Daring Fireball / John Gruber

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.

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Daring Fireball / John Gruber

Episodes

276: ‘Bring It On, Haters’ With Ben Thompson 01.02.2020 2:47:59

Special guest Ben Thompson returns to the show to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iPad.

275: ‘Fake Faces’ With Glenn Fleishman 23.01.2020 3:00:57

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.

274: ‘Sport Mode’ With Merlin Mann 18.01.2020 2:01:34

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.

273: ‘My Cousin Hans’ With Rene Ritchie 01.01.2020 1:59:04

It’s the last show of the decade. Special guest: Rene Ritchie.

272: ‘The Save Twitch’ With Rich Siegel 24.12.2019 1:59:04

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.

271: ‘A Perfect Wheel’ With Jason Snell 13.12.2019 2:45:59

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.

270: ‘Talking About Crimes’ With Matthew Yglesias 28.11.2019 1:59:08

Very special guest Matthew Yglesias joins the show to talk about Tim Cook cozying up to Trump for tariff relief and more.

269: ‘Maximally Thin’ With Casey Johnston 19.11.2019 1:50:28

Very special guest Casey Johnston joins the show to talk about the butterfly MacBook keyboard saga and the just-released 16-inch MacBook Pro, with its all new scissor-switch keyboard design.

268: ‘With Ham I’d Be Better’ With Dave Mark 01.11.2019 2:20:24

Special guest Dave Mark joins the show, for a discussion mostly about AirPods Pro and partly about the 2019 World Series.

267: ‘Just the Tips’ With John Moltz 30.10.2019 1:56:53

Special guest John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include the just-released AirPods Pro (and the pluralization thereof), the history of remote controls, the impending launch of Apple TV+, and the undisputed highlight of the 2019 World Series.

266: ‘iPhone-Colored Glasses’ With Rene Ritchie 24.10.2019 2:21:11

Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Google's new Pixel 4 phones, Apple's travails in Hong Kong and China, whether there will be another Apple event this year, and MacOS 10.15 Catalina.

265: ‘Thompson’s Razor’ With Ben Thompson 09.10.2019 2:25:08

Special guest Ben Thompson returns to the show. Topics include the latest Surface hardware announcements from Microsoft, the state of the iPhone, and bulk purchases of charcoal.

264: ‘Apple Is Not a 4-Star Company’ With Joanna Stern 26.09.2019 2:24:38

Very special guest Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s event earlier this month, the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, iOS 13, and how we go about writing (and shooting) our product reviews.

263: ‘The Dumbest Thing Possible’ With Dan Frommer 10.09.2019 2:07:48

Special guest Dan Frommer returns to the show for a preview of this week’s Apple event.

262: ‘Freakishly Snappy’ With Brent Simmons 01.09.2019 1:50:26

Special guest Brent Simmons returns to

261: ‘Contact Heineken’ With Jim Dalrymple 28.08.2019 3:04:55

Special guest Jim Dalrymple returns to the show. Topics include Apple Card and the latest rumors on Apple’s upcoming product announcements.

260: ‘A Clear Eyed Look at Dishwashers’ With John Siracusa 10.08.2019 2:23:40

Special guest John Siracusa finally returns to the show. Topics include the Siri voice recording fiasco, Siracusa’s epic Mac OS X reviews, and making good ice.

259: ‘Start a Bakin’ Timer’ With Marco Arment 31.07.2019 1:47:31

Special guest Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include MacBook Pro rumors, breakfast cereal, Siri frustrations, and more.

258: ‘Pousse-Café’ With John Moltz 29.07.2019 2:16:42

Special guest John Moltz returns to the show for a mid-summer Q&A episode, answering actual questions from actual listeners.

257: ‘A Beautiful Sandwich’ With Daniel Jalkut 23.07.2019 2:07:00

Special guest Daniel Jalkut returns to the show. Topics include app notarization, nonconsensual technology (including Zoom, Dropbox, and Superhuman), and more.

256: ‘A Bit Too Thin’ With Ben Thompson 01.07.2019 1:56:22

Special guest Ben Thompson returns to the show to talk about Jony Ive’s departure from Apple.

255: ‘Zap the PRAM’ With Jason Snell 25.06.2019 2:46:33

Special guest Jason Snell returns to the show. Topics include everything announced at WWDC: SwiftUI, Catalyst, and all the new features in iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, WatchOS, and tvOS.

254: Live From WWDC 2019 With Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak 07.06.2019 1:46:52

Recorded in front of a live audience at The California Theater in San Jose on Tuesday, 4 June 2019, John Gruber is joined by Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak to discuss the news from WWDC 2019: the new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR, MacOS 10.15 Catalina, iOS 13, iPadOS, SwiftUI and Catalyst, and more.

253: ‘An Italicized “Finally”’ With Rene Ritchie 01.06.2019 2:21:13

Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show for a look at what we expect — and hope — to see from Apple at WWDC next week.

252: ‘The Dustin Egress Problem’ With Cabel Sasser, Steven Frank, and Greg Maletic From Panic 30.05.2019 2:10:07

Special guests Cabel Sasser, Steven Frank, and Greg Maletic join the show to talk about Playdate, Panic’s exciting and surprising new handheld gaming system.