# 451: ‘Taking Drugs to Get Fat’, With John Moltz

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Podcast: [The Talk Show With John Gruber](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-talk-show-with-john-gruber-388809)
Published: 2026-07-01T02:16:35+00:00
Episode link: https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2026/06/30/ep-451
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Duration seconds: 6687

## Resource

The great John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s hardware price hikes in response to the global RAM/SSD shortage, and some spitballing on what we like about the UI changes in the MacOS 27 Golden Gate beta.

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