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

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456: ‘Lubricate the Inside of the Hinge’, With Joanna Stern

2026/10/25

Special guest: Joanna Stern. Special topic: The iPhone Duo.

455: ‘I’m Thinking X, Not X’, With Andru Edwards

2026/09/26

Andru Edwards returns to the show to discuss Apple's big September event and their new products: the iPhones 18 Pro and Duo, AirPods 5, and Apple Watch Series 12/Ultra 4.

454: ‘Getting the Snack Right’, With Chance Miller

2026/08/11

Chance Miller returns to the show. Topics include iOS 27’s progress over summer, live baseball in Vision Pro, the RAM crisis, Apple’s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI and io, and the EU/DMA situation.

453: ‘What’s in Louie’s Wallet’, With Louie Mantia

2026/07/31

Louie Mantia returns to the show to talk about the state of UI and icon design on Apple’s platforms, and some speculation on Apple’s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI.

452: ‘A Scam Held Together With Patriotism and Golden Paint’, With Quinn Nelson

2026/07/24

Quinn Nelson returns to the show to discuss OpenAI’s ChatGPT/Codex “native” app migration fiasco, Siri AI in Apple’s OS 27 betas, MacOS 27 Golden Gate, and the hottest new cell phone of the year, the Trump T1.

451: ‘Taking Drugs to Get Fat’, With John Moltz

2026/07/01

The great John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s hardware price hikes in response to the global RAM/SSD shortage, and some spitballing on what we like about the UI changes in the MacOS 27 Golden Gate beta.

450: ‘Perp Walk for Selfies’, With Jason Snell

2026/06/23

Jason Snell returns to the show for a look back at WWDC 2026, and a look ahead to “Designed in California”, his and Myke Hurley’s upcoming 50-episode Apple history podcast.

449: ‘Live From WWDC 2026’, With Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel

2026/06/10

Recorded in front of a live audience at The California Theatre in San Jose on Tuesday 9 June 2026, special guests Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel join John Gruber to discuss Apple’s announcements at WWDC 2026.

448: ‘Twins Named John’, With Stephen Hackett

2026/06/01

Stephen Hackett returns to the show to help me make sense of a problem that is hard even to describe, let alone solve, regarding Apple One, family sharing, a separate Media & Purchasing account, and iCloud storage space. Also: what we're expecting from WWDC 2026.

447: ‘A Sociopathic Father’, With Adam Lisagor

2026/05/16

Adam Lisagor returns to the show to talk about Hovercraft, his new virtual presentation camera app for Mac, and how he's developing it with AI coding tools. Also, delicious Japanese spite sandwich cookies.

446: ‘Food and Beverage Director’, With MG Siegler

2026/05/01

MG Siegler returns to the show to discuss Apple’s announcement that Tim Cook is stepping aside (into the role of executive chairman) and John Ternus will become CEO.

445: ‘Apple at 50’, With John Siracusa

2026/04/01

Who better to join the show to commemorate Apple’s 50th anniversary than John Siracusa?

444: ‘You’re Going to Have the Niggles’, With Christina Warren

2026/03/29

Christina Warren returns to the show to discuss Apple’s big month of product announcements — in particular, the iPhone 17e and MacBook Neo. And we pour one out for the Mac Pro.

443: ‘The Pogue Feature’, With David Pogue

2026/03/18

Special guest David Pogue discusses his excellent, entertaining, and amazingly comprehensive new book, “Apple: The First 50 Years”.

442: ‘Bad Dates’, With Jason Snell

2026/03/01

Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss the 2025 Six Colors Apple Report Card, MacOS 26 Tahoe, Apple Creator Studio, along with what we expect/hope for in next week’s Apple product announcements.

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3.6 out of 5

3162 reviews

★☆☆☆☆

LSS3 2026/10/12

No Longer Relevant …

… and does not let his guests speak.

★☆☆☆☆

TahoeIsGreatGruberIsWrong 2026/08/02

Rude

Alan Dye is obviously good at his job. You guys are so incredibly rude.

★☆☆☆☆

ttrq01 2026/04/16

Let’s go Trump! 🇺🇸

Mr. Gruber, is a pudgy, aging Apple Mac & iPhone reviewer that’s no longer relevant in today’s complex tech and AI world and seems lost. He’s also got...

★☆☆☆☆

knox_sportx 2026/03/24

Came for Pogue, got Grubered

Came for the David Pogue Apple 50th anniversary book interview, but 70+% it was John Gruber pontificating. I came to hear about the book, not listen t...

★☆☆☆☆

Sofa King Cynical 2025/12/28

Doesn’t Let His Guests Speak!

The host goes on and on from one topic to the next and barely lets his guest get in a word.

★★★★★

MuskElonX 2025/12/25

The Coping, The Seething!

Five * all the way for triggering some “facts don’t care about your feelings” crowd. For the lulz. Keep up the good work, JG!

★★★★★

lost in tokyo 2025/12/25

Worthwhile

I enjoy The Talk Show at times its a bit too geeky for me like the Stars Wars stuff. Times can go a bit long but I do enjoy the podcast. Probably only...

★★★★★

smeriwether 2025/11/13

A must listen

Gruber is a must listen for me.

★★★★★

Corvi 2024/09/20

Much improved over the years

When Gruber started off with a solo podcast the results were sometimes scattershot and unfocused, but as of 2024 he and the show are firing on all cyl...

★★☆☆☆

JDbolander 2024/09/04

Homogeneous guests talk about tech

This is a program where John talks about Apple tech, sports, and politics mostly with other white men and the very occasional woman. Interesting persp...

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