417: ‘Nothing Is Possible’, With Paul Kafasis

Special guest: Paul Kafasis. Special topics: Siri/Super Bowl nonsense, “Gulf of Mexico/America” nonsense, the iPhone 16e gets announced, and a veritable Bond villain buys the rights to the James Bond movie franchise.

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Unofficial but surprisingly good transcripts (podsearch.david-smith.org/shows/11).

Links:

• Super Bowl nonsense:
• Every play featured in the 1977 CBS "NFL Today" opening credits would be a severe penalty for violence in today's NFL. Video on YouTube (youtube.com/shorts/ozCFxk1AHF8); story on Awful Announcing (awfulannouncing.com/cbs/1977-nfl-today-cbs-int…).

• Apple in 2017, [encouraged people to ask Siri questions about the Super Bowl](
apple.com/newsroom/2017/01/hey-siri-whos-going…
).

• Paul's post at One Foot Tsunami: "Not So Super, Apple (onefoottsunami.com/2025/01/23/not-so-super-apple)".

• My post: "Siri Is Super Dumb and Getting Dumber (daringfireball.net/2025/01/siri_is_super_dumb_…)".

• "Gulf of Mexico" nonsense:
• Daring Fireball: "Golfo del Gringo Loco (daringfireball.net/2025/02/golfo_del_gringo_loco)".

• Paul, thoughtfully: "Do Not Obey in Advance (onefoottsunami.com/2025/01/31/do-not-obey-in-a…)".

• "Thoughts and Observations on Today’s iPhone 16e Announcement (daringfireball.net/2025/02/thoughts_and_observ…)".

• Rogue Amoeba: "The Developers Who Came in From the Cold (weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2024/12/13/the-develope…)".

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