Will AI finally fix healthcare, or create a whole new set of problems? Dr. Robert Wachter, chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, joined us to discuss his new book, A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future. Katie Hafner, host and executive producer of the Lost Women of Science podcast, moderated the conversation.

This conversation was recorded on June 30, 2026, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. It was made possible by the generous support of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. To watch a video of this program, please visit the Computer History Museum's YouTube channel.

To learn more about the Computer History Museum and our upcoming CHM Live events, visit our website at www.computerhistory.org

How did the early internet help shape today's transgender identity and activism? Scholar and CHM Book Prize winner Avery Dame‑Griff joined us to discuss his book, The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet, and explore the digital origins of a movement that began long before today’s social platforms existed. The conversation was moderated by Joshua K. Reason, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, at San Francisco State University.

This conversation was recorded on June 23, 2026, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. To watch a video of this program, please visit the Computer History Museum's YouTube channel.

To learn more about the Computer History Museum and our upcoming CHM Live events, visit our website at www.computerhistory.org

Most people know about Steve Jobs' amazing work at Apple, but what about his "wilderness years" when he created NeXT?

Learn about this period from Geoffrey Cain, author of Steve Jobs in Exile: The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary, along with key figures from NeXT’s history, including:

Dan’l Lewin, Cofounder and VP of Sales and Marketing, NeXT

Rich Page, Cofounder and VP of Hardware Engineering / Manufacturing, NeXT

Avie Tevanian, VP of Engineering, NeXT

Bud Tribble, Cofounder and VP of Software Engineering, NeXT

This conversation was recorded on May 26, 2026, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. To watch a video of this program, please visit the Computer History Museum's YouTube channel.

To learn more about the Computer History Museum and our upcoming CHM Live events, visit our website at www.computerhistory.org