Magic Rays of Light

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A weekly podcast exploring the world of Apple TV. Hosted by MacStories' Sigmund Judge and Devon Dundee. #mrol

2 DAYS AGO

Prime Target, Dark Scenes, and Silo

Sigmund and Devon highlight the premiere of Apple Original thriller Prime Target, share their perspectives on the conversation surrounding dark scenes in shows and films, and recap the gripping second season of Silo. Highlight Prime Target Main Topic How Apple developed the world’s first end-to-end hearing health experience Apple's secret testing rooms | Tyler Stalman Inside Apple's Top Secret Audio & Video Labs for iPhone 16/16 Pro | Brian Tong Apple TV News Plex Experience Preview ‎MoviePass Screening Room ‎Live Switcher Mobile Trailer Talk Vietnam: The War That Changed America Love You To Death Apple Original News M. Night Shyamalan Faces $81 Million Copyright Trial Over Apple TV+ Show ‘Servant’ | Variety The Truth About Emanuel Releases Eva the Owlet Apple Music Live: Björk Extras Ben Stiller and Adam Scott on Apple News In Conversation Severance — Inside the Grand Central Terminal Pop-Up Severance Balloon Severance — Season 1 Recap, Courtesy of Lumon Silo – Inside Solo's Vault with Steve Zahn OK Go - A Stone Only Rolls Downhill PMI Behind the Scenes: The OK Go Project Recap Silo TV App Highlights Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Gladiator II Nosferatu The Girl With the Needle Saturday Night Kobe: The Making of a Legend Up Next Believe Me Whiskey on the Rocks The Wild Robot Send us a voice message all week via iMessage or email to magic@macstories.net. Subscribe to Magic Rays of Light on YouTube and follow us on Mastodon and Bluesky. Sigmund Judge | Follow Sigmund on Mastodon or Bluesky Devon Dundee | Follow Devon on Mastodon or Bluesky

1h 59m
JAN 17 · BONUS

Severance Returns

In a special bonus episode, Sigmund and Devon highlight the much-anticipated second season premiere of Severance on Apple TV+. Severance In Conversation | Theodore Shapiro In Conversation | Tramell Tillman Severance — Inside the Grand Central Terminal Pop-Up Severance Balloon ‎Severance: The Lexington Letter | Apple Books MDR Game Send us a voice message all week via iMessage or email to magic@macstories.net. Subscribe to Magic Rays of Light on YouTube and follow us on Mastodon and Bluesky. Sigmund Judge | Follow Sigmund on Mastodon or Bluesky Devon Dundee | Follow Devon on Mastodon or Bluesky

39 min
JAN 15

CES 2025 and Bad Sisters

Sigmund and Devon share their favorite announcements from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show and recap the second season of Bad Sisters. Give to the Red Cross California Wildfires Response Main Topic: CES CES Is A Lot: A Gadget Roundup Hisense TriChroma LED TV LG G5 Panasonic Z95B Apple Television could be the antidote for these disturbing TV trends | 9to5Mac VLC AI Subtitling Roborock Saros Z70 Schlage Sense Pro Tapo AI Analysis Caséta Shades Aqara Presence Multi-Sensor FP300 ThirdReality MK1 Magic Keyboard Laifen Wave Electric Toothbrush Willo® AutoFlo+ Fully Automated Kids Toothbrush MCON Belkin Stage PowerGrip Nékojita FuFu Soliddd Vision Trailer Talk Prime Target Eva the Owlet Season 2 Mythic Quest Season 4 Onside: Major League Soccer Releases Word Wright in ‎Game Room Recap Bad Sisters TV App Highlights My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock Red Rooms Up Next Shot on iPhone 16 Pro | Chinese New Year - I Made a Mixtape for You Shot on iPhone 16 Pro | Chinese New Year - Making of I Made a Mixtape for You Queer Send us a voice message all week via iMessage or email to magic@macstories.net. Subscribe to Magic Rays of Light on YouTube and follow us on Mastodon and Bluesky. Sigmund Judge | Follow Sigmund on Mastodon or Bluesky Devon Dundee | Follow Devon on Mastodon or Bluesky

