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The Talk Show With John Gruber

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

147: ‘iTools or Whatever’ With Jim Dalrymple

118 hours 47 mins; February 21, 2016

146: ‘“They Might Be Giants” With a Spanish Accent’ With Special Guests Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi

56 mins; February 12, 2016

145: ‘Anthropomorphic Human Bowel’ With Ben Thompson

109 hours 35 mins; February 10, 2016

144: ‘Hopped Up on Holiday Juice’ With Matthew Panzarino

134 hours 28 mins; January 31, 2016

143: ‘A Squirrel Eating a Duck’ With Merlin Mann

168 hours 17 mins; January 24, 2016

142: ‘They Sherlocked F.lux’ With Dan Frommer

133 hours 23 mins; January 13, 2016

141: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Holiday Spectacular With Special Guests Guy English, Amy Jane Gruber, and More

149 hours 6 mins; December 31, 2015

140: ‘Apple’s 2015 Year in Review’ With Rene Ritchie

187 hours 33 mins; December 29, 2015

139: ‘How Many Fingers Should This Baby Have?’ With Special Guests Craig Federighi and John Siracusa

200 hours 33 mins; December 14, 2015

138: ‘I’ve Been Using Mine More in Bed’ With Joanna Stern

139 hours 11 mins; December 07, 2015

137: ‘Peak Rumor Season’ With John Moltz

106 hours 14 mins; November 30, 2015

136: ‘Fully Charged Pencil’ With Jason Snell

133 hours 55 mins; November 21, 2015

135: ‘Put a Nipple on It’ With Adam Lisagor

154 hours 53 mins; November 07, 2015

134: ‘Field Sobriety Test’ With Guy English

149 hours 2 mins; October 31, 2015

133: ‘The MacGuffin Tractor’ With Serenity Caldwell

153 hours 5 mins; October 17, 2015

132: ‘Peace, Porn, and Privacy’ With Guest Marco Arment

194 hours 22 mins; October 03, 2015

131: ‘If Only the Death Star Had That’ With Guest Rene Ritchie

159 hours 2 mins; September 18, 2015

130: ‘A Full Canseco’ With Guest John Moltz

160 hours 2 mins; September 07, 2015

129: ‘90 Minutes or Bust’ With Guest Ben Thompson

116 hours 0 mins; August 29, 2015

128: ‘Did You Ever Take a Photograph?’ With Guest Matthew Panzarino

146 hours 17 mins; August 09, 2015

127: ‘A Sack Full of Plucked Feathers’ With Guest John Moltz

119 hours 46 mins; July 29, 2015

126: ‘Tommy Got Made’ With Guest Jason Snell

173 hours 3 mins; July 20, 2015

125: ‘They Buy a Hole in the Wall’ With Guest Horace Dediu

116 hours 26 mins; June 28, 2015

124: ‘Schiller Did Not Have to Put Up With This Bullshit’ With Guest Guy English

139 hours 3 mins; June 20, 2015

123: Live From WWDC 2015 With Guest Phil Schiller

68 hours 38 mins; June 10, 2015

122: ‘Everyone Needs a Jerk’ With Guest Mark Gurman

142 hours 21 mins; June 06, 2015

121: ‘He Was Sort of Anti-Golf’ With Guest Rene Ritchie

138 hours 9 mins; May 31, 2015

120: ‘The Move to Frisco’ With Guest Dan Frommer

138 hours 13 mins; May 23, 2015

119: ‘Workin’ in Pajamas’ With Guest David Sparks

152 hours 45 mins; May 15, 2015

118: ‘Sloppy on the Side’ With Guest Adam Lisagor

132 hours 28 mins; May 07, 2015

117: ‘I Touched Ron Johnson’ With Guest John Moltz

152 hours 47 mins; April 30, 2015

116: ‘Browser Pooped on the Wee-Wee Pad’ With Guest Joanna Stern

154 hours 1 min; April 15, 2015

