306: ‘A Total Landscaping’, With Mike Monteiro
The Talk Show With John Gruber
01/16/21
•105m
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Mike Monteiro returns to the show to talk about the Capitol insurrection and riot, Twitter and Facebook permanently banning Donald Trump, the shutdown of Parler, the fate of liberal democracy, and Mike’s new book, The Collected Angers.
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Links:
- Jack Dorsey’s strange, rambling thread on Twitter’s decision to permanently ban Donald Trump.
- Sheryl Sandberg says Capitol riot planning didn’t happen on Facebook.
- Washington Post story on the travails of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s Secret Service trying to find a toilet.
- Sarah Kendzior’s “Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America”.
- “The Collected Angers” — Mike’s new book of essays.
- Bayard — the wonderful pitch-perfect typeface on the cover of “The Collected Angers”, from Vocal Type.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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307: ‘Soviet Toilet Paper’, With John Moltz
January 31, 2021
•157m
John Moltz returns to the show to give stock market investment advice.
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- Ming-Chi Kuo and Mark Gurman reports on 2021 Macs.
- Mimeographs.
- San Antonio 10 year old who got 10 shares of GameStop stock as a gift from his mom and made $3000.
- Titanium G4 PowerBook.
- Robinhood overview by NYT.
- Philly COVID vaccination fiasco.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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