307: ‘Soviet Toilet Paper’, With John Moltz
The Talk Show With John Gruber
01/31/21
•157m
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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.
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- Robinhood overview by NYT.
- Philly COVID vaccination fiasco.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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306: ‘A Total Landscaping’, With Mike Monteiro
January 16, 2021
•105m
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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- 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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308: ‘Peak Hubris’, With Christina Warren
February 19, 2021
•146m
Christina Warren returns to the show to talk about Apple Car, Apple TV, Clubhouse, and Bloomberg hamfistedly revisiting “The Big Hack”.
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- Daring Fireball posts on Bloomberg’s “Big Hack” update.
- “Hard News: The Scandals at The New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media” by Seth Mnookin.
- Zeynep Tucekci: “Critical Thinking Isn’t Just a Process” — interesting post about reading through the lines of authoritarian doublespeak.
- Marc Newson’s Ikepod watches, ideas which carried through to Apple Watch.
- Rocket — Christina’s podcast with Brianna Wu and Simone De Rochefort.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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