Explore every episode of the podcast Top Five Tech
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| iPhone 18 Pro Reviews, Apple's Fight Against AI Imagery, Will AI Eliminate Us All? | 18 Sep 2026 | 00:05:23 | |
Tyler Stalman's camera review, a reader-submitted Apple Watch Series 12 heart rate study, 48 hours behind the scenes with MKBHD, Adam Conover on Decoder, Austin Mann's iPhone 18 Pro photos, how Apple Reference Image works, the return of AppZapper, and whether AI is really going to kill us.
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| Best Look at iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro Camera Breakdown, Apple Watch Audio Intelligence | 11 Sep 2026 | 00:06:04 | |
A hands-on look at the new iPhone Duo, a photographer's take on iPhone 18 Pro camera, Tim Cook's perfect handoff moment, free iPhone Duo wallpapers, and what it means that your Apple Watch is now always listening.
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| AI Slop is Killing Educational Videos, Designed in California, Upcoming Movie Shortcut | 04 Sep 2026 | 00:07:01 | |
A 30-minute investigation into how AI slop is killing educational YouTube, the Designed in California podcast from Myke Hurley and Jason Snell, Governor Kathy Hochul on Decoder, my own App Store featured spotlight, and a Shortcut that drops upcoming movies straight into your task manager.
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| MKBHD Says Yes to Every Email, GoldenEye on iPhone, Cancer Vaccine | 28 Aug 2026 | 00:05:28 | |
MKBHD says yes to every wild gadget email again, Robert Downey Jr. and Joe Russo look back at Infinity War and the MCU, Bill Gates on our turbulent AI era, GoldenEye 007 running natively on iPhone, Super Mario 64 on Vision Pro, and we may have a cancer vaccine.
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| Minimal Phone 2, Claude Watermarks, and Camera AirPods | 21 Aug 2026 | 00:06:02 | |
The strangely intriguing Minimal Phone 2 on Kickstarter, Ben Smith of Semafor on Decoder, John Gruber on Anthropic's text watermarking, a free app that fixes DMG installs forever, and the AirPods camera leak hiding inside macOS Tahoe.
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| Superintelligence is a Dragon and I Should've Tried Raycast Years Ago | 14 Aug 2026 | 00:05:44 | |
Mrwhosetheboss on what Google's Pixel 11 event means for Android's future, Colin and Samir on where the AI line is for creators, Casey Newton's take on Zuckerberg's AI manifesto, and the launcher that's better than Spotlight.
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| Space is Bigger Than You Think, Google Maps Blew It, When It's Too Much AI | 07 Aug 2026 | 00:06:18 | |
Cleo Abram's tour of fascinating neutrino detectors, Kurzgesagt's video on why we're trapped in our Solar System, and if you're over 40, you're ready to use AI.
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| iPhone User's Take on Z Fold 8, Deep Fitness Tracker Testing, U.S. Bans Robot Vacuums | 31 Jul 2026 | 00:05:25 | |
Andrew Clare tests the Galaxy Z Fold 8 as a primarily iPhone user, history podcasts I can't stop listening to, in-depth fitness tracker testing, two of my favorite apps got big upgrades, and the FCC just banned robots, including vacuums.
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| Nolan's Odyssey, WWII with Tom Hanks, Great Apple Home App | 24 Jul 2026 | 00:05:04 | |
Ludwig Göransson's incredible Odyssey score, a feature-length breakdown of Nolan's "invisible CGI," World War II podcast with Tom Hanks, a great smart home app, creativity in the age of AI.
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| Robot Hands Are Getting Wild, Get USB-C Cable Insights, ChatGPT Super App | 17 Jul 2026 | 00:04:20 | |
The 1X NEO robot's incredibly dexterous new hands, Hank Green interviews Helen Hunt on his new podcast, M.G. Siegler on why the new ChatGPT app sort of super sucks, a free Mac utility that tells you what your USB-C cables can really do, plus Facebook Marketplace food reviews and jaw-dropping bird calls. Get the Newsletter Movies on the Side Primary Technology Mac Power Users 1X NEO Hands Demo
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| How IMAX 70mm Works, Best Movie and TV App, The Rest is History | 10 Jul 2026 | 00:04:33 | |
A behind-the-scenes look at how IMAX projects 70mm film for The Odyssey, the JFK series that got me hooked on The Rest Is History, Derek Seaman's top macOS app picks, and the two apps I'm leaning on to track my media and get a second opinion on my health. Get the Newsletter How IMAX 70MM Film is Projected!
