423: ‘Sewing Machine Repair Shop’, With Patrick McGee

Patrick McGee joins the show to discuss his must-read new book, Apple in China -- one of the best books about Apple anyone has ever written.

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

Links:

• “Apple in China (bookshop.org/a/56320/9781668053379)”, Patrick’s spectacular new book.

• Patrick on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (daringfireball.net/linked/2025/05/22/mcgee-dai…).

• Excerpt from the book in the Sunday Times of London (thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article…).

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