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The Talk Show With John Gruber

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The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.

Episodes

296: ‘Cameras Every Single Where’, With Michael Simmons

Special guest Michael Simmons joins the show. Topics include the release of iOS 14, widgets and home screen customization, pricing models for indie apps in the App Store era, and, of course, flying robot cameras.

Sep 26, 20202 hr 21 min

294: ‘DOS Rot’, With John Moltz

John Moltz returns to the show. Poodles are great dogs. Windows stinks worse than ever. Everyone should watch “Ted Lasso”.

Sep 01, 20202 hr 34 min

292: ‘Not the Batman We Want or Need’, With Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Phil Schiller advancing to Apple Fellow, Microsoft’s simmering spat with Apple over Xbox Game Pass and the App Store’s ban on game streaming services, and Epic’s sizzling spat with Apple over, well, the entire concept of iOS as we know it.

Aug 21, 20203 hr 40 min

290: ‘The Least Worst’, With Christina Warren

Special guest Christina Warren joins the show. Topics include the App Store and antitrust, the general crumminess of video streaming service UIs, and historical examples of when Apple gets something wrong.

Jul 28, 20203 hr 38 min

289: ‘I’m Batman. America. Freedom.’ With Adam Lisagor

Adam Lisagor returns to the show. Topics include the cinematic and presentation style of Apple’s WWDC keynote, some post-production details on The Talk Show’s WWDC episode, the tribulations of producing professional videos during COVID-19, and the new sounds of MacOS 11 Big Sur.

Jul 23, 20203 hr 40 min

284: ‘30 Years of TidBITS’ With Adam Engst

Special guest Adam Engst joins the show to celebrate 30 years of TidBITS — the only publication going strong today that started as a weekly HyperCard stack.

May 09, 20202 hr 54 min

281: ‘A Kryptonian Baby’ With Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about going independent after 11 years at iMore. Topics include the new MacBook Air and iPad Pros, and we answer questions sent by listeners.

Apr 01, 20202 hr 21 min

279: ‘Chain of Precision’ With Jason Snell

Jason Snell returns to the show. Life during the COVID-19 pandemic, WWDC going online-only, Apple's in-person on-campus workplace culture, speculation on upcoming Apple product releases, and more.

Mar 18, 20202 hr 19 min

278: ‘Dot Net Party’ With Federico Viticci

First-time guest Federico Viticci joins the show. Topics include how the coronavirus outbreak might affect WWDC, speculation on a possible March Apple event, the state of iPad keyboard (and trackpad) support, and iPadOS multitasking.

Feb 29, 20202 hr 11 min

277: ‘Polish Stink Eye’ With John Moltz

Special guest John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Larry Tesler and his “no modes” mantra for UI design, the state of malware on the Mac, third-party default apps on iOS, Apple and the coronavirus outbreak, and a record number of tips and tricks.

Feb 24, 20203 hr 43 min

275: ‘Fake Faces’ With Glenn Fleishman

Special guest Glenn Fleishman returns to the show. Topics include iPhone encryption, the privacy implications of widely-available reverse image search for faces, deep-learning-powered algorithmically-generated faces, and Jeopardy’s “Greatest of All Time” tournament.

Jan 23, 20203 hr 1 min

274: ‘Sport Mode’ With Merlin Mann

Special guest Merlin Mann returns to the show. Topics include the renewal of U.S. law enforcement officials' disingenuous campaign against iPhone encryption, the Houston Astros cheating scandal, how that cheating scandal relates to the Trump impeachment saga, and Catalyst and the art of Mac software design. But mostly we talk about finding a good pair of slippers.

Jan 18, 20202 hr 2 min

272: ‘The Save Twitch’ With Rich Siegel

For your holiday listening enjoyment, very special guest Rich Siegel joins the show to talk about BBEdit's past, present, and future, the state of developing for the Mac, and more.

Dec 24, 20192 hr 59 min

271: ‘A Perfect Wheel’ With Jason Snell

Special guest Jason Snell returns to the show for a brief chat about the new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR, which are both — dare I say — *finally* available for ordering. Also: Ming Chi Kuo’s intriguing rumors on the 2020 and 2021 iPhone lineups.

Dec 13, 20193 hr 46 min