Episodes

  • S2 E6: Briefly Famous
    Apr 17 2025

    This episode looks back at where all of our main characters landed in their lives after the tech boom and bust and what they have learned.

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    46 mins
  • S2 E5: Crazy Bill
    Apr 10 2025

    Goto.com rises to the highest levels of success and even tries to buy Google. But this episode looks at what went wrong.

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    56 mins
  • S2 E4: Permissionless Innovation
    Apr 3 2025

    In this episode, we pivot to Pasadena where the world of ecommerce is taking off to broader audiences. Through our ecommerce characters, we meet Bill Gross who is digging into the radically changing world of paid search.

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    37 mins
  • S2 E3: Bad Blood
    Mar 27 2025

    This episode explores a new protocol war between EIT and Netscape over security.

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    44 mins
  • S2 E2: Marc the Shark
    Mar 20 2025

    This is the origin story of when Marc Andreessen first arrives in Silicon Valley. This episode paints a picture of the world he arrives in, who he befriends and who he alienates.

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    48 mins
  • S2 E1: Illegal, Immoral and Fattening
    Mar 13 2025

    Episode One introduces our listeners to the next generation of Computer Freaks who are getting into new technologies like the world wide web and ecommerce - just as these fields are opening up to the masses.

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    45 mins
  • S2: Trailer
    Feb 28 2025

    Season Two of Computer Freaks shifts the narrative from the academic origins of the Arpanet to the aggressive commercialization of the internet in the 1990s. While Season One focused on the "founding fathers" and their scientific vision, Season Two explores the era of Internet entrepreneurship, where pioneers began turning the network into a source of massive personal wealth.

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    3 mins
  • S1 E6: Unintended Consequences
    Jul 20 2023

    We return to speaking to Joseph Haughney about his hopes for the Arpanet. We ask other founders how they feel about what the internet has become. We also speak to internet early founder Hans Werner Braun’s daughters about how they reconcile themselves the world their father helped create.

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    35 mins