The Latest from Comfort Zone, Magic Rays of Light, and MacStories Unwind

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:

Comfort Zone

Niléane has taken to the skies in Flight Simulator, Chris wants to talk about yet another Mac, and the gang all looks for the best open source app (or web app!) they can find.

Magic Rays of Light

Sigmund and Devon preview the new features coming in tvOS 18.2. Then, they recap the first German-language Apple Original series, Where’s Wanda?, and Spanish-language medical drama series Midnight Family.

MacStories Unwind

This week on MacStories Unwind, we kick off the first of our annual ‘best of’ Unwind recaps with the best music releases of 2024.

Comfort Zone, Episode 27, I’m Knee-Deep in Turkey Show Notes

Weekly Topics

Flight Simulator 2024

M4 Mac mini

Other Things Discussed

Flight Simulator documentary

Shadow PC Gaming

BetterTouchTool

Accents

CleanShot X

Klack

Ghost

Kodi

Ice

Raindrop.io

Readwise Reader

Follow the Hosts

Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Magic Rays of Light, Episode 148, ‘tvOS 18.2 Preview and a Look Back at Where’s Wanda? and Midnight Family’ Show Notes

Submit your question for episode 150 to magic@macstories.net or on socials using #Magic150.

Recaps

Where’s Wanda?

Midnight Family

Apple TV News

‎Simply Piano

‎Story: Spatial Storytelling

‎NowPlaying

Apple Music Replay

Super League: The War for Football

Trailer Talk

The Secret Lives of Animals

Apple Original News

Severance: 1 Blu-Ray (UK)

Severance: Season 1 Blu-Ray (U.S.)

See Complete Series Blu-Ray (UK)

Surface — Season 1 Recap

First Look at Surface Season Two

Releases

Fly Me to the Moon

MLS Cup

‎Talking Tom Blast Park

‎Boggle: Arcade Edition

‎PAC-MAN 256+

‎Hot Wheels™: Race Off+

‎Barbie Color Creations+

‎Little Cities: Diorama

‎FINAL FANTASY IV (3D REMAKE)+

‎FF IV: THE AFTER YEARS+

Extras

Pachinko — Coming Together Through Food

Blitz — “Winter Coat” Performed by Saoirse Ronan and Nicholas Britell

The Cast of Fly Me to the Moon Taste Test Space Food

A Conversation with Dan Taberski, Creator of Apple Podcasts Show of the Year Hysterical

TV App Highlights

Exhibiting Forgiveness

Juror #2

Light Shop

Good One

The Sticky

The Great Christmas Light Fight

Secret Level

Heretic

Sugarcane

Up Next

West Side Story

Wallace & Gromit

Wallace and Gromit Video Shot on iPhone and Projected onto Battersea Power Station

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MacStories Unwind, ‘The Best Music of 2024’ Show Notes

Links and Show Notes

Songs from our picks and more:

The MacStories Unwind 2024 Apple Music Playlist

Picks

Federico’s Pick 2024 Music Picks:

Album of the Year: All Hell by Los Campesinos

Top 5:

All Hell by Los Campesinos

Forever by Charly Bliss

POST HUMAN: NeX GEn by Bring Me The Horizon

From Zero by Linkin Park

Moon Music by Coldplay

Honorable Mentions:

Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

BRAT by Charli XCX

F-1 Trillion by Post Malone

No Name by Jack White

John’s Pick:

Album of the Year: The Sweater Club by Jelani Aryeh

Top 5:

The Sweater Club by Jelani Aryeh

Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

BRAT by Charli XCX

Forever by Charly Bliss

No Shame No Fame by Kindsight

Honorable Mentions:

Neon Pill by Cage the Elephant

Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations by The Vaccines

F-1 Trillion by Post Malone

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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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