Sigmund and Devon share their favorite shows, films, apps, and more of the year. Then, they celebrate the show’s 150th episode by answering questions sent in by listeners and reveal their Christmas gifts for one another.

Pre-Roll

• iOS and iPadOS 18.2: Everything New Besides Apple Intelligence
• Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2: A Deep Dive into Working with Siri and ChatGPT, Together
• ActionMode: A Simpler, More Customizable Shortcut to Program Your Action Button

Recap: 2024

• Devon’s Picks
• Sigmund’s Picks

Apple TV News

• Blackmagic Design URSA Cine Immersive Camera
• ResMed Kontor Head Strap
• von Holzhausen Carry Sling for Apple Vision Pro
• ‎Fitness Wrapped

Apple Original News

• First Look at Fountain of Youth
• Meet the Artist 2025: Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim on “Deaf President Now!”

Releases

• Wild Life: Sharks
• Yo Gabba Gabba!
• A Carpool Karaoke Christmas
• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town by Lady Gaga
• The Secret Lives of Animals
• Adventure: Ice Dive
• Apple Music Live: New Year’s Eve

Extras

• True to Tone: 2024 Wrap Party
• Eva the Owlet Holiday Moon Wish Printable Activity
• Yo Gabba GabbaLand!: Tiny Desk Concert
• Billie Eilish: Artist of the Year 2024 Live
• Recorded on iPhone 16 Pro | Michael Bublé, Carly Pearce “Maybe This Christmas”
• Maybe This Christmas by Michael Bublé & Carly Pearce

TV App Highlights

• Squid Game
• What If...?
• Gladiator II
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• Nosferatu

Up Next: Christmas Gifts

• A Real Pain
• Succession
• Terrifier 3
• Believe Me

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Sigmund and Devon discuss the Vision Pro’s gaming future, break down the trailers for Severance season two and The Gorge from CCXP and recap Apple Original French-language drama La Maison.

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Pre-Roll

• MacStories Selects 2024: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year

Apple TV News

• ‎Portal

Trailer Talk

• Severance Season 2
• Severance Panel at CCXP
• The Gorge
• The Gorge Panel at CCXP

Apple Original News

• First Look at Berlin ER
• Government Cheese Teaser
• Behind the Scenes of The Family Plan 2

Releases

• Wonder Pets: In the City
• Eva the Owlet: Eva’s Moon Wish
• A Charlie Brown Christmas

Extras

• Blitz — Recreating War-Torn London in 1940
• Blitz — Steve McQueen and Hans Zimmer’s Boldest Collaboration Yet
• Blitz — Behind Saoirse Ronan’s Iconic 1940s Look
• Blitz — Behind the Scenes of Writing the Original Song "Winter Coat"
• Silo — Rebecca Ferguson Diving in Silo 17

Recap

• La Maison

TV App Highlights

• Queer Eye
• Venom: The Last Dance
• Red One
• Conclave
• Joker: Folie à Deux
• Dahomey
• Elton John: Never Too Late
• Cuckoo
• Small Things Like These

Up Next

• Are cinema lenses a scam? | Matti Haapoja
• Blink
• Carry-On

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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.

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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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Sigmund and Devon discuss Steve McQueen’s Blitz, new Apple Original documentary Bread & Roses, and the first episode of Concert for One featuring an immersive performance by RAYE.

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Highlights

• Blitz
• Bread & Roses
• Concert For One: RAYE

Apple TV News

• Black Anodized Mac mini
• New Plex Design Preview
• Apple Announces 45 App Store Awards Finalists for 2024

Trailer Talk

• Wonder Pets: In the City

Apple Original News

• First Look at Dope Thief
• First Look at Your Friends and Neighbors

Extras

• Stories from World War II Blitz Survivors in London | Blitz
• Bad Sisters (Season 2 Original Series Soundtrack)
• Apple Music’s Best of 2024 featuring Artist of the Year Billie Eilish
• Kendrick Lamar – GNX

TV App Highlights

• Dear Santa
• Conclave
• Memoir of a Snail
• Robot Dreams
• Nutcrackers
• Senna
• Last Summer
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

Black Friday Deals

• The MacStories Holiday Gift Guide for the Apple Nerd in Your Life
• Nanoleaf Essentials Smart LED Color-Changing Light Bulb
• Nanoleaf Essentials Smart LED Color-Changing Light Bulb (Four-Pack)
• CanaKit Raspberry Pi 5 Starter Kit PRO

Up Next

• Wicked
• A Man on the Inside

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Sigmund and Devon highlight the return of Silo, dive in to The Weeknd’s immersive music video for Open Hearts, and share their thoughts on Disclaimer following its seven-episode run.

