Podcast Rewind: Cozy Sports, Wallpaper Wars, Southern Cooking, and Bad Bunny

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Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:Comfort Zone Niléane gets sporty and frosty, Chris is drowning in new Apple products, and Matt oversees the battle for the nicest iPhone wallpaper (where everyone wins).MacStories Unwind This week, Federico tries to recover from a rough week, John brings some Southern cooking to the show, Federico has a long backlog of videogames to attend to, and John has an Apple TV+ show and an album to share.Magic Rays of Light Sigmund is joined by 9to5Mac editor-in-chief Chance Miller to highlight Paul Greengrass’s emotional California fire triumph-over-disaster movie, Apple Music’s next Super Bowl half-time show headliner, and the indefinite postponement of The Savant.Comfort Zone, Episode 69, ’Nice’ Show NotesHow would you have done our challenges? How would you answer the question at the end of the show? Let us know!Want more from the gang? Cozy Zone is a bonus podcast every Monday where we let loose on all sorts of fun topics. You can get cozy with the Comfort Zone crew for just $5/month or $50/year, which not only makes the bonus episodes possible, but supports Comfort Zone, too.Main topicsApple Sports comes to more countriesFotMobFrostyEverything Apple announced in SeptemberOther stuff we talked aboutTapback wallpaper set (🚨 WARNING, downloads may not work…)Chris’s wallpaper (alt link)Briar Rose wallpaperCozy ZoneFor even more from the Comfort Zone crew, you can subscribe to Cozy Zone. Cozy Zone is a weekly bonus episode of Comfort Zone where Matt, Niléane, and Chris invite listeners to join them in the Cozy Zone where they’ll cover extra topics, invent wilder challenges and games, and share all their great (and not so great) takes on tech. You can subscribe to Cozy Zone for $5 per month here or $50 per year here.MacStories Unwind, ’Nights, Weekends, and Holidays’ Show NotesLinks and Show NotesLinks and Show NotesUnpluggedSouthern CookingPecan PiePimento Cheese DipFried OkraPicksFederico’s Pick:Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice ChroniclesTriple Click Tactics episodeHades IIDonkey Kong BananzaHollow Knight: SilksongMetroid Prime 4: BeyondPokémon Legends: Z-ARatchet & Clank Rift ApartPipistrello and the Cursed YoyoDespeloteMika and the Witch’s MountainJohn’s Pick:Slow Horses, Season 5 on Apple TV+Michigander by MichiganderMacStories Unwind+We deliver MacStories Unwind+ to Club MacStories subscribers ad-free and early with high bitrate audio every week.To learn more about the benefits of a Club MacStories subscription, visit our Plans page.Magic Rays of Light, Episode 186, ‘The Lost Bus, Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl, and The Savant’s Postponement’ Show NotesSpecial Guest Co-Host Chance Miller* 9to5Mac* 9to5Mac Daily* 9to5Mac Happy HourHighlight* The Lost Bus* Paradise by Lizzie JohnsonApple Audio* Beats Fit Pro* MKBHD’s AirPods Pro 3 ReviewTrailer Talk* Knife Edge: Chasing Micheline Stars* Loot S3 * Down Cemetery Road* Stiller & Meara: Nothing is LostApple Original News* Global sensation Bad Bunny to perform at Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show | NFL* Schmigadoon! Is headed to Broadway | Entertainment Weekly* The Hunt First Look* The Savant Postponed | DeadlineReleases* The Sisters Grimm* Immersive: Elevated — MaineApple Arcade Releases* Dominoes: Classic Tile Game+ by MobilityWare* Piffle+ by Hipster Whale* Thomas & Friends: Let’s Roll+ by StoryToysExtras* Chief Of War — The Olowalu Massacre | Apple TV+* Chief of War — Another Take with Temuera Morrison | Kahekili Fights Kūpule Scene | Apple TV+* Chief of War — Another Take with Jason Momoa | Cliff Fight Scene | Apple TV+* Highest 2 Lowest — Spike Lee & Denzel Washington’s Collaborative History | Apple TV+* Foundation — Foundation, Fact, or Fiction | Apple TV+* Platonic — Season 2 Bloopers | Apple TV+* Pluribus — Taking Out the Trash | Apple TV+* Slow Horses — See London the Slow Horses Way | Apple MapsThe Watchlist* Rabbit Trap* Caught Stealing* Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale* Spinal Tap II: The End Continues* The Toxic Avenger* The Naked Gun* Bring Her Back* Shell* Steve* The Threesome* Twinless* One Day in October Up Next* Abbott Elementary* Chad PowersMacStories 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, Comfort Zone, NPC: Next Portable Console, and First, Last, Everything 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.If you’re interested in advertising on our shows, you can learn more here or by contacting our Managing Editor, John Voorhees.Access Extra Content and PerksFounded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for nearly a decade.What started with weekly and monthly email newsletters has blossomed into a family of memberships designed every MacStories fan.Club MacStories: Weekly and monthly newsletters via email and the web that are brimming with apps, tips, automation workflows, longform writing, early access to the MacStories Unwind podcast, periodic giveaways, and more;Club MacStories+: Everything that Club MacStories offers, plus an active Discord community, advanced search and custom RSS features for exploring the Club’s entire back catalog, bonus columns, and dozens of app discounts;Club Premier: All of the above and AppStories+, an extended version of our flagship podcast that’s delivered early, ad-free, and in high-bitrate audio.Learn more here and from our Club FAQs.Join Now