Six Hands, One Hernia

The Insanely Great Podcast — Episode 16

"Six Hands, One Hernia"

Chris is back live (and post-surgery) with his buddy DJ for another action-packed, no-filter episode. This one goes long — beta bugs, AirPods that won't behave, AppleCare horror stories, foldable phone skepticism, the death of the game disc, local AI on an M5 Ultra, a very opinionated Apple September preview, tariffs, data centers, and a $20 million six-armed surgical robot named the Da Vinci 5. Buckle up.

In this episode:

Why the iOS/watchOS/AirPods betas have been an absolute mess this cycleThe secret trick to actually catching an AirPods firmware updateSpotify vs. Overcast — the podcast app cage matchAppleCare: the good, the bad, and the "just put it in the washing machine"Foldable iPhone price anxiety and the case-off-the-outside-screen problemMemory prices, hard drive prices, and why now is a terrible time to build a PCThe $899 anniversary Xbox and the slow death of the game discRunning local AI models on an M5 Ultra (spoiler: it's rough)New Siri's lag problem, and why it can't keep up with GeminiA full preview of the September 9th Apple event rumorsTariffs, government stakes in Intel and NVIDIA, and the $40 trillion debtChris's hernia surgery and the genuinely wild robot that performed it

Follow the show

🎙️ Subscribe wherever you listen (all 320-ish of you — we see you) 💬 Got a topic you want covered? Send it in for next episode

Chapters:

(00:00) - Cold Open: "Six Hands, One Hernia"

(00:16) - Beta Life Check-In (iOS & watchOS)

(01:19) - AirPods Pro 3 Bluetooth & Firmware Chaos

(05:19) - Finding Your AirPods Version + iOS 27's New EQ