{"podcast":{"title":"Cult of Mac","slug":"cult-of-mac-7630056","podcast_index_feed_id":7630056,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/cult-of-mac","website_url":"https://www.cultofmac.com/podcast","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/s0Mt-7zcrhI1pess8U6mqbhlMl8503hp4Rz9CSclxCk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMjE5/ZTJiZDYyMzdkN2M2/MDA2MThjMGZlYzdh/MDhmYy5wbmc.jpg","author":"Cult of Mac","episode_count":30,"summary":"The official podcast of the long-running Cult of Mac blog. Every week, you’ll get the biggest news stories with our expert analysis and commentary. We’ll also give you a how-to that’ll help you use and understand your devices better. We’ll share and pick apart the most interesting Mac setups. You can send us any weird or technical questions you have. You’ll get our hands-on reviews of the interesting products, accessories and gadgets we try. Our goal is to inform, educate, but most of all, entertain.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T08:17:38.912590+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cult-of-mac-7630056"},"episode":{"title":"Hands-on with the Studio Display XDR, MacBook Neo and iPhone 17e","slug":"hands-on-with-the-studio-display-xdr-macbook-neo-and-iphone-17e","published_at":"2026-03-12T23:49:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cult-of-mac-7630056/hands-on-with-the-studio-display-xdr-macbook-neo-and-iphone-17e","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cult-of-mac-7630056","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/40d05f75","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/media.transistor.fm/40d05f75/d784d97e.mp3","summary":"This week: We go hands-on with the new Studio Display XDR, MacBook Neo and iPhone 17e! Also: The Neo has everyone freaking out, bad news about the M6 MacBook Pro and new emoji coming in iOS 26.4. Watch this episode on YouTube Send us a text with comments, questions, feedback or a video to play on the show: cultofmacpodcast@icloud.com Sponsors: The Cult of Mac Today and Weekender newsletters. Cult of Mac Today is a rundown of the top daily news, plus reviews and how-tos, with commentary by Leander himself. And the Weekender is an easy-to-digest roundup of the week’s top stories. Sign up at newsletters.cultofmac.com . Links: Hands-on with the Studio Display XDR, MacBook Neo and iPhone 17e Another PC maker sounds alarm as MacBook Neo shakes up industry We recently wrote about how $599 MacBook Neo could shake up the PC industry. Now more laptop makers are freaking out. MacBook Ultra rumored as Apple’s most expensive laptop yet Apple’s next big MacBook Pro refresh could bring an OLED touchscreen, but it may also come with a higher price tag and an \"Ultra\" moniker. iOS 26.4 beta 4 gives us first look at Apple’s new emoji Apple continues testing iOS 26.4 with the release of beta 4, with the new build adding eight new emojis and renaming a new feature. Listener Question Who should buy a MacBook Neo?","meta_description":"This week: We go hands-on with the new Studio Display XDR, MacBook Neo and iPhone 17e! Also: The Neo has everyone freaking out, bad news about the M6 MacB…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3152,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cult-of-mac-7630056/episodes/hands-on-with-the-studio-display-xdr-macbook-neo-and-iphone-17e/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cult-of-mac-7630056/hands-on-with-the-studio-display-xdr-macbook-neo-and-iphone-17e.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}