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John has Follow-Up on what he was mad about last time.
John has Follow-Up on what he was mad about last time.
In this month’s member bonus segment, your hosts discuss Merlin's recently empty nest.
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(Recorded on Tuesday, September 15, 2026)
Let's dissect the newly announced Googlebook laptop lineup, even though neither of us has touched it yet. Also, no one asked for the latest Harry Potter-themed Pixel Drop!
Federico has an M5 Ultra Mac Studio review unit and shares what local AI looks like on macOS today — and in the future. Myke has advice for buying iPhones in countries other than your own, and Stephen is old.
Jay is giving up on some projects because they cause more stress than purpose in life and work.
We talk about how to start those difficult conversations and how to embrace the role as the villain.
- Jay ✅ - Be the Villain
Keep sending those MyConduit Connections to us on Discord and through Feedback!
- Jay - Handle the Admin turnover for Render Engine
Pre-Show: Jay doesn’t know how to raise his hand and Kathy has been grumpy
There’s a new Kuru Toga Dive in town, and Brad is here to tell you all about it. He and Myke cover that, an interesting new Kickstarter, and are asked to give advice on the various stages of the stationery hobby.
How we decide between new and older tech, whether iPhone users are ready for the foldable life, the new Apple features we're most excited about, and payments from class action lawsuits.
Florence Ion and John Moltz
OpenAI's Hugging Face incident shows how powerful robots can cause real harm without malicious intent. David and Chris separate today's risks from Skynet headlines, ask who should write the rules, and draw a line between robot drudgery and human judgment.
Intentional AI
The Editor
The Fixer
YouTube Queen
Myke talks to Lucy James about going independent after 12 years at GameSpot, building a newsletter that recommends the best indie games, and announcing it days later on stage at Summer Game Fest in front of millions of viewers.
Lucy James
Just up the road from Apple in Redwood City, Steve Jobs's NeXT is fading and flailing, but has a modern operating system just like the one Apple desperately needs to buy to replace Mac OS. An unlikely person makes an unlikely phone call to save the day.
John Siracusa
Presented by Myke Hurley and Jason Snell. Special guest John Siracusa.
Written by Jason Snell. Thanks to Stephen Hackett, Harry McCracken, Hansen Hsu of the Computer History Museum, and Scott Knaster for script assistance.
Audio editing by Myke Hurley and Jim Metzendorf. Video production by Jamie Snell.
Designed in California theme by Christopher Breen.
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Author and nerd Steve Kamb joins us to talk about the benefits of failure, escaping the doom loop, and how to try again.
Steve Kamb
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