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Oct 2016
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Daring Fireball / John Gruber
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Special guest John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include what we expect from this week’s Apple Event for new Mac hardware, and my impressions of the Google Pixel phone after a week using one.

This week’s show introduces labeled chapter marks for subject matter. If you use a podcast player that supports them, such as Overcast, let me know what you think.

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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

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