435: ‘Lincoln Bio Services’, With Stephen Robles
The Talk Show With John Gruber
11/21/25
•78m
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Special guest Stephen Robles joins the show. Topics include indie media and YouTube, Shortcuts and automation, and the state of podcasting.
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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.
Links:
- Stephen goes indie:
- Stephen’s YouTube channel.
- Announcement: “I Don't Have a Job Anymore, Thanks to You”.
- Video: “These Shortcuts Are Magic”.
- Primary Technology: Stephen's podcast, with cohost Jason Aten.
- Apple Podcasts and AI-generated chapters:
- Apple Podcasts for Creators: “Enhance Your Episodes With Chapters, Links, and More”.
- Daring Fireball: “Apple Podcasts Is Adding AI-Generated Chapters for Podcasts Without Chapters”.
- Primary Technology discussion.
- Beard.fm: “Apple’s Losing Its Podcast Legacy”.
- Downie, a fantastic Mac app for downloading local copies of videos from the web (especially YouTube).
- Daring Fireball post on Downie 4, from early this year.
- Transloader — Apps from Eternal Storms that allow you to initiate downloads on a Mac remotely from an iPhone, iPad, or another Mac.
- F-Bomb paperweight at sponsor Uncommon Goods.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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434: ‘Knee-Jerk Contrarian’, With Dan Frommer
November 18, 2025
•114m
Special guest Dan Frommer returns to the show. Topics include the indie media business, the iPhone Pocket, the iPhone Air (including rumors about the second generation model), AI “personalities”, and five years of Apple Silicon Macs. Also, six years of Dan’s site, The New Consumer.
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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.
Links:
- Dan’s site: The New Consumer.
- iPhone Pocket:
- iPhone Air:
- Jason Snell at Six Colors, in 2022: “Find Photos Taken by Specific iPhone Lenses”.
- Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, Two MLB Pitchers, Charged in Gambling Investigation.
- Ricoh GR IIIx:
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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436: ‘Financial Boner’, With Tyler Hayes
November 30, 2025
•95m
Special guest: Tyler Hayes. Topics include how to get a small phone today, which way foldables should fold, the state of Apple TV (including its new “sonic logo”), and some holiday gift gadget recommendations.
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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.
Links:
- This Week The Trend.
- Tyler on the flip-style Motorola Razr as a small phone solution.
- Tyler: “Apple TV Is Finally Worth $99 Per Year”.
- Ad Age: “Apple TV’s Colorful New Branding Was Built With Glass and Captured In-Camera”.
- Aura Ink, $500 e-paper picture frame.
- Chargers:
- Anker Nano 70W 3-port charger — $50, on sale for $32 if you act fast.
- Nomad’s excellent “slim” chargers, in 40W (one port), 65W (two ports), and 100W (two ports) — I think the 65W one is the sweet spot.
- Nomad’s Wallet Tracking Card, compatible with Find My. (Not mentioned on the show, but very cool — Tyler and I both own one and recommend them.).
- Sharge’s Pixel 100W and 140W chargers, with cool fat-pixel dot-matrix displays on the side.
- The Sigma BF, a gorgeous, minimal L-mount camera.
- Govee Smart Christmas Lights.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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