Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

Live at SXSW 2026: Can They Convince Marques to Shoot 24fps?

March 17, 2026

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5 min read

🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: Live interactive podcast recording with hosts bantering on tech news, reflecting on past predictions, audience surveys/trivia, and roaming Q&A sessions.
  • The Key Players:
    • Hosts: Andrew (main driver), David (analog tech enthusiast), Marquez Brownlee (MKBHD, car reviewer and bold predictor), Ellis and Adam (studio crew turned mic-roamers for fun chemistry).
    • No guests; pure host energy with crowd hype at SXSW.
  • The Vibe: Fun and energetic—playful roasts, audience cheers, self-deprecating tech takes, like a tech party with rapid-fire laughs.

🗝️ Key Themes & Topics

The episode dives into fresh EV news, hindsight on 2024 predictions, audience polls, and crowd-sourced tech debates, blending hype with realism.

  • Topic 1: Rivian R2 Pricing & Timelines – Hosts unpack the new R2 trims (Standard at $48K in 2027, Premium $54K late 2026, Performance $58K spring 2026), comparing to Tesla Model Y, critiquing muted colors (grays, blues, purple over Rivian red/yellow), and debating R3 delays to 2029+.
  • Topic 2: SXSW 2024 Predictions Revisited – Hilarious hindsight on flops like delayed Apple Intelligence/Siri (still waiting on agentic features), Dig relaunch (dead community), foldables (now book-style rumors), touchscreen MacBooks (Ultra rumors emerging), and AI privacy scares (Meta glasses d

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (03:22) **Rivian R2 Pricing and Timelines**
  • 2 (11:27) **Revisiting Last Year's SXSW Takes: Apple Intelligence**
  • 3 (15:06) **Dig Relaunch Update**
  • 4 (17:01) **Apple Folding Phone Rumors**
  • 5 (18:44) **Touchscreen MacBook Rumors**
  • 6 (32:54) **Audience Q&A: Autonomous Vehicles**
  • 7 (37:37) **Audience Q&A: Next Big Purchases**

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Show Notes

It's bonus episode time! We went back to Austin this year for SXSW and got a chance to do another show in front of a live audience! Nerve-racking, but always a good time. First, the crew goes over some of their predictions from last year before getting into more Q&A. This episode brought to you by: Hostinger: https://hostinger.com/waveformOdoo: https://www.odoo.com/ Socials: Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en Waveform TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Hosts: Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Intro/Outro music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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