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The Talk Show With John Gruber

John Gruber

The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball.

Episodes

20 of 375 episodes

455: ‘I’m Thinking X, Not X’, With Andru Edwards

Andru Edwards returns to the show to discuss Apple's big September event and their new products: the iPhones 18 Pro and Duo, AirPods 5, and...

02:39:30Sep 25, 2026

454: ‘Getting the Snack Right’, With Chance Miller

Chance Miller returns to the show. Topics include iOS 27’s progress over summer, live baseball in Vision Pro, the RAM crisis, Apple’s trade...

01:57:09Aug 10, 2026

453: ‘What’s in Louie’s Wallet’, With Louie Mantia

Louie Mantia returns to the show to talk about the state of UI and icon design on Apple’s platforms, and some speculation on Apple’s trade s...

02:25:01Jul 31, 2026

452: ‘A Scam Held Together With Patriotism and Golden Paint’, With Quinn Nelson

Quinn Nelson returns to the show to discuss OpenAI’s ChatGPT/Codex “native” app migration fiasco, Siri AI in Apple’s OS 27 betas, MacOS 27 G...

02:44:45Jul 23, 2026

451: ‘Taking Drugs to Get Fat’, With John Moltz

The great John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s hardware price hikes in response to the global RAM/SSD shortage, and some s...

01:51:27Jun 30, 2026

450: ‘Perp Walk for Selfies’, With Jason Snell

Jason Snell returns to the show for a look back at WWDC 2026, and a look ahead to “Designed in California”, his and Myke Hurley’s upcoming 5...

02:44:45Jun 23, 2026

449: ‘Live From WWDC 2026’, With Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel

Recorded in front of a live audience at The California Theatre in San Jose on Tuesday 9 June 2026, special guests Joanna Stern and Nilay Pat...

01:59:29Jun 9, 2026

448: ‘Twins Named John’, With Stephen Hackett

Stephen Hackett returns to the show to help me make sense of a problem that is hard even to describe, let alone solve, regarding Apple One,...

01:50:54May 31, 2026

447: ‘A Sociopathic Father’, With Adam Lisagor

Adam Lisagor returns to the show to talk about Hovercraft, his new virtual presentation camera app for Mac, and how he's developing it with...

02:15:13May 15, 2026

446: ‘Food and Beverage Director’, With MG Siegler

MG Siegler returns to the show to discuss Apple’s announcement that Tim Cook is stepping aside (into the role of executive chairman) and Joh...

02:46:46Apr 30, 2026

445: ‘Apple at 50’, With John Siracusa

Who better to join the show to commemorate Apple’s 50th anniversary than John Siracusa?

02:34:27Apr 1, 2026

444: ‘You’re Going to Have the Niggles’, With Christina Warren

Christina Warren returns to the show to discuss Apple’s big month of product announcements — in particular, the iPhone 17e and MacBook Neo....

01:37:11Mar 29, 2026

443: ‘The Pogue Feature’, With David Pogue

Special guest David Pogue discusses his excellent, entertaining, and amazingly comprehensive new book, “Apple: The First 50 Years”.

01:25:41Mar 18, 2026

442: ‘Bad Dates’, With Jason Snell

Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss the 2025 Six Colors Apple Report Card, MacOS 26 Tahoe, Apple Creator Studio, along with what we e...

02:16:57Mar 1, 2026

441: ‘Serious Opinionators’, With Adam Engst

Adam Engst returns to the show to talk, in detail, about certain of the UI changes in iOS 26 and Apple's version 26 OSes overall. In particu...

02:10:46Feb 25, 2026

440: ‘Flush a Radar’, With Brent Simmons

Brent Simmons returns to the show. Topics include NetNewsWire 7, MacOS 26 Tahoe, and I guess, some other stuff.

02:06:18Feb 1, 2026

439: ‘A Mitigated Disaster’, With Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut returns to the show so we can both vent about MacOS 26 Tahoe.

01:59:01Jan 27, 2026

438: ‘2025 Year in Review’, With Rene Ritchie

A look back at Apple’s 2025, with special guest Rene Ritchie.

02:42:01Dec 31, 2025

437: ‘A Naughty Citizen’, With Quinn Nelson

Special guest Quinn Nelson returns for a two-part holiday spectacular: the iPad in the wake of iPadOS 26, and Apple's executive changes as T...

02:28:52Dec 24, 2025

436: ‘Financial Boner’, With Tyler Hayes

Special guest: Tyler Hayes. Topics include how to get a small phone today, which way foldables should fold, the state of Apple TV (including...

01:35:52Nov 30, 2025