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Oct 2016
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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.

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

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