Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories\u2019 family of podcasts:<\/p>\n
This week, Federico and John are back from their holiday break, which included so many hardware and automation projects that this is part one of a two-part episode regarding Federico\u2019s networked music automation setup and John\u2019s new research tool.<\/p>\n
On AppStories+, Federico shares his foldable phone experiments.<\/p>\n
This week, a whirlwind tour of the handheld news from CES 2026, Switch 2 grips, AR glasses, new chips from AMD, the OneXSugar Wallet, and more.<\/p>\n
On NPC XL, John got his MCON controller, Federico\u2019s still waiting for his, and Brendon checks in after more than a month with his.<\/p>\n
Nil\u00e9ane battles the modern era of smart mice, Chris has a new way of keeping up with everything everywhere all at once, and the whole gang battles it out with the best dang MagSafe accessories you\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n
On this week\u2019s Cozy Zone, we roast listeners\u2019 home screens again! This one has, bar none, the weirdest home screen we\u2019ve ever seen, and we might be cursed now.<\/p>\n
This week, Federico unpacks Clawdbot, a Claude-based personal assistant, and recommends an Apple TV movie, while John revisits an old favorite on the Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n
AppStories, Episode 467, \u2018A Very Nerdy Holiday Break\u2019 Show Notes<\/p>\n
This episode is sponsored by:<\/p>\n
Presenting Our Nerdy Holiday Projects Tools John used:<\/p>\n Federico\u2019s Networked Music Library<\/p>\n AppStories+ Post-Show Subscribe to AppStories+<\/p>\n Visit AppStories.net<\/a> to learn more about the extended, high bitrate audio version of AppStories that is delivered early each week and subscribe.<\/p>\n NPC, Episode 63, \u2018CES 2026: Foldables, Rollables, and Robot Punches\u2019 Show Notes<\/p>\n The Portable Gaming News from CES NPC XL\u00a0is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5\/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the \u201cregular\u201d NPC episodes. You can subscribe here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Comfort Zone, Episode 83, \u2018Are You Predicting Doom?\u2019 Show Notes<\/p>\n Main Topics For even more from the Comfort Zone crew, you can subscribe to Cozy Zone. Cozy Zone is a weekly bonus episode of Comfort Zone where Matt, Nil\u00e9ane, and Chris invite listeners to join them in the Cozy Zone where they\u2019ll cover extra topics, invent wilder challenges and games, and share all their great (and not so great) takes on tech. You can subscribe to Cozy Zone for $5 per month here<\/a> or $50 per year here<\/a>.<\/p>\n MacStories Unwind, \u2018Clawdbot, Animal Crossing, and Mark Wahlberg\u2019 Show Notes<\/p>\n Clawdbot We deliver MacStories Unwind+ to Club MacStories subscribers<\/a>\u00a0ad-free with high bitrate audio every week. To learn more about the benefits of a Club MacStories subscription, visit our\u00a0Plans page<\/a>.<\/p>\n MacStories launched its first podcast in 2017 with\u00a0AppStories<\/a>. Since then, the lineup has expanded to include a family of weekly shows that also includes\u00a0MacStories Unwind<\/a>,\u00a0Magic Rays of Light<\/a>,\u00a0Comfort Zone<\/a>,\u00a0NPC: Next Portable Console<\/a>, and First, Last, Everything<\/a>\u00a0that collectively, cover a broad range of the modern media world from Apple\u2019s streaming service and videogame hardware to apps for a growing audience that appreciates our thoughtful, in-depth approach to media.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re interested in advertising on our shows, you can learn more here<\/a> or by contacting our Managing Editor, John Voorhees<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories\u2019 family of podcasts: This week, Federico and John are back from their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[140060,140061,111,139,22308,69,3800,145,33857],"class_list":["post-237254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-appstories","tag-comfort-zone","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-npc","tag-nz","tag-podcast","tag-technology","tag-unwind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJohn\u2019s Research PWA
\nParallel.ai<\/a>
\nFirecrawl<\/a>
\nExample Club MacStories article by John where he used his research tool<\/p>\n
\nFederico got a Pixel Fold<\/p>\n
\nNPC XL
\nSubscribe to NPC XL<\/p>\n
\nOther Things We Talked About
\nCozy Zone<\/p>\n
\nPicks
\nUnwind Deal
\nLicorice Pizza<\/a>: Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s critically acclaimed coming-of-age tale follows Alana Kane and Gary Valentine as they navigate love and life in 1973 San Fernando Valley. This Academy Award-nominated film features breakout performances and Anderson\u2019s signature nostalgic storytelling style.
\nMacStories Unwind+<\/p>\n