{"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":"New MacBooks, Studio Displays, iPad Air and iPhone 17e announced!","slug":"new-macbooks-studio-displays-ipad-air-and-iphone-17e-announced","published_at":"2026-03-05T23:11:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cult-of-mac-7630056/new-macbooks-studio-displays-ipad-air-and-iphone-17e-announced","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cult-of-mac-7630056","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/5edf5eea","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/media.transistor.fm/5edf5eea/535248b2.mp3","summary":"This week: Our reactions to Apple’s mad week of announcements — the good and bad from the iPhone 17e, the iPad Air, the incredible M5 MacBooks, the shocking new Studio Displays, and the all-new MacBook Neo. Plus, we’ll grade our predictions from last week! 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: A18 Pro-powered MacBook Neo brings power at lowest price ever The new MacBook Neo, powered by an A18 Pro chip, is Apple’s most affordable laptop ever, at $599 — just $499 for education. MacBook Pros with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips deliver major performance leap Apple's newest M5 Pro and M5 Max-equipped MacBook Pros arrive, delivering unrivaled performance and additional storage. M5 Pro and M5 Max ‘super cores’ supercharge new Macs Studio Display XDR arrives with mini-LED backlighting and 5K clarity Introducing the Studio Display XDR: Apple's new premium monitor for professionals with mini-LED backlighting and Thunderbolt 5. iPhone 17e doubles built-in storage, adds MagSafe The new iPhone 17e includes improvements — like double the starting storage capacity — that make it an even better value. M5 MacBook Air ramps up speed, storage and connectivity With M5 MacBook Air's launch, Apple's top-selling laptop gains speed, storage and improved wireless networking without any design changes. 4 key upgrades make new M4 iPad Air a beast The new M4 iPad Air features a faster processor, more RAM, new Appl…","meta_description":"This week: Our reactions to Apple’s mad week of announcements — the good and bad from the iPhone 17e, the iPad Air, the incredible M5 MacBooks, the shocki…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3556,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cult-of-mac-7630056/episodes/new-macbooks-studio-displays-ipad-air-and-iphone-17e-announced/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/new-macbooks-studio-displays-ipad-air-and-iphone-17e-announced.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}