Tech History with Fexingo: Stories of Silicon Valley, Pioneers, and Industry Origins

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Tech History with Fexingo: Stories of Silicon Valley, Pioneers, and Industry Origins

Lucas and Luna explore the hidden backstories of technology's defining moments — from the founding of Fairchild Semiconductor to the rise of the graphical user interface. Each episode takes a single company, product, or figure from Silicon Valley lore and examines the decisions, market pressures, and serendipity that shaped it. They ask: What did Intel's Andy Grove actually believe about operational discipline? How did Atari's culture of chaos birth both Steve Jobs and Nolan Bushnell's downfall? Why did Xerox PARC invent the future and fail to own it? Expect number-literate conversation that treats history not as a museum, but as a working toolkit for understanding today's tech landscape. Lucas brings the archival detail and journalistic rigor; Luna presses on the strategic lessons that still echo. This show is for founders, engineers, and product leaders who want to learn from the original mistakes and breakthroughs — not sanitized myths, but the messy, data-rich reality. By the end, you'll see the iPhone, the cloud, and AI not as inevitabilities, but as one possible path among many.

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Episodes

24 episodes

How Bob Taylor Sparked the ARPANET Revolution

Jun 1, 2026 · 7:59
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How the Walkman Changed How We Listen to Music

May 31, 2026 · 11:05
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How a Single Chip Created the Graphics Revolution

May 31, 2026 · 9:41
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How One Engineer Created the TLA+ Specification Language

May 30, 2026 · 9:41
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How Bell Labs Invented the Transistor

May 30, 2026 · 9:13
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How Robert Metcalfe Shaped Ethernet and the Network Era

May 29, 2026 · 7:34
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How a Single Transistor Changed the Course of Computing

May 29, 2026 · 7:45
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The Story Behind the First Computer Mouse

May 28, 2026 · 8:20
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How Grace Hopper Invented the Compiler

May 28, 2026 · 8:03
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How the GRiD Compass Created the Modern Laptop

May 27, 2026 · 7:22
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The Forgotten Story of the Stretch Computer

May 27, 2026 · 6:56
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The Origin Story of the JPEG Image Format

May 26, 2026 · 6:59
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The Man Who Wired the Internet Together Router by Router

May 26, 2026 · 7:56
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How the HP 35 Calculator Killed the Slide Rule

May 25, 2026 · 8:30
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The Israeli Team That Rewrote the Rules of Memory Chips

May 25, 2026 · 7:36
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The Forgotten Story of Ethernet Origins

May 24, 2026 · 6:53
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How Xerox PARC Built the Future Before Anyone Else

May 24, 2026 · 7:54
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How Arthur Rock Created Venture Capital

May 23, 2026 · 7:09
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The Story Behind the First Commercial Email System

May 23, 2026 · 8:33
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The Forgotten Story of Fairchild Semiconductor

May 22, 2026 · 5:16
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The Story Behind the First Microprocessor

May 22, 2026 · 8:54
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The Alto That Invented the Modern PC

May 21, 2026 · 10:59
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The SRI Mouse That Changed Everything

May 21, 2026 · 7:39
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How Apollo Computer Shaped Modern Engineering Workstations

May 19, 2026 · 11:06
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