The Talk Show With John Gruber

The one and only John Moltz returns to the show to talk about the relative dearth of original content for Vision Pro, WWDC rumors and guesses, and, yes, a wee bit about Apple's regulatory/antitrust tribulations.

Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the DOJ?s antitrust lawsuit against Apple. And sports gambling.

Special guest David Barnard joins the show. Topics include the App Store???past, present, and post-DMA future???and the excellent new update to his app Weather Up.

Adam Lisagor returns to the show to discuss, while wearing, Apple Vision Pro.

Matthew Panzarino -- proprietor of the excellent new website/newsletter [The Obsessor](https://www.theobsessor.com/) -- returns to the show to talk about -- what else? -- the Vision Pro.

Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include the Apple-Masimo patent dispute over Apple Watch blood oxygen sensors, the new External Payment Links entitlement for the App Store, and more.

Apple?s 2023 year in review, with Casey Liss.

Special holiday guest: John Siracusa. Special holiday topics: the Apple/Masimo patent dispute over the blood oxygen sensors in Apple Watches, the ongoing Beeper Mini/iMessage saga, iOS 17.3?s upcoming Stolen Device Protection feature, Apple?s new Journal app. Also, an ode to big-ass tower desktops.

Nilay Patel returns to the show. Topics include the iPhones 15, journalism in the age of AI, and what it?s like to have Barack Obama on your podcast.

Special guest Gabe Rivera, founder of the indispensable news aggregator Techmeme, joins the show to talk about the state of news and social media.

Christina Warren joins the show to talk about Apple?s ?Scary Fast? event, introducing the new M3 MacBook Pros and 24-inch iMac.

Special guests Sebastiaan de With and Ben Sandofsky, co-founders of Lux, join the show to talk about their apps (Halide, Spectre, and Orion) and speculate about next week?s ?Scary Fast? Apple event.

Special guest John Moltz joins the show to discuss the various iPhone 15 ?-gates?, rumors of Jony Ive working with OpenAI on an ?AI device?, and more.

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about the new iPhones 15.

Flexibits co-founder Michael Simmons returns to the show to talk about his experience at Apple?s developer lab for Vision Pro, and his enthusiasm for the future of spatial computing.

Jason Snell, come on down. You?re the next contestent on The Talk Show. Special topics: John Warnock and Adobe, Disney and Apple, the iMac?s 25th anniversary, and more.

Craig Hockenberry, the special guest with the special fleshy palms, returns to the show. Topics include Twitter/X, foldable phones, and our favorite features in iOS 17 now that it?s in public beta.

Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include the launch of Threads, Apple?s Vision Pro, and iPhone/iCloud device security. Also, some accidental car talk.

Matthew Panzarino returns to the show for a post-WWDC discussion about Vision Pro and VisionOS.

Christian Selig, developer of the excellent apps Apollo and Pixel Pals, joins the show to talk about Reddit's Twitter-fication, along with highlights from WWDC 2023.

Back in San Jose's historic California Theatre for the first time since 2019, special guests John Ternus, Mike Rockwell, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss the news and announcements from WWDC 2023.

Guy English returns to the show to talk about the live show from WWDC, Mac Pros past and future, Marathon and Mac gaming, and Apple?s seemingly imminent XR headset. And definitely *not* to talk about *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker*.

Neil Jhaveri, founder and lead developer of Mimestream, the terrific new native Mac email client for Gmail, joins the show to talk about email, Mac apps, and indie software development.

Special guest: Jason Snell. Topics: Headset, headseat, headset. And no baseball talk other than how games might look in VR. Also: Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad, and GM's dumb decision to drop CarPlay.

John Moltz, ace reporter from The Daily Planet, returns to the show. Topics include Apple pushing ads through its own built-in apps, car shopping, and the burgeoning Twitter alternative Bluesky.

Special guest Quinn Nelson joins the show to talk about Apple?s rumored AR/VR headset, Apple silicon, and more.

Rene Ritchie returns to the show to discuss generative AI (and what Apple might soon do with it), iPhone passcodes and iCloud device security, HBO Max turning into just plain Max, and *Make Something Wonderful*???one more thing from Steve Jobs.

Daniel Jalkut returns to the show to talk about AI chat, new emoji, and Apple Music Classical.

Jason Kottke returns to the show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kottke.org.

Marco Arment returns to the show to discuss some genuinely startling revelations regarding iPhone and Apple ID security; the new HomePod 2; and our favorite electric vehicle maker. Also: coffee.

Special guest Dan Moren joins the show to talk about the new M2 MacBook Pros and Mac Minis, the state of Mac gaming, and the triumphant return of the full-sized HomePod.

Craig Hockenberry returns to the show to talk about the demise of third-party Twitter clients, the overall Twitter shitshow, touchscreens on the Mac, and the perils of autocorrect when you have a clever username.

Glenn Fleishman returns to the show to talk about reported setbacks in Apple's silicon division, the LastPass vault leak and password management, and the frontiers of social networking. Also, the joys of modern air travel during the holidays.

Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about recent news (Twitter, Freeform, iCloud Advanced Data Protection, the EU?s new Digital Markets Act) and Apple?s 2022 year in review.

Friend of the show John Moltz returns to talk about Elon Musk steering Twitter into a multi-issue spat with Apple, Mastodon, and some streaming TV recommendations.

Christina Warren returns to the show to talk about the drama at Disney, tumult at Twitter, and how the hell to score Taylor Swift tickets.

Special guest: Anil Dash. A little about last week?s U.S. midterm elections, and a lot about what?s going on at Twitter under Elon Musk.

Federico Viticci returns to the show to talk about iPads, Stage Manager, and Apple?s ill-considered foray into expanding ads in the App Store.

Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the new 10th-gen iPad and M2 iPads Pro.

Merlin Mann returns to the show to talk about AI image generation (along with a few asides).

Paul Kafasis returns to the show to talk about the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple Watch Ultra, AirPods Pro, and Rogue Amoeba?s 20th anniversary.

Nilay Patel returns to the show to talk about Apple?s ?Far Out? event, the iPhones 14, and The Verge?s redesign.

Special guest Rosemary Orchard joins the show to talk about her new book, ?Take Control of Shortcuts?, and the state of automation on iOS and MacOS.

Daniel Jalkut returns to the show. Topics include a serious discussion about CSAM detection at major cloud storage providers and messaging services. Also, a deep dive regarding the new iOS-UI-style rewrite of System Settings on the still-in-beta MacOS 13 Ventura, and thoughts on SwiftUI in general.

Very special guest John Moltz returns to the show to talk about Center Stage, Stage Manager, and all the other stages.

Special guest Michael Steeber joins the show to discuss his new project, The Apple Store Time Machine???an intricately-detailed explorable walkthrough of four of Apple?s original retail stores.

Marco Arment returns to the show to talk about the new M2 MacBook Air and stuff.

Rene Ritchie returns to the show for more on Apple?s announcements from WWDC 2022, locking devices out of Face ID and Touch ID, passkeys, and more.

Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss the biggest threads from WWDC 2022???in particular, Stage Manager and the M2 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook ?Pro?. No sports talk (unless you count soccer).

Special guests Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss the news from WWDC 2022, in front of a live audience at the new Apple Developer Center at Apple Park.