Podcast Rewind: Everyone’s Going Bananas (and Some Tech Talk, Too)

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.

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.

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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.

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

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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”

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

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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.