Myke has a new laptop, Federico has thoughts on Siri AI, and Stephen has been graded. Also: Apple vs. OpenAI and a big day for Mario fans with feet.
Category: Podcasts
Connected 611: My Skin is Not Good for That; His Skin Seems to Want It⇢
This week on the podcast:
Federico is at the beach, Myke questions his iPhone’s future, and Stephen wears watches. Then: a whole stack of Q&A items.
Connected 610: The Only Way to Deal with John⇢
This week on the podcast:
The Apple Watch is rumored to undergo some big changes, Safari is gaining MCP support, and the Rickies may have accidentally created a black hole.
Connected 609: You Gotta Be Gud⇢
This week on the podcast:
Apple has increased prices across its Mac and iPad lines, the guys are all on iOS 27 Beta 2, and the Bill of Rickies is amended.
Connected 608: Here’s How to Fix a Sink⇢
Myke questions Stephen about his home network, then discusses the ups and downs of having an LLM power Siri. Also: a love letter to the iPhone Air and questions about Snap’s new AR glasses.
On Connected Pro, I trained Myke to be a technology historian. That’s the longer, ad-free version of the show that you should sign up for!
Connected 607: You’re on Speaker Phone with Connected⇢
WWDC26 has come and gone, and the guys have scores to pick, topics to discuss, and Liquid Glass sliders to adjust.
Connected 606: The Rickies (June 2026) - I Quit the Show That Helps⇢
WWDC26 is almost here, and on this jam-packed episode of Connected, we each made a set of predictions about what Apple will show off next week.
We also changed the Bill of Rickies again.
Designed in California⇢
My pals Myke and Jason are launching a new project:
The two of us, Myke Hurley and Jason Snell, have been discussing Apple in depth every week for more than a decade on the Upgrade podcast. We want to go further, creating a podcast series that’s dedicated to telling stories from across all five decades of Apple history. This is a big reach for us, requiring a significant outlay of our time and the time of our audio editor. We have the knowledge and skills—but we need your help to make it happen.
The Talk Show: Twins Named John⇢
That feeling when a tech support text turns into a podcast episode:
Stephen Hackett returns to the show to help me make sense of a problem that is hard even to describe, let alone solve, regarding Apple One, family sharing, a separate Media & Purchasing account, and iCloud storage space. Also: what we’re expecting from WWDC 2026.
Connected 605: Being Completely Awesome⇢
Stephen has been blogging, Myke has been shopping, and Federico has been… CLI’ing.
Connected #604: The Floor of the Street⇢
Apple has announced new accessibility features coming to iOS, Google has announced … a lot of things… at IO, and Federico has announced Shortcuts Playground. (Myke and Stephen don’t have anything to announce.)
Upgrade 616: Outmoded But Not Vintage⇢
Yesterday, I joined Jason on Upgrade to talk old Macs, binned chips, and Apple AI. Then Jason discusses the darkest part of Steve Jobs’s career with the author of " Steve Jobs In Exile", Geoffrey Cain.
My copy of the book arrives today and I couldn’t be more excited to read it.