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#847: Actually Useful AI Tools

May 3, 2026 · 74 minutes

Hosted by David Sparks and Stephen Robles.

David and Stephen take stock of where AI is actually useful right now. They cover dictation, browsers, agentic workflows, MCP, and Apple Intelligence, plus the real projects each runs today, including email triage and a customer-service robot.

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Downstream

#117: Love to Your Mothers

May 1, 2026 · 37 minutes

Hosted by Jason Snell.

It's time to say goodbye. But before we go, we read some final letters, Steven hides in Sports Corner, and Jason answers a bit of podcast lore. Thank you all for listening to Downstream.

In honor of Tim Cook's pending retirement, Federico, Myke, and Stephen rank some of his quotes from the last 15 years.

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The Pen Addict

#714: Look

April 30, 2026 · 51 minutes

Hosted by Brad Dowdy and Myke Hurley.

Brad and Myke attempt to put a bow on the pocket pen discussion this week. Were they successful? LAMY was successful in launching the two new Safari Limited Editions for 2026, or are they just a figment of our imagination?

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Clockwise

#654: I Love the Clanker Slang

April 29, 2026 · 29 minutes

Hosted by Dan Moren and Mikah Sargent.

The techie tasks we refuse to do anywhere but our computers, whether we want our chatbots to be warm and friendly, the best tech we've used traveling internationally, and the technology we love that has nothing to do with our public work.

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#613: I Know I Picked Too Many iPods

April 27, 2026 · 96 minutes

Hosted by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.

Given a week to process the news of Apple's CEO transition, we ponder where Apple will go under John Ternus, the role of Johny Srouji, and why a book about Tim Cook would not be a cookbook.

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Myke talks to Jason Schreier of Bloomberg about the realities of reporting – how stories start, how sources are built, and how he balances fast-moving news with the slower, deeper work of writing books.

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