Slow American English: Recent Episodes
Karren Doll Tolliver
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 72: Interstate Highway System
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 71: Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 70: Seattle, WA
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 69: Rock 'n' Roll Music
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 68: Bill Gates and Microsoft
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 67: Miami, FL
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 66: NASA and the Space Program
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 65: The Indianapolis 500
Welcome to Slow American English, the podcast for learners of American English. I’m your host, Karren Tolliver.
This is episode number 64: Steve Jobs and Apple
Before we begin, here are three important items:
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Transcript:
Steve Jobs was born in 1955 in San Francisco, CA. He was adopted as a baby and grew up near San Francisco. He would one day help the area to become Silicon Valley.
Jobs was extremely intelligent and much smarter than most people. He went to college in Oregon, but he dropped out after only six months. However, he then audited creative classes where his love for design grew. While in Oregon, he lived and worked at an apple orchard.
When he was nineteen, he worked as a video game designer for Atari. When Steve Jobs was 21 years old, he and his good friend Steve Wozniak (“Woz”) founded Apple Computer in 1976. It was one year after Bill Gates had founded Microsoft. Jobs and Wozniak worked in Jobs' garage, the same place where Jobs' father taught him electronics as a hobby when he was younger.
At that time, computers were very large and very expensive. Only big companies and governments had computers. Apple Computer made them smaller, cheaper and more user-friendly. Anyone now could buy one. Apple's first product was the Apple I, and the electronics were designed by Woz. Jobs was responsible for marketing. The computer was sold as a kit that people had to put together.
Apple introduced the Apple II computer in 1977. It was ready to use and was the first highly successful individual computer. The Apple II started a boom in personal computer sales. It also opened the market for software companies to sell directly to consumers.
Three years later, Apple had sales of over $139 million and became a publicly traded company on the stock market. At the end of the first day of trading, the company was worth almost $2 billion.
Apple has almost always been on the leading edge of technology. They were the first to produce computers that anyone could buy. And even if they did not introduce a product, they have always improved it. Their design and marketing abilities have always been on the top level mainly because of Steve Jobs.
Jobs was forced to leave Apple in 1985 because executives thought he was hurting the company. He then started NeXT computer company, which was bought by Apple in 1996. In 1986, Steve Jobs bought an animation company from George Lucas that would become Pixar. Pixar produced the first entirely computer-animated movie, Toy Story, in 1995.
Jobs came back to Apple in 1997. The company had not been doing well, but he led the company to great success once again. Among the revolutionary Apple products produced were the iMac desktop,
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 63: National Register of Historic Places
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 62: Impeachment Process
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 61: Prohibition
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 60: The Great Smoky Mountains
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 59: Los Angeles, CA
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 58: Higher Education in the USA
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 57: Chicago, IL
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 56: NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 55: The Liberty Bell.
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Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 54: Math Words
PLUS Episode 2: Interview with ESL Instructor Gwen Campbell. Gwen is a volunteer ESL instructor in Florida, USA. She has some good tips for students and teachers.
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 53: The Great Lakes.
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 52: San Francisco, California
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 51: US Measurement System
New Feature: The first PLUS Episode on the podcast! This is an interview with Ben Worthington of the IELTSPodcast. Listen and learn about Ben's podcast and the way he can help you pass the IELTS exam.
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 50: Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 49: President George Washington
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 48: Basketball and the NBA
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 47: President Abraham Lincoln
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 46: The American Civil War
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 45: Hollywood
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 44: The Rocky Mountains
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 43: New Orleans
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 42: Native Americans
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 41: Barbecue
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 40: The Mississippi River
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 39: Benjamin Franklin
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 38: Silicon Valley
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 37: Money in the USA
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 36: President John F. Kennedy
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 36: The Smithsonian Institution
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 34: American Football and the Super Bowl
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 33: US Postal Addresses
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 32: US Telephone Numbers
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 31: Coca-Cola
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 30: New York City
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 29: McDonald's.
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 28: America's Public Schools
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 27: The Statue of Liberty
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 26: Muhammad Ali
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 25: Blues Music
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 24: The President's Cabinet
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 23: The US Presidential Election Process
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 22: The US Presidential Election Process
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 21: United States Regions
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 20: US Federal Holidays
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 19: Uncle Sam
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 18: The American Flag
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 17: Memorial Day
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 16: Route 66
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 15: The National Anthem
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 14: Groundhog Day
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 13: New Year's Eve Ball Drop in NYC
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 12: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 11: Thanksgiving
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 10: Halloween
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 9: Labor Day
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 8: Time Zones in the USA
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 7: The Declaration of Independence and Independence Day
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 6: The Constitution and Federal Government
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 5: Jazz Music
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 4: April Fool's Day
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 3: St. Patrick's Day
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 2: Black History Month
Streaming audio recording and transcript/text of the Slow American English podcast for learners of American English. Episode 1501: Overview of the USA