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The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.

The Talk Show With John Gruber Daring Fireball / John Gruber

    • Technology
    • 3.9 • 429 Ratings

The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.

    386: ‘Gate Number Two’, With John Moltz

    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.

    • 1 hr 30 min
    385: ‘Who’s Heef?’, With Matthew Panzarino

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

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

    • 2 hrs 12 min
    384: ‘Pleading the Fifth’, With Michael Simmons

    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.

    • 1 hr 18 min
    383: ‘A Photocopy of a Fax’, With Jason Snell

    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.

    • 2 hrs 46 min
    382: ‘What’s Happening‽’, With Craig Hockenberry

    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.

    • 1 hr 39 min
    381: ‘Tape Deck Dongle’, With Joanna Stern

    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.

    • 1 hr 55 min

Customer Reviews

3.9 out of 5
429 Ratings

429 Ratings

jtweasel ,

Sporadic and long (both good!)

Occasionally too much sportsball.
He’s no relation to Hans.
But other than that it’s all good grumpy fun.
Thanks!

Abraham2010 ,

Too many sidebars about sports

Too many sidebars about sports. Not one bit interested. Please stick to Apple - your roots

Plane Sailing ,

A bit too long and rambling

Often got good nuggets, but overlong and rambling. Happily chapter marks are included so you can skip to interesting bits

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