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The Talk Show With John Gruber
The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball.
Episodes
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- 356: ‘an Unranted Rant’, With Rosemary Orchard
- 355: ‘the Creaturest of Habits’, With Daniel Jalkut
- 354: ‘Get Me to the Fainting Couch’, With John Moltz
- 354: ‘Get to the Fainting Couch’, With John Moltz
- 353: ‘Shop Different’, With Michael Steeber
- 352: ‘I’ve Kissed That Mouse’, With Marco Arment
- 351: ‘Here You Go, Cheapskate’, With Rene Ritchie
- 350: ‘Your Sack of Meat With Teeth’, With Jason Snell
- 349: ‘Live From WWDC 2022’, With Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak
- 348: ‘Joe Biden’s Gum’’, With John Moltz
- 347: ‘After Steve’, With Tripp Mickle
- 346: ‘Like Neo Dodging Bullets’, With Zach Gage
- 345: ‘a Fake Crank on the Web’, With Michael Simmons
- 344: ‘Devastation, Pessimism, and Rage’, With Glenn Fleishman
- 343: ‘Fussy Typography Improvements’, With Paul Kafasis
- 342: ‘Doggy Lake’, With Matthew Panzarino
- 341: ‘a Cold Glass in Hell’, With Casey Liss
- 340: ‘Billionaires Have Beefs’, With Tom Watson and Daniel Agee
- 339: ‘2006: Hard Work’, With Ken Kocienda
- 338: ‘That’ll Pivot His Tables’, With Rene Ritchie
- 337: ‘See Me After Class’, With Jason Snell
- 336: ‘He Looked Like a Fred’, With John Moltz
- 335: ‘Blofeld-69-420’, With Guy English
- 334: ‘High-Margin Candy Bar’, With Dieter Bohn
- 333: ‘Schrödinger’s Feature’, With Rene Ritchie
- 332: ‘The Post-Doom Era’, With Joanna Stern
- 331: ‘John Was the Problem’, With Merlin Mann
- 330: ‘Headline Goes Here’, With Jim Dalrymple
- 329: ‘the Scotland Board of Tourism’, With David Smith
- 328: ‘the Warden’s Dilemma’, With Ben Thompson
- 327: ‘Giddy With Mac-Ness’, With Daniel Jalkut
- 326: ‘a Very Large Nap’, With John Moltz
- 325: ‘the Negative Version of Icing on the Cake’, With Nilay Patel
- 324: ‘a Pretty Generic Thing You Stick in a Hole’, With Jason Snell
- 323: ‘Skeptical Not Cynical’, With Matthew Panzarino
- 322: ‘It Was More Arial Than Helvetica’, With Rene Ritchie
- 321: ‘Just a Standard Bird’, With MG Siegler
- 320: ‘Paper Floor Mats’, With Christina Warren
- 319: ‘You Called Him Pixel Mature’, With John Moltz
- 318: ‘Holes in the Blast Door’, With Matthew Panzarino
- 317: ‘The NOC List’, With Rene Ritchie
- 316: Remote From WWDC 2021 With Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak
- 315: ‘I Don’t Know How to Read’, With Joanna Stern
- 314: ‘Obviously Tier One’, With Marco Arment
- 313: ‘the Sour Grapes Commission’, With Glenn Fleishman
- 312: ‘Not to Get Zealotrous’, With Craig Mod
- 311: ‘Toaster Fridgey’, With Rene Ritchie
- 310: ‘Russian Nesting Doll Code’, With Jason Snell
- 309: ‘Pinkies on the Semicolon’, With John Siracusa
- 308: ‘Peak Hubris’, With Christina Warren
- 307: ‘Soviet Toilet Paper’, With John Moltz
- 306: ‘a Total Landscaping’, With Mike Monteiro
- 305: ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian’ Holiday Spectacular, With Special Guests Guy English and John Siracusa’
- 304: ‘2020 Year in Review’, With Rene Ritchie
- 303: ‘Half of the Bikini Emoji’, With Matthew Panzarino
- 302: ‘Camera Beer Belly’, With Nilay Patel
- 301: ‘a Craptastic Craptacular’, With Joanna Stern
- 300: ‘Holiday Party 2020’, With Merlin Mann
- 299: ‘Sounds Like a Good Red Sauce Place’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
- 298: ‘I’m Expecting Led Zeppelin IV’, With Special Guest MG Siegler
- 297: ‘Subscribed to a Hamburger’, With David Smith
- 296: ‘Cameras Every Single Where’, With Michael Simmons
- 295: ‘Signing Up to Take Some Vitamins’, With Peter Kafka
- 294: ‘DOS Rot’, With John Moltz
