The Talk Show With John Gruber
by Daring Fireball / John Gruber
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456: ‘Lubricate the Inside of the Hinge’, With Joanna Stern
456: ‘Lubricate the Inside of the Hinge’, With Joanna Stern
About this podcast
The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 376 episodes
- 456: ‘Lubricate the Inside of the Hinge’, With Joanna Stern · 1 h 59 minSpecial guest: Joanna Stern. Special topic: The iPhone Duo.
- 455: ‘I’m Thinking X, Not X’, With Andru Edwards · 2 h 39 minAndru 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 · 1 h 57 minChance 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…
- 453: ‘What’s in Louie’s Wallet’, With Louie Mantia · 2 h 25 minLouie 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 · 2 h 44 minQuinn 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…
- 451: ‘Taking Drugs to Get Fat’, With John Moltz · 1 h 51 minThe 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…
- 450: ‘Perp Walk for Selfies’, With Jason Snell · 2 h 44 minJason 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 · 1 h 59 minRecorded 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…
- 448: ‘Twins Named John’, With Stephen Hackett · 1 h 50 minStephen 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 &…
- 447: ‘A Sociopathic Father’, With Adam Lisagor · 2 h 15 minAdam 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…
- 446: ‘Food and Beverage Director’, With MG Siegler · 2 h 46 minMG 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 · 2 h 34 minWho 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 · 1 h 37 minChristina 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 · 1 h 25 minSpecial guest David Pogue discusses his excellent, entertaining, and amazingly comprehensive new book, “Apple: The First 50 Years”.
- 442: ‘Bad Dates’, With Jason Snell · 2 h 16 minJason 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…
- 441: ‘Serious Opinionators’, With Adam Engst · 2 h 10 minAdam Engst returns to the show to talk, in detail, about certain of the UI changes in iOS 26 and Apple's version 26 OSes overall. In particular, the new Unified view in the Phone…
- 440: ‘Flush a Radar’, With Brent Simmons · 2 h 6 minBrent Simmons returns to the show. Topics include NetNewsWire 7, MacOS 26 Tahoe, and I guess, some other stuff.
- 439: ‘A Mitigated Disaster’, With Daniel Jalkut · 1 h 59 minDaniel Jalkut returns to the show so we can both vent about MacOS 26 Tahoe.
- 438: ‘2025 Year in Review’, With Rene Ritchie · 2 h 42 minA look back at Apple’s 2025, with special guest Rene Ritchie.
- 437: ‘A Naughty Citizen’, With Quinn Nelson · 2 h 28 minSpecial guest Quinn Nelson returns for a two-part holiday spectacular: the iPad in the wake of iPadOS 26, and Apple's executive changes as Tim Cook seemingly nears the end of his…
- 436: ‘Financial Boner’, With Tyler Hayes · 1 h 35 minSpecial guest: Tyler Hayes. Topics include how to get a small phone today, which way foldables should fold, the state of Apple TV (including its new “sonic logo”), and some…
- 435: ‘Lincoln Bio Services’, With Stephen Robles · 1 h 18 minSpecial guest Stephen Robles joins the show. Topics include indie media and YouTube, Shortcuts and automation, and the state of podcasting.
- 434: ‘Knee-Jerk Contrarian’, With Dan Frommer · 1 h 54 minSpecial guest Dan Frommer returns to the show. Topics include the indie media business, the iPhone Pocket, the iPhone Air (including rumors about the second generation model), AI…
- 433: ‘Meat Bags’, With Brian Mueller · 1 h 27 minSpecial guest Brian Mueller, developer of Carrot Weather, joins the show to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his utterly ridiculous but totally serious weather app.
- 432: ‘You and Frank Sinatra’, With Dan Moren · 2 h 8 minDan Moren returns to the show. Topics include Atlas, ChatGPT's new web browser (or anti-web browser) for the Mac; Apple's loss in a "landmark" regulatory lawsuit in the UK…
- 431: ‘Iconic Pig Lipstick’, With John Moltz · 1 h 13 minJohn Moltz returns to the show to talk about the iPhone 17 lineup: the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, iPhone 17, and the no-number iPhone Air. Not one word about baseball, but some…
- 430: ‘Ersatz PopSocket’, With Andru Edwards · 2 h 18 minSpecial guest Andru Edwards joins the show. Topics include Google’s Pixel 10 event and the Pixel 10 family of devices, AI’s effect on computational photography, foldable phones…
- 429: ‘Weird Turtle Fake Out’, With Matthew Panzarino · 2 h 13 minMatthew Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include 007 logo creator Joe Caroff’s death at 103, Google’s weird “Made by Google” event hosted by Jimmy Fallon, the UK supposedly…
- 428: ‘Michigan-Starred Fine Dining’, With Louie Mantia · 3 h 5 minSpecial guest Louie Mantia joins the show to talk about Liquid Glass, the various OS 26 updates, and the worrisome state of Apple's UI design overall. Also: sandwiches.
