Daring Fireball / John Gruber

The Talk Show With John Gruber

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

Author

Daring Fireball / John Gruber

Category

Technology

Podcast website

daringfireball.net

Latest episode

Jul 1, 2026

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Episodes

226: ‘Cut That Mustache With Scissors’ With Marco Arment 28.07.2018

Special guest Marco Arment returns to the show for a brief discussion about the new MacBook Pro models and the state of Apple's MacBook lineup.

225: ‘Resources Up the Yang’ With Matthew Panzarino 01.07.2018

Special guest Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about his exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the new maps coming to Apple Maps, Google’s project Duplex, and the MacBook keyboard repair program.

224: ‘AirPower, What’s That?’ With Serenity Caldwell 15.06.2018

Serenity Caldwell returns to the show for a post-WWDC wrap-up discussion. Topics include iOS 12, Memoji, Siri Shortcuts, Screen Time, Apple Books, MacOS 10.14 Mojave, dark mode, UIKit apps on the Mac, and more.

223: Live From WWDC 2018 With Greg Joswiak and Mike Rockwell 06.06.2018

Recorded in front of a live audience at The California Theatre in San Jose, John Gruber is joined by Greg Joswiak and Mike Rockwell to discuss the news from WWDC: ARKit 2, the new USDZ file format, iOS 12, MacOS 10.14 “Mojave”, UIKit apps on MacOS, and more.

222: ‘Pseudorandom Gibberish’ With Rene Ritchie 31.05.2018

Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include MacBook keyboard failures, iOS passcode security, Google’s odd Duplex “demo”, Steam Link’s curious rejection from the App Store, AirPlay 2, and, of course, conjecture about next week’s WWDC.

221: ‘Slathered in Incompetence’ With Ben Thompson 08.05.2018

Ben Thompson returns to the show. Topics include Apple's quarterly results, the discontinuation of Apple's AirPort product line, and more.

220: ‘$270 Worth of Unneeded Keyboards’ With Jim Dalrymple 27.04.2018

Special guest Jim Dalrymple returns to the show. Topics include the litany of problems with MacBook keyboards, speculation regarding why Apple’s AirPower multi-device charging mat still isn’t shipping, Google’s proposal to replace SMS with a new protocol that isn’t encrypted, and more.

219: ‘Top Men’ With Matthew Panzarino 12.04.2018

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about his exclusive behind-the-scenes profile with Apple’s Pro Workflow Team and state of Apple’s professional Mac hardware and software.

218: ‘Spending Tim Cook’s Money’ With Serenity Caldwell 01.04.2018

Serenity Caldwell returns to the show to talk about Apple's education-focused event last week in Chicago.

217: ‘Our Name Is Our Address’ With Jason Kottke 24.03.2018

Finally. Jason Kottke is on the show to talk about 20 years of writing his eponymous website.

216: ‘Podcast Amnesia’ With Jason Snell 09.03.2018

Jason Snell returns to the show. Topics include Apple and China, the 10th anniversary of the iPhone SDK, the future of the MacBook Air, and more. No baseball talk, except a little.

215: ‘The “Press Real Hard” Era’ With Marco Arment 18.02.2018

Special guest Marco Arment returns to the show for a brief discussion. Topics include Apple’s OS development strategy, HomePod and Siri, the sad state of Apple TV apps, where to get a good cheesesteak, how to boil water, and more.

214: ‘Only Wireless. Less Smart Than an Echo. Lame.’ With Paul Kafasis 09.02.2018

Special guest Paul Kafasis returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new HomePod, [Farrago](https://rogueamoeba.com/farrago/) (Rogue Amoeba’s new soundboard app for the Mac), the Philadelphia Eagles’ triumph over the “New England” Patriots in Super Bowl 52, and we stir up a controversy regarding a 10-year-old cocktail devised by the boys at You Look Nice Today.

213: ‘Don’t Tap the Monkey’ With John Moltz 01.02.2018

John Moltz returns to the show. We talk about the HomePod, the “cancellation” of iPhone X, Steve Jobs and the orange button, and Super Bowl 52. And a surprising amount of talk about dates.

212: ‘Arbiter of Finallys’ With Rene Ritchie 26.01.2018

Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about HomePod, clickbait, the Spectre/Meltdown security exploits, and a look back at Apple’s 2017 in review.

211: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Holiday Spectacular With Special Guests Guy English and John Siracusa 01.01.2018

As per holiday tradition at The Talk Show, a brief chat about ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’, with a cavalcade of special guests, including Guy English and John Siracusa.

210: ‘Australian Battery Scam’ With Jason Snell 30.12.2017

Special guest Jason Snell returns for the penultimate episode of 2017. Topics include the iPhone battery performance-throttling saga, Google Maps vs. Apple Maps, new versions of iOS running slow on older iPhones, the new iMac Pro, iOS file management, and more.

209: ‘Blaming a Platypus’ With Matthew Panzarino 19.12.2017

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about Apple’s new iMac Pro lineup: gaming, VR, medical use, software development video, and more. Also: a spoiler-free preamble on “Star Wars Ep. 8: The Last Jedi”.

208: ‘Disgusting Inception’ With John Moltz 01.12.2017

John “With an H” Moltz returns to the show. Topics include the ongoing deluge of sexual harassment scandals, our beloved SodaStreams, the Mac OS 10.13 High Sierra root login fiasco, *App: The Human Story*, and more.

207: ‘Christmas Mitzvah’ With Merlin Mann 18.11.2017

Merlin Mann returns to the show for a Thanksgiving-week holiday spectacular. Topics include the history of Markdown, nerding out with Keyboard Maestro, kids today and the computers they want to use, caring about idiomatic native UI design, a look back at last year's election, and more.

206: ‘Bed Is Where My Problems Are’ With Ben Thompson 10.11.2017

Ben Thompson returns to the show to talk about the iPhone X.

205: ‘If You Trust Your Twin’ With Jim Dalrymple 01.11.2017

Jim Dalrymple returns to the show to talk about the iPhone X.

204: ‘Flaunting That Notch’ With Rene Ritchie 27.10.2017

Rene Ritchie returns to the show on the eve of iPhone X pre-orders opening. Topics include iPhone X (duh), Google’s Pixel 2 and the goofy OLED display on the “XL” version, Face ID FUD, and more.

203: ‘Unused VIPs’ With Serenity Caldwell 21.10.2017

Serenity Caldwell returns to the show. Topics include watches, the problems with the current MacBook keyboards, iOS 11 battery life, my massive windfall from the iBooks antitrust settlement, and more.

202: ‘You Tell Me If It’s a Dongle’ With Joanna Stern 30.09.2017

Special guest Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include Apple Watch Series 3, our mutual fear of heights, Velcro, and more.

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