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Very special guest Merlin Mann joins John Gruber to discuss 43-year-old Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera, career-ending injuries for writers and podcasters, and whether Larry Page more resembles a Bond villain or Magneto. In other words the usual.

Special guest Dan Frommer joins John Gruber, with topics including Windows 8's "have it all" design leading to it failing both as a tablet and PC OS; the loyalty of new Apple customers; Netflix's commanding and growing lead as a provider of streaming video;…

Special guest Marco Arment joins John Gruber to discuss reports of iOS 7's new system-wide appearance and where Apple might be heading stylistically; Microsoft's scrapping of the "Hotmail" brand and their generally inscrutable branding as a company; Google and…

Special guest John Moltz joins John Gruber for a discussion on Apple's quarterly results, the asinine idea that Tim Cook's job is possibly in jeopardy, and more.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Úll conference in Dublin, Ireland, Michael Lopp joins John Gruber. Topics include: Ron Johnson’s stint as CEO at JC Penney, Apple’s lack of new products so far this year, and the design of tech conferences.

Special guest Om Malik joins John Gruber for a discussion about Facebook Home, and the potential for Facebook to eventually make their own mobile OS, Andy Rubin's ouster as leader of Android, Apple's challenges with iCloud, and more.

Special guest Erica Ogg, senior writer and Apple beat reporter for GigaOM, joins John Gruber to discuss Apple’s hiring of Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch, Apple’s PR department, the BBC running a story on a survey conducted by a subsidiary of Samsung’s advertising…

Special guest star MG Siegler joins John Gruber to discuss a week jam-packed with news: Phil Schiller's Android-trashing interviews; Samsung's bizarre introduction of the interesting Galaxy S4; Andy Rubin stepping aside (or, as seems more likely, being pushed…

Special guest Guy English joins John Gruber to talk about the gaping holes in the "Apple is working on a watch" rumors and the actual major problems and risks Apple faces during the next few years.

Special guest Jim Coudal joins John Gruber to discuss Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey", The Deck network and the state of online advertising, and the just-completed Webstock conference in Wellington, New Zealand.

Very special guests Paul Kafasis and Scott Simpson join John Gruber for an episode recorded in Mule Radio's studio in San Francisco, at the end of this year's Macworld/iWorld conference and trade show. Topics include the Macworld event and an innovative…

Special guest Marco Arment joins John Gruber to talk about Apple's quarterly earnings and resulting stock price dive, Marco's new car podcast, and the original cocktail, the Old-Fashioned.

Special guest John Moltz joins John Gruber to discuss Apple's battered stock price, just what it is about Apple that makes so many people lose their damn minds, the pace of innovation, and more.

Special guest Dan Frommer joins John Gruber to discuss CES 2013, the disparity in display size between the iPhone and all of its competitors, and Dan's new endeavor, City Notes.

Special guest Dave Pell joins John Gruber for a discussion of news media, branding, independent publishing, and the new Google Maps app for iPhone.

Special guest John Moltz joins John Gruber to discuss The Magazine and the demise of The Daily, Tim Cook's media blitz and Apple's recent management shake up, Twitterrific 5, and Apple's next design aesthetic.

Very special guest Merlin Mann joins John Gruber to talk about booze, iTunes 11, and the sorry state of over-the-counter cold medication in the U.S.

Special guest Glenn Fleishman joins John Gruber to talk about Jeopardy, independent media (including Glenn's new role as Executive Editor of The Magazine), Microsoft's and Apple's executive shake-ups, and more.

Special guest Dan Frommer joins John Gruber to talk about the iPad Mini, ideas for the future of iOS, Microsoft Surface, Virgin America and the state of U.S. airlines, and more.

Special guest MG Siegler returns to talk with John Gruber about the new iPad Mini and iPad 4, Scott Forstall ouster from Apple, Microsoft Surface and the launch of Windows 8, and Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise.

Very special guest Rian Johnson, writer-director of the hit movie Looper, joins Adam Lisagor and John Gruber for an in-depth discussion of the film and the art of filmmaking.

Recorded in front of a live audience following the Çingleton conference in historic Old Montréal, Québec, John Gruber is joined by special guest Brent Simmons. Topics include dealing with the fast-changing world of being a Mac/iOS developer, the advantages…

Special guest star John Moltz joins John Gruber. Topics include Windows 8 and Microsoft's imminent but still largely mysterious Surface tablets, Apple's new iPods (and their ads), Apple's obsession with making devices ever thinner and lighter, and, of course,…

Very special guest Marco Arment joins John Gruber to talk about the iPhone 5, accessibility features in Instapaper, Instagram filters, the future of photography, and more.

Special guest MG Siegler joins John Gruber this week to discuss -- what else? -- the iPhone 5 and iOS 6.

Special guest Om Malik joins John Gruber in the Mule Radio studio to talk about last week's announcements from Nokia and Amazon, and, of course, all of the news from this week's iPhone 5 event in San Francisco.

Special guest John Moltz joins John Gruber to discuss the new phones from Motorola and Nokia, next week's Apple event where the iPhone 5 is presumed to be introduced, the Chinese phone maker that has already shipped an iPhone 5 knockoff, and more.

Special guest star Craig Hockenberry joins John Gruber to discuss the escalating tensions between Twitter and its third-party developers, along with Twitter's relationship with other networks, like Tumblr and Instagram. Other topics include App.net and…

Special guest Michael Lopp joins John Gruber this week. Topics include the retina display revolution and its effect on typography for the screen, whether Apple would or even could ever again do a “One More Thing”, and more.

Special guest star John Siracusa joins John Gruber for a quick two-hour twenty-minute chat about Mat Honan's Apple ID account hacking, App.net and Twitter, Mountain Lion and Siracusa's review thereof, and the origins and future of iOS.