MG Siegler returns to the show to talk about the drama surrounding Siri and Apple Intelligence. Sponsored by: WorkOS : The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly active users. Check out their latest features from Launch Week . BetterHelp : Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp and get on your way to being your best self. OpenCase : MagSafe perfected that's thinner, lighter, and more secure. Save 10% with code TALKSHOW . Unofficial but surprisingly good transcripts...
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 — a universal timeline for the Internet. Exclusively sponsored by: Google Gemini : Chat to supercharge your ideas. Unofficial but surprisingly good transcripts . Links: Daring Fireball posts of note: “ Apple Updates iPad Air (M2→M3) and ...
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. Sponsored by: Listen Later : Turn articles into podcasts and listen on the go, with AI-powered narration. Unofficial but surprisingly good transcripts . Links: Super Bowl nonsense: Every play featured in the 1977 CBS "NFL Today" opening credits would be a severe penalty for violence...
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. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful : Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Unofficial but surprisingly good transcripts . Links: Kagi . Kagi Blog . Kagi Search Stats . Kagi Feedback, the Kagi Search issue t...
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. Sponsored by: WorkOS : The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly active users. Links: Allen’s blog . Allen’s take on Apple Intelligence, so far: “ It’s Good for Apple, and Okay for You ”. (Includes the Image-Playground–generated derpy-loo...
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. Sponsored by: WorkOS : The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly active users. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful : Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Links: Joanna on YouTube: “ I Spent 24 Hours in the Woods With Talking AI Chatbo...
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. Sponsored by: Tiptop : A new way to pay that combines Instant Trade-In and Pay-in-4 at checkout. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful : Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Links: Previously on The Talk Show, with Merlin: Holiday Party 2016 (the bad one) Holiday Party 2020 (the go...
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. Sponsored by: WorkOS : The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly active users. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful : Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Links: Yours Truly: “ In Defense, I Swear, of the Magic Mouse’s Charging Port Placement ”. “ Sidenote of...
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. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful : Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Links: Tyler Stalman on YouTube: iPhone 16: A Photographer's Review . What's on his iPhone 16 . Tyler’s recommended Photographic Styles recipe : Undertone: Amber Tone: -50 to -60 Color: 20 Palette: 100 JPEG XL . St...
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. Absolutely no baseball talk, almost. Sponsored by: WorkOS : The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly active users. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful : Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Links: Ten years of Six Colors . Take Control of Photos (updated fo...
Oct 01, 2024•2 hr 13 min
Nilay Patel returns to the show to consider the iPhones 16. Sponsored by: Tiptop : A new way to pay that combines Instant Trade-In and Pay-in-4 at checkout. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: Nilay’s review of the iPhone 16 Pro . Also from Nilay: “Let’s Compare Apple, Google, and Samsung’s Definitions of ‘a Photo’” . Yours Truly’s iPhones 16 review . Also from truly: “The Things They Carried” (thoughts and observations on Apple’s event) . Th...
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. Sponsored by: WorkOS : The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million MAUs. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: Political Wire . Greymatter — open source blogging software by Noah Grey, released in 2000. Greymatter 1.8.2 User Manual . Slashdot, 2022: “ How The Internet...
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. Sponsored by: WorkOS : The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million MAUs. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: Chance Miller on Threads . Apple's August DMA compliance tweaks announcement . iOS 18 adding default app cont...
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. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: “On the Firing Line: My 500 Days at Apple” by Gil Amelio . Steve Jobs introduces the Mac OS X Dock — and the purple “single wi...
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. Sponsored by: WorkOS : The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million MAUs. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: Vegas Mate . Hunter Hillegas on Mastodon . Benedict Evans: “ The Best Is the Last ” Leonard Rosenthol . OSA Menu . Uns...
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. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: Godzilla Minus One “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” “Counterpart” — The best show you’ve maybe never heard of “Dark Matter” “Severance” “Foundation” “Presumed Innocent” “Palm Royale” “Masters of the Air” “Sugar” “For All...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Quinn Nelson, esteemed host of Snazzy Labs, 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. Sponsored by: Trade Coffee : Enjoy 30% off your first month of coffee. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: Quinn tries to open a second window from the same app with Stage Manager on iPadOS . Federico Viticci : “If Stage Manager for i...
