302: ‘Camera Beer Belly’, With Nilay Patel

Nilay Patel returns to the show and we have nothing to talk about. You know, other than the M1 Macs and entire iPhone 12 lineup.

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Links:

• Decoder — new/relaunched interview podcast hosted by Nilay. (Overcast link.)
• “The Pandemic Work Diary of a Podcasting Tech Editor” — nice feature in the NYT on Nilay’s workday.
• The Verge’s reviews for the M1 MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac Mini.
• Yours truly’s review of the M1 MacBook Pro.
• Patrick Moorhead’s “last honest man” style review of the M1 MacBook Air for Forbes, which, just one week later, is not aging well.
• The Verge’s reviews for the iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Mini. And from a few weeks prior: the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro.
• Yours truly’s reviews of the iPhone 12/12 Pro and 12 Mini/12 Pro Max.
• “Verizon and AT&T Have Vastly Different Ideas About Phone Cases” — Ashley Carman’s 2018 profile for The Verge of Helena Elicerio, Verizon’s phone case product manager.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.