Accidental Tech Podcast

ATP Insider: Time Management

October 26, 2026

On this member-special episode, three privileged workaholics with unusual jobs and wildly different time-management strategies try to discuss time-management strategies.

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714: Get the Bigger Pizza

October 23, 2026 02:25:09 • Download (140 MB)

And don't bet against the smartphone.

Pre-show:
- John’s of Bleecker
- Marco and Casey at John’s
🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is here! 🗣️
Follow-up:
- HomeView
  - When was the HomeView hardware created?
  - Is it expensive? (via Paul Heering)
    - Amazon Echo Show 5: $99
    - Amazon Echo Show 8: $199
    - Amazon Echo Show 11: $249
    - Amazon Echo Show 15: $349
  - Wall-mount & regular HomeView pricing
    - Is it to prevent cheapskates? (via mvk)
    - Is it to prevent add-on dinguses (via Ben O’Matic)
  - Knock-offs coming soon?
  - Turns out, Jimmy is that guy. 😏
  - Phone screen vs. Duo screen
  - Will Marco be adding CarPlay support? (via Rick Allen)
- Apple TV
  - Price history
    - March, 2015: Apple lowers the price from $99 → $69 (timestamp link to 10m14s)
    - Glenn Fleishman’s chart
  - Microphones and HomePods
  - AV1 (via Michael Barnes et al)
    - Reddit feature comparison
  - What is “audio passthrough” (via Andrew Haglund)
    - Explainer from Caleb Denison
- The iPhone Duo has a replaceable cover layer
  - Interview with Kate Bergeron
iPhone Duo Creator Showcase
iPhone Duo preorder experience
iPhone Duo reviews
- MKBHD
- HTX Studio
- Tim Pan
- Joanna Stern
- Nilay Patel & Allison Johnson
- Gruber
- John also brought up Computer Chronicles
Apple “Pro and Tell” event next week
Post-show: Marco has something to share
- ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It II
- The thing Marco shared
  - 🚨 You will want to click this after Marco introduces it, but before John talks about his experience! 🚨
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713: I Have Medium Hopes

October 15, 2026 02:14:37 • Download (130 MB)

Apple's new HomeView, Apple TV, HomePod Mini, and Apple Home Collection.

Apple’s New Home-Related Products
- HomeView
- Apple TV 4K gen 4
- HomePod mini 2
  - Newsroom
  - Intro video
- Home collection
  - Newsroom
  - MacRumors
  - (See also the Schneider press release above)
Post-show: Casey got a UTR-LR
- UTR
- Flex Mini
Members-only ATP Overtime: Regarding Passkeys are a Trap…
- Ricky Mondello’s response
- Scott Helme’s response

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712: Mildly Technologically Traumatized

October 8, 2026 02:17:20 • Download (133 MB)

Ominous rumors and announcements from our favorite company.

Pre-show: Marco tries a Waymo
Follow-up:
- Casey’s MyBMW foibles
  - iMazing
  - Approov
    - BMW case study
  - Screen sharing
  - OBD-II
  - Home Assistant + Pushover + Shortcuts? (via Khaos Tian)
  - GL.iNet Comet Q
  - PiKVM
  - Lex Friedman: Claude writes code; I author the apps
- AirPower desk video was by HTX Studio
  - …who previously interviewed Tim Cook! (via Elijah Yap)
  - Original video (via Adeiko)
- Ubiquiti home Wi-Fi vs. Eero
- FiOS CableCARD discontinuation
  - RecDiffs #295: If I Adjust for Europe
- TiVo’s desperation
- One-AirPod vs. two-AirPod audio settings
  - Settings → Accessibility → AirPods → your AirPods
- M6/A20 Pro details
  - High Yield & SemiAnalysis video on A20 Pro
    - Timestamp link to cores discussion @ 9m37s
  - High Yield & SemiAnalysis video on the M6 vs. M5
Rumored October event
- See also, new home trinkets?
Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS
- Jason Aten on Muse reading his iMessages
- Meta calls foul
Post-show: Casey and Marco go Phishing
- Q Barbecue
- Capital Ale House
- Allianz Ampitheater
- Setlist
- Recording
- Cupertino’s
- iPhone Duo 3D-printing model (you want the variant labeled “Fixed the large black areas showing through.”)
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711: Hot Dog on an Actuator

October 1, 2026 01:59:32 • Download (115 MB)

The Apple Watch's upcoming Live Rewind and Siri Recap features, some (strong) feelings about CarPlay, and the solutions to all of John's problems.

Pre-show: Marco has M6 performance numbers
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️
- Podcastathon on Friday October 2 @ noon eastern
- The Marco Offset™
Follow-up:
- John’s mouse pad (via Andy)
  - Rounded corners are, bad, maybe?
  - AirPower… desk? 🤨
- John’s weird AirPods 5 issues
- Finding Intel apps in macOS
  - System Settings → General → About → Intel-based Apps
  - Learn more…
- M5 Ultra Mac Studio GPU scores
- New Mac mini storage caveats
- 𝓍OS 27 Screen Time woes (Timestamp link to 8m50s)
- iOS 27 vs. Pi-hole
  - dazfuller
  - Aaron Vegh
- GM vs. CarPlay
Apple Watch is listening…
- Steve Riggins
- What about “Hey, Siri”?
- Nick Heer
- MKBHD
Ask ATP:
- What’s the highest mileage we’ve ever gotten to in a car? (via Elliot)
- What is John going to do to deal with Gmail policy changes? (via Mark Bramhill)
- Would Apple reuse the 2019 design for a phantom new Mac Pro? (via Ben Cooper)
Post-show: Casey tries to hack his car
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- Digital Hub strategy (Timestamp link to 1h29m46s)
- Intelligent personal hub
- Gurman

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