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Recode Decode: 'General Magic' directors Sarah Kerruish and Matt Maude

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business, Technology

4.23.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Kerruish and Matt Maude talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new documentary, "General Magic," which tells the story of a pioneering tech startup that tried and failed to invent a smartphone in the 1990s. Swisher appears in the documentary, which posits that although few people know the name General Magic today, the company’s failure paved the way for the Silicon Valley we know today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.4

Running a business is full of tough calls, one of the biggest hiring.

0:09.2

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0:12.4

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0:15.4

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0:20.8

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0:23.1

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0:25.4

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0:29.6

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0:36.6

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0:40.0

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0:41.4

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0:43.0

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0:47.7

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0:50.0

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0:51.7

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0:53.6

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0:56.1

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0:58.6

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1:00.2

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1:05.1

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1:10.9

Hi, I'm Karr Swisher, Editor at Large of Recode.

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