The Talk Show With John Gruber

The Talk Show With John Gruber episodes:

• 03.30.2024

  398: ‘You’ve Never Seen Email Like This Before’, With John Moltz

  The one and only John Moltz returns to the show to talk about the relative dearth of original content for Vision Pro, WWDC rumors and guesses, and, yes, a wee bit about Apple's regulatory/antitrust tribulations.

  
• 03.26.2024

  397: ‘Less Space Than a Nomad? Lame’, With Jason Snell

  Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple. And sports gambling.

  
• 02.29.2024

  396: ‘The Essence of Stealing’, With David Barnard

  Special guest David Barnard joins the show. Topics include the App Store — past, present, and post-DMA future — and the excellent new update to his app Weather Up.

  
• 02.12.2024

  395: ‘I’m a Real-World Man’, With Adam Lisagor

  Adam Lisagor returns to the show to discuss, while wearing, Apple Vision Pro.

  
• 01.31.2024

  394: ‘An Impossible Balcony’, With Matthew Panzarino

  Matthew Panzarino -- proprietor of the excellent new website/newsletter [The Obsessor](https://www.theobsessor.com/) -- returns to the show to talk about -- what else? -- the Vision Pro.

  
• 01.25.2024

  393: ‘An Asterisk on the Bento Box’, With Marco Arment

  Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include the Apple-Masimo patent dispute over Apple Watch blood oxygen sensors, the new External Payment Links entitlement for the App Store, and more.

  
• 12.31.2023

  392: ‘Halos and Harps’, With Casey Liss

  Apple’s 2023 year in review, with Casey Liss.

  
• 12.23.2023

  391: ‘Error -37’, With John Siracusa

  Special holiday guest: John Siracusa. Special holiday topics: the Apple/Masimo patent dispute over the blood oxygen sensors in Apple Watches, the ongoing Beeper Mini/iMessage saga, iOS 17.3’s upcoming Stolen Device Protection feature, Apple’s new Journal app. Also, an ode to...

  
• 11.30.2023

  390: ‘The Blurry Edge of Acceptable’, With Nilay Patel

  Nilay Patel returns to the show. Topics include the iPhones 15, journalism in the age of AI, and what it’s like to have Barack Obama on your podcast.

  
• 11.22.2023

  389: ‘Two-Legged Stool’, With Gabe Rivera

  Special guest Gabe Rivera, founder of the indispensable news aggregator Techmeme, joins the show to talk about the state of news and social media.

  
• 10.31.2023

  388: ‘What the Actual’, With Christina Warren

  Christina Warren joins the show to talk about Apple’s “Scary Fast” event, introducing the new M3 MacBook Pros and 24-inch iMac.

  
• 10.27.2023

  387: ‘Are There Ever Too Many Love Songs?’, With Sebastiaan de With and Ben Sandofsky

  Special guests Sebastiaan de With and Ben Sandofsky, co-founders of Lux, join the show to talk about their apps (Halide, Spectre, and Orion) and speculate about next week’s “Scary Fast” Apple event.

  
• 09.30.2023

  386: ‘Gate Number Two’, With John Moltz

  Special guest John Moltz joins the show to discuss the various iPhone 15 “-gates”, rumors of Jony Ive working with OpenAI on an “AI device”, and more.

  
• 09.28.2023

  385: ‘Who’s Heef?’, With Matthew Panzarino

  Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about the new iPhones 15.

  
• 08.31.2023

  384: ‘Pleading the Fifth’, With Michael Simmons

  Flexibits co-founder Michael Simmons returns to the show to talk about his experience at Apple’s developer lab for Vision Pro, and his enthusiasm for the future of spatial computing.

  
• 08.29.2023

  383: ‘A Photocopy of a Fax’, With Jason Snell

  Jason Snell, come on down. You’re the next contestent on The Talk Show. Special topics: John Warnock and Adobe, Disney and Apple, the iMac’s 25th anniversary, and more.

  
• 07.31.2023

  382: ‘What’s Happening‽’, With Craig Hockenberry

  Craig Hockenberry, the special guest with the special fleshy palms, returns to the show. Topics include Twitter/X, foldable phones, and our favorite features in iOS 17 now that it’s in public beta.

