I recently sat in on a recording of The Incomparable to talk about The Right Stuff:
The epic film about the early days of the space race, 1983’s “The Right Stuff,” is on the launch pad this week. What does the film say about modern mythmaking? Can you have too much Chuck Yeager? Is this peak Dennis Quaid? Why do astronauts have to be test pilots instead of demolition-derby drivers? We’ll figure it out. Let’s light this candle!
On this week’s episode of Ungeniused, things get messy:
Are you ever concerned that a loved one may burst into flames in their sleep? You probably don’t have to worry about spontaneous human combustion. Probably.
Myke is back to talk about dongles. I have opinions about the Mac Pro. Federico is trying a new notes app.
My thanks to our sponsors:
This morning, we launched a new show named Mixed Feelings over at Relay FM:
Mixed Feelings is a show about news, politics and pop culture. Every episode, your hosts talk about their favorite stories of the week … and probably at least one random current event that has nothing to do with anything.
It’s been great to get to know the hosts Quinn Rose and Gillian Parker and help them get this new podcast launched. It’s something new and different from our normal topics, and I absolutely love it.
This week on Connected, we talk about my new MacBook Pro, Federico’s new Amazon Echo Dot and the future of everything.
My thanks to our sponsors who helped us book our special musical guest.
Hello again. The Connected trio have just wrapped up watching Apple’s Mac event and are here to talk about the news and share some first impressions.
This was a lot of fun.
My thanks to our sponsor:
Republicans and Democrats have you down this election cycle? Why not consider a non-human candidate?
I joined Mark Bramhill for a bonus episode of his excellent podcast, Welcome to Macintosh:
Apple recently released macOS Sierra, the latest version of the Mac operating system. It had new features in it, but one of the most notable changes was something it left out — the X, the Roman numeral 10, from the name. It’s a small, unimportant change, but it’s kind of the end of an era.
This week on Liftoff, Jason and I draft our favorite robotic spacecraft, after pouring one out for Schiaparelli.
My thanks to our sponsor this week:
This week, Myke goes to the Apple Store, the group reads Pixel reviews and Federico brings back Weekly Picks.
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Mark Bramhill’s Welcome to Macintosh is one of my all-time favorite nerdy podcasts. He is looking to bring it back for a third season, and has launched a Kickstarter project to do it:
Season 3 of Welcome to Macintosh is the most ambitious season to date. The stories I’m working on require traveling across the country, reporting on events, working with designers — and these expenses add up. Advertising helps, but the money only comes in after the episodes have been released. In the past, I’ve paid for expenses out of pocket and just trusted that things would work out. But that’s not sustainable, and it limits what I’m able to do and what stories I can tell.
This week’s Ungeniused is full of WTF:
The Games of the III Olympiad are marred by exploitation, experimentation and a near-deadly marathon.