The Talk Show With John Gruber

The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Hosts & Guests
Mostly great
2019-08-03
I always look forward to a new episode. Jon is an interesting, thoughtful voice in the tech sphere. I only skip episodes in which Merlin Mann or Marco Arment are guests, both of whom are insufferably full of themselves.
Great, when John leaves the TDS at the door.
Apr 20
Love the way John talks about Apple technology. Couldn't agree more with his takes on everything Apple. However. He can't help himself when it comes to his stage 4 TDS. We get it man. You don't like the Orange Guy. More than half the voting population does. Way to "brother eww" a chunk of your listener base.
20yr DF Reader, lacking content
2023-03-01
Love DF. Have read it since its first year, absolutely love the brevity. Full of content. /// Not sure what happened that Gruber thinks his readers have hours of free time to listen to insufferable tech bros yammer on endlessly. I’ve already got Pivot for that ;-) Heck, even at 1.5x this show sounds slow. Needs a firmer script, a heck of a lot of editing, and probably some sort of gap detection to get it to a 20 minute gem. Because one thing is for sure, I’m very interested in the content, there’s just very little of it.
Here for the rants
2022-09-01
Looking over the reviews don’t shine a bright enough light on the wonderful content The Talk Show delivers. I think the joy can come from the hidden gems within a show that only a fully engaged audience gets to appreciate. For an ever-more overly stimulated population seeking instant gratification, sometimes it’s nice hearing about a guest or John’s preferences on the audible click of a mechanical keyboard and how much travel is right for them. A mental reset. There are the obvious times when John innocently wrong statement about how some software works or the way an Apple Store functions… but that’s what the internet / twitter is for: to declare your position as the truest truth of all truths. It’s quality entertainment at a price I can afford. For that, it comes highly recommended.
About
Information
- CreatorDaring Fireball / John Gruber
- Years Active2012 - 2025
- Episodes344
- RatingExplicit
- Copyright© Copyright 2025 John Gruber
- Show Website
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