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The Talk Show With John Gruber

Daring Fireball / John Gruber•daringfireball.net
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The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
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Episodes

355: ‘The Creaturest of Habits’, With Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut returns to the show. Topics include a serious discussion about CSAM detection at major cloud storage providers and messaging services. Also, a deep dive regarding the new iOS-UI-style rewrite of System Settings on the still-in-beta MacOS 13 Ventura, and thoughts on SwiftUI in general.

Aug 26, 2022•3 hr 30 min

353: ‘Shop Different’, With Michael Steeber

Special guest Michael Steeber joins the show to discuss his new project, The Apple Store Time Machine — an intricately-detailed explorable walkthrough of four of Apple’s original retail stores.

Aug 01, 2022•2 hr 4 min

350: ‘Your Sack of Meat With Teeth’, With Jason Snell

Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss the biggest threads from WWDC 2022 — in particular, Stage Manager and the M2 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook “Pro”. No sports talk (unless you count soccer).

Jun 28, 2022•3 hr 34 min

345: ‘A Fake Crank on the Web’, With Michael Simmons

Michael Simmons returns to the show to talk about the Studio Display's camera (and this week's beta firmware update to tweak its quality), how things have gone two years into Flexibits' move to subscription pricing for Fantastical and Cardhop, and Panic's now-shipping Playdate.

May 01, 2022•2 hr 47 min

344: ‘Devastation, Pessimism, and Rage’, With Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman returns to the show to talk about Elon Musk’s impending acquisition of Twitter, Apple’s credibility problem when arguing against being required to allow sideloading on iOS, and Glenn’s new (and much-needed) book, “Take Control of Untangling Connections”.

Apr 26, 2022•2 hr 41 min

336: ‘He Looked Like a Fred’, With John Moltz

Special guest: John Moltz. Special topics: Apple’s record-breaking but somehow yawn-inducing quarterly results, new features in the upcoming releases of MacOS 12.3 and iOS 15.4, the Neil Young–Joe Rogan Spotify saga, and more.

Feb 01, 2022•2 hr 32 min

334: ‘High-Margin Candy Bar’, With Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn joins the show to talk about his excellent new documentary, *Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone* — a history of Handspring and the creators of the original PalmPilot.

Jan 08, 2022•2 hr 39 min

332: ‘The Post-Doom Era’, With Joanna Stern

Emmy Award-winning Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include: Apple's new iCloud "legacy contact" feature, the current state and future of VR headsets, Elon Musk, and more.

Dec 24, 2021•2 hr 59 min

331: ‘John Was the Problem’, With Merlin Mann

Merlin Mann returns to the show to discuss two brief topics (with a few asides): my dream of opening a steakhouse, and Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary “Get Back”.

Dec 11, 2021•3 hr 10 min