
303: ‘Half of the Bikini Emoji’, With Matthew Panzarino
The Talk Show With John Gruber
12/11/20
•121m
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Matthew Panzarino joins the show to talk about Apple's new AirPods Max headphones and the future of the Mac on Apple Silicon.
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Links:
- Panzarino: “This Is Not a Review of Apple’s New AirPods Max Headphones”.
- Yours truly: “Heavy Is the Head That Wears the AirPods Max”.
- Panzarino’s M1 MacBook Pro review, with jaw-dropping speed and battery life results from Xcode.
- James Mangold to direct fifth Indiana Jones movie.
- Todd Vaziri on a fun audio Easter egg in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- Steve Martin’s “autograph” cards.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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302: ‘Camera Beer Belly’, With Nilay Patel
November 30, 2020
•123m
Nilay Patel returns to the show and we have nothing to talk about. You know, other than the M1 Macs and entire iPhone 12 lineup.
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Links:
- Decoder — new/relaunched interview podcast hosted by Nilay. (Overcast link.)
- “The Pandemic Work Diary of a Podcasting Tech Editor” — nice feature in the NYT on Nilay’s workday.
- The Verge’s reviews for the M1 MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac Mini.
- Yours truly’s review of the M1 MacBook Pro.
- Patrick Moorhead’s “last honest man” style review of the M1 MacBook Air for Forbes, which, just one week later, is not aging well.
- The Verge’s reviews for the iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Mini. And from a few weeks prior: the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro.
- Yours truly’s reviews of the iPhone 12/12 Pro and 12 Mini/12 Pro Max.
- “Verizon and AT&T Have Vastly Different Ideas About Phone Cases” — Ashley Carman’s 2018 profile for The Verge of Helena Elicerio, Verizon’s phone case product manager.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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304: ‘2020 Year in Review’, With Rene Ritchie
December 24, 2020
•169m
A look back at one hell of a year.
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Links:
- Reuters ignites long simmering Project Titan talk.
- My take on this Apple car rumor.
- Elon Musk off-handedly quips that he tried to sell Tesla to Apple a few years ago and Tim Cook wouldn’t take the meeting.
- Loren Brichter’s “Chome Is Bad” single-serving website.
- Pitch Meeting: “Tenet” (the best review of “Tenet” you’ll see).
- Rene and yours truly debating whether Macs will and/or should support touchscreens on Rene’s YouTube channel, with the full-length version available on Nebula.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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