436: ‘Financial Boner’, With Tyler Hayes

Special guest: Tyler Hayes. Topics include how to get a small phone today, which way foldables should fold, the state of Apple TV (including its new “sonic logo”), and some holiday gift gadget recommendations.

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

Links:

• This Week The Trend (thisweekstrend.xyz).

• Tyler on the flip-style Motorola Razr as a small phone solution (creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/do-you-thin…).
• DF: “Tyler Hayes Suggests Trying a Flip-Style Foldable If You Want a Smaller Phone (daringfireball.net/linked/2025/11/07/hayes-fli…)”.

• Tyler: “Apple TV Is Finally Worth $99 Per Year (creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/opinion-app…)”.

• Ad Age: “Apple TV’s Colorful New Branding Was Built With Glass and Captured In-Camera (adage.com/creativity/work/aa-apple-tv-mnemonic…)”.

• Aura Ink (auraframes.com/news/introducing-ink-auras-all-…), $500 e-paper picture frame.

• Chargers:
• Anker Nano 70W 3-port charger (anker.com/products/a121a-70w-3-ports-charger) — $50, on sale for $32 if you act fast.

• Nomad’s excellent “slim” chargers (nomadgoods.com/products/ac-adapter-65w-usb-c-s…), in 40W (one port), 65W (two ports), and 100W (two ports) — I think the 65W one is the sweet spot.
• Nomad’s Wallet Tracking Card, compatible with Find My (nomadgoods.com/products/tracking-card). (Not mentioned on the show, but very cool — Tyler and I both own one and recommend them.).

• Sharge’s Pixel 100W and 140W chargers (sharge.com/products/pixel-100-140-charger?vari…), with cool fat-pixel dot-matrix displays on the side.

• The Sigma BF (sigma-global.com/en/cameras/bf), a gorgeous, minimal L-mount camera.
• $2,200 at B&H Camera (bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1881808-REG/sigma_c…).

• Tyler’s August issue of This Week The Trend that mentioned it (thisweekstrend.xyz/the-buying-game-issue-11).

• Govee Smart Christmas Lights (us.govee.com/collections/holiday-decor-lights).

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