What Did They Read?

Apple

David Pogue

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First heard22 June 2026
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Episodes about this book

4 episodes

"316. The Persuasion Equation: Grab Attention & Make Your Message Meaningful"

Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques, 20 August 2026. It comes up in passing.

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254: Inside the Box by David Epstein

Bookworm, 31 July 2026. The book comes up at 25 min 56 sec in. It comes up in passing.

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261: Metrics of Success

Focused, 28 July 2026. The book comes up at 38 min 59 sec in.

A host describes picking up "Apple: The First 50 Years" by David Pogue at MacStock, where Pogue was a VIP guest who performed an entertaining slide presentation with parody songs drawn from the book. The host recounts details Pogue shared, including an exclusive post-Apple interview with Scott Forstall. They describe it as a 600-page book with "a lot of cool pictures" and stories, calling it "really beautiful" — best read in physical form.

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180: From Instagram Poems to a Bestselling Book, with Loryn Brantz

Cortex, 22 June 2026. The book comes up at 1 hr 10 min in.

Referenced in the embedded Designed in California podcast excerpt as the source of a Nolan Bushnell quote about being offered a stake in Apple in 1976. The speaker calls it an excellent book currently on sale.

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