  
• 07.11.2023

  381: ‘Tape Deck Dongle’, With Joanna Stern

  Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include the launch of Threads, Apple’s Vision Pro, and iPhone/iCloud device security. Also, some accidental car talk.

  
• 06.30.2023

  380: ‘The M Is for Magnificent’, With Matthew Panzarino

  Matthew Panzarino returns to the show for a post-WWDC discussion about Vision Pro and VisionOS.

  
• 06.17.2023

  379: ‘An Extra Kick in the Nuts’, With Christian Selig

  Christian Selig, developer of the excellent apps Apollo and Pixel Pals, joins the show to talk about Reddit's Twitter-fication, along with highlights from WWDC 2023.

  
• 06.07.2023

  378: ‘Live From WWDC 2023’, With John Ternus, Mike Rockwell, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak

  Back in San Jose's historic California Theatre for the first time since 2019, special guests John Ternus, Mike Rockwell, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss the news and announcements from WWDC 2023.

  
• 05.31.2023

  377: ‘guyenglish.zip’, With Guy English

  Guy English returns to the show to talk about the live show from WWDC, Mac Pros past and future, Marathon and Mac gaming, and Apple’s seemingly imminent XR headset. And definitely *not* to talk about *Star Wars: The Rise of...

  
• 05.29.2023

  376: ‘One True HIG’, With Neil Jhaveri

  Neil Jhaveri, founder and lead developer of Mimestream, the terrific new native Mac email client for Gmail, joins the show to talk about email, Mac apps, and indie software development.

  
• 05.23.2023

  375: ‘No False Humidity’, With Jason Snell

  Special guest: Jason Snell. Topics: Headset, headseat, headset. And no baseball talk other than how games might look in VR. Also: Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad, and GM's dumb decision to drop CarPlay.

  
• 04.30.2023

  374: ‘The Paul McCartney of Car Salesmen’, With John Moltz

  John Moltz, ace reporter from The Daily Planet, returns to the show. Topics include Apple pushing ads through its own built-in apps, car shopping, and the burgeoning Twitter alternative Bluesky.

  
• 04.26.2023

  373: ‘This Guy Reads a Lot Better’, With Quinn Nelson

  Special guest Quinn Nelson joins the show to talk about Apple’s rumored AR/VR headset, Apple silicon, and more.

  
• 04.21.2023

  372: ‘$8 Billion in Late Fees’, With Rene Ritchie

  Rene Ritchie returns to the show to discuss generative AI (and what Apple might soon do with it), iPhone passcodes and iCloud device security, HBO Max turning into just plain Max, and *Make Something Wonderful* — one more thing from Steve Jobs.

  
• 03.31.2023

  371: ‘The Skin of Your Pants’, With Daniel Jalkut

  Daniel Jalkut returns to the show to talk about AI chat, new emoji, and Apple Music Classical.

  
• 03.11.2023

  370: ‘Fine Hypertext Products’, With Jason Kottke

  Jason Kottke returns to the show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kottke.org.

  
• 02.28.2023

  369: ‘18-Hour Bombing Mission’, With Marco Arment

  Marco Arment returns to the show to discuss some genuinely startling revelations regarding iPhone and Apple ID security; the new HomePod 2; and our favorite electric vehicle maker. Also: coffee.

  
• 01.31.2023

  368: ‘Tweeter and the Monkey Man’, With Dan Moren

  Special guest Dan Moren joins the show to talk about the new M2 MacBook Pros and Mac Minis, the state of Mac gaming, and the triumphant return of the full-sized HomePod.

  
• 01.19.2023

  367: ‘Slow Moving Hurricane’, With Craig Hockenberry

  Craig Hockenberry returns to the show to talk about the demise of third-party Twitter clients, the overall Twitter shitshow, touchscreens on the Mac, and the perils of autocorrect when you have a clever username.