- 427: ‘The Shift-2 Crowd’, With Jason Snell · 2 h 12 minJason Snell returns to the show to talk about the early PC platform rivalries of the 1980s, iOS 26 leaks (and Apple suing YouTuber Jon Prosser), the various Apple OS 26 public…
- 426: ‘The Cutting Edge Latest Supermodel’, With David Smith · 2 h 12 minSpecial guest David Smith returns to the show for a developer's perspective look at WWDC 2025.
- 425: ‘Through the Wall Like Kool-Aid Man’, With Chance Miller · 1 h 44 minChance Miller returns to the show to discuss the news and announcements from WWDC 2025.
- 424: ‘Live From WWDC 2025’, With Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel · 2 h 6 minRecorded in front of a live audience at The California Theatre in San Jose Tuesday evening, special guests Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel join me to discuss Apple’s announcements…
- 423: ‘Sewing Machine Repair Shop’, With Patrick McGee · 1 h 32 minPatrick McGee joins the show to discuss his must-read new book, *Apple in China* -- one of the best books about Apple anyone has ever written.
- 422: ‘A Monkey on a Rock’, With Stephen Hackett · 2 h 14 minStephen Hackett, proprietor of 512 Pixels and co-founder of Relay (purveyor of many fine podcasts), joins the show. Topics include: IO (or if you will, io), the new joint venture…
- 421: ‘The Ratchet of Flippancy’, With Craig Mod · 1 h 53 minCraig Mod returns to the show to discuss his splendid new book, *Things Become Other Things*. Other topics include creating with AI tools (including programming), social media…
- 420: ‘The Best Hatched Plan’, With Glenn Fleishman · 2 h 8 minSpecial guest Glenn Fleishman returns to the show for episode 420 on 4/20, but everyone’s sober, I swear. Topics include Trump’s dumb tariffs and Glenn’s smart new edition of his…
- 419: ‘Podcasting Technology Cadence’, With MG Siegler · 2 h 28 minMG Siegler returns to the show to talk about the drama surrounding Siri and Apple Intelligence.
- 418: ‘Putting a Stink on the Letter X’, With Craig Hockenberry · 2 h 42 minCraig Hockenberry returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new hardware this week — M3 iPad Airs, A16 regular iPads, M4 MacBook Airs, and the M4 Max and surprising M3 Ultra…
- 417: ‘Nothing Is Possible’, With Paul Kafasis · 2 h 0 minSpecial guest: Paul Kafasis. Special topics: Siri/Super Bowl nonsense, “Gulf of Mexico/America” nonsense, the iPhone 16e gets announced, and a veritable Bond villain buys the…
- 416: ‘A Professional Internet User’, With Vlad Prelovac · 2 h 32 minKagi founder and CEO Vlad Prelovac joins the show to talk about the business of web search, the thinking behind Kagi’s own amazing search engine, and their upstart WebKit-based…
- 415: ‘A Good Duck Butt’, With Allen Pike · 2 h 32 minSpecial guest Allen Pike joins the show to talk about the state of generative AI and how Apple Intelligence measures up (so far). Also: some speculation on Apple’s pending…
- 414: ‘Annoying Friendliness’, With Joanna Stern · 1 h 54 minJoanna Stern returns to the show to talk about our new best friends, AI chatbots, and I chime in with how the Voight-Kampff test got it all wrong.
- 413: ‘Holiday Party 2024’, With Merlin Mann · 2 h 52 minThis again. Jiminy. Well, once more, let's talk *around* another election, and try, by doing so, to maybe express something *about* it.
- 412: ‘His Most Pro Shirt’, With Dan Moren · 1 h 41 minDan Moren returns to the show to discuss this week’s introductions of the first M4 Macs: iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pros.
- 411: ‘An Acoustic Nightmare’, With Tyler Stalman · 1 h 53 minTyler Stalman joins the show to discuss the iPhone 16 lineup’s cameras, and the state of iPhone photography.
- 410: ‘Shipping vs. Shipping’, With Jason Snell · 2 h 12 minJason Snell returns to the show to discuss Apple's September product announcements, and Meta's Orion prototype AR glasses.
- 409: ‘The Dynamic Paradox’, With Nilay Patel · 2 h 43 minNilay Patel returns to the show to consider the iPhones 16.
- 408: ‘Good Enough to Be Pesky’, With Taegan Goddard · 1 h 40 minSpecial guest Taegan Goddard, longtime writer and founder of Political Wire, joins the show to talk about the past, present, and future of independent media.
- 407: ‘Pinkie Swear’, With Chance Miller · 2 h 18 minChance Miller, ace reporter (and editor-in-chief) for 9to5Mac, joins the show to talk about the latest changes to Apple's DMA compliance plans with iOS, expectations for the…
