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Hypercritical

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 100

A weekly talk show ruminating on exactly what is wrong in the world of Apple and related technologies and businesses. Nothing is so perfect that it can't be complained about. Hosted by John Siracusa & Dan Benjamin.

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🇺🇸 USA - techNews
10/08/2026
#99
🇫🇷 France - techNews
10/08/2026
#83
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30/06/2026
#84
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🇩🇪 Germany - techNews
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🇩🇪 Germany - techNews
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#92
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07/04/2026
#89
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06/04/2026
#66
🇬🇧 Great Britain - techNews
05/04/2026
#61

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Episode 100: 100: Metacritical

Friday, December 28, 2012 • Duration 01:41:04

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin end the Hypercritical podcast with a discussion of the show itself, followed by a final Q&A where Dan asks the questions and John attempts to provide sensible answers. Many thanks to all the listeners and the folks in the 5by5 chat room. The journey was the reward.

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Episode 99: 99: New Siracusa County Bros. U

Friday, December 21, 2012 • Duration 02:01:20

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin follow up on iTunes 11 and Apple's continuing failure to grok online services, then discuss the Wii U, starting with the painful setup process and continuing on to New Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, and, inevitably, the Wii U GamePad controller.

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Episode 90: 90: Salad Days

Friday, October 19, 2012 • Duration 02:02:54

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin ponder the upcoming Apple event, assess picayune physical details of the iPhone 5 and iPod touch, compare the newly announced pricing for the Microsoft Surface to its possible competitors, and discuss John's approach to getting value from Twitter.

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Sponsored by Harvest (Use promo code 5by5 for 50% off first month), (Use code DANSENTME for 10% off), (Use code DANSENTME10 for 10% off), and

Episode 89: 89: Lazy Sunday

Sunday, October 14, 2012 • Duration 01:36:42

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin relax on a Sunday afternoon and chat about Apple's taste for brute force solutions, the foibles of decentralized systems like Tent and email, and The Magazine, Marco Arment's new Newsstand publication.

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Sponsored by HelpSpot (use offer code 5by5 for $100 off), (use code DANSENTME for 10% off), , and

Episode 88: 88: Nobody Leaves Email

Friday, October 5, 2012 • Duration 01:55:22

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss the latest events in the burgeoning App.net community, then explore the competing(?) Tent.io protocol for decentralized real-time social networking.

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Episode 87: 87: Smarter and Harder

Friday, September 28, 2012 • Duration 01:30:58

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin follow up on Apple's slippery little devices and Apple's mapping woes, then discuss the new iPod touch and iPod nano. John's hypothetical Ferrari is briefly mentioned.

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Episode 86: 86: Naked Robotic Core

Friday, September 21, 2012 • Duration 01:25:15

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss the new iPhone 5: its physical design, the case for cases, the new lightning connector, and Apple's trouble with maps. Let the iPhone 6 speculation begin?

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Sponsored by Treehouse, Gazelle, (coupon code DANSENTME for 10% off), and (coupon code DANSENTME9 for 10% off).

Episode 85: 85: Just Check the Checkbox!

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 • Duration 01:41:56

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss all the things that went wrong during John's Mountain Lion ebook publishing experience. There's more than enough blame to go around. Please note that this episode was recorded before the September 12th Apple event.

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Episode 84: 84: Spared No Expense

Friday, September 7, 2012 • Duration 02:08:45

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss Amazon's new Kindle and Kindle Fire products. Is Amazon Apple's most dangerous competitor, or are the two companies not really in competition at all? Who is Amazon's ideal customer? Finally, John and Dan make their predictions for next week's Apple press event.

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Episode 83: 83: Dishonorable

Friday, August 31, 2012 • Duration 01:29:57

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss the Apple v. Samsung court case, the near-comprehensive rumors and leaks about the next iPhone, the possible internals of the rumored iPad mini, and which company we'd like to buy Twitter, if it were actually for sale.

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