300: ‘Holiday Party 2020’, With Merlin Mann
The Talk Show With John Gruber
11/07/20
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299: ‘Sounds Like a Good Red Sauce Place’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
October 31, 2020
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Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro, the new iPad-Pro-style iPad Air, the remarkable state of the Mac, and David Letterman’s battery-shopping trip to CVS.
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- The 20 Macs for 2020 podcast project.
- Jason’s chart-based speculation on what we might expect from Apple Silicon Macs.
- My review of the new iPad Air.
- Jason’s review of the new iPad Air.
- Jason’s review of the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro.
- My iPhone 12 review, and my event wrap-up with analysis of pricing.
- Dave Itzkoff’s profile of David Letterman for The New York Times, regarding season 3 of his Netflix show “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction”.
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301: ‘A Craptastic Craptacular’, With Joanna Stern
November 23, 2020
•120m
Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about the new M1 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro.
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- Joanna Stern in the WSJ: “Apple’s M1 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Review: The Laptop’s Biggest Leap in Years”.
- And on YouTube: “Goodbye, Fan Noise”.
- My review of the M1 MacBook Pro.
- Joanna’s and my joint appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Alley, which started the webcam-gate scandal.
- Joanna’s epic breakdown of the best available USB-C chargers.
- Aukey’s adorable $50 90-watt 3-port charger, and their even smaller $45 65-watt 2-port charger.
- Joanna, back in July: “Quit Chrome. Safari and Edge Are Just Better Browsers for You and Your Computer.”
- Camo — excellent app that lets you use your iPhone or iPad as a Mac webcam.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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