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February 27Material 556: Open Marriage
Samsung reveals its new family of Galaxy smartphones and invites Perplexity to hang out on the couch with it and Gemini.
Links and Show Notes:
A First Look at the Galaxy S26 Series: Samsung’s Most Intuitive AI Phone Yet
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Debuts With a Better Camera and a Built-In Privacy Display
Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Fix Everything You Didn’t Like About the Galaxy Buds 3
Perplexity APIs deliver powerful AI to the world’s largest Android device maker
A more intelligent Android on Samsung Galaxy S26
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1 hr 9 min
February 27Paper Places 23: How to Get Into Technology Journalism, with John Voorhees
In this episode, Managing Editor of MacStories, John Voorhees joins Kerry to discuss the best ways to get started in technology journalism and how a daily online publication operates.
This episode of Paper Places is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:
John Voorhees
Links and Show Notes: Support Paper Places with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback MacStories | Apple news, app reviews, and stories Join Club MacStories Read John's MacStories articles Shortcuts Archive | MacStories MacStories | Automation Academy Follow John on Bluesky Follow John on Mastadon
51 min
February 27Reconcilable Differences 281: I’m the Hero
Subtitle: John's systems are a problem.
On holes, art, and the nature of friendship.
Links and Show Notes:
On holes, art, and the nature of friendship.
(Recorded on Tuesday, February 3, 2026)
Credits
Beloved Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
Music: Merlin Mann
The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley
Get an ad-free version of the show, plus a monthly extended episode. Five Short Graybles - Wikipedia Naming Schemes Elkay Dayton 25" Drop In Single Basin Stainless Steel Kitchen Sink An image of a sink with 4 holes on the rim and one drain hole Thaddeus Quintin’s sink hole advice Todd’s soap dispenser Joris-Karl Huysmans - Wikipedia Colin from This Does Not Compute converts his Maclock into a working Mac Corgi 261 Aston Martin DB5 model car Maize. You call it corn. Wednesday is Prince spaghetti day
1 hr 37 min
February 26Connected 592: The Rickies (March 2026)
Subtitle: Lil' Chippy
Apple is hosting a mysterious media experience next week, and in anticipation of new products, Stephen, Myke, and Federico make predictions about what is coming.
This episode of Connected is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card – Six Colors Six Colors' Apple in 2025 Report Card - MacStories My Full Responses for the 2025 Six Colors Report Card - 512 Pixels Upgrade #604: The Shifting Sands of Liquid Glass - Relay Samsung Galaxy S26/Ultra Impressions: 1 Crazy Display Feature! - MKBHD - YouTube Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 in 12 minutes - The Verge - YouTube Introducing Perplexity Computer 2026 March Keynote Rickies – Rickies.net Keynote Rickies, March 2026 – Rickies.co Wood Blocks | Nintendo The MacBook Air’s wedge is truly gone — and I miss it already | The Verge Leaker Says Apple's Lower-Cost MacBook Will Have These 8 Limitations - MacRumors M5 Pro chip could separate CPU and GPU in 'server grade' chips - 9to5Mac 2.5D integrated circuit - Wikipedia Apple Reportedly Agrees to 100% Price Hike on Samsung Memory Chips - MacRumors New ‘F1: Drive to Survive’ season is coming to Apple TV - 9to5Mac Apple TV reveals new space-race thriller series is coming soon - 9to5Mac
1 hr 7 min
February 26Conduit 122: There is No One True Anything with Merlin Mann
Jay is gone again, so Kathy brings back Merlin Mann to discuss productivity porn as well as a ton of other topics of import.
Guest Starring:
Merlin Mann
Links and Show Notes: Checked Connections
- Merlin ✅ - Working on collecting the old sites and Fives list
- Kathy ✅ - Get ready for unicorning cowork
Keep sending those MyConduit Connections to us on Discord and through Feedback!
New Connections
- Merlin - Keep working on the site thing
- Kathy - Take things to the post office
For Our Super Conductors:
Pre-Show: LIDar on iOS. How do you know if you’re ladder is against the right wall?
Post-Show: Embracing the chaos
Credits
Music: When You Smile
Executive Producers: Relay FM Discord Community
Conduit e122 Links
Merlin's One Good Things
Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Judy Greer (Ted Danson, Conan O'Brien Network) -- "I went in thinking, oh, this looks really good, and I ended up liking it probably twice as much as I expected."
Judy Greer -- Cheryl/Carol on Archer, Kitty Sanchez on Arrested Development. "It was neat to hear her talk about how important it was for her to get better at acting."
Typora -- WYSIWYG Markdown editor ($15). "A really nice balance of what I'm looking for" -- discovered through the 5ives redesign work with Claude.
Judi Dench speech on The Graham Norton Show -- "Made me cry."
Kathy's One Good Thing
Flavor Flav sponsoring the US women's hockey team -- Vegas celebration for the gold-medal team. Merlin responded by rapping "Bring the Noise" from memory.
Merlin's Shows
Do By Friday (with Alex Cox)
Reconcilable Differences (with John Siracusa)
Roderick on the Line (with John Roderick)
Productivity / Publishing
Inbox Zero -- "I'm the inbox zero guy." Merlin originated the concept; the world turned it into a marketing term.