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Pre-Roll

• Snoopy Screensavers

Highlights

• Silo
• The Weeknd: Open Hearts

Apple TV News

• ‎Final Cut Pro
• ‎Final Cut Pro for iPad
• ‎Final Cut Camera
• DaVinci Resolve 19.1
• ‎Kino
• ‎Quanta
• Three Months of Apple Entertainment Free (U.S. Only)

Trailer Talk

• The Studio

Apple Original News

• First Look at Mythic Quest Season Four
• First Look at Side Quest
• First Look at Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2

Releases

• Blitz
• Bread & Roses
• Sago Mini Friends
• A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
• Concert For One
• RAYE: Concert for One (Live)

Extras

• Silo — Season 1 Catch Up
• Saoirse Ronan Reads Real Letters from World War II Blitz Survivors | Blitz
• Severance — Season 1 Recap
• Bad Sisters — Outsider’s Intro to Season 1 with Fiona Shaw as Angelica Collins
• DISCLAIMER* — Inside Chapter VII: Cate Blanchett, Alfonso Cuarón, and the Cast on Biases

Recap

• Disclaimer

TV App Highlights

• Goodrich
• Magpie
• Rumours
• Saturday Night
• Your Monster
• Emilia Pérez
• Hot Frosty
• Thelma
• Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
• Smile 2
• Alien: Romulus
• Interior Chinatown
• Cruel Intentions
• The Sex Lives of College Girls
• A Man on the Inside
• JOY - The Birth of IVF
• The Piano Lesson
• Spellbound

Up Next

• American Horror Stories
• Based On A True Story

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Devon and Jonathan highlight the sophomore season premiere of Bad Sisters and discuss the power of TV-tracking with Trakt.

Guest Co-Host: Jonathan Reed

• Mastodon
• Threads

Highlight

• Bad Sisters

Trakt

• Going Blindly Into Python Scripts to Move TV Time Tracking to Sequel
• ‎Trakt for Apple TV

Apple TV News

• ‎Channel 4 for visionOS
• Apple Music: 100 Best Albums Book

Trailers

• The Weeknd — Open Hearts
• Sago Mini Friends — Season 3

Releases

• The Weeknd: Open Hearts
• Silo

Extras

• Bad Sisters — Season 2 An Inside Look
• DISCLAIMER* — Behind Finneas O’Connell’s Musical Score Debut
• Silo — Season 1 Recap
• Silo — Judicial Catch Up
• Silo — Juliette Lives Catch Up

TV App Highlights

• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Twisters
• Dune: Prophecy

Up Next

• English Teacher
• Maid
• Anora

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Sigmund and Devon dive into 21:9 support and the other aspect ratio options in the tvOS 18.2 beta, grade their M4 Mac predictions, and share relaxing Up Next picks.

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M4 Mac Announcements

• Apple Announces New iMac with the M4 Chip, a Nano-Texture Option, and USB-C Accessories
• Apple Releases Magic Keyboard, Trackpad, and Mouse with USB-C
• The More Mini Mac mini
• Apple Reveals New M4 MacBook Pros

Apple TV News

• Belkin Head Strap for Apple Vision Pro
• RF-S7.8mm F4 STM DUAL
• ‎Proton VPN for Apple TV

Releases

• ‎Wheel of Fortune Daily
• ‎Drive Ahead! Carcade
• ‎Arkanoid vs Space Invaders+
• ‎Texas Hold’em Poker: Pokerist+

Extras

• Shrinking — Brett Goldstein on His Challenging Role in Season 2
• DISCLAIMER* — Inside Chapter V: Cate Blanchett and Hoyeon on the Downfall of Catherine
• DISCLAIMER* — Inside Chapter VI: Cate Blanchett and Alfonso Cuarón on Trauma and Truth
• Silo — Season 2 Official Sneak Peek

TV App Highlights

• In the Summers
• My Old Ass
• The Day of the Jackal
• Look Into My Eyes
• Megalopolis

Up Next

• The Office
• Game Changer

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Sigmund and Devon discuss the first five years of Apple TV+ and where the service stands today. Plus, they highlight new Apple Original series You Would Do It Too and Before.

