The Talk Show

‘Food and Beverage Director’, With MG Siegler

Thursday, 30 April 2026

MG Siegler returns to the show to discuss Apple’s announcement that Tim Cook is stepping aside (into the role of executive chairman) and John Ternus will become CEO.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

Links:

• Apple Newsroom:
  • “Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman; John Ternus to become Apple CEO”.
  • “Johny Srouji named Apple’s Chief Hardware Officer”.
• MG, at Spyglass:
  • “A Cook’s Tour”.
  • “John Ternus’s Magic Show”.
• Yours truly:
  • “Another Day Has Come”.
  • “Time to Serve Some Delicious Claim Chowder Regarding the Cook-Ternus CEO Transition”.
  • “The New York Times Printed the Wrong Crossword Grid Last Sunday, and I Find That Timing Serendipitous”.
• Steven Levy:
  • “Apple’s Next CEO Needs to Launch a Killer AI Product” (paywall-busting Apple News+ link).
• 2008: “Joe Nocera Gets a Call From Steve Jobs”.
• 2010, regarding Mark Papermaster, whom Steve Jobs fired just weeks after the iPhone 4 antennagate press conference: “Papermaster and That Damn Antenna.”
• “Look at how many blueberries your muffin has, and how many mine has. Yours is falling apart. I have nothing.”

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