

The Talk Show With John Gruber
Daring Fireball / John Gruber
The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
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Jul 29, 2019 • 2h 17min
258: ‘Pousse-Café’ With John Moltz
Special guest John Moltz returns to the show for a mid-summer Q&A episode, answering actual questions from actual listeners.
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Merlin Mann interviewing Jason Snell and yours truly from Macworld Expo 2007.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Jul 23, 2019 • 2h 7min
257: ‘A Beautiful Sandwich’ With Daniel Jalkut
Special guest Daniel Jalkut returns to the show. Topics include app notarization, nonconsensual technology (including Zoom, Dropbox, and Superhuman), and more.
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Yours truly: “Superhuman and Email Privacy”.
Jalkut: “A Real Gatekeeper”.
Core Intuition — Jalkut’s podcast with Manton Reese.
MarsEdit.
Black Ink.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Jul 1, 2019 • 1h 56min
256: ‘A Bit Too Thin’ With Ben Thompson
Special guest Ben Thompson returns to the show to talk about Jony Ive’s departure from Apple.
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Yours truly on Ive’s departure.
Thompson’s take on Ive’s departure.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Jun 25, 2019 • 2h 47min
255: ‘Zap the PRAM’ With Jason Snell
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.
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The Talk Show Live
The Talk Show: Live From WWDC 2019 With Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak
“The Nerds Apple Listens To”
SwiftUI and Catalyst
Jason’s interview with Apple’s Wiley Hodges and Josh Shaffer regarding Catalyst and SwiftUI
Jason in Macworld: “Apple executes its invisible transition strategy”.
Ferrite developer thread on how porting via Catalyst won’t be all that easy or quick.
Federighi on CNET, claiming Apple’s own Catalyst apps will improve.
Spectre.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Jun 7, 2019 • 1h 47min
254: Live From WWDC 2019 With Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak
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.
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Links:
Apple’s WWDC 2019 Keynote
Crazy Apple Rumors, from 2002: “Mac OS 9 Resuscitated By Quick-Thinking Developers”.
Audio editing by Caleb Sexton. Cover photo by John Siracusa.

Jun 1, 2019 • 2h 21min
253: ‘An Italicized “Finally”’ With Rene Ritchie
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.
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Links
The Macalope: “AirPods Are the Bane of All Existence”.
On the Recyclability of AirPods
“Understanding Bitcode for iOS Applications”.
A few leaked iOS 13 screenshots.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

May 30, 2019 • 2h 10min
252: ‘The Dustin Egress Problem’ With Cabel Sasser, Steven Frank, and Greg Maletic From Panic
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.
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Links
Playdate’s fun WebGL-backed website.
The Playdate media site, with ARKit models for iPhone and iPad.
Edge Magazine’s cover story on Playdate, written by Jen Simpkins and chock full of gorgeous photography.
Cabel Sasser’s inspiring talk at XOXO 2013.
Firewatch.
Untitled Goose Game.
Faux-retro ’90s website for Captain Marvel.
Space Jam’s true retro website, still going.

May 15, 2019 • 1h 55min
251: ‘Parking Meters in a Dirt Lot’ With Merlin Mann
Very special guest Merlin Mann returns to the show. Topics include sleep and sleep-tracking (with Apple Watch), regional fast-casual dining, the nature of podcasting, and, of course, more.
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Sleep-tracking Apple Watch apps:
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SleepWatch
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Apple’s list of standard Mac keyboard shortcuts.
Vox: “How golf explains Donald Trump”.
Commander-in-Cheat — Rick Reilly’s new book on Trump.
Gino’s Burgers and Chicken — a fast food chain from the 1970s that served Kentucky Fried Chicken but was not a Kentucky Fried Chicken.
1984 NYT story on Massachussetts’s then-new — and still in place — law banning bars and restaurants from offering “Happy Hours”.
Philadelphia is incinerating half its recycling.
99% Invisible episode on where U.S. recycling often went: to China.
“The Banana Window” — 2011 episode of the old incarnation of The Talk Show where Merlin joined me as co-host while Dan was on paternity leave.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

May 1, 2019 • 2h 31min
250: ‘A Couple of Awkward Swipes’ With MG Siegler
Very special guest MG Siegler returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s original content strategy and a general look at the state of the company.
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Links
500ish Words — MG’s blog.
Oprah Winfrey talks Apple with The Hollywood Reporter.
SteelSeries Nimbus game controller for Apple TV ($50).
“Talk the Thrones” — The Ringer’s post-Game of Thrones livecast.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Apr 25, 2019 • 2h 14min
249: ‘Better Than Nothing’ With John Moltz
John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include AirPods 2, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold debacle, the trove of iOS 13 and MacOS 10.15 leaks reported by Guilherme Rambo, and the future of iTunes.
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Links
AirPods battery replacement from Apple.
ToothFairy — Michael Tsai’s $3 app for easily connecting AirPods to your Mac with a click.
AirBuddy — Guilherme Rambo’s $5 utility for connecting AirPods to your Mac with a slick iOS-style “just open the case near the Mac” interface.
The cheap piece of plastic Mark Gurman inadvertently peeled off his Galaxy Fold.
The peeling plastic layer on Joanna Stern’s Galaxy Fold review unit.
Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes.