Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.
Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down.
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#251: Dogs and Cats Living Together
April 16th, 2020 · 83 minutes
Andy dusts off his Pixelbook, and Flo wonders how to sanitize hers. We're both elated that Apple and Google are working together for the greater good and curious about whether we'll get the smartwatch of our dreams once Google starts developing its CPUs.
#250: Power Thoughts
April 10th, 2020 · 97 minutes
YAY! Flo and Andy are reunited, and it sounds so good. The two gather around this week's virtual campfire in celebration of their 250th episode of Material.
#249: An Elephant On Your Desktop
April 7th, 2020 · 65 minutes
It's another Andy solo special. Andy is A Weensy Bit Upset with Apple for acquiring the company behind his favorite weather app and tanking many Play Store weather apps in the process. And: why 3D objects have started showing up in Google Search results.
#248: Smartphones in Quarantine
March 31st, 2020 · 53 minutes
It's a special segment of the Material podcast to help lift your spirits. Flo talks to Juan Carlos Bagnell (also known as SomeGadgetGuy around the web) about the LG V60 ThinQ. We'll also discuss how this device fits into the broader smartphone landscape.
#247: The Ihnatko Isolation Special
March 28th, 2020 · 90 minutes
Andy is back for a special weekend episode! Andy will discuss Google's new responsibilities to the public and its employees and whether Google's promise to limit the spread of disinformation will extend to the White House.
#246: Stuck at Home
March 26th, 2020 · 49 minutes
We're stuck at home. You're stuck at home. There's nothing else to do right now, so tune in and listen up.
#245: Google in the Time of Coronavirus
March 23rd, 2020 · 47 minutes
We talk about Verily's Project Baseline and why it's unnerving that the US government is relying on private companies to conduct testing for COVID-19. We also mourn the cancellation of Google I/O and wonder how conferences will exist going forward.
#244: Leap Day Andy
February 28th, 2020 · 108 minutes
Andy sysadmins his brain; parts of the Android 11 developer preview released last week aren’t previews at all, and how on Earth is Sweyn Forkbeard going to influence my life when 11 ships?
#243: And Baby Makes 11
February 27th, 2020 · 57 minutes
Andy does this one solo for reasons that have nothing to do with the fact that Flo's baby was due this week! The first developer preview of Android 11 drops! And! Andy lied earlier because Flo TOTALLY had her baby!
#242: There is no Wrong Way to Cook Pigweed!
February 13th, 2020 · 94 minutes
Flo and Andy fiddle with Android TV boxes while the Essential Phone burns. Then they talk about Samsung Unpacked, and marvel in hopeful disbelief that new Galaxy Z Flip could be the first folding phone that can't be reviewed with an economical “LOL NO.”