MG Siegler returns to the show to discuss Apple’s announcement that Tim Cook is stepping aside (into the role of executive chairman) and John Ternus will become CEO.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

Links:

Apple Newsroom:
- “Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman; John Ternus to become Apple CEO”.
- “Johny Srouji named Apple’s Chief Hardware Officer”.
MG, at Spyglass:
- “A Cook’s Tour”.
- “John Ternus’s Magic Show”.
Yours truly:
Steven Levy:
- “Apple’s Next CEO Needs to Launch a Killer AI Product” (paywall-busting Apple News+ link).
2008: “Joe Nocera Gets a Call From Steve Jobs”.
2010, regarding Mark Papermaster, whom Steve Jobs fired just weeks after the iPhone 4 antennagate press conference: “Papermaster and That Damn Antenna.”
“Look at how many blueberries your muffin has, and how many mine has. Yours is falling apart. I have nothing.”

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