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548: In Defense of Santa
24/12/2025 | 54 mins.
How did Waymo do during the San Francisco blackout? Also, a late addition to the Google Graveyard, canceled after 25 years of service.
547: Such Pageantry
18/12/2025 | 57 mins.
YouTube finally has the rights to the Academy Awards. What does this mean for the rest of the broadcast TV landscape? Another Google service was laid to rest in the graveyard.
546: Extending Reality
12/12/2025 | 1h 21 mins.
Google lays out its plans for smart glasses in the new year, while Disney chooses a side in the AI wars.
545: Folds Three Times
04/12/2025 | 1h 13 mins.
We were expecting a quiet week. Instead, we got a major Android 16 update and a Samsung phone that folds three ways.
544: Something That’s Attainable
27/11/2025 | 29 mins.
We're here, we're relaxed, and we're talking about Aluminum. What is Google planning for the desktop?

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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. Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.

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