160: ‘Fresh Out of Prison’ With Nilay Patel
Show notes
Special guest Nilay Patel joins the show. Topics include The Verge and Recode (and the state of the media industry at large), what’s going on with the lack of updates to professional Mac hardware, and, of course, Apple’s purported removal of the headphone jack on the upcoming new iPhones. Sponsored by: Eero: Finally, Wi-Fi that works. Use code THETALKSHOW for free overnight shipping. Harry’s: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code TALKSHOW for $5 off your first purchase. Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Use code THETALKSHOW for $50 toward your mattress. Links: Nilay Patel: “Taking the Headphone Jack Off Phones Is User-Hostile and Stupid”. Cory Doctorow: “Phones Without Headphone Jacks Are Phones With DRM for Audio”. Yours truly: “Headphone Jacks Are the New Floppy Drives”. Jason Snell: “Searching for a Good Reason to Remove the Headphone Jack”. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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