunnel beneath the river and bring trains into Manhattan. The Pennsylvania Railroad is the largest corporati ... Show More

36m 16s

Dec 2023

TechStuff Classic: The Macintosh Story Part 1

What's the origin story for the Macintosh computer? We look at the early days of Apple leading up to the launch of one of the most famous Apple products of all time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 3m

Dec 2023

TechStuff Classic: The Macintosh Story Part 2

After its launch, Apple tweaked the Macintosh a bit. Then Apple executives gave Steve Jobs the boot. He would return many years later. We look at the Macintosh during this era.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1h 22m

Jan 2017

127. The History of the iPhone, On Its 10th Anniversary

"So… Three things: A widescreen iPod with touch controls. A revolutionary mobile phone. And a breakthrough internet communications device. An iPod… a phone… and an internet communicator… An iPod, a phone… are you getting it? These are not three separate devices. This is one devic ... Show More

1h 3m

Sep 2023

Apple vs Microsoft | Podre Até o Caroço | 1

Na estreia da nova fase do Guerras Comerciais, agora produzido pelo B9 e narrado por Alê Garcia, contamos a história por trás da disputa entre Apple e Microsoft, uma das mais icônicas rivalidades entre empresas. Neste primeiro episódio, a Apple lança o inovador Macintosh após um ... Show More

41m 56s

Jun 2015

70. The Forgotten Story Of The Original IPhone Released In 1998

It turns out that almost exactly 9 years before Steve Jobs introduced the world to the iPhone, there was another 3-in-1 device that was introduced to the world, and it just so happened that that device was also known as an iPhone.But the company that brought the "first" iPhone to ... Show More

45m 28s

Mar 2022

And Apple Marches On

<p>Apple held its first product announcement event of the year on Tuesday. It showed off a bunch of new devices, including a new iPhone SE, a revamped iPad Air, and a big, beefy, expensive system called Mac Studio. But some of the most noticeable aspects of the show was what Appl ... Show More

34m 57s

May 2018

Bonus: Ctrl-Walt-Delete special edition - iMac 20th anniversary

Ctrl-Walt-Delete returns for a special episode all about the iMac 20th anniversary. Walt Mossberg and Nilay Patel reminisce on the introduction of Apple's iMac, and how it influenced the open web and computers going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices. ... Show More

32m 15s

Jan 2023

Apple vs Microsoft | Rotten to the Core | 1

<p>Apple launches the groundbreaking Macintosh after a long delay. And Bill Gates' Microsoft team has made the software for the Mac. But pretty soon, Jobs grows worried about their partnership. He fears that Gates and Microsoft might be taking... more than they're giving.</p><p>B ... Show More

35m 32s

The Apple Ad That Changed the World (Rep...