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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    Latest Episodes

    #557: Close to the Borders of Sad

    March 6th, 2026 · 64 minutes

    Google employees plead with executives to place limits on the military's use of AI. Gemini faces its first major lawsuit. Google and Epic Games finally settled on something. And Android gets an integrated desktop mode.

    #556: Open Marriage

    February 27th, 2026 · 68 minutes

    Samsung reveals its new family of Galaxy smartphones and invites Perplexity to hang out on the couch with it and Gemini.

    #555: 1212

    February 19th, 2026 · 61 minutes

    Google reveals the Pixel 10a. Flo uses Gemini's music-making abilities to help recruit bands for the Warped Tour.

    #554: Android 17 Fake Out

    February 12th, 2026 · 63 minutes

    The Android 17 beta dropped this week... and then it was retracted? Supposedly deleted Nest camera footage plays a crucial role in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case.

    #553: Levers

    February 6th, 2026 · 63 minutes

    Google made a ton of money last quarter, perfectly justifying why Gemini is here to stay.

    #552: The Ghost Inside

    January 29th, 2026 · 63 minutes

    Chrome gets infused with more Gemini in the big update that hit this week. And Google's pushing hard for its AI to be seen as a creative tool.

    #551: "The best place for kids and teens"

    January 23rd, 2026 · 70 minutes

    YouTube's CEO made some major declarations this week, including that it's the best place for your kin. And is Google Keep next on the chopping block? At least one of its core features is.

    #550: It's Happening!

    January 15th, 2026 · 70 minutes

    The thing that everybody said was probably going to happen happened, so let’s talk about it as a thing with facts as opposed to a bunch of rumors.

    #549: Everything That Happened to Me Happened on a Dell

    January 9th, 2026 · 63 minutes

    Happy New Year! It's back to business with the podcast. Let's talk about CES 2026 and what Google announced it's doing on your TV and in robotics.

    #548: In Defense of Santa

    December 24th, 2025 · 54 minutes

    How did Waymo do during the San Francisco blackout? Also, a late addition to the Google Graveyard, canceled after 25 years of service.