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CGP Grey and Myke Hurley are both independent content creators. Each episode, they get together to discuss their working lives.
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#162: 2025 Yearly Themes
December 10th, 2024 · 111 minutes
Grey and Myke use Yearly Themes to guide their personal and professional lives. In this episode, they reflect on how 2024 went and reveal their plans for 2025.
#161: I Fight Prime Numbers
November 19th, 2024 · 81 minutes
Grey discusses why Apple Intelligence message suggestions feel ‘anti-human’. Myke shares his current iPad Home Screens. Also, Ask Cortex questions on breaking free from the 7-day week, productivity music, and finding balance on text-based social media.
#160: State of the Apps 2025
October 28th, 2024 · 140 minutes
Grey and Myke discuss the tools they use to get work done, highlighting new additions and workflow changes. They also showcase their current home screens and reflect on how their work has evolved over the past year.
#159: The Magnetic Pull of September
September 16th, 2024 · 90 minutes
Grey and Myke talk about how they take breaks during their workdays, share some fiction books they’ve enjoyed, discuss a major change Myke is making to his tech setup, and express their sympathy for phone case makers.
#158: Is AI Still Doom? (Humans Need Not Apply – 10 Years Later)
August 23rd, 2024 · 90 minutes
Grey and Myke mark the 10-year anniversary of 'Humans Need Not Apply,' taking the opportunity to share their current thoughts on AI.
#157: Being Better
July 19th, 2024 · 84 minutes
Grey and Myke contemplate the conundrum of always striving to improve in creative work, evaluate technology that significantly impacts their productivity, discuss how they handle failure, and assess the success of a viral Instagram Reel.
#156: Average Content
June 17th, 2024 · 93 minutes
Grey and Myke discuss some of the features from WWDC that excited them, and consider the impact of Apple integrating AI tools directly into iOS. Myke also provides an update on his email and notification experiments.
#155: State of the Hardware 2024
May 23rd, 2024 · 154 minutes
It's time for Grey and Myke to talk about the devices they've chosen to use in their lives. From the computers they use to the offices where they use them, as well as the devices they choose for entertainment, travel, smart home, and fitness.
#154: Workplace Therapy With Grey
April 25th, 2024 · 95 minutes
Myke has new frustrations with his email, notifications, and calendar, but fortunately, therapist Grey is on hand to offer advice.
#153: What Even Is an Office?
March 22nd, 2024 · 78 minutes
Can the Vision Pro deceive Grey's perception of temperature? Does Myke truly need an office separate from his home? And how quickly after waking do Myke and Grey check their phones?