Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson Podcast
1) Theme Parks: Where Tech Meets Thrills
Theme parks have always been based around thrills, from their earliest days featuring sleds pushed down wooden hills covered in ice. What’s changed is the technology that is poured into making these a...Show More
2) Encore - Toys: Toy To The World
This episode originally aired on December 5, 2017. The toy industry has a long history, but only really became a technology-heavy omnipresence since the 1970s. In this episode, see how toy manufactur...Show More
3) Encore - Home Cooking: Technology Worth Savoring
This episode originally aired on February 12, 2019. Walter Isaacson asks: how did we go from inventing fire to the Instant Pot? How much different is cooking from its genesis tens of thousands of yea...Show More
4) Encore - Wellness: Knowing Yourself
This episode originally aired on June 17, 2020. What do we mean when we talk about wellness, and why do people want it so badly? In this episode, we dive deep into this sometimes-nebulous field, talk...Show More
5) Encore - Education: Head of the Class
This episode originally aired on March 6, 2018. From the blackboard to bots, technology has made inroads into classrooms all over the world. Where will the next innovation in education come from? We ...Show More
6) Rebroadcast - Ice Cream: Innovation on Ice
This episode originally aired on November 16, 2022. Throughout the world and throughout history, you can find evidence of cultures enjoying cold desserts—precursors to the ice cream we love today. Th...Show More
7) Rebroadcast - Meat: Break a 2.5 Million Year Old Habit
This episode originally aired on January 29, 2020. The human obsession with meat has never wavered from prehistoric times until now. However, this food once reserved for the rich and powerful has led...Show More
8) Rebroadcast - Golf: Tee Time
This episode originally aired on March 20, 2018. Whether you see golf as an intense, white-knuckle competition, or a leisurely stroll around a course, the game has endured and the magic of the sport ...Show More
9) Rebroadcast - Parenting: It Takes a Village
This episode originally aired on August 11, 2021. You’ve probably heard the proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” That's because for most of human history, when it came to child-care, peopl...Show More
10) Visual Effects: Making Magic on the Silver Screen
The 1902 film "A Trip to the Moon" is considered one of the earliest films to incorporate visual effects. Using double exposure stop motion animation, director George Méliès created the iconic image o...Show More