Material

4.2 (81)
TECHNOLOGY
UPDATED WEEKLY

Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down. Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.

DEC 6

Gird Yourselves

Samsung will make glasses before Meta and Spotify's personalized recap podcast, powered by Google's AI, makes us cringe.

1h 9m
NOV 27

Closing Arguments

Flo is back. Andy explains why Google is "once, twice, three times a monopolist."

1h 12m
NOV 22

A Staggering Proposal

The name of the game is divestment as Google and the Department of Justice figure out what to split up.

56 min
NOV 15

Longue Vie

Google deals with a mini _révolution_ in France.

39 min
NOV 8

Absolutely FAB-ulous

Googlers spook their bosses with questions at the company's annual Halloween party.

43 min
NOV 2

Reading the Tea Leaves

Andy did a fantastic Halloween episode, and Flo is a little late to post it! Forgive us, and learn about the scary ways Google made money this last quarter.

58 min
OCT 25

California Penal Code

Android 15's best new feature is Private Space when it's not bricking the Pixel 6. For our members, why Andy had to write a paper on volleyball.

49 min
OCT 18

In Bed

Andy gets cozy to talk about what's new in Android 15. Plus, an executive shakeup at the Google farm.

46 min

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Great Google Podcast

05/07/2021

Airun Jae

Love Flo and Andy. Would like it if they’d go back to 3 hosts like when Russel was still with the show. Would also like chapters.
Listen to your tech reporters gab about their day and what they are covering

Jun 24

Blizzard1s2d

Very enjoyable to listen to such knowledgeable reporters who are such good friends. I enjoy the rambling and gossip, and the very relatable disillusionment with the tech bro CEOS getting rich off the skilled labor of others. Please pump up the volume on Flo’s mic, she is very soft-spoken during most of the show. I’d like to hear what she has to say without cranking the volume up, and then down whenever Andy speaks.
Politics Really?

07/05/2022

scotty1029

I have always enjoyed listening to Andy & Flo while learning more Android and Google. But now every new show is turning into more of a political podcast. If I wanted to hear about politics there are plenty of other political podcasts, political social media posts, or news television to hear about this subject. I suggest that you change the description of your show and place it in the political category. This isn’t about my personal views about the left or the right side. This is just simply about politics being on a tech podcast. It seems it is now just a dumping ground of political views.
Lots and lots of rambling

04/02/2022

hypermonkey1984

Without fail the first 20 minutes of each episode buries the lead. I just want to hear about cool Google news which is what the show claims it is about. And the hosts are so mortally afraid of anything that is not diverse, or inequitable, or problematic that they can barely stay on topic.

Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down. Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.