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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#248: Smartphones in Quarantine
March 31st, 2020 · 53 minutes
It's a special segment of the Material podcast to help lift your spirits. Flo talks to Juan Carlos Bagnell (also known as SomeGadgetGuy around the web) about the LG V60 ThinQ. We'll also discuss how this device fits into the broader smartphone landscape.
#247: The Ihnatko Isolation Special
March 28th, 2020 · 90 minutes
Andy is back for a special weekend episode! Andy will discuss Google's new responsibilities to the public and its employees and whether Google's promise to limit the spread of disinformation will extend to the White House.
#246: Stuck at Home
March 26th, 2020 · 49 minutes
We're stuck at home. You're stuck at home. There's nothing else to do right now, so tune in and listen up.
#245: Google in the Time of Coronavirus
March 23rd, 2020 · 47 minutes
We talk about Verily's Project Baseline and why it's unnerving that the US government is relying on private companies to conduct testing for COVID-19. We also mourn the cancellation of Google I/O and wonder how conferences will exist going forward.
#244: Leap Day Andy
February 28th, 2020 · 108 minutes
Andy sysadmins his brain; parts of the Android 11 developer preview released last week aren’t previews at all, and how on Earth is Sweyn Forkbeard going to influence my life when 11 ships?
#243: And Baby Makes 11
February 27th, 2020 · 57 minutes
Andy does this one solo for reasons that have nothing to do with the fact that Flo's baby was due this week! The first developer preview of Android 11 drops! And! Andy lied earlier because Flo TOTALLY had her baby!
#242: There is no Wrong Way to Cook Pigweed!
February 13th, 2020 · 94 minutes
Flo and Andy fiddle with Android TV boxes while the Essential Phone burns. Then they talk about Samsung Unpacked, and marvel in hopeful disbelief that new Galaxy Z Flip could be the first folding phone that can't be reviewed with an economical “LOL NO.”
#241: It's a Rich Man's World
February 6th, 2020 · 77 minutes
We talk all the juicy details of Google's Q4 2019 earnings call, along with what happened during the Great Google Photos Data Swap of 2019. We'll also reminisce about the days of one-hour photo processing thanks to Google Photos' new print service.
#240: Backtracking and Forward-thinking
January 30th, 2020 · 79 minutes
Flo and Andy report on why Google backtracked its search engine redesign before diving into the viability of the company's "Going Green" initiative. We'll then squee about Google I/O and encourage you to try out the latest digital wellbeing experiments.
#239: Trillion-Dollar Company
January 24th, 2020 · 97 minutes
Andy and Flo dive into the controversial design changes of Google's search results, Sundar Pichai's call for regulation of artificial intelligence, and why Google "gets away with so much."