An actual, legitimate VERY SPECIAL EPISODE featuring our first ever Aftershow guest, Kelly "The Other Kelly" AuCoin! #RipCity post-mortem, comic books, getting past the first chapter, and way more. Part 1 of a two-part episode.

Our special guest, Kelly AuCoin, is familiar to TV audiences for two striking -- and radically different -- featured roles on hit series. He plays Pastor Tim on FX's The Americans and "Dollar Bill" Stearn on Showtime's Billions. He also maintains a transcontinental obsession with his hometown Portland Trailblazers, insisting that Bill Walton is Pastor Tim's spirit animal and recording high-energy playoff telecast intros for the team.

Note for listeners: this ep has a slightly higher frequency of mature language than our average run rate, so be alert if you are in the car with your impressionable children.

Episode title namesake: Jusuf Nurkić

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Welcome back, beloved listeners. We're sorry we've been away so long. MST3K, Sportsball in Rip City (hi Other Kelly!), AirPods, more podcasts, an obscure James song, Resistance charms, kvetch but act magnets by Laura Antoniou, and much more.

OLD TIMER ALERT: Today (April 26) is also the eighth anniversary of the first time EVER that Mike and Kelly were on a podcast together -- the TUAW Talkcast, episode 90, from way back in 2009. Listen to how young we sound -- especially over plain old telephone lines!

Working out our yayas over November 8. Also, Mike's theater recommendations!

Kelly's recommendations:

Also, add your Representative to your phone!

Scary Halloween names, the weirdness of the Surface Studio, and Kelly's existential dissatisfaction with the MacBook Pro announcements. Mike's rathole regarding the original Microsoft Surface.

(If you're wondering what we meant by Okudagrams -- well, follow the link.)

Remembering Steve Jobs, on the fifth anniversary of his death. Kelly & Mike recall where they were when they heard the news (a hotel ballroom at Disney World). Also thinking about Siri, the iPhone 7 and more.

Macstock! App Camp! And the nigh-suffocating summer heat. Plus, movie recommendations.

This show marks a farewell to a couple of Mac mainstays: the retail operations of NYC reseller/superstore Tekserve (NYT coverage) and Apple news/commentary site MacNN. We wish them all the best.

More: Kelly's coverage of breach fatigue, the Computerworld "Mandela/mandala" article, and not-yet-a-sponsor Moko cases & charge packs.

You can find us on Twitter at @the_aftershow -- let us know what you think!

The hay fevers have hit with a vengeance. Mike and Kelly consider hanging it up and churning butter for a living. Also we recorded this before the NBA Finals began.

Twitter account of the fortnight: Paul Ryan Gosling

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Basketball jones, part deux. Mike's kids finally get new phones, and the App Camp For Girls family says goodbye to one of their own. Operations Manager Michelle Petruzzi, battling pancreatic cancer, passed away on April 29 2016.

If you're interested in donating in memory of Michelle, please check out Project POOCH or the App Camp donations page.

Basketball jones, part I. Also fairy tale spoilers, Mike's move, and more.