298: ‘I’m Expecting Led Zeppelin IV’, With Special Guest MG Siegler
Show notes
MG Siegler returns to the show to talk about Apple Watch, the future of premium TV and movies, and a preview of next week’s “Hi, Speed” Apple event. Sponsored by: Nest Payroll: Easily pay your nanny, caregiver, or housekeeper quickly and legally. Use promocode talkshow30 to get your first 30 days free. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Feals: Premium CBD delivered directly to your doorstep. Get 50% off your first order with free shipping. Links: MG on Apple Watch Series 6, and why he swapped Graphite stainless steel for blue aluminum. MG on App Clips and the Clip demo of the game Phoenix 2. “Apple, Influence, and Ive” — Ben Clymer’s 2018 profile of Jony Ive for Hodinkee. The seminal 2018 town hall meeting led by John Stankey, the longtime AT&T executive who now oversees HBO, that foreshadowed HBO’s decline. Christopher Nolan’s work on the 2018 50th anniversary “unrestored” print of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Nolan’s ill-advised decision to force Tenet into theaters amidst the COVID pandemic. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol — perhaps the best film in a great series, directed by Brad Bird. Cary Joji Fukunaga — director of the astounding first season of True Detective and the upcoming No Time to Die James Bond film. Michael Clayton — quietly great movie by Tony Gilroy, starring George Clooney. DisneyQuest, the aborted urban entertainment center in Philly that Disney never built in the late 1990s. United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. — 1948 Supreme Court antitrust case that resulted in movie studios being banned from owning theaters. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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