Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:

This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon share early hands-on impressions of the tvOS 18 developer beta, highlight Apple Original drama series Presumed Innocent, and recap the second season of The Big Door Prize.

Matt decides to stop being so grumpy, Chris may or may not have survived WWDC, and Niléane brings a strange robot to the party.

Our thanks to ListenLater.net for sponsoring Comfort Zone and MacStories. Let them know you heard about them from us to get 20% more credits with your first purchase.

This week, John and Federico explain how they unwind after WWDC and how they think about MacStories’ family of podcasts before recommending a comedy series, action movie, and album.

Magic Rays of Light, Episode 124 Show Notes

Opening Chat: Apple Vision Pro and visionOS 2

• Immersive Camera Details | Today Show Australia

Highlight

• Presumed Innocent

tvOS 18 Impressions

• tvOS 18 Tidbits

Apple TV News

• Beats Solo Buds

Trailer Talk

• Sunny
• Me
• Lady in the Lake
• Women in Blue
• The Instigators

Apple Original News

• First Look at Omnivore
• ‎The Town with Matthew Belloni
• Opting Out of AI Model Training
• How We’re Trying to Protect MacStories from AI Bots and Web Crawlers – And How You Can, Too

Extras

• Presumed Innocent — Jake Gyllenhaal & Nana Mensah Get Quizzed on Legal Terms
• Dark Matter — Choices That Made Us
• The Instigators — Best of Boston FaceTime
• Palm Royale — Kristen Wiig, Kaia Gerber, and Josh Lucas Judge a Cat Fashion Show
• Palm Royale — Kristen Wiig and Kaia Gerber Talk Iconic Looks
• Maya Rudolph and Kirston Leigh Mann Help You Dress For The Job You Want | Loot
• Theo Iyer (Cory’s Assistant Kyle on The Morning Show) Ask Me Anything

Recap

• The Big Door Prize

Up Next

• Pretty Little Liars: Summer School
• House of the Dragon
• MacStories Unwind: Trapped Inside Apple Park
• Challengers
• Monkey Man
• IF
• I Used to Be Funny
• The Boy and the Heron
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus

Send us a voice message all week via iMessage or email to [email protected].

Sigmund Judge | Follow Sigmund on X, Mastodon, or Threads

Devon Dundee | Follow Devon on Mastodon or Threads

Comfort Zone, Episode 3 Show Notes

Weekly Topics

• Theater for Vision Pro
• DJI Wireless mic system
• SwitchBot Bot and SwitchBot Hub 2

Other stuff we discussed

• John Gruber’s The Talk Show at WWDC
• Matt’s original dock
• Matt’s new dock
• Chris’s original dock
• Chris’s new dock
• Chris’s utility folder
• Niléane’s original dock
• Niléane’s new dock

Follow the Hosts

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon

MacStories Unwind, A Feature, Not a Product, Show Notes

Links and Show Notes

Unplugged Segment

• Unwinding after WWDC
  • Raleigh Retro Gamers Summer Expo 2024
  • Limited Run Games
    • Limited Run Games is opening an ’80s-themed physical game store
• A Feature Not a Product
  • MacStories’ family of podcasts
  • Sigmund Judge’s Apple TV Go story
    • Related episode of Magic Rays of Light

Picks

• Federico’s Pick:
  • The Neighborhood, Season 1 - 6
    • Streaming on Paramount+, Amazon Prime, and CBS
• John’s Pick:
  • Fast X
  • The Sweater Club by Jelani Aryeh

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.

If you’re interested in advertising on our shows, you can learn more here or by contacting our Managing Editor, John Voorhees.