  
• 12.31.2022

  366: ‘Measure Seven Times, Cut Once’, With Glenn Fleishman

  Glenn Fleishman returns to the show to talk about reported setbacks in Apple's silicon division, the LastPass vault leak and password management, and the frontiers of social networking. Also, the joys of modern air travel during the holidays.

  
• 12.22.2022

  365: ‘Permanent September’, With Rene Ritchie

  Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about recent news (Twitter, Freeform, iCloud Advanced Data Protection, the EU’s new Digital Markets Act) and Apple’s 2022 year in review.

  
• 11.30.2022

  364: ‘Spooky Hole’, With John Moltz

  Friend of the show John Moltz returns to talk about Elon Musk steering Twitter into a multi-issue spat with Apple, Mastodon, and some streaming TV recommendations.

  
• 11.23.2022

  363: ‘Deliberately Churned’, With Christina Warren

  Christina Warren returns to the show to talk about the drama at Disney, tumult at Twitter, and how the hell to score Taylor Swift tickets.

  
• 11.18.2022

  362: ‘Grand Scale Foot-Shooting’, With Anil Dash

  Special guest: Anil Dash. A little about last week’s U.S. midterm elections, and a lot about what’s going on at Twitter under Elon Musk.

  
• 10.31.2022

  361: ‘A Fit of Pique’, With Federico Viticci

  Federico Viticci returns to the show to talk about iPads, Stage Manager, and Apple’s ill-considered foray into expanding ads in the App Store.

  
• 10.25.2022

  360: ‘Neither Fish Nor Fowl’, With Jason Snell

  Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the new 10th-gen iPad and M2 iPads Pro.

  
• 10.12.2022

  359: ‘Big Booger Came After You’, With Merlin Mann

  Merlin Mann returns to the show to talk about AI image generation (along with a few asides).

  
• 09.30.2022

  358: ‘Double-Digit Domains’, With Paul Kafasis

  Paul Kafasis returns to the show to talk about the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple Watch Ultra, AirPods Pro, and Rogue Amoeba’s 20th anniversary.

  
• 09.20.2022

  357: ‘Fluent Cupertinoese’, With Nilay Patel

  Nilay Patel returns to the show to talk about Apple’s “Far Out” event, the iPhones 14, and The Verge’s redesign.

  
• 08.31.2022

  356: ‘An Unranted Rant’, With Rosemary Orchard

  Special guest Rosemary Orchard joins the show to talk about her new book, “Take Control of Shortcuts”, and the state of automation on iOS and MacOS.

  
• 08.26.2022

  355: ‘The Creaturest of Habits’, With Daniel Jalkut

  Daniel Jalkut returns to the show. Topics include a serious discussion about CSAM detection at major cloud storage providers and messaging services. Also, a deep dive regarding the new iOS-UI-style rewrite of System Settings on the still-in-beta MacOS 13 Ventura,...

  
• 08.18.2022

  354: ‘Get Me to the Fainting Couch’, With John Moltz

  Very special guest John Moltz returns to the show to talk about Center Stage, Stage Manager, and all the other stages.

  
• 08.17.2022

  354: ‘Get to the Fainting Couch’, With John Moltz

  Very special guest John Moltz returns to the show to talk about Center Stage, Stage Manager, and all the other stages.

  
• 07.31.2022

  353: ‘Shop Different’, With Michael Steeber

  Special guest Michael Steeber joins the show to discuss his new project, The Apple Store Time Machine — an intricately-detailed explorable walkthrough of four of Apple’s original retail stores.

  
• 07.25.2022

  352: ‘I’ve Kissed That Mouse’, With Marco Arment

  Marco Arment returns to the show to talk about the new M2 MacBook Air and stuff.

  
• 06.30.2022

  351: ‘Here You Go, Cheapskate’, With Rene Ritchie

  Rene Ritchie returns to the show for more on Apple’s announcements from WWDC 2022, locking devices out of Face ID and Touch ID, passkeys, and more.

  
• 06.27.2022

  350: ‘Your Sack of Meat With Teeth’, With Jason Snell

  Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss the biggest threads from WWDC 2022 — in particular, Stage Manager and the M2 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook “Pro”. No sports talk (unless you count soccer).