The Talk Show With John Gruber
Film
The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Location:
Austin, TX
Description:
The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Language:
English
Episodes
408: ‘Good Enough to Be Pesky’, With Taegan Goddard
8/31/2024
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.
Duration:01:40:45
407: ‘Pinkie Swear’, With Chance Miller
8/28/2024
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.
Duration:02:18:11
406: ‘Hock TUAW’, With Christina Warren
7/31/2024
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.
Duration:01:43:33
405: ‘Chutes and Ladders’, With Hunter Hillegas
7/28/2024
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.
Duration:01:56:17
404: ‘Curiously Short Episodes’, With John Moltz
6/30/2024
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.
Duration:01:17:36
403: ‘150 Million Calculator Apps’, With Quinn Nelson
6/26/2024
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.
Duration:02:34:17
402: ‘Live From WWDC 2024’, With John Giannandrea, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak
6/11/2024
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.
Duration:02:03:45
401: ‘Chockdingus’, With Craig Hockenberry
5/31/2024
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.
Duration:02:21:03
400: ‘Canadian Girlfriend Vibes’, With M.G. Siegler
5/24/2024
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.
Duration:02:27:59
399: ‘I Decapitated the MacBook Air’, With Federico Viticci
4/29/2024
Federico Viticci returns to the show to discuss MacStories’s 15th anniversary, Apple’s upcoming “Let Loose” keynote for new iPad hardware, and more.
Duration:02:27:59
398: ‘You’ve Never Seen Email Like This Before’, With John Moltz
3/30/2024
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.
Duration:01:33:40
397: ‘Less Space Than a Nomad? Lame’, With Jason Snell
3/26/2024
Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple. And sports gambling.
Duration:03:28:03
396: ‘The Essence of Stealing’, With David Barnard
2/29/2024
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.
Duration:03:38:18
395: ‘I’m a Real-World Man’, With Adam Lisagor
2/12/2024
Adam Lisagor returns to the show to discuss, while wearing, Apple Vision Pro.
Duration:02:17:52
394: ‘An Impossible Balcony’, With Matthew Panzarino
1/31/2024
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.
Duration:02:23:21
393: ‘An Asterisk on the Bento Box’, With Marco Arment
1/25/2024
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.
Duration:03:09:44
392: ‘Halos and Harps’, With Casey Liss
12/31/2023
Apple’s 2023 year in review, with Casey Liss.
Duration:03:12:33
391: ‘Error -37’, With John Siracusa
12/23/2023
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.
Duration:02:43:34
390: ‘The Blurry Edge of Acceptable’, With Nilay Patel
11/30/2023
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.
Duration:02:02:30
389: ‘Two-Legged Stool’, With Gabe Rivera
11/22/2023
Special guest Gabe Rivera, founder of the indispensable news aggregator Techmeme, joins the show to talk about the state of news and social media.
Duration:02:02:30