The Talk Show

‘Taking Drugs to Get Fat’, With John Moltz

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

The great John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s hardware price hikes in response to the global RAM/SSD shortage, and some spitballing on what we like about the UI changes in the MacOS 27 Golden Gate beta.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

Links:

• RAM Doubler and DiskDoubler, which came from two different developers.
• StuffIt and Compact Pro.
• “Apple in China” by Patrick McGee.
• Patrick McGee on The Talk Show last year.
• “Go Computer Now!”, Ben Zotto’s book on Sphere Computer Corporation.
• Movies:
  • The Player
  • Airplane!
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• “Apple Faced Bipartisan Opposition When It Last Lobbied to Buy Chinese RAM in 2022”.
• Gnome, Lex Friedman’s clever new animated GIF search/library utility for Mac and iOS. (Also: My link to Gnome at DF.)
• Biff! — Moltz’s fun superhero TV/movie podcast cohosted with Dan Moren and Guy English.

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