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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#288: Sayonara 2020
December 31st, 2020 · 81 minutes
Flo and Andy share the highs and lows of their pandemic Christmas holiday. We'll then talk about the biggest Google search trends of 2020 and what it revealed about this hell year. Plus, what's in store for Google in 2021.
#287: A Very Material Christmas
December 24th, 2020 · 60 minutes
It's a holiday week, but Google is still doing some kerfuffling. Andy and Flo sandwich the news between two slices of holiday cheer, plus some good news about the Nexus 7—yes, that Nexus 7.
#286: Media Preppers
December 18th, 2020 · 64 minutes
Andy tries to plant his own koala in the Christmas tree but to no avail, and the Google Home Max is officially dunzo. We'll tell you why you couldn't read your Gmail this week and how Google plans to breathe new life into expired PCs and Macs.
#285: A Summary
December 11th, 2020 · 70 minutes
Flo is back from taking her Project Baseline COVID test, and she'll tell us all about it. Then, it's all about Dr. Timnit Gebru. We'll tell you who she is, why she was fired from Google Brain, and what's transpired in the days since.
#284: Every Day is Labor Day
December 4th, 2020 · 69 minutes
The week's top stories include Andy's Black Friday finds and the span of Google's major labor troubles. Andy also loses his mind over a DeepMind AI breakthrough, then cleanses your palate by asking Google for some holiday cheer.
#283: Commitment Problems
November 28th, 2020 · 72 minutes
Andy and Flo are here for your holiday weekend to tell you what's on sale. We also discuss Google separating emojis from the system update cycle and why The Go-Gos are worth a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
#282: Vamping and Revamping
November 20th, 2020 · 75 minutes
Google has lots of little updates for us this week from Google Pay, Google Fit, Google Chrome, and even Google cast. Admittedly, we're also a little bummed that YouTube won't be releasing a "YouTube Rewind" video for 2020.
#281: And The Shoe Keeps Dropping
November 13th, 2020 · 66 minutes
Andy and Flo discuss what President-Elect Biden's Administration could look like for Big Tech and why we're mourning the loss of unlimited photo backup to Google Photos.
#280: The Next American President
November 6th, 2020 · 69 minutes
Andy and Flo keep it quick this week because we know you've got some nail-biting to get back to. We discuss YouTube's failure at stifling U.S. election misinformation and why folks are still kvetching en masse about the new Google app icons.
#279: Insults and Absurdities
October 30th, 2020 · 90 minutes
This week, an intense and thorough breakdown of the latest congressional whining. We also discuss Stadia's Very Bad, No Good Social Media Day, and we pay homage to the Google apps and services that have gone to the other side.