
217: ‘Our Name Is Our Address’ With Jason Kottke
The Talk Show With John Gruber
03/24/18
•139m
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Finally. Jason Kottke is on the show to talk about 20 years of writing his eponymous website.
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- Dean Allen: “How to Make Soup”
- Kottke on Dean Allen.
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- Craig Mod’s “On Margins” podcast.
- Kottke’s 9/11 coverage.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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216: ‘Podcast Amnesia’ With Jason Snell
March 9, 2018
•151m
Jason Snell returns to the show. Topics include Apple and China, the 10th anniversary of the iPhone SDK, the future of the MacBook Air, and more. No baseball talk, except a little.
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- Craig Hockenberry on the 10th anniversary of the iPhone SDK.
- Lights Out — the first iPhone game.
- John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” segment on NRA TV.
- AR-15 church blessing (not a joke).
- Jason’s Macworld column on the weird current state and future of the MacBook Air.
- A 5-minute podcast with Merlin Mann interviewing Jason Snell and yours truly, recorded immediately after the announcement of the original iPhone, wherein Jason predicts the App Store.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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218: ‘Spending Tim Cook’s Money’ With Serenity Caldwell
March 31, 2018
•115m
Serenity Caldwell returns to the show to talk about Apple's education-focused event last week in Chicago.
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- Apple's 2012 education-focused event, at the Guggenheim.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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