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The Critical Path is a talk show contemplating the causality of success and failure in the evolving story of mobile computing and related industries. Using Apple as a lens to look at existing and emerging tech markets, we try to understand what it means to be great. Hosted by Horace Dediu, Anders Brownworth, and Judd Rubin.

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    • Jul 8, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 11m AVG DURATION
    • 486 EPISODES

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    266: Farewell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 6:36


    Horace and Judd say goodbye and announce a new adventure. www.asymco.com

    266: Farewell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 6:36


    Horace and Judd say goodbye and announce a new adventure. www.asymco.com

    265: Helium

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 55:00


    In this special episode, Horace is joined by Oliver Bruce and Amir Haleem, CEO of Helium.

    265: Helium

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 55:00


    In this special episode, Horace is joined by Oliver Bruce and Amir Haleem, CEO of Helium.

    264: Happy Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 59:23


    264: Happy Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 59:23


    263: Along a New Superlative

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 48:06


    263: Along a New Superlative

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 48:06


    262: Hunt or Gather

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 57:21


    262: Hunt or Gather

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 57:21


    261: Bespoke Battles

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 62:13


    261: Bespoke Battles

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 62:13


    260: Trounced

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 66:49


    Horace on Apple's biggest quarter ever, a hot war and subjective guarantees.

    260: Trounced

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 66:49


    Horace on Apple's biggest quarter ever, a hot war and subjective guarantees.

    259: The Question of the Decade

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 58:48


    259: The Question of the Decade

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 58:48


    258: Not So Much the Romans

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 52:21


    258: Not So Much the Romans

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 52:21


    257: The Driving Analogy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2020 48:17


    Horace on culture and what AAPL analysis should be focused on. Also, Stonehenge.

    257: The Driving Analogy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2020 48:17


    Horace on culture and what AAPL analysis should be focused on. Also, Stonehenge.

    256: A New Geography

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 55:52


    256: A New Geography

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 55:52


    255: M1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 63:24


    Horace reacts to Apple's introduction of the M1 chip, takes some #CriticalQuestions, and shares some thoughts about Intel's path forward.

    255: M1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 63:24


    Horace reacts to Apple's introduction of the M1 chip, takes some #CriticalQuestions, and shares some thoughts about Intel's path forward.

    254: A (far more) Multi-Talented Object

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 59:41


    Horace gets ready for Apple's upcoming One More Thing event, takes a few #CriticalQuestions and ALMOST says a bad word.

    254: A (far more) Multi-Talented Object

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 59:41


    Horace gets ready for Apple's upcoming One More Thing event, takes a few #CriticalQuestions and ALMOST says a bad word.

    253: That, Too, Will Commoditize

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 67:31


    253: That, Too, Will Commoditize

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 67:31


    252: The Network Persuasion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 63:27


    252: The Network Persuasion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 63:27


    251: Going Horizontal

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2020 67:25


    251: Going Horizontal

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2020 67:25


    250: Regular Eggs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 71:14


    Horace explores his AAPL share price trepidation while Judd pesters him about health.

    250: Regular Eggs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 71:14


    Horace explores his AAPL share price trepidation while Judd pesters him about health.

    249: A Sane Amount of Cash

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2020 89:01


    Horace answers even more #CriticalQuestions about Apple's Q2 Earnings call, shares his thoughts on P/E and explains why it's better to not have 750 billion dollars.

    249: A Sane Amount of Cash

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2020 89:01


    Horace answers even more #CriticalQuestions about Apple's Q2 Earnings call, shares his thoughts on P/E and explains why it's better to not have 750 billion dollars.

    248: Business as Usual

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020 65:05


    Horace shares his thoughts on Apple's Q2 earnings call, takes some #CriticalQuestions and mutters, 'Oy Vey.'

    248: Business as Usual

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020 65:05


    Horace shares his thoughts on Apple's Q2 earnings call, takes some #CriticalQuestions and mutters, 'Oy Vey.'

    247: Usually, You Say CPUs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 68:51


    Horace looks back on WWDC 2020 and shares his thoughts on Apple Silicon and the road ahead.

    247: Usually, You Say CPUs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 68:51


    Horace looks back on WWDC 2020 and shares his thoughts on Apple Silicon and the road ahead.

    246: Sea Peoples

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2020 63:12


    Horace on COVID-19, empathy and being manipulated by, among other things, the Harry Potter books.

    246: Sea Peoples

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2020 63:12


    Horace on COVID-19, empathy and being manipulated by, among other things, the Harry Potter books.

    245: All Technologies Eventually Disappear

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 67:20


    Horace is joined by the one and only Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) to discuss pattern matching, Joseph Campbell and wisdom.

    245: All Technologies Eventually Disappear

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 67:20


    Horace is joined by the one and only Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) to discuss pattern matching, Joseph Campbell and wisdom.

    244: That The Children Cannot Do

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 56:52


    Horace shares his thoughts on the just announced but still untouched iPad Pro, WWDC at home, brief thoughts on Covid-19 and mentions something Hana better not hear him say.

    244: That The Children Cannot Do

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 56:52


    Horace shares his thoughts on the just announced but still untouched iPad Pro, WWDC at home, brief thoughts on Covid-19 and mentions something Hana better not hear him say.

    243: Ex Machina: The Intermodal Shipping Container

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020 51:19


    Horace and Judd celebrate one of the best boxes of all time, The Intermodal Shipping Container on this episode of The Critical Path: Ex Machina.

    243: Ex Machina: The Intermodal Shipping Container

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020 51:19


    Horace and Judd celebrate one of the best boxes of all time, The Intermodal Shipping Container on this episode of The Critical Path: Ex Machina.

    242: Several Virtues

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 60:55


    Horace on brand messaging in a time of crisis, his affection for HomePod (despite not responding to music emotionally) and the selling of hormones.

    242: Several Virtues

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 60:55


    Horace on brand messaging in a time of crisis, his affection for HomePod (despite not responding to music emotionally) and the selling of hormones.

    241: Ex Machina: The Tin Can

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 56:03


    Horace and Judd pay homage to one of the most powerful enabling technologies of the early 20th Century: The Tin Can.

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