- 293: ‘I’m More of a Porkins Guy’, With Anil Dash
- 292: ‘Not the Batman We Want or Need’, With Rene Ritchie
- 291: ‘Algorithms, How Do They Work?’, With Nilay Patel
- 290: ‘the Least Worst’, With Christina Warren
- 289: ‘I’m Batman. America. Freedom.’ With Adam Lisagor
- 288: ‘It Shouldn’t Be Hard to Get a Smoothie’ With Dan Frommer
- 287: ‘Patina of Usefulness’, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 286: Remote From WWDC 2020 With Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak
- 285: ‘Fahrenheit Truthers’, With Ben Thompson
- 284: ‘30 Years of TidBITS’, With Adam Engst
- 283: ‘Some Kind of Sandwich’, With Dieter Bohn
- 282: ‘Everybody Is an Expert’, With Joanna Stern
- 281: ‘a Kryptonian Baby’, With Rene Ritchie
- 280: ‘It Would Be Nicer Not to Care’, With Matthew Panzarino
- 279: ‘Chain of Precision’, With Jason Snell
- 278: ‘Dot Net Party’, With Special Guest Federico Viticci
- 277: ‘Polish Stink Eye’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 276: ‘Bring It On, Haters’, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
- 275: ‘Fake Faces’, With Special Guest Glenn Fleishman
- 274: ‘Sport Mode’, With Special Guest Merlin Mann
- 274: ‘Sport Mode’, With Special Guest Merlin Mann
- 273: ‘My Cousin Hans’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 272: ‘the Save Twitch’, With Special Guest Rich Siegel
- 271: ‘a Perfect Wheel’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
- 270: ‘Talking About Crimes’, With Special Guest Matthew Yglesias
- 269: ‘Maximally Thin’, With Special Guest Casey Johnston
- 268: ‘With Ham I’d Be Better’, With Special Guest Dave Mark
- 267: ‘Just the Tips’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 266: ‘iPhone-Colored Glasses’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 265: ‘Thompson’s Razor’, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
- 264: ‘Apple Is Not a 4-Star Company’, With Special Guest Joanna Stern
- 263: ‘the Dumbest Thing Possible’, With Special Guest Dan Frommer
- 263: ‘the Dumbest Thing Possible’, With Special Guest Dan Frommer
- 262: ‘Freakishly Snappy’, With Special Guest Brent Simmons
- 261: ‘Contact Heineken’, With Special Guest Jim Dalrymple
- 260: ‘a Clear Eyed Look at Dishwashers’, With Special Guest John Siracusa
- 259: ‘Start a Bakin’ Timer’, With Special Guest Marco Arment
- 258: ‘Pousse-Café’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 257: ‘a Beautiful Sandwich’, With Special Guest Daniel Jalkut
- 256: ‘a Bit Too Thin’, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
- 255: ‘Zap the PRAM’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
- 254: Live From WWDC 2019 With Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak
- 253: ‘An Italicized “Finally”’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 252: ‘the Dustin Egress Problem’, With Cabel Sasser, Steven Frank, and Greg Maletic From Panic
- 251: ‘Parking Meters in a Dirt Lot’, With Special Guest Merlin Mann
- 250: ‘A Couple of Awkward Swipes’, With Special Guest MG Siegler
- 249: ‘Better Than Nothing’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 248: ‘Equally Confused’, With Special Guest Peter Kafka
- 247: ‘I Have Faith in the Rice’, With Special Guest Paul Kafasis
- 246: ‘Loan It to Nien Nunb’, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 245: ‘40 Hours a Day of Murder’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 244: ‘Plagiarists and Fabulists’, With Special Guest Glenn Fleishman
- 243: ‘the God Awful Truth’, With Special Guest Rich Mogull
- 242: ‘the Butts Incident’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 241: ‘More Smarter’, With Special Guest Joanna Stern
