The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
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450: ‘Perp Walk for Selfies’, With Jason Snell
Jun 23, 2026
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.
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449: ‘Live From WWDC 2026’, With Joanna Stern and Nilay Patel
Jun 09, 2026
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…
448: ‘Twins Named John’, With Stephen Hackett
May 31, 2026
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…
447: ‘A Sociopathic Father’, With Adam Lisagor
May 15, 2026
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…
446: ‘Food and Beverage Director’, With MG Siegler
Apr 30, 2026
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
Apr 01, 2026
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
Mar 29, 2026
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
Mar 18, 2026
Special guest David Pogue discusses his excellent, entertaining, and amazingly comprehensive new book, “Apple: The First 50 Years”.
442: ‘Bad Dates’, With Jason Snell
Feb 28, 2026
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.
441: ‘Serious Opinionators’, With Adam Engst
Feb 25, 2026
Adam 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 app, and the Filter…
440: ‘Flush a Radar’, With Brent Simmons
Jan 31, 2026
Brent 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
Jan 26, 2026
Daniel Jalkut returns to the show so we can both vent about MacOS 26 Tahoe.
438: ‘2025 Year in Review’, With Rene Ritchie
Dec 31, 2025
A look back at Apple’s 2025, with special guest Rene Ritchie.
437: ‘A Naughty Citizen’, With Quinn Nelson
Dec 24, 2025
Special 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 time as CEO.
436: ‘Financial Boner’, With Tyler Hayes
Nov 30, 2025
Special 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 holiday gift gadget…
435: ‘Lincoln Bio Services’, With Stephen Robles
Nov 21, 2025
Special 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
Nov 18, 2025
Special 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 “personalities”, and…
433: ‘Meat Bags’, With Brian Mueller
Oct 31, 2025
Special 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
Oct 26, 2025
Dan 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 regarding App Store…
431: ‘Iconic Pig Lipstick’, With John Moltz
Sep 30, 2025
John 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 *Star Wars* talk may…
430: ‘Ersatz PopSocket’, With Andru Edwards
Aug 31, 2025
Special 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, and some speculation…
429: ‘Weird Turtle Fake Out’, With Matthew Panzarino
Aug 25, 2025
Matthew 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 dropping its demand…
428: ‘Michigan-Starred Fine Dining’, With Louie Mantia
Jul 31, 2025
Special 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
Jul 25, 2025
Jason 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 betas and the state of…
426: ‘The Cutting Edge Latest Supermodel’, With David Smith
Jun 30, 2025
Special 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
Jun 26, 2025
Chance 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
Jun 14, 2025
Recorded 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 at WWDC 2025.
423: ‘Sewing Machine Repair Shop’, With Patrick McGee
May 29, 2025
Patrick 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
May 26, 2025
Stephen 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 of OpenAI and Jony…
421: ‘The Ratchet of Flippancy’, With Craig Mod
Apr 30, 2025
Craig 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 permanence vs…