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. Standard video: YouTube . 3D video with spatial audio: Exclusively in Sandwich Vision 's Theater on Vision Pro, available on the App Store. Presenting sponsors: iMazing 3 — The all-new version of the world’s best iPhone manager, for Mac and Windows. Save 20 percent. Flexib...
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. Sponsored by: Trade Coffee : Enjoy 30% off your first month of coffee. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Nuts.com : The world’s best snacks, delivered fast and fresh. Links: Daylight’s DC-1 “new kind of computer”. Om Malik’s DC-...
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](https://spyglass.org/). Sponsored by: + [Pine Works](https://pineworks.co/) is a design and development agency with good ethics and strong opinions. World-class apps, websites, and digital products. + [Squarespace](https://squarespace.com/talkshow): Make your next move. Use code __talkshow__ for 10% off your fi...
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. Sponsored by: Nuts.com : The world’s best snacks, delivered fast and fresh. Trade Coffee : The best coffee is made at home. Enjoy a free bag of roasted-to-order coffee and $15 off select plans when you join Trade. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: Federico's "MacPad" -- the "hybrid mac-ipad lap...
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. Sponsored by: Nuts.com : The world’s best snacks, delivered fast and fresh. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: MacRumors: " Sources: iOS 18 Lets Apps Be Placed Anywhere on Home Screen Grid ". Foldable iPhone: Maybe in 2027, or maybe ...
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. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee : The best coffee is made at home. Enjoy a free bag of roasted-to-order coffee and $15 off select plans when you join Trade. Links: Jason: “U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction” . Yours truly: “The EU’s Share of Apple’s Global Revenue” . “European Commission Opens DMA Non-Complian...
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 . Sponsored by: Nuts.com : The world’s best snacks, delivered fast and fresh. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: Weather Up . On the App Store . Screenshot of two Weather Up widgets showing somewhat different forecasts via two different weather sources. RevenueCat . Sub Club Podcas...
Mar 01, 2024•3 hr 38 min
Adam Lisagor returns to the show to discuss, while wearing, Apple Vision Pro. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee : Let’s Coffee Better. Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Links: My review of Vision Pro . My follow-up: " Simple Tricks and Nonsense ". Sandwich . Newton Connection Kit . This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton....
Feb 13, 2024•2 hr 18 min
Matthew Panzarino -- proprietor of the excellent new website/newsletter The Obsessor -- returns to the show to talk about -- what else? -- the Vision Pro. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. AdBlock Pro : Block ads in Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Links: My review of the Vision Pro . Techmeme's roundup of reviews . The Obsessor . TipTop . The Atari 400, with the most craptacular keyboard I've ever used . This episode of The Talk Sho...
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. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee : Let’s Coffee Better. Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Links: "Coming to Grips With Apple’s Seemingly Unshakable Sense of Entitlement to Its Commissions From Third-Party ...
Jan 25, 2024•3 hr 10 min
Sponsored by: Memberful : Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: TMDB: The Movie Database . IMDB . Callsheet: Announcement . App Store . Apple: “ Behind the scenes at Scary Fast: Apple’s keynote event shot on iPhone ”. “Capture” button . Tyler Stalman: Deconstructing Apple’s “shot on iPhone” keynote . The Stalman Clamp , a hardware clamp for shooting vertical iPhone video. “ Das...
Jan 01, 2024•3 hr 13 min
Special holiday guest: John Siracusa. Special holiday topics: the Apple/Masimo patent dispute over the blood oxygen sensors in Apple Watches, the ongoing Beeper Mini/iMessage saga, iOS 17.3’s upcoming Stolen Device Protection feature, Apple’s new Journal app. Also, an ode to big-ass tower desktops. Sponsored by: Trade Coffee : Let’s coffee better. Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Nuts.com : The world’s best snacks, delivered fast and fresh. Squarespace : Make your next...
Dec 24, 2023•2 hr 44 min
Nilay Patel returns to the show. Topics include the iPhones 15, journalism in the age of AI, and what it’s like to have Barack Obama on your podcast. Sponsored by: Trade Coffee : Let’s coffee better. Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Squarespace : Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code talkshow . Nuts.com : The world’s best snacks, delivered fast and fresh. Links: Barack Fucking Obama on Decoder . Matthew Panzarino on Decoder . Sports Illustr...
Dec 01, 2023•2 hr 3 min
