The Talk Show With John Gruber

Mar 08 2025 338 ep. 134 mins 9.8k
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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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418: ‘Putting a Stink on the Letter X’, With Craig Hockenberry

Mar 08 2025 162 mins  
Craig Hockenberry returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new hardware this week — M3 iPad Airs, A16 regular iPads, M4 MacBook Airs, and the M4 Max and surprising M3 Ultra Mac Studios. And we go deep on The Iconfactory’s years-in-the-making new app, Tapestry — a universal timeline for the Internet. Exclusively sponsored by: Google Gemini: Chat to supercharg

417: ‘Nothing Is Possible’, With Paul Kafasis

Feb 24 2025 120 mins  
Special guest: Paul Kafasis. Special topics: Siri/Super Bowl nonsense, “Gulf of Mexico/America” nonsense, the iPhone 16e gets announced, and a veritable Bond villain buys the rights to the James Bond movie franchise. Sponsored by: Listen Later: Turn articles into podcasts and listen on the go, with AI-powered narration. Unofficial but surprisingly good transcripts. Links:

416: ‘A Professional Internet User’, With Vlad Prelovac

Dec 24 2024 152 mins  
Kagi founder and CEO Vlad Prelovac joins the show to talk about the business of web search, the thinking behind Kagi’s own amazing search engine, and their upstart WebKit-based browser Orion. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Unofficial

415: ‘A Good Duck Butt’, With Allen Pike

Dec 02 2024 152 mins  
Special guest Allen Pike joins the show to talk about the state of generative AI and how Apple Intelligence measures up (so far). Also: some speculation on Apple’s pending acquisition of the ever-difficult-to-pronounce Pixelmator. Sponsored by: WorkOS: The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly active users. Links: Allen’s blog. Allen�

414: ‘Annoying Friendliness’, With Joanna Stern

Nov 18 2024 114 mins  
Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about our new best friends, AI chatbots, and I chime in with how the Voight-Kampff test got it all wrong. Sponsored by: WorkOS: The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly active users. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with

413: ‘Holiday Party 2024’, With Merlin Mann

Nov 09 2024 172 mins  
This again. Jiminy. Well, once more, let's talk around another election, and try, by doing so, to maybe express something about it. Sponsored by: Tiptop: A new way to pay that combines Instant Trade-In and Pay-in-4 at checkout. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free tria

412: ‘His Most Pro Shirt’, With Dan Moren

Oct 31 2024 101 mins  
Dan Moren returns to the show to discuss this week’s introductions of the first M4 Macs: iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pros. Sponsored by: WorkOS: The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly active users. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start you

411: ‘An Acoustic Nightmare’, With Tyler Stalman

Oct 07 2024 113 mins  
Tyler Stalman joins the show to discuss the iPhone 16 lineup’s cameras, and the state of iPhone photography. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Links: Tyler Stalman on YouTube: iPhone 16: A Photographer's Review. What's on his iPhone 1

410: ‘Shipping vs. Shipping’, With Jason Snell

Sep 30 2024 132 mins  
Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss Apple’s September product announcements, and Meta’s Orion prototype AR glasses. Absolutely no baseball talk, almost. Sponsored by: WorkOS: The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly active users. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize

409: ‘The Dynamic Paradox’, With Nilay Patel

Sep 26 2024 163 mins  
Nilay Patel returns to the show to consider the iPhones 16. Sponsored by: Tiptop: A new way to pay that combines Instant Trade-In and Pay-in-4 at checkout. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: Nilay’s review of the iPhone 16 Pro. Also from Nilay: “Let’s Compare Apple, Google, and Samsung’s Definitions of ‘a Photo