456: ‘Lubricate the Inside of the Hinge’, With Joanna Stern

Special guest: Joanna Stern.

Special topic: The iPhone Duo.

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

Links:

• Joanna's Duo review on YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=bxDTWuL9GxY) and at The New Things (thenewthings.com/p/iphone-duo-review-the-good-…).

• You should subscribe to The New Things (thenewthings.com/upgrade) if you haven't already.

• Joanna's bonus video (youtube.com/shorts/d1N-V5Y80ts) and article (thenewthings.com/p/best-iphone-duo-apps) on the spate of fun Duo-specific apps and games, with clever gimmicks for the fold.

• My Duo review (daringfireball.net/2026/10/the_iphone_duo).

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