Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-03-07
Books mentioned on Part Two: The Terrible Secret of Steve Jobs
Robert Evans explains the rise of Apple, and how Steve Jobs tried to cheat the California Welfare system. See omnystudio.
Robert Evans recommended Infinite loop by Michael S. Malone and Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs, and discussed Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson and Return to the Little Kingdom by Michael Moritz.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is a comprehensive biography detailing the life, career, and intense leadership style of the Apple co-founder.
Discussed“and there's a there's an interesting quote in isaacson's book from Noah Bushnell who's Jobs's old boss at Atari”
Where to get it
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Infinite loop
Infinite Loop: How Apple, the World's Most Insanely Great Computer Company, Went Insane by Michael S.
Recommended“the following story comes from the excellent book infinite Loop”
Where to get it
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Return to the Little Kingdom
Discussed“and I'm going to quote from the book Return to the little kingdom here which is the first history of Apple that gets published”
Where to get it
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Small Fry
Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs is a deeply personal memoir written by the daughter of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, chronicling her complex, often painful childhood and her evolving relationship with her brilliant yet emotionally distant father.
Recommended“the best book I read preparing for this series and I read this thing cover to cover in about a day is Lisa Jobs's Lisa”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“there's the book becoming Steve Jobs”
“there's Isaacson Steve's jobs”
“there's the book infinite Loop”
“um there's inside the Magic Kingdom by I think Moritz is his name”