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Breaking Change

Hosted by Justin Searls · technology · EN

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About this Podcast:

A show in which Justin Searls talks with you from time to time. Programmer things. Apple stuff. Gaming news. Dispatches from Disney World. Each episode also entitles the listener to one (1) exclusive pun, care of of Aaron Patterson (aka @tenderlove). Submit questions and comments to podcast@searls.co

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Booking probability

33%

Guest openness

Selective

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Questions about Breaking Change

What is Breaking Change about?

A show in which Justin Searls talks with you from time to time. Programmer things. Apple stuff. Gaming news. Dispatches from Disney World. Each episode also entitles the listener to one (1) exclusive pun, care of of Aaron Patterson (aka @tenderlove).

Who hosts Breaking Change?

Breaking Change is hosted by Justin Searls. The show has published 66 episodes to date.

What has Breaking Change covered recently?

Recent episodes include "v57.1 - iPhone Duo Review" (24 October 2026, 64 minutes), "v57 - Go Pace Yourself" (12 October 2026, 151 minutes), and "v56.0.1 - Zach Holman wants more of everything" (5 October 2026, 96 minutes).

How often does Breaking Change publish?

Breaking Change publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 132 minutes across 66 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Breaking Change?

Booking probability for Breaking Change is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Breaking Change requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Breaking Change's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Breaking Change?

The strongest fits for Breaking Change are IT Services & Software Development. Breaking Change has a technology audience.

About the host

Justin Searls hosts Breaking Change, a technology podcast with 66 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Oct 24, 20261h 4m

    Positive comments from The Real Reviewers Lance Ulanoff at TechRadar : 'Satisfying' is the best way to describe the feeling of repeatedly opening and closing the iPhone Duo. Britta O'Boyle at Tech Advisor : The...

  • Oct 12, 20262h 31m

    Unlike Sam Altman, I sat down and did the math by hand to calculate that it would actually be less time to produce the show if I were to livestream it than to edit it after the fact and upload it. The fact I recently...

  • Oct 5, 20261h 36m

    Zach Holman , founder of Signed , joins me for another Hotfix . Zach wants more of everything. Let's see what we can do about that. Write into the show at podcast@searls.co . Show notes: Zach Holman's site Signed Ride...

  • Aug 31, 20262h 54m

    The summer heat has finally broken here in Shizuoka, and I'm enjoying a cool, wet, and cloudy day huddled around my microphone for warmth. I hope you'll join around my verbal campfire for yet another one of these . As...

  • Aug 7, 20263h 11m

    We cut our trip a day short, so I found myself with a totally free day with no plans . Naturally, I wasted it by recording a 3-hour podcast. Dang. I always enjoy shooting the shit with/at you, and if you'd like to be a...

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  • Episode #60

    v53 - Pod Freeze

    Mar 20, 20263h 6mS0

    <p>The promise of Breaking Change is that with every major version (this being the 60th episode of the program, but only the 53rd such release), I will break something. Well, I finally did it. I think I broke the show...

  • Mar 7, 20262h 13mS0

    <p>Today, we're joined by a very special guest, Len Testa! You might know him from The Disney Dish podcast or from his excellent theme park travel planning app Touring Plans. Or you might not know him at all! No wrong...

  • Mar 1, 20262h 6mS0

    <p>Sure feels like some combination of AI, the US military, and the AI military could bring an end to the world any day now, so I figured I'd better record one last show for posterity. Welcome me on this version's...

  • Feb 16, 20262h 13mS0

    <p>I feel like I'm getting saltier, and it's concerning. If you want me to tone it down and/or up, let me know. It'll go a lot better if you just write to podcast@searls.co instead of yelling at your phone.</p> <p>As...

  • Episode #56

    v50 - SpaceXXX

    Feb 5, 20262h 26mS0

    <p>Elon has combined 3 of his 4 businesses and everything makes sense. Also, I went to Japan and all I came back with was another weird story about animal sperm. Other stuff happened too, but let's be honest, it's the...

  • Jan 9, 20262 hourS0

    <p>I'm about to get on a plane and will be gone for a couple weeks, but didn't want to leave you Breaking Changeless so I did the thing where I stand up in front of a microphone and talked at you. Again. Like I do.</p>...

  • Dec 30, 20251h 41mS0

    <p>During the end-of-year podcasting doldrums, I'm pleased to bring you this Feature Release, in which I eschew my tradition of eschewing traditions and present a second annual sorting of the puns. As 2025 (a.k.a...

  • Episode #53

    v48 - Coil Whine

    Dec 6, 20252h 26mS0

    <p>I'm experiencing what breathing out of my nose properly feels like for the first time. Everything is new and wondrous and I've never felt so optimistic. This sensation lasted for two days and now I'm used to it and...

  • Nov 22, 20252h 37mS0

    <p>Had a little pep in my step this time. Maybe it's because I decided to start recording after 7 AM for once. Maybe it's because I can finally fucking breathe out of my nose holes.</p> <p>Tell me about what you do...

  • Nov 8, 20252h 24mS0

    <p>I'm back and I'm angry. My power went out, which caused my Internet to go down, which broke my favorite mug. And that's just the shit that happened before 7 AM. By 9 AM my doorbell was continuously chiming for no...

  • Oct 26, 20252h 59mS0

    <p>This may be the version 45 release of Breaking Change, but when you factor in its Hotfixes and Feature Release entries, this is somehow the 50th episode of the show!</p> <p>Why? Why are we still doing this to...

  • Oct 17, 20251h 39mS0

    <p>Post-recording update: As I've been lobbying for (both publicly and behind the scenes), it has been announced that the RubyGems and Bundler client libraries are being transferred to Matz and the Ruby core team.</p>...

  • Sep 29, 20251h 31mS0

    <p>If you know who José Valim is, then you know he probably made a mistake by joining me for our third installment of 🔥Hotfix🔥. The inventor of the Elixir programming language is at it again with his colleagues at...

  • Sep 22, 20252h 34mS0

    <p>Hey, look! Breaking Change now has chapter support for each segment! More on how I did that while still upholding my commitment to laziness later.</p> <p>I didn't get a good job connecting this version's release to...

  • Sep 9, 20251 hourS0

    <p>It's an emergency bonus edition of Breaking Change as I take the covers off yet another show-within-a-show. I call it Feature Release, and its job is to fill in that middle number in our semantically versioned series...

Recent guests

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Len Testa

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Mike McQuaid

Workbrew

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Zach Holman

Signed

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Scott Werner

Sublayer

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