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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#234: It's The Most Wonderful Time
December 20th, 2019 · 75 minutes
Flo and Andy talk about former Google bard, Claire Stapleton's, essay published in Elle this week. We'll also discuss why parts of eastern Europe, Iran, and Turkey lost access to Google and we'll explore what the Assistant has to say about Santa.
#233: That's What Robots Are For
December 12th, 2019 · 86 minutes
Andy and Flo discuss the Department of Justice's probe into Google's FitBit acquisition and why it seems to be a bigger deal than everything else involving digital data. We'll also profile biologist Frances Arnold and run down the Pixel Feature Drop.
#232: Founders Get Lost
December 5th, 2019 · 89 minutes
Andy and Flo talk about Larry and Sergey's hand-off of the company keys to Sundar Pichai. We'll also update you on the status of the Thanksgiving Four before pointing you to a revealing interview with YouTube's Susan Wojcicki.
#231: Food for Thought
November 28th, 2019 · 95 minutes
Andy and Flo discuss how Google could set a precedent for Silicon Valley by allowing its workers to unionize and why the company has taken an interest in a new coalition to construct a nine-point "Contract For The Web."
#230: It's Business, Folks
November 22nd, 2019 · 89 minutes
Flo and Andy cash in their "off-topic" card early on, then discuss why Google is scaling back its weekly all-hands meetings. We also squeal over the Razr phone and regale you with what's on sale at the Google Store for Black Friday.
#229: Bohemian Rhapsody
November 16th, 2019 · 92 minutes
Flo and Andy dive into the implications of Google collecting personal medical data. They'll also discuss Apple's Phil Schiller and his recent comments on Chromebooks in schools, and they'll point you to Google's latest AI experiment, the FreddieMeter.
#228: The Great Pixel
November 9th, 2019 · 73 minutes
Andy and Flo discuss Google's week of updates, its acquisition of FitBit, and we'll throw a little shade towards Bill Gates (it's about time!).
#227: Trope-ical Island
October 31st, 2019 · 88 minutes
Andy is finally living the dream of stereo Google Home Mini nightstands. We'll talk about last week's Google employee town hall, WearOS's eventual resuscitation, and Google's Digital Wellbeing experiments.
#226: Pixel-palooza
October 24th, 2019 · 99 minutes
It's almost all Pixel 4 talk in this week's episode. Andy and Flo rundown what they like, what they don't like, and what they're still scratching their heads about with Google's new flagship phone.
#225: Made By Google
October 18th, 2019 · 97 minutes
Andy and Flo finally meet each other for the first time, in the flesh, at this week's Made By Google event in New York City. The two talk all about who and what they saw. Take your time diving into this one because it's a whopper of an episode.