- 240: ‘Drastically Shakier’, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
- 239: ‘Proprioceptive Lie’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 238: ‘Fort Jason Sudeikis’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
- 237: ‘Out on Home Video’, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 236: ‘a Vivid Nightmarescape’, With Special Guest Dieter Bohn
- 235: ‘Jony White’s Universe of Objective Purity’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 234: ‘Welcome to Dongletropolis’, With Special Guest Merlin Mann
- 233: ‘North Korean USB Fan’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 232: ‘I’ll Eat My Hat’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 231: ‘It’s a Deep Notch’, With Special Guest Dan Frommer
- 230: ‘Flabbergasting’, With Special Guest Nilay Patel
- 229: ‘iPhone 🍸’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 228: ‘Smallen Up the Bezels’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
- 227: ‘Little Q&A’
- 226: ‘Cut That Mustache With Scissors’, With Special Guest Marco Arment
- 225: ‘Resources Up the Yang’, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 224: ‘AirPower, What’s That?’, With Special Guest Serenity Caldwell
- 223: Live From WWDC 2018 With Greg Joswiak and Mike Rockwell
- 222: ‘Pseudorandom Gibberish’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 221: ‘Slathered in Incompetence’, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
- 220: ‘$270 Worth of Unneeded Keyboards’, With Special Guest Jim Dalrymple
- 219: ‘Top Men’, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 218: ‘Spending Tim Cook’s Money’, With Special Guest Serenity Caldwell
- 217: ‘Our Name Is Our Address’, With Special Guest Jason Kottke
- 216: ‘Podcast Amnesia’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
- 215: ‘The “Press Real Hard” Era’, With Special Guest Marco Arment
- 214: ‘Only Wireless. Less Smart Than an Echo. Lame.’, With Special Guest Paul Kafasis
- 213: ‘Don’t Tap the Monkey’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 212: ‘Arbiter of Finallys’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 211: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Holiday Spectacular, With Special Guests Guy English and John Siracusa
- 210: ‘Australian Battery Scam’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
- 209: ‘Blaming a Platypus’, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 208: ‘Disgusting Inception’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 207: ‘Christmas Mitzvah’, With Special Guest Merlin Mann
- 206: ‘Bed Is Where My Problems Are’, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
- 205: ‘If You Trust Your Twin’, With Special Guest Jim Dalrymple
- 204: ‘Flaunting That Notch’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 203: ‘Unused VIPs’, With Special Guest Serenity Caldwell
- 202: ‘You Tell Me If It’s a Dongle’, With Special Guest Joanna Stern
- 201: ‘Much More Smarter’, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 200: ‘Episode CC’, With Special Guest Craig Federighi
- 199: ‘Under Rumored’, With Special Guest Jim Dalrymple
- 198: ‘Prison Oreos’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
- 197: ‘Nancy Reagan Was Right’, With Special Guest Glenn Fleishman
- 196: ‘Actually, You Can Buy a Better Coke’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 195: ‘I Do Like Throwing a Baby’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 194: ‘Egg Freckles’, With Special Guest Serenity Caldwell
- 193: ‘Crack Marketing Team’ — Live From WWDC 2017 With Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi
- 192: ‘The Original Sin Is XML’, With Special Guests Manton Reece and Brent Simmons
