Wandavision, should Mike buy a new watch, and what we remember from the late 2000s — plus greetings to listeners and more!

• Javi recalls a bar story about the LOST finale
• Mike suggests "Free To Be MCU & Me" as the title for Kelly's other show
  • Also works: MCU Headroom 
• Shout outs to:
  • Wooji Juice Ferrite
  • The legendary Macsamurai
  • Mike's unloved Night Before Christmas parody from  2006

This week Mike remembers his stepfather Bob Pearlman, who passed away on February 11. He and Kelly also recall the infamous "formerly Cylon media sensation" nickname, brought back for an upcoming episode of Foodie Flashback.

• Jabs & Jobs
• The Death Star Blueprints Are mRNA
• In A World…
• Reminder about Maximoff Overdrive on the Incomparable Network!
• Compare and contrast Mike's father Alan Rose & Dos Equis pitchman Jonathan Goldsmith

Kelly finally reveals the secret she's been keeping from Mike for more than a decade!

You may never be the same after the shocking revelation in this episode! We'll give you the entire thing, but you'll only need… the edge.

Mentions, recommendations and more:

• Kelly's new WandaVision podcast with the Incomparable Teevee: Maximoff Overdrive
• Hulu's In and Of Itself (based on the off-Broadway show) and Letterkenny
• American Utopia
• Muppet Guys Talking
• Street Gang (coming to HBO)

Follow the show on Twitter to find out when we're hosting our first Clubhouse chat!

Mike and Kelly reflecting on the historic week that was. Bernie Sits, Mom Likes A Frappucino, the Bitfocus Companion app that works with Elgato Stream Deck, and the Muppet Show (UK spots too?) coming to Disney+.

More M1 chat, Take Control Books. Thunderbolt Hubbing, wrangling Photos and anticipating the digital afterlife. Nothing heavy.

• Take Control Books
• Get Your S**t Together
  • Macsamurai! Laurie Duncan
• MCU Phase 4
  • What If…?
• [REDACTED] LIVES T-shirt
• OWC's Thunderbolt Hub (as foreshadowed on MGG 844 with OWC Larry)
  • Mage or Tech? Thunderbolt Hubbing
• E-Ternal from Joanna Stern/WSJ

Be sure to follow our co-hosts @verso & @miketrose and the show itself @the_aftershow!

The unusual (actually unprecedented) Aftershow where both our intrepid hosts have new computers (Apple Silicon!) at the same time.  Kelly's new laptop adventures, Mike's Mac mini misgivings, and plenty of cool links to explore. (Why is the M1 Mac mini not equipped with a wireless charger in the lid??)

• Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine
• Rene Ritchie's slew of M1 videos
• Kelly's interview with PC Calc's James Thomson on TMO
• The long era of Target Display Mode coming to a close (thanks Jeff Gamet!)
• Software KVMs Synergy and Barrier
• TMO Thunderbolt 4 Explained and at Liliputing
• MacVoices Gift Guides (MTR, KG)
• tab management — not yet a sponsor Workona
• The Incomparable:
  • Media Plus
  • Mandalorian
  • Life Day
• the Caldigit T3

Kelly talks about her big interview, and we review our shopping lists. Also, yeah, there was an Apple event. (Happy Birthday to Kelly!)

• Brimley/Cocoon Line
• SmolRobots
• Effin' Birds
• I'll Be Gone In The Dark
• Spatial Audio on AirPods Pro
• Not Yet a Sponsor Discbound Notebooks

Kelly and Mike review the past couple of weeks including the iPhone 12 Pro and the Homepod Mini. More sleep stories including Ts and Zzzs. Happy Mandalween!

• The Mandalorian Season 2
• MacVoices Live
• Texas 24-hour voting
• Airpods Pro on Woot
• The Grange
• VoteFWD
• Empress Gin
• Smiths jokes
• Upgrading iCloud storage / Apple One

Kelly remembers Cliff Robinson; Mike  recommends Genghis Blues;  we give another shot at Tuvan throat singing. Also, perfect comedy timing.

Rapid response! Basketball Jones becomes Basketball Justice as Mike & Kelly discuss the NBA playoff protest, and catch up on all the things we forgot to talk about earlier.

Links:

• The Skimm on the NBA
• Yahoo News
• Andrew Johnson
• Calm Sleep Stories — Stephen Fry's Blue Gold
• Phil Schiller becomes an Apple Fellow
• Ten Percent Happier