To celebrate our 100th episode, we draft streaming services!

Will Carroll, Steven Schapansky, and Josef Adalian

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Jason joins Stephen and Myke to talk about hard drives, window management, and charts.

Jason Snell

Our approach to cable management at home, the tech we pack for inflight entertainment, the devices and chargers we bring on quick trips, and our go-to strategy for international phone data plans.

Karissa Bell and John Voorhees

Brad is back from the Washington D.C. Pen Show, where he - spoiler alert - had an epic time. He and Myke also agree to disagree on Hobonichi’s latest comment on their ongoing paper saga.

What's that jingling sound? It might be the cash in Apple's pockets after its record financial quarter. Also: Apple responds to the DoJ, and Tim Cook gives an AI pep talk.

Simon Støvring is the developer behind some fantastic apps, including Runestone, Scriptable, Jayson, and Data Jar. This week, he joins the guys to talk about how he works on these apps, his use of Apple's default apps, and how he's thinking about iOS 26.

Simon Støvring

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On this episode, Jason Snell and Myke Hurley spoke in depth about macOS Tahoe and Spotlight.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, the Google Home outage, and why YouTube is clamping down on underage users.

How does John generate all that cool chapter art?

Things kick off with John sharing some breaking news about The Flop House, plus it's clear that Merlin's Britishisms are becoming numerous, invasive, and a little un-American.

Next up, Merlin wonders how John generated all that cool chapter art for a recent ATP special. (Hint: some of it was automated; some of it was not.)

And, finally, Merlin decides to apply Theory of Mind to predict why John hasn't watched the Billy Joel special yet. Subsequently, John is pitched on why this program probably represents essential viewing for him and his people.

In this month’s member bonus segment, John has book-adjacent questions about Merlin's Wisdom Project.

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(Recorded Tuesday, July 22, 2025)

This is the Flop House mini episode where Stuart Wellington fulfills John’s request to explain the Warhammer 40,000 episode of the Secret Level animation anthology series on Amazon Prime Video.

The Mac app for using an LLM to take actions in the Finder.

The fun URL for Merlin’s Wisdom Project.

Fighting through the motivational challenges and choosing a direction when the system design isn't an easy, universal win.

A bunch of photos have surfaced of the iPhone 17's colors, and the guys debate the merits of orange. Then, they roast each other's macOS Docks.