The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

Science & Technology

Apple’s Silence and ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs’

March 18, 2012
Charles Duhigg
Ira Glass
Mike Daisey
National Public Radio
North America
NPR
Rob Schmitz
Steve Jobs
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs
This American Life

When Mike Daisey’s off-broadway monologue “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” aired on NPR’s This American Life, it sparked a controversy around one of the world’s most valuable companies, Apple, and its suppliers in China, particularly Foxconn. The monologue, derived from a collection of first-hand accounts Daisey had during a Foxconn factory visit […]