The Talk Show With John Gruber

Epizodes

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  452: ‘A Scam Held Together With Patriotism and Golden Paint’, With Quinn Nelson 23.07.2026 2h 44min

  Quinn Nelson returns to the show to discuss OpenAI’s ChatGPT/Codex “native” app migration fiasco, Siri AI in Apple’s OS 27 betas, MacOS 27 Golden Gate, and the hottest new cell phone of the year, the Trump T1.
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  451: ‘Taking Drugs to Get Fat’, With John Moltz 30.06.2026 1h 51min

  The great John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s hardware price hikes in response to the global RAM/SSD shortage, and some spitballing on what we like about the UI changes in the MacOS 27 Golden Gate beta.
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  450: ‘Perp Walk for Selfies’, With Jason Snell 23.06.2026 2h 44min

  Jason Snell returns to the show for a look back at WWDC 2026, and a look ahead to “Designed in California”, his and Myke Hurley’s upcoming 50-episode Apple history podcast.
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  449: ‘Live From WWDC 2026’, With Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel 09.06.2026 1h 59min

  Recorded in front of a live audience at The California Theatre in San Jose on Tuesday 9 June 2026, special guests Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel join John Gruber to discuss Apple’s announcements at WWDC 2026.
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  448: ‘Twins Named John’, With Stephen Hackett 31.05.2026 1h 50min

  Stephen Hackett returns to the show to help me make sense of a problem that is hard even to describe, let alone solve, regarding Apple One, family sharing, a separate Media & Purchasing account, and iCloud storage space. Also: what we're expecting from WWDC 2026.
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  447: ‘A Sociopathic Father’, With Adam Lisagor 15.05.2026 2h 15min

  Adam Lisagor returns to the show to talk about Hovercraft, his new virtual presentation camera app for Mac, and how he's developing it with AI coding tools. Also, delicious Japanese spite sandwich cookies.
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  446: ‘Food and Beverage Director’, With MG Siegler 30.04.2026 2h 46min

  MG Siegler returns to the show to discuss Apple’s announcement that Tim Cook is stepping aside (into the role of executive chairman) and John Ternus will become CEO.
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  445: ‘Apple at 50’, With John Siracusa 01.04.2026 2h 34min

  Who better to join the show to commemorate Apple’s 50th anniversary than John Siracusa?
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  444: ‘You’re Going to Have the Niggles’, With Christina Warren 29.03.2026 1h 37min

  Christina Warren returns to the show to discuss Apple’s big month of product announcements — in particular, the iPhone 17e and MacBook Neo. And we pour one out for the Mac Pro.
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  443: ‘The Pogue Feature’, With David Pogue 18.03.2026 1h 25min

  Special guest David Pogue discusses his excellent, entertaining, and amazingly comprehensive new book, “Apple: The First 50 Years”.
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  442: ‘Bad Dates’, With Jason Snell 28.02.2026 2h 16min

  Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss the 2025 Six Colors Apple Report Card, MacOS 26 Tahoe, Apple Creator Studio, along with what we expect/hope for in next week’s Apple product announcements.
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  441: ‘Serious Opinionators’, With Adam Engst 25.02.2026 2h 10min

  Adam Engst returns to the show to talk, in detail, about certain of the UI changes in iOS 26 and Apple's version 26 OSes overall. In particular, the new Unified view in the Phone app, and the Filter pop-up menu in both the Phone and Messages apps. Also: a shoutout to Balloon Help.
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  440: ‘Flush a Radar’, With Brent Simmons 31.01.2026 2h 6min

  Brent Simmons returns to the show. Topics include NetNewsWire 7, MacOS 26 Tahoe, and I guess, some other stuff.
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  439: ‘A Mitigated Disaster’, With Daniel Jalkut 26.01.2026 1h 59min

  Daniel Jalkut returns to the show so we can both vent about MacOS 26 Tahoe.
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  438: ‘2025 Year in Review’, With Rene Ritchie 31.12.2025 2h 42min

  A look back at Apple’s 2025, with special guest Rene Ritchie.
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  437: ‘A Naughty Citizen’, With Quinn Nelson 24.12.2025 2h 28min

  Special guest Quinn Nelson returns for a two-part holiday spectacular: the iPad in the wake of iPadOS 26, and Apple's executive changes as Tim Cook seemingly nears the end of his time as CEO.
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  436: ‘Financial Boner’, With Tyler Hayes 30.11.2025 1h 35min

  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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  435: ‘Lincoln Bio Services’, With Stephen Robles 21.11.2025 1h 18min

  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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  434: ‘Knee-Jerk Contrarian’, With Dan Frommer 18.11.2025 1h 54min

  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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  433: ‘Meat Bags’, With Brian Mueller 31.10.2025 1h 27min

  Special guest Brian Mueller, developer of Carrot Weather, joins the show to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his utterly ridiculous but totally serious weather app.