Podcast Rewind: Speedy Drives, Dire Wolves, Jon Hamm, and Cameras

Chris has an external drive faster than you’ve ever seen, Matt has a new email app he swears isn’t his new favorite cult, and the whole gang does their best to redesign iOS and iPadOS.

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MacStories Unwind

This week, we consider whether the dire wolf has actually been “de-extincted” and recommend a show on Apple TV+ and an excellent four-movie bundle.

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Magic Rays of Light

Sigmund and Devon highlight Your Friends & Neighbors starring Jon Hamm, share early highlights from Blackmagic Design at NAB 2025, and recap their immersive VIP tours of Yankee Stadium.

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Comfort Zone, Episode 44, ‘You Didn’t Put a Lot of Time into This’ Show Notes

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Weekly Topics

ACASIS 80Gbps M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure

WD Black 4TB NVME

Notion Mail

Other Things Discussed

A very reasonable calendar invite

Node Playground

Samsung T7 SSD

Mimestream

Niléane’s mock ups Image 1, Image 2, and Image 3

MacStories Unwind, ‘Bio-Grifters and Side Quests’ Show Notes

Links and Show Notes

The Dire Wolf

Dire wolf de-extinction Colossal Biosciences says it has resurrected an extinct animal for the first time

Experts dispute Colossal claim dire wolf back from extinction

Picks

John’s Pick:

Side Quest

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Magic Rays of Light, Episode 164, ‘Your Friends & Neighbors, Blackmagic Design at NAB, and VIP: Yankee Stadium’ Show Notes

Pre-Roll: Nintendo Switch 2

NPC: Next Portable Console

Highlight

Your Friends & Neighbors

Blackmagic Design at NAB 2025

NAB 2025 Update | Blackmagic Design

‎Apple Immersive Video Utility

Trailer Talk

Jane

WondLa — Season 2

Fountain of Youth

Apple Original News

First Look at Muderbot

Emmys: Apple TV+ Sets FYC House at Hollywood Athletic Club | THR

Extras

One Free Month of MLS Season Pass

Severance — Inside the Lumon Event at Bell Works

Mythic Quest — Season 4 Blooper Reel

Dope Thief — Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura Play Dope or Nope

BE@RBRICK — Sing and Dance Along Compilation

How the driving sequences for the ‘F1’ movie were shot

Recap

VIP: Yankee Stadium

TV App Highlights

The Bondsman

Mid-Century Modern

Mickey 17

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX

Black Mirror

Gremlins: The Wild Batch

Captain America: Brave New World

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

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Hacks

The Last of Us

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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.