301: ‘A Craptastic Craptacular’, With Joanna Stern
Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about the new M1 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro.
Nov 24, 2020•2 hr
The Talk Show With John Gruber
The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Episodes
300: ‘Holiday Party 2020’, With Merlin Mann
Another election. A different result. Let’s talk around it.
Nov 07, 2020•1 hr 32 min
299: ‘Sounds Like a Good Red Sauce Place’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro, the new iPad-Pro-style iPad Air, the remarkable state of the Mac, and David Letterman’s battery-shopping trip to CVS.
Nov 01, 2020•2 hr 32 min
298: ‘I’m Expecting Led Zeppelin IV’, With Special Guest MG Siegler
MG Siegler returns to the show to talk about Apple Watch, the future of premium TV and movies, and a preview of next week’s “Hi, Speed” Apple event.
Oct 09, 2020•2 hr 25 min
297: ‘Subscribed to a Hamburger’, With David Smith
Special guest “Underscore” David Smith joins the show to talk about iOS 14 widgets, WatchOS complications, sleep tracking, and his App Store chart-topping hit Widgetsmith.
Sep 30, 2020•2 hr 47 min
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, 2020•2 hr 21 min
295: ‘Signing Up to Take Some Vitamins’, With Peter Kafka
Peter Kafka returns to the show to discuss the news from Apple’s “Time Flies” event — new Apple Watches, new non-Pro iPads, and particularly the Apple One services bundle.
Sep 17, 2020•1 hr 20 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, 2020•1 hr 34 min
293: ‘I’m More of a Porkins Guy’, With Anil Dash
Special guest Anil Dash joins the show. Topics include the 25th anniversary of Windows 95, and the parallels between the cyber era of computing and today’s App Store controversies.
Aug 28, 2020•2 hr 24 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, 2020•2 hr 40 min
291: ‘Algorithms, How Do They Work?’, With Nilay Patel
Nilay Patel returns to the show to discuss this week’s House antitrust hearing featuring testimony from Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Mark Zuckerberg.
Aug 01, 2020•2 hr 21 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, 2020•2 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, 2020•2 hr 40 min
288: ‘It Shouldn’t Be Hard to Get a Smoothie’ With Dan Frommer
Dan Frommer returns to the show for more analysis of WWDC 2020, including App Clips and the Mac's transition to Apple silicon.
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 24 min
287: ‘Patina of Usefulness’ With Matthew Panzarino
Special guest Matthew Panzarino joins the show to talk about WWDC 2020.
Jun 27, 2020•1 hr 20 min
286: Remote From WWDC 2020 With Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak
John Gruber is joined by Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak to discuss the news from WWDC 2020: the Mac’s transition to Apple silicon, MacOS 11 Big Sur, iOS and iPadOS 14, and more.
Jun 25, 2020•1 hr 36 min
285: ‘Fahrenheit Truthers’ With Ben Thompson
Ben Thompson returns to the show and there’s no sports talk because there’s no sports. Instead: temperature scales, Joe Rogan and Spotify, and Dithering.
May 23, 2020•2 hr 24 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, 2020•1 hr 54 min
283: ‘Some Kind of Sandwich’ With Dieter Bohn
Dieter Bohn joins the show to talk about the iPad Magic Keyboard, the new iPhone SE, and the state of Android flagship phones.
May 01, 2020•1 hr 50 min
282: ‘Everybody Is an Expert’ With Joanna Stern
Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about working from home, the utter suckitude of laptop webcams, the new MacBook Air, and Face ID in our new world of face-mask-wearing.
Apr 14, 2020•2 hr 11 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, 2020•2 hr 21 min
280: ‘The Subtle Difference Between Hand Sanitizer and Vodka’ With Matthew Panzarino
Matthew Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include the brand new MacBook Air and iPad Pros, and, you know, global pandemics in the internet age.
Mar 27, 2020•2 hr 26 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, 2020•2 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, 2020•2 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, 2020•2 hr 43 min
276: ‘Bring It On, Haters’ With Ben Thompson
Special guest Ben Thompson returns to the show to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iPad.
Feb 01, 2020•2 hr 48 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, 2020•3 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, 2020•2 hr 2 min
273: ‘My Cousin Hans’ With Rene Ritchie
It’s the last show of the decade. Special guest: Rene Ritchie.
Jan 01, 2020•1 hr 59 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, 2019•1 hr 59 min
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