The Incomparable

297 Relay Podcastathon Special 2024

Live from the Relay Podcastathon, Jason and special guest Casey Liss ask John a bunch of questions from the Robot Or Not question list.

Topics include: All-In-One computers, dates, pasta, and antique vs. retro.

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296 Catchphrase

Oh, Listener Sean wants to know about catchphrases! Well, isn’t that special?

295 Homepods and Other Robots (or Not)

In a rare timely episode, John and Jason discuss a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman that Apple is designing a series of robots, including a “robot” that sits on a table and moves its display around, and a “robot” that follows you around your house folding laundry, reminding you of your mortality, and possibly running a viral campaign for Apple TV+ shows.

294 Double Space

Listener Daniel would like John’s blessing for his practice of putting two spaces after every sentence he types.

293 Severe Weather

Listener Arne received a severe weather alert for a fire. Fires are very bad, but are they weather? Are some natural disasters weather, and others not?

292 Tea

Is “truffle mushroom tea” just a soup? Did a fancy New York restaurant play a trick on Listener David and his wife? And what is tea, really?

291 Hawaiian Shirts

Are Hawaiian shirts just fun to wear, or are they cultural appropriation?

290 Airport Wheelchair

Listener Erik sent us this video of self-navigating wheelchairs in the Miami Airport. Does the Roomba Rule apply?

289 Vending Machine

Friend of the show Frank is seeking to delineate when something is a “vending machine” and when it’s just a machine that vends.

288 El Camino

Thanks to Friend of the Show Casey, we’re talking about weird cars and car classes again.