In the heart of mid-1990s Manhattan, amid the fervor of the dot-com boom, ‘Early True Believers: The Untold Story of Silicon Alley’ invites listeners into a captivating saga of ambition, innovation, and the tumultuous rise and fall of New York City’s Silicon Alley. Over seven episodes, journalists Vanessa Grigoriadis and Adam Fisher team up to tell the stories of early internet visionaries, social networks, the digital gold rush and the lavish events that came with it, including one held in an underground bunker that abruptly ended in a police raid — a harbinger of the upheaval to come. 

From the pioneering efforts of figures like Stacy Horn, Douglas Rushkoff, and Josh Harris to the speculative frenzy that led to the tech bubble’s burst, Early True Believers navigates through a world where creativity and capital collide, shaping the internet as we know it today.

‘Early True Believers’ was produced by Smokehouse Pictures and Campside Media.