Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.
Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down.
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#525: The Future First
July 17th, 2025 · 61 minutes
Google's pivot away from ChromeOS has been greatly exaggerated.
#524: Antioxidant Index
July 11th, 2025 · 62 minutes
Samsung unpacked its expensive new foldables. Perplexity and OpenAI are coming for Google's AI-powered search.
#523: Les Misérables
July 4th, 2025 · 65 minutes
It's been a miserable week for Google. So, before we get into it, much ado about Nothing.
#522: Where Is the Love?
June 26th, 2025 · 58 minutes
Spotting wildfires from space and helping uncover the secrets behind that AlphaGenome. That's how Google would like to help.
#521: The End (of the Web) is Nigh
June 20th, 2025 · 60 minutes
Is Google about to destroy the web? Yeah, kind of. The BBC explains why.
#520: [Laughing]
June 12th, 2025 · 69 minutes
Android 16 is out (for Pixels only), and why does iOS 26 look like it's been raining?
#519: Should Google Dump Itself?
June 5th, 2025 · 64 minutes
What would Google be like if all its various businesses were to break up and venture out on their own? Then, is Google planning anything for Pride Month?
#518: Us Against the Robots
May 29th, 2025 · 72 minutes
Let's talk about what developers were promised at last week's Google I/O. Plus, what are Sam and Jony cooking up?
#517: Chasing Movement
May 23rd, 2025 · 80 minutes
It's whiplash at Google I/O as Gemini sprouts up from every corner. Flo waited two hours to get several minutes of hands-on time with Google's Android XR smart glasses prototype and Project Moohan.
#516: Google I/O Season
May 15th, 2025 · 69 minutes
Is anyone taking Waymo in LA? What was the point of splitting up the Android news maelstrom from the main Google I/O keynote? Also, the company launched a new logo while no one was looking.