115: ‘Turd on the Front Porch’ With Guest Ben Thompson

154 hours 16 mins; April 03, 2015

114: ‘All of Us Assholes in Journalism’ With Guest Serenity Caldwell

139 hours 58 mins; March 20, 2015

113: ‘A Tube of Lubricant for Your Life’ With Guest Matthew Panzarino

177 hours 14 mins; March 12, 2015

112: ‘Retina Quality’ With Guest Paul Kafasis

142 hours 15 mins; March 04, 2015

111: ‘12 Hours a Day’ With Guest John Moltz

119 hours 2 mins; February 23, 2015

110: ‘Rats in the Lobby’ With Guest Merlin Mann

128 hours 45 mins; February 13, 2015

109: ‘How Many Keys?’ With Guest MG Siegler

113 hours 37 mins; February 04, 2015

108: ‘Malaprops’ With Guest Ben Thompson

190 hours 33 mins; January 24, 2015

107: ‘Now It’s All Floppy’ With Guest Marco Arment

184 hours 49 mins; January 12, 2015

106: ‘Star Wars Holiday Spectacular’ With Guests John Siracusa and Guy English

224 hours 53 mins; December 31, 2014

105: ‘George Lucas Called’ With Guest Jason Snell

137 hours 4 mins; December 30, 2014

104: ‘2014 Year in Review’ With Guest Rene Ritchie

138 hours 14 mins; December 26, 2014

103: ‘Robotitize the Assembly’ With Guest Dan Frommer

115 hours 20 mins; December 16, 2014

102: ‘Maybe You Don’t Take an Apprentice’ With Dave Wiskus

176 hours 34 mins; December 05, 2014

101: ‘Like a Butt Crack’ With Christa Mrgan

89 hours 57 mins; November 25, 2014

100: ‘People Are Gay All the Time’ With John Moltz

146 hours 59 mins; November 15, 2014

XCIX: ‘The Smoker Channels’ With Merlin Mann

159 hours 15 mins; November 07, 2014

98: ‘Far Less Eloquent as You’ With John Siracusa

184 hours 33 mins; October 25, 2014

97: ‘Copious Software Projects’ With Guy English

165 hours 20 mins; October 10, 2014

96: ‘The Edition Edition’ With Ben ‘Bengate’ Thompson

170 hours 10 mins; September 28, 2014

95: ‘Twenty-One Thousand Words’ With Rene Ritchie

115 hours 44 mins; September 19, 2014

94: ‘Very Few Outhouses Anymore’ With Jason Snell

146 hours 12 mins; September 08, 2014

93: ‘Toner-Perfect Design’ With Craig Hockenberry

143 hours 53 mins; August 29, 2014

92: ‘That New Laptop Smell’ With Joanna Stern

114 hours 45 mins; August 21, 2014

91: ‘BlackBerry Is Still Technically in Business’ With Dan Frommer

137 hours 18 mins; August 12, 2014

90: ‘Jamming More RAM in for Free’ With John Moltz

119 hours 54 mins; July 28, 2014

89: ‘Cat Pictures’ With Marco Arment (Side 2)

99 hours 23 mins; July 19, 2014

88: ‘Cat Pictures’ With Marco Arment (Side 1)

105 hours 30 mins; July 19, 2014

87: ‘Free Alcoholic Beverages’ With Ben Thompson

123 hours 46 mins; July 11, 2014

86: ‘Diddling Your Feeds’ With Dave Wiskus

147 hours 2 mins; June 30, 2014

85: ‘Oh Man, Soccer’ With Paul Kafasis

112 hours 20 mins; June 25, 2014

84: ‘Doctoring the Ball’ With Guy English

111 hours 58 mins; June 16, 2014

83: Live From WWDC 2014 With Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa, and Scott Simpson

108 hours 58 mins; June 06, 2014

82: ‘We're Allowed to Make Stuff Up; It's a Podcast’ With Dan Frommer

110 hours 15 mins; May 27, 2014

81: ‘Bring Back Jerry Yang’ With John Moltz

94 hours 47 mins; May 22, 2014

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