Podcast Rewind: Black Friday Gadgets and This Year’s Best Shows and Movies

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:

Comfort Zone

Matt wants to give the AirPods Pro 3 a piece of his mind, Niléane has another old school music app for the Mac, and everyone brings their best Black Friday deals. (Uh, hope you got them already. 😅)

This week’s Cozy Zone is the challenging TineGuessr, where you look at a photo and guess where and when it was taken. Easier said than done, or is the gang going to set a new world record?

MacStories Unwind

This week, Federico and John share their favorite TV shows and movies of 2025.

Comfort Zone, Episode 78, ‘Entering My Dad Era’ Show Notes

Main Topics

AirPods Pro 3

beaTunes

Other Stuff We Talked About

AeroSpace

Mos 4.0

Craftsman V20 Tire Inflator

ChomChom Roller

Bamboo Lab A1 Mini

Cozy Zone

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MacStories Unwind, ‘The Best TV Shows and Movies of 2025’ Show Notes

This episode is sponsored by:

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2025’s Best Movies and TV Shows

John’s Movie Picks:

Fantastic Four: First Steps

Thunderbolts

Alien Romulus

Federico’s Picks:

Pre-2025 Shows:

Friends

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

2025 Releases:

Running Point

Nobody Wants This

Severance on Apple TV

Hacks

John’s TV Picks:

Task

Slow Horses on Apple TV

Say Nothing

The book

The audiobook

Unwind Deal

Today’s Apple Holiday Box Set of the Day is a great one: Buffy the Vampire Slayer for just $14.99.

A teenage girl secretly battles vampires and other monsters while trying to survive high school and growing up.

If you’ve never watched Buffy, it’s worth checking out or revisiting if you’ve already seen it.

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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, Comfort Zone, NPC: Next Portable Console, and First, Last, Everything 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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