TALKING TO STEVE JOBS ON THE FLIPSIDE

This is a bit different, as Jennifer had spoken with someone who was close to Steve Jobs the day before, and alerted me that he might want to stop by the podcast for a chat.

I didn’t know that to be the case, but we had spoken to him before, so I prepared some questions beforehand. As noted, some of the questions to him, Jennifer could not know the answers. His comment that his relationship with Kubun Otogawa “saved his life so he could have his life” — was spot on, as he was a Zen Master that had a profound influence on Steven’s life.

The questions about his LSD trip, his last words, and his comments about Joe Ranft are on the money as well. Jennifer isn’t familiar with the controversy around his first daughter, who wrote a book about his bad behavior. But he was aware of it, and comments on it.

The point of this podcast is not to prove to anyone that “life goes on.” It’s in the consistent and reproducible reports that people can seek the evidence that life goes on — because people can access anyone who has been on the planet, and ask the same questions and see if the answers differ in any fashion.

To date, they have not. As noted, we’ve been at this for seven years, I’ve been filming these interviews for longer, and the 9 books out there have transcripts. There are two documentaries on Amazon Prime…