43folders.com -- "In 2004, there were not a lot of websites about how to deal with your productivity problems as a Mac user."
Back to Work (5by5) -- former podcast
David Allen / Getting Things Done -- "He claims he's the laziest man in the world, and I've always admired that he says that."
Danny O'Brien and the 2005 ETech "Life Hacks" talk -- "Danny and I are both so addled and odd and different... his energy was just incandescent to be around." The conference where Merlin's laptop had Wi-Fi for the first time.
Site Meter -- "There's your life before site meter and your life after site meter." The little GIF badge that counted page loads and launched a million blog vanity spirals.
5ives & Typography
5ives -- Merlin's list site (2002), 450 lists, being revived. "I'm pleased with myself. I like that I made four hundred and fifty lists that some people thought were funny in the 2000s."
Matthew Butterick -- fonts, Practical Typography. "One of those people where I'm just interested in your deal," like Simon Willison or Edgar Wright. Merlin bought the entire font set during a bout of situational depression and is finally using them for the 5ives redesign.
Movies & TV
The Hollow Crown (BBC) -- Trailer. "Look at that stacked cast." Ben Whishaw, Tom Hiddleston, Sophie Okonedo, Rory Kinnear. Merlin told Kathy to buy it on Apple TV "or I can pirate it for you."
Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (1989) -- "My number one movie that I recommend." "You don't even need to understand what they're saying. It'll still give you shivers."
Mark Rylance: St. Crispin's Day speech at the Globe -- "It gives you a different kind of shivers, like a different part of your neck and your back." Merlin recited part of the speech from memory.
The Death of Stalin (2017) -- "A very dark, very funny film" by Armando Iannucci.
Veep / The Thick of It -- "It's gonna be difficult difficult lemon difficult." Both Iannucci. Led to Merlin imagining Matthew Butterick as a Veep restaurant reservation alias.
Women Talking (2022) / Men (2022) -- Merlin's suggested double feature for mom's night. "Start with Women Talking, back with Men." Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear.
Our Flag Means Death -- Merlin named his Mac Studio "Buttons" after Ewen Bremner's Mr. Buttons ("the guy from Trainspotting"). Rhys Darby, Kristian Nairn ("Hodor's on there. He's a big fella.").
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) -- "Just to be available." Merlin's favorite line, from Mr. Kylie the possum wanting to know his job in the big plan.
Music
Vikingur Olafsson: Goldberg Variations (Deutsche Grammophon, 2023) -- Merlin's current obsession. "I care so intensely about that." Discovered after years of only knowing Glenn Gould.
Glenn Gould: 1955 vs. 1981 Goldberg Variations -- The famous pair: 38 minutes of youthful showmanship vs. 51 minutes of deliberate structure.
Public Enemy -- "Bring the Noise" -- Merlin rapped the full opening verse from memory when Kathy mentioned Flavor Flav. "Bass, how low can you go?"
Poetry
Gwendolyn Brooks -- "We Real Cool" (video of her 1983 Guggenheim reading) -- "We real cool. We jazz June. We die soon." Merlin on hearing poetry "in the air" vs. on the page.
Sylvia Plath -- "Daddy" (her 1962 BBC recording) -- "You do not do, you do not do... you really hear something you didn't see on the page."
Books & Podcasts
Bessel van der Kolk on The Ezra Klein Show -- "One of my all-time favorite podcast episodes. It changed my life. Everything you know about trauma is screwing you up."
Off Menu -- celebrities describe their dream meal. The Amanda Seyfried episode taught Merlin about a kind of olive he now puts on Brussels sprouts.
Mr. Show with Bob and David -- source of the "hey everybody" drum bit Merlin does throughout. "I'm very, very, very specifically stealing it from a bit about the new Ku Klux Klan."
Blank Check (Griffin Newman) -- source of "the great ___" bit. "I'll credit Griffin Newman for that bit."
People
James Thompson (PCalc, Dice by PCalc) -- "What if twenty-sided dice fell on your head?" Merlin on how James finds delight in close-to-the-metal Apple tech.
Armando Iannucci -- "If you like English nerd comedy, he's really something."
Simon Willison, Matt Webb, danah boyd -- people Merlin follows because "I'm just interested in your deal."
Edgar Wright -- "I will just show up because I'm interested in what he's up to. I don't even care if I like his movie."
Ecamm Live -- streaming app Kathy uses for her unicorn co-working sessions.
Pre-Show (Superconductors only)
LiDAR accessibility features on iPhone -- Merlin fiddled with it on the street, "pointing his phone at people for a very long time."
Apple's breathing sleep LED -- the MacBook pulsing light. Kathy: "So relaxing, so unnecessary and delightful." Apple researched sleeping respiratory rates and chose the calmest end of the spectrum.
Erich Brenn, plate spinner, on The Ed Sullivan Show -- the origin of "spinning plates" as a metaphor. 8 appearances in the 1950s-60s.
