Steve Jobs: The Fresh Air Interview (1996) | Fresh Air

Dude was thinking Post-PC in 1996.

Dude just predicted Google, e-commerce, SmartTVs, and the end of physical media while I was still on the Oregon Trail trying not to die of dysentery.

17:08 - “One of the things I always tried to coach myself on was not being afraid to fail. When you have something that doesn’t work out a lot of times people’s reaction is to get very protective about ever wanting to fall on their face again and I think that’s a big mistake, because you never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times in the process of getting there… So.. I’ve tried to not be afraid to fail and matter fact I failed quite a bit since leaving Apple” GOLD

Quality of the audio is so good.

1996? Sounds like something from 10 years ago. Can't believe it's that old.

My god this man was insightful. Definitely one of the most influential people of the last century.

Interviewer is so great

Oh my God! This is so awesome!! The clarity of thought that Jobs has is astounding. He was so right about most of the things that happened way after he gave this interview. Terry Gross, I should add, is one of the best interviewers I’ve ever heard.

10/10 interview. Hooray for NPR!. 1996....when NPR was enjoyable to listen to..

"other companies hire people to tell them what to do, we hire people so that they can tell us what to do" omfg this is such an amazing interview. i thought i'd heard/watched all his interviews, but this one tops them all. he's so relaxed because he knows you're not talking bs. there's so much coming out of his mind. i gotta roll a joint now. thank you to the interviewer, Terry Gross, you're amazing in getting him to really talk his mind. i'm gonna have to check out your other interviews, i still can't believe that this was '96, mental

This interview is a gem. Gives us a glimpse to the amazing inner thinking & thought processes of Steve Jobs. BTW, this interview was done in 1996 by the equally amazing interviewer Terry Gross, Steve Jobs return to Apple in the same year too - judging by the content of this interview. This interview was made before Steve returned to Apple. That explained why he refrained to critique too much about Apple. Hats off to Steve Jobs - a true giant.

1996....when NPR was enjoyable to listen to.

I'm always humbled listening to, Steve Jobs. He is pure genius.

Dude this is on clutch!!! Thanks so much

this is crazy he was speaking about the web like this in '96. i had just left school and my last pc till then was an Amiga. omg, he's talking about the web like this when i was still going to libraries. it's crazy to think that all this was happening and i was too young (in my mind) to see what was happening

Always nice finding a new Steve Jobs recording 🙂

Thank you for this interview!

this is amazing, thank you for uploading this 🙏 btw, the interviewer is very good - she understands the big picture of what SJ is talking about so, because of that, gets him to explain more things so that we can all know. that's how an interview should be. this was an amazing interview, by both people, just a relaxed conversation with no one trying to big themselves up. genuine laughter is so nice to hear 💯❤ (talking about Terry, nice laugh)

This was great! Where's the rest of it? And Thanks😊

At 25:00 he talks about the concept of the iPad so ahead of its time and even before returning to Apple, essentially a simplified $300 low price internet access device. Back then screens weren’t ready so he suggested it should connect to the TV but actually he is basically aiming functionally at the iPad already. This matches other references by internal staff at Apple saying that his first goal before the iPhone was the iPad but he wished the phone out first as it suddenly became more urgent.