- 191: ‘He Ends Up Fighting Hervé Villechaize’, With Special Guest Jim Dalrymple
- 190: ‘Anything Luxury’, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
- 189: ‘Long Press on the French Fries’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 188: ‘Apple VP Lisa Jackson’
- 187: ‘Forget About Frodo and Sam’, With Special Guest MG Siegler
- 186: ‘Good News, My House Burned Down’, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 185: ‘Warmest Regards’, With Special Guest Dan Frommer
- 184: ‘Hubbo Is in Decline’, With Special Guest Merlin Mann
- 183: ‘a Very Masculine Bark’, With Special Guest Serenity Caldwell
- 182: ‘AAA Podcast’, With Special Guest Marco Arment
- 181: ‘Corporate Stiffy’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 180: ‘Yay or Nay to Their POV’, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 179: ‘iPhone Is the New Hitler’, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
- 178: ‘Now Banned in China’, With Special Guest Jim Dalrymple
- 177: ‘Surface Curious’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 176: ‘Frolic’, With Special Guest Craig Hockenberry
- 175: ‘Uncle Joe’s Bathtub Gin’, With Special Guest Glenn Fleishman
- 174: ‘Election Escape Key’, With Special Guest Joanna Stern
- 173: ‘Fork the Universe’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
- 172: ‘Holiday Party’, With Special Guest Merlin Mann
- 171: ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma Multitasking’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 170: ‘Kicking Dirt on Them While They’re on Fire’, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
- 169: ‘a Murder of Eeros’, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 168: ‘You’ve Got the Nubbin’, With Special Guest Serenity Caldwell
- 167: ‘Hey Bruh You Bumped Muh Hat’, With Special Guest Jim Dalrymple
- 166: ‘Way of the Future’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 165: ‘I Do Feel the Pea’, With Special Guest Guy English
- 164: ‘Enjoyably Clicky’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
- 163: ‘Low Grade Scam’, With Special Guest Joanna Stern
- 162: ‘Special Bullying Venue’, With Special Guest Glenn Fleishman
- 161: ‘Mumbles and Grunts’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 160: ‘Fresh Out of Prison’, With Special Guest Nilay Patel
- 159: ‘Phil Z’, With Special Guest Marco Arment
- 158: Live From WWDC 2016, With Guests Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi
- 157: ‘A Nokia Phone and Some Pills (WWDC Prelude)’, With Special Guest Dan Frommer
- 156: ‘Yo, Dingus’, With Special Guest Merlin Mann
- 155: ‘Medium Rare MacBook’, With Special Guest MG Siegler
- 154: ‘Facebook on Your Face’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 153: ‘Chock Full of Whimsy’, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
- 152: ‘the Greatest Mic Drop I’ve Ever Seen’, With Special Guest Guy English
- 151: ‘Option P’, With Special Guest Serenity Caldwell
- 150: ‘Strict Robot Definer’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
- 149: ‘With Apologies to Hamilton’, With Special Guest Glenn Fleishman
- 148: ‘Occupy Portland’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 147: ‘iTools or Whatever’, With Special Guest Jim Dalrymple
- 146: ‘“They Might Be Giants” With a Spanish Accent’, With Special Guests Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi
- 145: ‘Anthropomorphic Human Bowel’, With Special Guest Ben Thompson
- 144: ‘Hopped Up on Holiday Juice’, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 143: ‘a Squirrel Eating a Duck’, With Special Guest Merlin Mann
- 142: ‘They Sherlocked F.lux’, With Special Guest Dan Frommer
