The Talk Show

‘Lincoln Bio Services’, With Stephen Robles

Friday, 21 November 2025

Special guest Stephen Robles joins the show. Topics include indie media and YouTube, Shortcuts and automation, and the state of podcasting.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

Links:

• Stephen goes indie:
  • Stephen’s YouTube channel.
  • Announcement: “I Don’t Have a Job Anymore, Thanks to You”.
  • Video: “These Shortcuts Are Magic”.
• Primary Technology: Stephen’s podcast, with cohost Jason Aten.
  • Episode 74, May 2025, with yours truly as a guest.
• Apple Podcasts and AI-generated chapters:
  • Apple Podcasts for Creators: “Enhance Your Episodes With Chapters, Links, and More”.
  • Daring Fireball: “Apple Podcasts Is Adding AI-Generated Chapters for Podcasts Without Chapters”.
  • Primary Technology discussion.
  • Beard.fm: “Apple’s Losing Its Podcast Legacy”.
• Downie, a fantastic Mac app for downloading local copies of videos from the web (especially YouTube).
  • Daring Fireball post on Downie 4, from early this year.
• Transloader — Apps from Eternal Storms that allow you to initiate downloads on a Mac remotely from an iPhone, iPad, or another Mac.
• F-Bomb paperweight at sponsor Uncommon Goods.

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