Show overview
Material has been publishing since 2015, and across the 11 years since has built a catalogue of 574 episodes. That works out to roughly 670 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 3m and 1h 16m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 25 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Relay.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 574 episodes573: Ice-cold Creepy
572: Dispatches From Behind the Walled Garden
571: Siri the Valkyrie
570: Bound for Life
569: A Rare Occasion
568: It Takes a Spark
567: The Android Show I/O Edition
566: Beer Commercials for Android
565: Peripheral Jesus
564: Make Agentic Work
563: No More Hijacking
562: Let’s Get Vertical
Ep 561561: Aesthetic Pasta
The end of the world is coming; the reason might surprise you. And just in time, Google lets you reverse some of your past mistakes.
Ep 560560: The Bellweather
Flo and Andy discuss a landmark court case where a judge found YouTube and Meta negligent, though not equally. Plus, final thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Google's new Android sideloading regulations.
Ep 559559: Was It Ever a Good Idea?
Flo shares her official review of the Google Pixel 10a. We also discuss the strangely short-lived Samsung TriFold and Google Maps' newly remodeled "immersive mode."
Ep 558558: A Brown Trouser Moment
Andy and Flo explore the competitive threat posed by Apple's new MacBook Neo. They're both unsurprised that YouTube has officially surpassed the Mouse in revenue. The hosts also examine the very difficult week for Waymo's self-driving fleet.
Ep 557557: Close to the Borders of Sad
Google employees plead with executives to place limits on the military's use of AI. Gemini faces its first major lawsuit. Google and Epic Games finally settled on something. And Android gets an integrated desktop mode.
Ep 556556: Open Marriage
Samsung reveals its new family of Galaxy smartphones and invites Perplexity to hang out on the couch with it and Gemini.
Ep 555555: 1212
Google reveals the Pixel 10a. Flo uses Gemini's music-making abilities to help recruit bands for the Warped Tour.
Ep 554554: Android 17 Fake Out
The Android 17 beta dropped this week... and then it was retracted? Supposedly deleted Nest camera footage plays a crucial role in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case.