Przyjemnie się słucha, nawet reklam nie pomijam ;-)

The new talk show is very different from the old one. I like it much better.

John "I don't know" Gruber is not the best podcast host. In the past, with Dan Benjamin he was, though, capable of creating an interesting duo. My main no-no about Gruber is how he's just became Apple's apologists. Lack of balance, not much objectivity, not much fun, plain boring. But if one considers that being Apple fan just pays off for Gruber, one realizes that Gruber just doesn't want to be more objective.

Way worse than The Talk Show taped with 5by5. No good anchor for the show as John Gruber can't keep his guests in line and shows no indication what this show may be. Less interesting, way less funny. If you want, invest your time into listening archives from 5by5. This one is not worth the time.

[Review by numble numbler] This is *very* different from The Talk Show of the past, which always had Dan Benjamin serving to keep the podcast focused. People didn't tune in to just listen to John Gruber ramble about a million unrelated topics, they tuned in to listen to a podcast that had at least some semblance of order. The Talk Show with Dan Benjamin was already one of the less-focused podcasts on 5by5, where Dan would prepare a list of topics and show notes beforehand, and Gruber just showed up on a bad connection and mumbled his comments to some of the topics while clearing his throat or snorting. Dan Benjamin was half of The Talk Show since its inception, and the new show has an entirely different dynamic. This new show is John Gruber unhinged, John Gruber talking to himself, jumping from unrelated topic to topic; it is unfocused to the hilt, and embarrassing to listen to.