Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:

Comfort Zone

Someone has lost their bananas, Matt brings Perplexity back from the dead, Niléane has a fun way to use Mastodon, and Chris challenges everyone to up their widget game.

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MacStories Unwind

This week, John struggles to update an old Apple TV and two HomePod minis, Federico sets up OTA TV, and they both go bananas over Donkey Kong Bananza.

This episode is sponsored by:

• Hello Weather: The Exceptionally Useful Weather App for iOS, Totally Redesigned for 2025

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Magic Rays of Light

Sigmund and Devon begin one last journey to Acapulco and share their early impressions of the Games app.

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Comfort Zone, Episode 59, ‘I am Full-on Bananza’ Show Notes

How would you have done our challenges? How would you answer the question at the end of the show? Let us know!

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Main Topics

• Perplexity
• Comet browser
• Phanpy

Other stuff

• The fan that actually cools an iPhone
• uBlock Origin Lite
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• TangerineUI
• FediFetcher
• Widgets for Obsidian
• Chris’s widget
• French weather alerts

Follow the Hosts

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

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MacStories Unwind, ‘Banana!’ Show Notes

Unplugged Topics

• John struggles to update an Apple TV and HomePod minis
• Federico installs an HDHomeRun for OTA TV

Picks

• John and Federico’s Joint Pick:
  • Donkey Kong Bananza

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Magic Rays of Light, Episode 177, ‘Acapulco and the Games App’ Show Notes

Pre-Roll

• Jason Blum Opens Up About the ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Flop, the Blumhouse Slump, and Bouncing Back | The Town

Highlight

• Acapulco

The Games App

• Introducing the Apple Games app: A personalized home for games | Apple

Trailer Talk

• Platonic
• Stillwater

Apple Original News

• Loot — Season 3 Date Announcement
• Ted Lasso — Season 4 Now in Production
• Grand modèle de langage | Upgrade

Extras

• Acapulco — Season 2 Recap
• Foundation Season 3 Art Blast | ArtStation Magazine
• Foundation – Mind Meld with The Cast of Season 3
• Murderbot — The Cast Plays Bitter/Sweet
• The Buccaneers — Set Tour with Josie Totah and Aubri Ibrag

TV App Highlights

• Dangerous Animals
• Materialists
• South Park
• Code Of Silence
• Death of a Unicorn
• Happy Gilmore 2
• The Phoenician Scheme

Up Next

• Union
• The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+

Contact

• We want to hear from you! Contact us via our feedback form.
• Send us a voice message all week via iMessage or email to [email protected].
• Subscribe to Magic Rays of Light on YouTube and follow us on Mastodon and Bluesky.
• Sigmund Judge | Follow Sigmund on Mastodon or Bluesky
• Devon Dundee | Follow Devon on Mastodon or Bluesky

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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, 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.