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| Find My Showdown, Hyperspace, Four Thousand Weeks | 03 Jul 2026 | 00:03:49 | |
Lexy Savvides pits Find My against Google's network, ATP digs into Apple's price increases, the book that reframed how I think about time, John Siracusa's disk-space app, and Holst's Jupiter. Get the Newsletter I lost my stuff on purpose. Who found it faster? The Chart Is Terrifying — Accidental Tech Podcast You're Not Ready For These iPhone Shortcuts Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals — Oliver Burkeman Hyperspace: Reclaim Disk Space — John Siracusa Holst: The Planets — Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Shortcuts Community | |||
| Slate EV Truck, Apple Raises Prices, Toy Story 5 | 26 Jun 2026 | 00:06:01 | |
First look at the $25,000 Slate EV Truck, why Apple just raised prices across the lineup, a plain-language Mac utility, and what Toy Story 5 says about our screens. Get the Newsletter Affiliate Prime Day Deals
Spider-Man: Brand New Day – New Trailer (4K)
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| How Vision Pro Immersive Content is Made, Harmony Remotes, Tech News Moves | 19 Jun 2026 | 00:05:00 | |
A behind-the-scenes look at how Apple builds those immersive visionOS environments, Version History episode on the Harmony remote, how Australia's social media ban is actually playing out, a fun shortcut for yesterday's sports scores, and shake-ups happening in tech journalism. Get the Newsletter How Vision Pro Immersive Environments Are Made Harmony remote: Control freak — Version History
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| Apple Vision Pro Future, Task App, Viticci's 10 Years at WWDC | 12 Jun 2026 | 00:03:41 | |
Justin Ryan asks Apple if it's done with Vision Pro, Primary Technology was LIVE from Apple Park, Federico Viticci's reflective WWDC essay, and the beautifully designed Tasks app I'm about to try. | |||
| MacVince Channel, Gruber on TBPN, Designed in California | 05 Jun 2026 | 00:04:25 | |
MacVince is making incredible YouTube content about apps, John Gruber guesting on TBPN, the Kickstarter for Mike Hurley and Jason Snell's new Apple history podcast, the $10 Mac app I use to grab text from anything, and Amy Poehler's great hang with Judge Judy. Get the Newsletter MacVince's New Mac Apps
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| Bob Ross × Mozart × Ferrari | 29 May 2026 | 00:04:05 | |
Ferrari's first EV designed by Jony Ive, Sundar Pichai on Google's AI future, a seven-year-old video about the word you say every day, and a new RSS reader worth trying. Get the Newsletter
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| Creating vs Consuming, Arctic RV, Making iPhone Apps on iPhone | 22 May 2026 | 00:05:40 | |
A YouTube gem on making instead of consuming, the Antarctic Snow Cruiser disaster, an Apple Vision Pro doc on Real Madrid, the social app that unifies Bluesky and Mastodon, and Google brings vibe coding to Android phones.
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| Antarctica's Secrets, I Am Not a Robot, Do You Hate AI? | 15 May 2026 | 00:05:24 | |
Cleo Abram goes to Antarctica, Jonah Hill's interview on SmartLess, Joanna Stern's new book I Am Not a Robot is out, a few great Mac apps, and a commencement address clip reacting to AI. Get the Newsletter Email Me
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| Hannah Fry on Claude, Acquired's Starbucks Story, Animated Earth | 08 May 2026 | 00:05:36 | |
Hannah Fry tests what AI agents can really do, the founding story of Starbucks on Acquired, the rise of clip farms, massive new data center debacle, and the Earth like no one has seen. Get the Newsletter Hannah Fry on Claude Acquired: Starbucks with Howard Schultz
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| AI Chatbots IRL, Software Brain, Vision Pro Rumors | 01 May 2026 | 00:05:21 | |
John Oliver tackles AI chatbots, Nilay Patel on the AI backlash, swirling Vision Pro and MagSafe rumors, a fun wallpaper shortcut, and my take on actually useful AI.
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| New Things, Hans Zimmer, Tim Cook Leadership Lesson | 24 Apr 2026 | 00:05:55 | |
Joanna Stern launched her "New Things," a look inside Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios, Jason's great commentary on Tim Cook, and on retiring from content creation (not me). Get the Newsletter Watch the Private Video Why I Quit The Wall Street Journal To Start This YouTube Channel Tim Cook Steps Down. And Who is John Ternus? — With Joanna Stern Inside Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios — Twenty Thousand Hertz Community Letter from Tim - Apple https://www.apple.com/community-letter-from-tim/ Tim Cook’s Farewell Letter Just Revealed His Most Important Leadership Habit https://apple.news/ADYipKBtITUKNC-wuMSx6jw Backup Your Shortcuts https://shortcut.bot/shortcutsbackup I'm Retiring… Gerald Undone | |||
| Mythos, Capture, and AT&T | 16 Apr 2026 | 00:04:49 | |
What's the story on Mythos AI from Anthropic, a fascinating AT&T history lesson, a must-read Sam Altman profile, and the best app I’m using to save everything. --- | |||