1h 41m
JAN 8

Shrinking and Apple TV in 2025

Sigmund and Devon share one Apple TV wish each for 2025 and recap season two of Shrinking. Devon also reviews Sigmund’s Christmas gift to him, A Real Pain. Here To Help | Apple Pre-Roll PrismXR Carina D1 Charging Dock for Apple Vision Pro Belkin Travel Bag for Apple Vision Pro  Apple Vision Pro All-Metal Stand Apple TV News HDMI 2.2 announced with 96Gbps bandwidth for 4K480, 8K, 16K, more | FlatPanelsHD Theater 2.0 Apple Fitness+ Announces Strava Integration, New Workout Programs, and More Nikki Glaser Opening Monologue | 82nd Annual Golden Globes Releases Adventure: Ice Dive ‎Skate City: New York ‎Gears & Goo ‎Three Kingdoms HEROES Final Fantasy+ ‎Trials of Mana+ ‎Rodeo Stampede+ ‎It's Literally Just Mowing+ Extras Critics Choice Awards Malala Yousafzai on Apple News In Conversation Bad Sisters — Extending Worlds: The Forty Foot and Ireland Coast Slow Horses — Jackson Lamb Arrives Unannounced | Scene Read Blitz — Reconstructing the Blitz | Production Design Fly Me to the Moon – Lance Vespertine Explains It All Fly Me to the Moon — Jim Rash Reacts to Out of this World Pick Up Lines Another Take with Channing Tatum & Scarlett Johansson | Colin Jost Cameo Scene Hugh Howey and Graham Yost Reddit AMA The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott Wicked Director Jon M. Chu Makes Movie Magic with Apple Vision Pro Recap Shrinking TV App Highlights Flow The Traitors Up Next Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat A Real Pain Squid Game What If...? Send us a voice message all week via iMessage or email to magic@macstories.net. Subscribe to Magic Rays of Light on YouTube and follow us on Mastodon and Bluesky. Sigmund Judge | Follow Sigmund on X, Mastodon, Threads, or Bluesky Devon Dundee | Follow Devon on Mastodon, Threads, or Bluesky

1h 45m
12/20/2024

2024 In Review and Listener Q&A

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 Send us a voice message all week via iMessage or email to magic@macstories.net. Subscribe to Magic Rays of Light on YouTube and follow us on Mastodon and Bluesky. Sigmund Judge | Follow Sigmund on X, Mastodon, Threads, or Bluesky Devon Dundee | Follow Devon on Mastodon, Threads, or Bluesky

2h 18m
12/11/2024

Ugly Is In

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. Submit your questions for episode 150 to magic@macstories.net or on socials using #Magic150. 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 Send us a voice message all week via iMessage or email to magic@macstories.net. Subscribe to Magic Rays of Light on YouTube and follow us on Mastodon and Bluesky. Sigmund Judge | Follow Sigmund on X, Mastodon, Threads, or Bluesky Devon Dundee | Follow Devon on Mastodon, Threads, or Bluesky

1h 24m
12/04/2024

tvOS 18.2 Preview and a Look Back at Where’s Wanda? and Midnight Family

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. Submit your question for episode 150 to magic@macstories.net or on socials using #Magic150. 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 Send us a voice message all week via iMessage or email to magic@macstories.net. Subscribe to Magic Rays of Light on YouTube and follow us on Mastodon and Bluesky. Sigmund Judge | Follow Sigmund on X, Mastodon, Threads, or Bluesky Devon Dundee | Follow Devon on Mastodon, Threads, or Bluesky

1h 30m
11/27/2024

Blitz, Bread & Roses, and RAYE’s Immersive Concert

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. Submit your question for episode 150 to magic@macstories.net. 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 Send us a voice message all week via iMessage or email to magic@macstories.net. Subscribe to Magic Rays of Light on YouTube and follow us on Mastodon and Bluesky. Sigmund Judge | Follow Sigmund on X, Mastodon, Threads, or Bluesky Devon Dundee | Follow Devon on Mastodon, Threads, or Bluesky

1h 36m

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4.7

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20 Ratings

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02/23/2024

Tedtthebear

Insightful. Looking to listen to these guys every week
Wonderful

02/27/2023

Shawn Kilgore

This is awesome. I love all the insight and reviews. They know their stuff and it’s a really fun listen.
Bad

02/09/2024

adammgaines

Sounds like they are just reading Apple press releases, not much actual conversations. And segues are so cringe.
Good Show

10/23/2023

Carmen San Diego Zoo

Comprehensive, smart coverage of Apple TV and other home hardware and Apple TV+ originals. One note: Please stop the cringey segues from segment to segment!