Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:
AppStories
For their first WWDC 2025 AppStories episode, Federico and John interview finalists and winners of the Apple Design Award.
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Comfort Zone
Comfort Zone does WWDC! Federico Viticci joins the show to talk about our favorite things revealed at Apple’s developer conference.
Ruminate
Snack news dropped just before recording, Robb’s been buying more notebooks, and John and Robb discuss videogame news.
AppStories, Episode 439, ‘WWDC 2025: The AppStories Interviews with Apple Design Award Winners’ Show Notes
Interviews with Apple Design Award Finalists and Winners
Watch Duty
DREDGE
Balatro
Speechify
Comfort Zone, Episode 53, ‘Touchy Grass’ Show Notes
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Main Topics
Follow the Hosts
Chris on YouTube
Matt on Birchtree
Niléane on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Bluesky
Ruminate, Episode 211, ‘Tariffs on Flavour Crystals’ Show Notes
Sprite Drops Refreshing Take on Tea With New LTO – Sprite + Tea
Five Months of Journalling • Robb Knight
Blackwing Illegal Pad (2-Pk) – A New Take on the Legal Pad | Blackwing
Field Notes | National Crop 6-Pack Box Set
Field Notes | The Chicago Look
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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