Craig Mod returns to the show to discuss his splendid new book, *Things Become Other Things*. Other topics include creating with AI tools (including programming), social media permanence vs. ephemerality, and more.
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 53 min
Special guest Glenn Fleishman returns to the show for episode 420 on 4/20, but everyone’s sober, I swear. Topics include Trump’s dumb tariffs and Glenn’s smart new edition of his book “Six Centuries of Type & Printing”.
Apr 20, 2025•2 hr 8 min
MG Siegler returns to the show to talk about the drama surrounding Siri and Apple Intelligence.
Mar 23, 2025•2 hr 29 min
Craig Hockenberry returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new hardware this week — M3 iPad Airs, A16 regular iPads, M4 MacBook Airs, and the M4 Max and surprising M3 Ultra Mac Studios. And we go deep on The Iconfactory’s years-in-the-making new app, [Tapestry](https://usetapestry.com/) — a universal timeline for the Internet.
Mar 09, 2025•2 hr 42 min
Special guest: Paul Kafasis. Special topics: Siri/Super Bowl nonsense, “Gulf of Mexico/America” nonsense, the iPhone 16e gets announced, and a veritable Bond villain buys the rights to the James Bond movie franchise.
Feb 25, 2025•2 hr 1 min
Kagi founder and CEO Vlad Prelovac joins the show to talk about the business of web search, the thinking behind Kagi’s own amazing search engine, and their upstart WebKit-based browser Orion.
Dec 24, 2024•2 hr 33 min
Special guest Allen Pike joins the show to talk about the state of generative AI and how Apple Intelligence measures up (so far). Also: some speculation on Apple’s pending acquisition of the ever-difficult-to-pronounce Pixelmator.
Dec 02, 2024•2 hr 33 min
Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about our new best friends, AI chatbots, and I chime in with how the Voight-Kampff test got it all wrong.
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 54 min
This again. Jiminy. Well, once more, let's talk *around* another election, and try, by doing so, to maybe express something *about* it.
Nov 09, 2024•2 hr 52 min
Dan Moren returns to the show to discuss this week’s introductions of the first M4 Macs: iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pros.
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 42 min
Tyler Stalman joins the show to discuss the iPhone 16 lineup’s cameras, and the state of iPhone photography.
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 53 min
Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss Apple's September product announcements, and Meta's Orion prototype AR glasses.
Oct 01, 2024•2 hr 13 min
Nilay Patel returns to the show to consider the iPhones 16.
Sep 26, 2024•2 hr 43 min
Special guest Taegan Goddard, longtime writer and founder of Political Wire, joins the show to talk about the past, present, and future of independent media.
Sep 01, 2024•1 hr 41 min
Chance Miller, ace reporter (and editor-in-chief) for 9to5Mac, joins the show to talk about the latest changes to Apple's DMA compliance plans with iOS, expectations for the September Apple event, and more.
Aug 29, 2024•2 hr 18 min
Christina Warren (a.k.a. “Mary Brown”) returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new iOS 18.1 and MacOS 15.1 betas (featuring Apple Intelligence), a little reminiscing about Gil Amelio and Steve Jobs, and the bizarre saga of TUAW, resurrected as a zombie AI slopsite.
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 44 min
Special guest Hunter Hillegas, author of the excellent Vegas Mate app, joins the show to discuss euphemistic emoji, the CrowdStrike fiasco, and the closing of the iconic Mirage resort in Las Vegas.
Jul 28, 2024•1 hr 56 min
John Moltz returns to the show for a holiday-week look at the best of recent prestige streaming content, particularly Apple TV+. And, yes, a bit on the latest Apple/EU/DMA drama.
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Quinn Nelson, renowned host of [Snazzy Labs](https://www.youtube.com/@snazzy), returns to the show to recap the highlights of WWDC: Apple Intelligence, platform updates, and the latest salvos from the EC regarding Apple’s compliance with the DMA.
Jun 27, 2024•2 hr 34 min
Recorded in front of a live (and lively) audience at The California Theatre in San Jose Tuesday evening, special guests John Giannandrea, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss Apple’s announcements at WWDC 2024.
Jun 12, 2024•2 hr 4 min
Craig Hockenberry returns to the show. Topics include the upcoming Daylight DC-1 monochrome “e-paper” tablet, more thoughts on the new iPad Pros, and what we expect/hope for from Apple at WWDC. Also: a one-button keyboard.
Jun 01, 2024•2 hr 21 min
Special guest M.G. Siegler returns to the show to talk about the new iPad Pros, the iPadOS/MacOS functional gulf, the OpenAI/Scarlett Johansson controversy, and M.G.'s new blog Spyglass.
May 25, 2024•2 hr 28 min
Federico Viticci returns to the show to discuss MacStories’s 15th anniversary, Apple’s upcoming “Let Loose” keynote for new iPad hardware, and more.
Apr 30, 2024•2 hr 28 min
The one and only John Moltz returns to the show to talk about the relative dearth of original content for Vision Pro, WWDC rumors and guesses, and, yes, a wee bit about Apple's regulatory/antitrust tribulations.
Mar 31, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple. And sports gambling.
Mar 27, 2024•3 hr 28 min
Special guest David Barnard joins the show. Topics include the App Store — past, present, and post-DMA future — and the excellent new update to his app Weather Up.
Mar 01, 2024•3 hr 38 min
Adam Lisagor returns to the show to discuss, while wearing, Apple Vision Pro.
Feb 13, 2024•2 hr 18 min
Matthew Panzarino -- proprietor of the excellent new website/newsletter [The Obsessor](https://www.theobsessor.com/) -- returns to the show to talk about -- what else? -- the Vision Pro.
Feb 01, 2024•2 hr 23 min
Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include the Apple-Masimo patent dispute over Apple Watch blood oxygen sensors, the new External Payment Links entitlement for the App Store, and more.
Jan 25, 2024•3 hr 10 min
Apple’s 2023 year in review, with Casey Liss.
Jan 01, 2024•3 hr 13 min