The Talk Show With John Gruber

Hosted by Daring Fireball / John Gruber

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Sep 2026

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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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October 25, 20261 hr 59 min

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

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

September 26, 20262 hr 39 min

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

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.

August 11, 20261 hr 57 min

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

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.

July 31, 20262 hr 25 min

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

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.

July 24, 20262 hr 44 min

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

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.

July 1, 20261 hr 51 min

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

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.

June 23, 20262 hr 44 min

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

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.

June 10, 20261 hr 59 min

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

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.

June 1, 20261 hr 50 min

448: ‘Twins Named John’, With Stephen Hackett

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.

May 16, 20262 hr 15 min

447: ‘A Sociopathic Father’, With Adam Lisagor

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.