Broken Time
The story of pianist Bill Evans and his lifelong obsession with a single song.
The story of pianist Bill Evans and his lifelong obsession with a single song.
Steve Silberman The Believer Aug 2018 25min Permalink
Autism and Silicon Valley.
Steve Silberman Wired Dec 2001 25min Permalink
On board the Perl Whirl 2000, a conference of hard-coding geeks on a luxury cruise ship.
Steve Silberman Wired Oct 2000 35min Permalink
Neal punctuated Jack’s riffing with his “yesses” and “that’s rights,” head bobbing on his neck like a novice prizefighter’s. After four years of New York nihilism and intellection, Neal – wiping Jack’s face with his handkerchief – Neal – who looked so much like Jack himself, an athlete like Jack – celebrated lover of women and sharer of Allen’s passionate dark soul – finally the long-lost brother who said, “Go ahead, everything you do is great” – “a Western kinsmen of the sun” – “a wild yea-saying over-burst of American joy.”
The life and myth of Neal Cassady, Beat companion and muse for Kesey, Wolfe, Kerouac, Ginsberg, The Grateful Dead and more.
Steve Silberman The Golden Road Mar 1989 45min Permalink
When computer science legend Jim Gray disappeared, his friends and colleagues – including Bill Gates and Larry Ellison – used every technological tool at their disposal to try to find him.
Steve Silberman Wired Jul 2007 30min Permalink
The placebo response doesn't care if the catalyst for healing is a triumph of pharmacology, a compassionate therapists, or a syringe of salt water. All it requires is a reasonable expectation of getting better.
Steve Silberman Wired Aug 2009 20min Permalink