332: ‘The Post-Doom Era’, With Joanna Stern

The Talk Show With John Gruber

Emmy Award-winning Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include: Apple’s new iCloud “legacy contact” feature, the current state and future of VR headsets, Elon Musk, and more.

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Links:

• Joanna on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last week. (Really fun!)
• Gita Mini by Piaggio — the follow-along robot demoed on The Tonight Show.
• “Stuck in the Metaverse for 24 hours” — Joanna spends 24 hours alone in a hotel room wearing an Oculus Quest 2.
• “E-Ternal: A Tech Quest to Live Forever” — Joanna’s Emmy-winning documentary.
• Joanna’s “new roommate”.
• iOS 15.2’s “Legacy Contact” feature.
• “Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone”.
• “General Magic: The Movie.”
• Joanna Stern interviews Elon Musk at the WSJ CEO Council Summit — video and transcript.

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