Apple TV+ at 5

• March Event 2019 | Apple

Apple TV News

• ‎Blackmagic Camera 2.1
• ‎Controller for HomeKit
• ‎Vimeo for Apple Vision Pro
• Currents: Teaser
• Chick-fil-A’s Legends of Evergreen Hills Trailer
• How Apple developed the world’s first end-to-end hearing health experience
• What It’s Like to Hear Better with AirPods Pro 2

Trailer Talk

• Severance Season 2 Teaser

Apple Original News

• First Look at Prime Target

Highlights

• You Would Do It Too
• Before

Releases

• Before: An Inside Look
• DISCLAIMER* — Inside Chapter IV: Cate Blanchett and Sacha Baron Cohen on Marital Rows
• Blitz: An Inside Look
• Steve McQueen interviewed by Danny Leigh | BFI London Film Festival Screen Talk 2024

TV App Highlights

• Joker: Folie à Deux
• Treasure
• Wizards Beyond Waverly Place
• Martha
• Piece by Piece
• Despicable Me 4
• The Substance
• Janet Planet
• Doc of Chucky
• Music by John Williams
• Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
• A Different Man
• The Outrun

Up Next

• And Then There Was Shawn
• Trick ’r Treat

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Sigmund and Devon predict Apple’s M4 Mac announcements and recap the second season of Pachinko.

Pre-Roll‎

• Infuse 8
• CineUltra
• Apple Vision Pro “Get Ready” Ad
• Tailscale
• MacStories Fall Membership Drive

Apple TV News

• Sonos Arc Ultra and Sub 4
• ‎NBA App
• Apple Projector Patent

Trailer Talk

• You Would Do It Too (Tú También Lo Harías)
• Bad Sisters Season 2
• Bread & Roses

Apple Original News

• Spotlight: Bad Sisters Returns on Apple TV+
• We Are Parable x Apple TV+: BLITZ Free Nationwide Previews

Releases

• Before
• MLS Awards
• Extrasensory
• Apple Fitness+: ⁨Treadmill with Scott featuring Apple Music Radio Host Jayde Donovan⁩
• Apple Fitness+ Artist Spotlight: ‎Kygo
• The Cast of Shrinking Give Life Advice
• Shrinking: Jessica Williams, Christa Miller & Lukita Maxwell Discuss Therapy and More
• Silo: Rebecca Ferguson Breaks Down Fan Theories | Theoretically
• DISCLAIMER* — Inside Chapter I: Cate Blanchett on Confronting the Past
• DISCLAIMER* — Inside Chapter II: Cate Blanchett on Disliking Her Character
• DISCLAIMER* — Inside Chapter III: Cate Blanchett and Lesley Manville on Losing a Son

Recap

• Pachinko

TV App Highlights

• Transformers One
• What We Do in the Shadows
• Somebody Somewhere

Up Next

• Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour
• World Series

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Sigmund and Devon highlight Shrinking season two and the debut of NBA All-Star Weekend in Immersive Video. Then they recap Bad Monkey and Slow Horses season four.

Highlights

• Shrinking
• 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend

Apple TV News

• One For All Apple TV Remote
• Apple Announces a Minor Update to the iPad mini
• Beats Pill x Kim Kardashian
• Tablo
• ‎Trakt
• ‎Unwatched: RSS Video Player

Trailer Talk

• Silo Season 2

Apple Original News

• First Look at The Gorge

Extras

• Steve McQueen: Into The Breach With The Blitz Director | Empire
• Slow Horses: Who Said That?
• Slow Horses: S1E1 “Failure’s Contagious” on YouTube

Recaps

• Bad Monkey
• Slow Horses

TV App Highlights

• Alien: Romulus
• The Wild Robot
• Brothers
• Lee
• Woman of the Hour

Up Next

• Hysteria!
• Louder: The Soundtrack of Change

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