The Talk Show

‘Knee-Jerk Contrarian’, With Dan Frommer

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Special guest Dan Frommer returns to the show. Topics include the indie media business, the iPhone Pocket, the iPhone Air (including rumors about the second generation model), AI “personalities”, and five years of Apple Silicon Macs. Also, six years of Dan’s site, The New Consumer.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

Links:

• Dan’s site: The New Consumer.
  • Fromedome.
• iPhone Pocket:
  • Apple’s announcement.
  • My link.
  • Recalling iPod Socks.
  • Steve Jobs’s signature black turtlenecks.
  • Sold out in hours.
• iPhone Air:
  • WSJ: “Apple’s iPhone Air Is a Marketing Win and a Sales Flop”
  • My response.
  • Rumors re: the second-gen iPhone Air.
• Jason Snell at Six Colors, in 2022: “Find Photos Taken by Specific iPhone Lenses”.
• Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, Two MLB Pitchers, Charged in Gambling Investigation.
• Ricoh GR IIIx:
  • A few example photos I’ve taken with mine.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.