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EPISODE · Nov 11, 2025 · 22 MIN

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

from Read Between The Lines · host Walter Isaacson

Who really invented the internet? The answer is more complex and far more interesting than you think. Walter Isaacson’s The Innovators tells the thrilling story of the digital revolution not as the work of solo inventors, but as a masterpiece of collaboration. Meet the hackers, geniuses, and geeks whose partnerships—and rivalries—gave us the computer, the web, and the connected world we inhabit today. This is the ultimate story of how teamwork created the future.

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