The Talk Show With John Gruber

The Talk Show With John Gruber

The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
419: ‘Podcasting Technology Cadence’, With MG Siegler

419: ‘Podcasting Technology Cadence’, With MG Siegler

MG Siegler returns to the show to talk about the drama surrounding Siri and Apple Intelligence.

23 3月 2025 - 02 ore 28 min 58 sec

 
418: ‘Putting a Stink on the Letter X’, With Craig Hockenberry

418: ‘Putting a Stink on the Letter X’, With Craig Hockenberry

Craig Hockenberry returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new hardware this week — M3 iPad Airs, A16 regular iPads, M4 MacBook Airs, and the M4 Max and surprising M3 Ultra Mac Studios. And we go deep on The Iconfactory’s years-in-the-making new app, [Tapestry](https://usetapestry.com/) — a universal timeline for the Internet.

9 3月 2025 - 02 ore 42 min 03 sec

 
417: ‘Nothing Is Possible’, With Paul Kafasis

417: ‘Nothing Is Possible’, With Paul Kafasis

Special guest: Paul Kafasis. Special topics: Siri/Super Bowl nonsense, “Gulf of Mexico/America” nonsense, the iPhone 16e gets announced, and a veritable Bond villain buys the rights to the James Bond movie franchise.

25 2月 2025 - 02 ore 43 sec

 
416: ‘A Professional Internet User’, With Vlad Prelovac

416: ‘A Professional Internet User’, With Vlad Prelovac

Kagi founder and CEO Vlad Prelovac joins the show to talk about the business of web search, the thinking behind Kagi’s own amazing search engine, and their upstart WebKit-based browser Orion.

24 12月 2024 - 02 ore 32 min 38 sec

 
415: ‘A Good Duck Butt’, With Allen Pike

415: ‘A Good Duck Butt’, With Allen Pike

Special guest Allen Pike joins the show to talk about the state of generative AI and how Apple Intelligence measures up (so far). Also: some speculation on Apple’s pending acquisition of the ever-difficult-to-pronounce Pixelmator.

2 12月 2024 - 02 ore 32 min 52 sec

 
414: ‘Annoying Friendliness’, With Joanna Stern

414: ‘Annoying Friendliness’, With Joanna Stern

Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about our new best friends, AI chatbots, and I chime in with how the Voight-Kampff test got it all wrong.

19 11月 2024 - 01 ore 54 min 06 sec

 
413: ‘Holiday Party 2024’, With Merlin Mann

413: ‘Holiday Party 2024’, With Merlin Mann

This again. Jiminy. Well, once more, let's talk *around* another election, and try, by doing so, to maybe express something *about* it.

9 11月 2024 - 02 ore 52 min 16 sec

 
412: ‘His Most Pro Shirt’, With Dan Moren

412: ‘His Most Pro Shirt’, With Dan Moren

Dan Moren returns to the show to discuss this week’s introductions of the first M4 Macs: iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pros.

1 11月 2024 - 01 ore 41 min 42 sec

 
411: ‘An Acoustic Nightmare’, With Tyler Stalman

411: ‘An Acoustic Nightmare’, With Tyler Stalman

Tyler Stalman joins the show to discuss the iPhone 16 lineup’s cameras, and the state of iPhone photography.

8 10月 2024 - 01 ore 53 min 03 sec

 
410: ‘Shipping vs. Shipping’, With Jason Snell

410: ‘Shipping vs. Shipping’, With Jason Snell

Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss Apple's September product announcements, and Meta's Orion prototype AR glasses.

1 10月 2024 - 02 ore 12 min 58 sec