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1 hr 34 min
February 26The Pen Addict 705: Montblanc Is Buying Up All the RAM
Sailor did it! But did they really? Brad and Myke discuss Fudefan’s first look at Sailor’s new erasable gel ink pen, and are left whelmed. Brad also breaks down a few build-a-pen options arriving on the scene, and talks way too much about retractable pens
This episode of The Pen Addict is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Support The Pen Addict with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback The Frixion Killer? Why Sailor’s New, Truly Erasable Ink is a Big Deal - Fudefan - YouTube Sailor Que Sera – Instagram dwrdnet - YouTube Analog Defaults — The Pen Addict LAMY Japan Jetstream Inside – Instagram Kaweco Choice Choice – Preco Corporation – Instagram Custom LAMY at Atlas – Instagram Leuchtturm1917 Drehgriffel “Make Your Own” Ballpoint Pen Giveaway — The Pen Addict The Interview: Myke Hurley and the Feel of It All – Creative Effort Gioia x Van Diemans Ocean Ink and Metis Fountain Pens – Pen Chalet Nahvalur (Narwhal) Nautilus Pen of the Year 2026 Horse Fountain Pens – Pen Chalet Esterbrook Love Potion JR Fountain Pens – Pen Chalet Talking Stationery on YouTube — The Pen Addict Kokuyo Finewriter Writech Clictek Liner Pen Review — The Pen Addict Writech Clictek Retractable Fountain Pens | JetPens Pencil Lead Reviews - The Pen Addict
1 hr 6 min
February 25Clockwise 645: A Fan of the Fan
The imminent Apple products we're most interested in, our weather tech suggestions, how we remember things, and our cities' transit payment options.
This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by:
Insta360: Introducing the Insta360 Wave and the Link 2 Pro.
Guest Starring:
Paul Kafasis and Jeremy Burge
Links and Show Notes: Support Clockwise with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Express Transit
Jeremy's new transit payment catalog.
30 min
February 24Focused 250: Planning Your Week
David & Mike discuss how to plan your week and share their own weekly planning workflows.
This episode of Focused is sponsored by:
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Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended ad-free episodes with bonus deep dive content. Productivity Field Guide 2026 (Pro Edition) | MacSparky Field Guides The 4 Disciplines of Execution Supernote Nomad Analog Weekly Cards | Ugmonk The End of Burnout by Jonathan Malesic The Peace Of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
1 hr 9 min
February 23Upgrade 604: The Shifting Sands of Liquid Glass
Subtitle: The 2025 Six Colors Apple Report Card
We discuss the results of the Six Colors Apple Report Card for 2025 in depth, with our added opinions on every category. Jason chooses to be a rascal, and Myke tries to give ten out of five.
This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by:
DeleteMe: Get 20% off your plan when you use this link and code UPGRADE20.
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Insta360: Introducing the Insta360 Wave and the Link 2 Pro.
The Pets Table: Healthy Dog Food Developed With Vets. Get 55% off your first box PLUS 10% off your next two with code upgrade55
Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Apple’s AI Wearables Push; What to Expect From March 4 Low-End MacBook Launch - Bloomberg Daring Fireball: One More Spitball Idea for Apple's March 4 Media Event 'Experience': Immersive F1 on Vision Pro? Apple TV partners with IMAX to show Formula 1 races live in theaters - 9to5Mac One Year with Sophia – The Enthusiast Apple in 2025: The Six Colors report card – Six Colors Apple will kill iPadOS – Birtchtree Who’s the laggard? Comparing TV streamer boxes – Six Colors
1 hr 51 min
February 22Mac Power Users 837: Menu Bar Mayhem
David and Stephen go deep on the Mac menu bar, comparing their contrasting philosophies and walk through their favorites. They also explore how macOS 26's multiple Control Centers are changing the game.
This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:
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Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac.
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Links and Show Notes: Credits
The Mac Power Users
Stephen Robles
David Sparks
The Editor
Jim Metzendorf
The Fixer
Kerry Provanzano
More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback David's Menu Bar, Condensed David's Full Menu Bar Stephen's Menu Bar Ice Menu Bar Manager ‎Hidden Bar App - App Store ‎Barbee - App Store BuhoBarX MacMenuBar.com iStat Menus Loom CleanShot X for Mac Screen Studio Dropzone 4 DEVONtechnologies Supercharge — Sindre Sorhus ‎DiskView App - App Store Audio Hijack Setapp Hazel for Mac PopClip for Mac BetterTouchTool CleanMyMac Moom · Many Tricks Karabiner-Elements Carbon Copy Cloner WhisperType Cotypist Wispr Flow Tailscale ‎Pastebot App - App Store ‎Shortery App - App Store ‎Itsyhome App - App Store ‎HomeControl Menu for HomeKit App - App Store Shawn Blanc Backblaze MacWhisper Grammarly Timing Flexibits | Fantastical ‎Screens 5: VNC Remote Desktop App - App Store Drafts | Where Text Starts Day One Journal App Keyboard Maestro TextExpander Alfred Menuwhere Bitfocus - Companion Parcel - Delivery Tracking ‎Creator's Best Friend App - App Store GALLEON 100 SD Keyboard
1 hr 36 min

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