Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:
Comfort Zone
Niléane has taken to the skies in Flight Simulator, Chris wants to talk about yet another Mac, and the gang all looks for the best open source app (or web app!) they can find.
Magic Rays of Light
Sigmund and Devon preview the new features coming in tvOS 18.2. Then, they recap the first German-language Apple Original series, Where’s Wanda?, and Spanish-language medical drama series Midnight Family.
MacStories Unwind
This week on MacStories Unwind, we kick off the first of our annual ‘best of’ Unwind recaps with the best music releases of 2024.
Comfort Zone, Episode 27, I’m Knee-Deep in Turkey Show Notes
Weekly Topics
Other Things Discussed
- Flight Simulator documentary
- Shadow PC Gaming
- BetterTouchTool
- Accents
- CleanShot X
- Klack
- Ghost
- Kodi
- Ice
- Raindrop.io
- Readwise Reader
Follow the Hosts
- Chris on YouTube
- Matt on Birchtree
- Niléane on Mastodon
- Comfort Zone on Mastodon
- Comfort Zone on Bluesky
Magic Rays of Light, Episode 148, ‘tvOS 18.2 Preview and a Look Back at Where’s Wanda? and Midnight Family’ Show Notes
Submit your question for episode 150 to [email protected] or on socials using #Magic150.
Recaps
Apple TV News
- Simply Piano
- Story: Spatial Storytelling
- NowPlaying
- Apple Music Replay
- Super League: The War for Football
Trailer Talk
Apple Original News
- Severance: 1 Blu-Ray (UK)
- Severance: Season 1 Blu-Ray (U.S.)
- See Complete Series Blu-Ray (UK)
- Surface — Season 1 Recap
- First Look at Surface Season Two
Releases
- Fly Me to the Moon
- MLS Cup
- Talking Tom Blast Park
- Boggle: Arcade Edition
- PAC-MAN 256+
- Hot Wheels™: Race Off+
- Barbie Color Creations+
- Little Cities: Diorama
- FINAL FANTASY IV (3D REMAKE)+
- FF IV: THE AFTER YEARS+
Extras
- Pachinko — Coming Together Through Food
- Blitz — “Winter Coat” Performed by Saoirse Ronan and Nicholas Britell
- The Cast of Fly Me to the Moon Taste Test Space Food
- A Conversation with Dan Taberski, Creator of Apple Podcasts Show of the Year Hysterical
TV App Highlights
- Exhibiting Forgiveness
- Juror #2
- Light Shop
- Good One
- The Sticky
- The Great Christmas Light Fight
- Secret Level
- Heretic
- Sugarcane
Up Next
- West Side Story
- Wallace & Gromit
- Wallace and Gromit Video Shot on iPhone and Projected onto Battersea Power Station
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MacStories Unwind, ‘The Best Music of 2024’ Show Notes
Links and Show Notes
Songs from our picks and more:
Picks
- Federico’s Pick 2024 Music Picks:
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Album of the Year: All Hell by Los Campesinos
- Top 5:
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Honorable Mentions:
- John’s Pick:
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Album of the Year: The Sweater Club by Jelani Aryeh
- Top 5:
- Honorable Mentions:
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MacStories launched its first podcast in 2017 with AppStories. Since then, the lineup has expanded to include a family of weekly shows that also includes MacStories Unwind, Magic Rays of Light, Ruminate, Comfort Zone, and NPC: Next Portable Console that collectively, cover a broad range of the modern media world from Apple’s streaming service and videogame hardware to apps for a growing audience that appreciates our thoughtful, in-depth approach to media.
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