Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:
Comfort Zone
Niléane is back and she’s brought the long-awaited Mastodon 4.3 update, Matt brought Omnivore, and Chris rounds out his new Apple product reviews with the Apple Watch Series 10. Then we see who took the best photo with an iPhone and introduce a fun new, accessible challenge.
Magic Rays of Light
Sigmund and Devon discuss Sigmund’s experience at London Film Festival, including the world premiere of Blitz. They also highlight this week’s release of Disclaimer and dive deep into Submerged, the first Apple Immersive Video scripted film.
MacStories Unwind
This week, John shares a spooky story, Federico and he both have TV show picks, and they update listeners on their progress in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.
Comfort Zone, Episode 19, ‘Oh, I’m A Limb!’ Show Notes
Weekly Topics
Other Stuff We Discussed
- Niléane’s photo
- Matt’s photo
- Chris’s photo
- Tangerine UI 2.0
- Chris’s Nomad watch band
- Matt’s Nomad watch band
- MacStories watchOS 11 review
Follow the Hosts
Magic Rays of Light, Episode 140, ‘London Film Festival Special: Blitz, Submerged, and Disclaimer’ Show Notes
Highlights
Apple Original News
- Apple Releases Immersive Short Film Submerged and Announces Upcoming Immersive Content
- Severance: Season 1 on Blu-ray
Releases
- The Last of the Sea Women
- NBA 2K25 Arcade Edition
- Food Truck Pup+
- Furistas Cat Cafe+
- Smash Hit+
- Balatro+
Extras
- The Making of Submerged
- Bad Monkey (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
- Wolfs: Behind the Scenes of the Car Stunt Scene with Austin Abrams l Another Take
- Pachinko: Lee Minho and Kim Minha Revisit Moments from Season 1
- Shrinking: Actually Helpful Recap with Lukita Maxwell
Up Next
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- The Floor
- Steve McQueen
- Alien: Romulus
- Small Axe
- Nobody Wants This
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MacStories Unwind, ‘Hot Rabbi’ Show Notes
Links and Show Notes
A Spooky Story
Picks
- John’s Pick:
- Slow Horses on Apple TV
- The Legend of Zelda: Echos of Wisdom Check In
- Federico’s Pick
- Nobody Wants This on Netflix
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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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