- 141: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Holiday Spectacular, With Special Guests Guy English, Amy Jane Gruber, and More
- 140: ‘Apple’s 2015 Year in Review’, With Special Guest Rene Ritchie
- 139: ‘How Many Fingers Should This Baby Have?’, With Special Guests Craig Federighi and John Siracusa
- 138: ‘I’ve Been Using Mine More in Bed’, With Special Guest Joanna Stern
- 137: ‘Peak Rumor Season’, With Special Guest John Moltz
- 136: ‘Fully Charged Pencil’, With Special Guest Jason Snell
- 135: ‘Put a Nipple on It’, With Special Guest Adam Lisagor
- 134: ‘Field Sobriety Test’, With Special Guest Guy English
- 133: ‘The MacGuffin Tractor’, With Special Guest Serenity Caldwell
- 132: ‘Peace, Porn, and Privacy’, With Guest Marco Arment
- 131: ‘If Only the Death Star Had That’, With Guest Rene Ritchie
- 130: ‘a Full Canseco’, With Guest John Moltz
- 129: ‘90 Minutes or Bust’, With Guest Ben Thompson
- 128: ‘Did You Ever Take a Photograph?’, With Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 127: ‘a Sack Full of Plucked Feathers’, With Guest John Moltz
- 126: ‘Tommy Got Made’, With Guest Jason Snell
- 125: ‘They Buy a Hole in the Wall’, With Guest Horace Dediu
- 124: ‘Schiller Did Not Have to Put Up With This Bullshit’, With Guest Guy English
- 123: Live From WWDC 2015, With Guest Phil Schiller
- 122: ‘Everyone Needs a Jerk’, With Guest Mark Gurman
- 121: ‘He Was Sort of Anti-Golf’, With Guest Rene Ritchie
- 120: ‘the Move to Frisco’, With Guest Dan Frommer
- 119: ‘Workin’ in Pajamas’, With Guest David Sparks
- 118: ‘Sloppy on the Side’, With Guest Adam Lisagor
- 117: ‘I Touched Ron Johnson’, With Guest John Moltz
- 116: ‘Browser Pooped on the Wee-Wee Pad’, With Guest Joanna Stern
- 115: ‘Turd on the Front Porch’, With Guest Ben Thompson
- 114: ‘All of Us Assholes in Journalism’, With Guest Serenity Caldwell
- 113: ‘a Tube of Lubricant for Your Life’, With Guest Matthew Panzarino
- 112: ‘Retina Quality’, With Guest Paul Kafasis
- 111: ‘12 Hours a Day’, With Guest John Moltz
- 110: ‘Rats in the Lobby’, With Guest Merlin Mann
- 109: ‘How Many Keys?’, With Guest MG Siegler
- 108: ‘Malaprops’, With Guest Ben Thompson
- 107: ‘Now It’s All Floppy’, With Guest Marco Arment
- 106: ‘Star Wars Holiday Spectacular’, With Guests John Siracusa and Guy English
- 105: ‘George Lucas Called’, With Guest Jason Snell
- 104: ‘2014 Year in Review’, With Guest Rene Ritchie
- 103: ‘Robotitize the Assembly’, With Guest Dan Frommer
- 102: ‘Maybe You Don’t Take an Apprentice’, With Dave Wiskus
- 101: ‘Like a Butt Crack’, With Christa Mrgan
- 100: ‘People Are Gay All the Time’, With John Moltz
- XCIX: ‘The Smoker Channels’, With Merlin Mann
- 98: ‘Far Less Eloquent as You’, With John Siracusa
- 97: ‘Copious Software Projects’, With Guy English
- 96: ‘The Edition Edition’, With Ben ‘Bengate’ Thompson
- 95: ‘Twenty-One Thousand Words’, With Rene Ritchie
- 94: ‘Very Few Outhouses Anymore’, With Jason Snell
- 93: ‘Toner-Perfect Design’, With Craig Hockenberry
- 92: ‘That New Laptop Smell’, With Joanna Stern
- 91: ‘BlackBerry Is Still Technically in Business’, With Dan Frommer
- 90: ‘Jamming More RAM in for Free’, With John Moltz
- 89: ‘Cat Pictures’, With Marco Arment (Side 2)
- 88: ‘Cat Pictures’, With Marco Arment (Side 1)
- 87: ‘Free Alcoholic Beverages’, With Ben Thompson
- 86: ‘Diddling Your Feeds’, With Dave Wiskus
- 85: ‘Oh Man, Soccer’, With Paul Kafasis
- 84: ‘Doctoring the Ball’, With Guy English
- 83: Live From WWDC 2014, With Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa, and Scott Simpson
- 82: ‘We're Allowed to Make Stuff Up; It's a Podcast’, With Dan Frommer
- 81: ‘Bring Back Jerry Yang’, With John Moltz
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