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The Pen Addict

#709: Giving Them the Ol’ Gutberlet

March 26, 2026 · 58 minutes

Hosted by Brad Dowdy and Myke Hurley.

Brad is getting ready for another trip to the Atlanta Pen Show next week, but not before he and Myke torch up some Titanium! Brad also breaks down the fountain pen friendly pocket notebook category, and then learns about Korean anime.

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Conduit

#124: I’m a Failing Nuclear Power Plant with James Thomson

March 26, 2026 · 68 minutes

Hosted by Kathy Campbell and Jay Miller.

James joins Kathy again to give an update on the past years since he's last been on Conduit, and it's a lot. Warning: there is a lot of talk about serious medical conditions, death, dying, and burnout. It's okay to skip if you can't handle that.

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Focused

#252: Donkey Work

March 24, 2026 · 75 minutes

Hosted by David Sparks and Mike Schmitz.

David has a new Field Guide, and both he & Mike discuss the ways they're using AI to have their robot assistants help with the donkey work.

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#608: Pop and Lock

March 23, 2026 · 139 minutes

Hosted by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.

Myke talks to Jason about his "Jeopardy!" experience, and Jason interviews David Pogue about his book, "Apple: The First 50 Years."

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Cortex

#177: How Major Life Changes Reshape Creative Workflows, With Quinn Nelson

March 23, 2026 · 73 minutes

Hosted by Myke Hurley.

Myke talks to Quinn Nelson of Snazzy Labs about adapting a creative workflow after becoming a parent – how major life changes reshape priorities, time, and systems, and how creators rebuild sustainable ways to keep making things.

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Mac Power Users

#841: The Robot Assistant Field Guide

March 22, 2026 · 83 minutes

Hosted by David Sparks and Stephen Robles.

David walks through the AI robot assistant he built with Claude Cowork, from file management and email to invoicing and podcast production. Plus, why managed AI agents finally solve the memory and access problems that held chatbots back.

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Connected

#595: Federico Says “He Will Gone”

March 19, 2026 · 66 minutes

Hosted by Federico Viticci, Stephen Hackett, and Myke Hurley.

Stephen has been a menace all week with Lil Finder, Myke keeps thinking about the MacBook Neo, and Federico shares his most recent thoughts on foldable phones.

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Downstream

#115: Everything's British

March 19, 2026 · 36 minutes

Hosted by Jason Snell.

Sports Corner! Jason and Will discuss Apple and F1, the FCC and "free" TV sports, World Cup issues, and then we make some TV picks. [Downstream+ subscribers also got to hear us talk a lot about baseball!]

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