Visionaries, Rebels and Machines
Claim This Podcastby Jamie Dobson
Podcast Overview
<p>What do frog legs, cloud computing, and failure have in common?</p><p>They’re all part of the messy, magnificent story of how we got here.</p><br><p>I’m Jamie Dobson - author of <strong>Visionaries, Rebels and Machines </strong>— and in this podcast, I’ll take you on a journey through the ideas, accidents, and breakthroughs that shaped our digital world.</p><br><p>From Edison’s lightbulb moment to the birth of the cloud…</p><p>From the engineers who fled war to build machines of peace…</p><p>To the technologists today trying to teach machines to think.</p><br><p><strong>This isn’t just the history of tech.</strong></p><p>It’s the story of creativity, chaos — and the strange, beautiful way we fail our way forward.</p><br><p>Each episode, we’ll unpack the big themes that shaped <strong>humanity’s extraordinary journey from electrification to cloudification.</strong></p><br><p>So if you’ve ever wondered how the web got weird,</p><p>why management matters more than machines,</p><p>or what the hell the cloud really is...</p><p>...you’re in the right place.</p><br><p>This is<strong> Visionaries, Rebels and Machines.</strong></p><p><strong>Subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts and let’s take the long view of the future.</strong></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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June 25, 2026
Season 2 Episode 6
<p>Intel invents a technology that will change the world, yet fails to see its true potential. As rivals close in and pressure mounts, Andy Grove develops the ruthless management playbook that still influences Silicon Valley today. Then a single business decision sparks one of the most consequential partnerships in technology history.</p><br><p><strong>Find out more about the Visionaries, Rebels and Machines:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Visionaries-Rebels-Machines-electrification-cloudification/dp/1917490070/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BUY THE BOOK HERE</a></li><li>Listen to more episodes of the podcast <a href="https://shows.acast.com/visionaries-rebels-and-machines" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here.</a></li><li>Download sample chapters <a href="https://www.container-solutions.com/visionaries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</li><li>Ask Jamie questions <a href="https://www.container-solutions.com/leadership" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Learn more about our people:</strong></p><ul><li>Jamie Dobson: <a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jamie-dobson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li><li>Join Jamie’s <a href="https://substack.com/@jamiedobson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Substack</a> </li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>If you enjoyed this episode then please either:</strong></p><ul><li>Follow, rate, and review on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/visionaries-rebels-and-machines/id1829045240" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></li><li>Follow and rate on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/15bcjyezTt0epNn1sSMcIT?si=4d06d4218aa840f2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a></li><li>Watch our videos on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ContainerSolutionsOfficial" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube Channel!</a></li></ul><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 11, 2026
The Accidental Invention That Made Intel Unstoppable
<p>Intel nearly threw away the invention that changed the world. Meanwhile, Andy Grove was wrestling with a management experiment that could either save the company or break it. This episode reveals how a series of unlikely decisions helped shape the future of modern technology.</p><br><p><strong>Find out more about the Visionaries, Rebels and Machines:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Visionaries-Rebels-Machines-electrification-cloudification/dp/1917490070/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BUY THE BOOK HERE</a></li><li>Listen to more episodes of the podcast <a href="https://shows.acast.com/visionaries-rebels-and-machines" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here.</a></li><li>Download sample chapters <a href="https://www.container-solutions.com/visionaries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</li><li>Ask Jamie questions <a href="https://www.container-solutions.com/leadership" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Learn more about our people:</strong></p><ul><li>Jamie Dobson: <a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jamie-dobson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li><li>Join Jamie’s <a href="https://substack.com/@jamiedobson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Substack</a> </li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>If you enjoyed this episode then please either:</strong></p><ul><li>Follow, rate, and review on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/visionaries-rebels-and-machines/id1829045240" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></li><li>Follow and rate on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/15bcjyezTt0epNn1sSMcIT?si=4d06d4218aa840f2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a></li><li>Watch our videos on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ContainerSolutionsOfficial" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube Channel!</a></li></ul><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 29, 2026
Andy Grove's Nightmare: How Peter Drucker Saved Intel
<p>From a failed digital watch to the philosophy that would remake modern management, this is the story of Andy Grove learning to lead when neither he nor Intel had a blueprint. It traces how fear, flawed products, difficult people and Peter Drucker’s ideas helped transform Grove from an anxious engineer into the architect of a new kind of high-tech company. And just when Intel begins to find its system, a peculiar computer on a chip appears on the horizon — setting the stage for the next revolution.</p><br><p><strong>Find out more about the Visionaries, Rebels and Machines:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Visionaries-Rebels-Machines-electrification-cloudification/dp/1917490070/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BUY THE BOOK HERE</a></li><li>Listen to more episodes of the podcast <a href="https://shows.acast.com/visionaries-rebels-and-machines" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here.</a></li><li>Download sample chapters <a href="https://www.container-solutions.com/visionaries" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</li><li>Ask Jamie questions <a href="https://www.container-solutions.com/leadership" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Learn more about our people:</strong></p><ul><li>Jamie Dobson: <a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jamie-dobson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li><li>Join Jamie’s <a href="https://substack.com/@jamiedobson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Substack</a> </li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>If you enjoyed this episode then please either:</strong></p><ul><li>Follow, rate, and review on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/visionaries-rebels-and-machines/id1829045240" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a></li><li>Follow and rate on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/15bcjyezTt0epNn1sSMcIT?si=4d06d4218aa840f2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a></li><li>Watch our videos on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ContainerSolutionsOfficial" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube Channel!</a></li></ul><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is Visionaries, Rebels and Machines?
<p>What do frog legs, cloud computing, and failure have in common?</p><p>They’re all part of the messy, magnificent story of how we got here.</p><br><p>I’m Jamie Dobson - author of <strong>Visionaries, Rebels and Machines </strong>— and in this podcast, I’ll take you on a journey through the ideas, accidents, and breakthroughs that shaped our digital world.</p><br><p>From Edison’s lightbulb moment to the birth of the cloud…</p><p>From the engineers who fled war to build machines of peace…</p><p>To the technologists today trying to teach machines to think.</p><br><p><strong>This isn’t just the history of tech.</strong></p><p>It’s the story of creativity, chaos — and the strange, beautiful way we fail our way forward.</p><br><p>Each episode, we’ll unpack the big themes that shaped <strong>humanity’s extraordinary journey from electrification to cloudification.</strong></p><br><p>So if you’ve ever wondered how the web got weird,</p><p>why management matters more than machines,</p><p>or what the hell the cloud really is...</p><p>...you’re in the right place.</p><br><p>This is<strong> Visionaries, Rebels and Machines.</strong></p><p><strong>Subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts and let’s take the long view of the future.</strong></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
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- Does this podcast accept guests?
No, this podcast does not typically feature guests.
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