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Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:
AppStories
This week, Federico and John interview Robb Knight, John’s co-host on Ruminate, a show about the open web, snacks, and the occasional videogame about Mastodon, ActivityPub, and the apps Robb uses day-to-day.
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NPC: Next Portable Console
For the latest episode, Brendon explains the cronut, the AYANEO 3 Windows handheld has been announced, we consider Anbernic burnout, Federico shares his PS5 Pro first impressions, we speculate about Microsoft’s handheld future, and on the heels of Brendon’s trip to France, we have thoughts on traveling with handhelds and downsizing our handheld setups.
AppStories, Episode 412, ‘What Kind of Person Are You?’ Show Notes
Links and Show Notes
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Main Show
A Conversation with Robb Knight
- Ruminate
- Ruminate is a bi-weekly podcast exploring the weird web, offbeat snacks, and more hosted by John Voorhees and Robb Knight. Every other Tuesday, John and Robb bring the weird web to your podcast player with their latest online discoveries, oddball snacks, and the occasional videogame obsession. It’s a fun and entertaining mix that will broaden your Internet horizons and amuse you at the same time.
- A Selection of Robb’s Projects
- We Got Family podcast https://wegot.family
- EchoFeed https://echofeed.app
- Pokedon https://pokedon.rknight.me
- What Robb Uses
- Hardware
- First Mac: 2009 iMac
- Current Mac: – 16” M2 Max with 64GB of memory and 1TB storage
- Apps
- Hardware
- Follow Robb
On AppStories+,John and Robb fill Federico in on the origin story of their podcast, Ruminate.
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NPC, Episode 13, ‘A Handheld in Paris’ Show Notes
Links and Show Notes
Is the Cronut from New York?
The Latest Portable Gaming News
A Travel Handheld
Games Mentioned
Credits
Show Art: Brendon Bigley
Music: Will LaPorte
MacStories 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, Ruminate, Comfort Zone, and NPC: Next Portable Console 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.
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