The CultCast

CultCast #276 - Our Apple hardware announcement reactions 🔥

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: our reactions to all Apple’s new products 💪🏼  Apple’s new iPad is cheaper, fatter, heavier, and underpowered Wh...

CultCast #275 - How Apple will make iPad SEXY again 📱💄💋

17 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: Apple’s about to overhaul the iPad, and it’s long overdue!  Plus: why Steve Jobs was cool with your kids using an iPad...

CultCast #274 - Hackers turn our gadgets against us!

10 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  the CIA loses control of its iPhone hacking arsenal, and computer crooks turn your gadgets against you.  Plus: why iPhone...

CultCast #273 - Tim Cook's gonna make Apple “Pro" again!

03 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  Tim Cook promises to make Apple “Pro" again!  We discuss. iPhone ditching Lightning for USB C Spotify about to ...

CultCast #272 - Five Years!

24 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  We celebrate 5 years! We regale you with some of our favorite stories from past shows Our hardware expectations from Ap...

CultCast #271 - BIG changes coming to iPhone 8 📱 🎉

17 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: iPhone 8 is getting a huge makeover with edge-to-edge screen, wireless charging, huge battery, and more. We’ll fill you...

CultCast #270 - The BEST Apple discounts

10 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  How to get significant discounts on Apple gadgets The INSANELY SPECIAL doorknobs at Apple’s Spaceship HQ The fat payc...

CultCast #269 - Our favorite gadgets! 💋

03 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: astounding facts and figures from Apple’s newest earnings report;  Nintendo promises a bunch of new iOS games; how to get...

CultCast #268 - The whacky Apple products time forgot!

27 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: Apple’s weirdest, whackiest, and worst products!  Plus: how Michael Scott almost single-handedly destroyed Apple; the ...

CultCast #267 - 2017 bringing another new Macbook Pro!

20 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: 2017 brings the super-charged MacBook Pro you’ve been waiting for—yes, another update!  Then, a former employee says...

CultCast #266 - Apple’s augmented reality glasses!

13 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: we reveal our current favorite gadgets!  Plus: is MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar a gimmick?  Then: Apple set to unveil three ...

CultCast #265 - Worst gadgets of CES 2017!

06 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: the worst gadgets of CES 2017!  Yup, we run through the gizmos no one on the earth actually needs.  Then we spice things...

CultCast #264 - Best gadgets of 2016!

30 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week, it's our epic final episode of 2016!  We’ll wrap up the year with our hands-on review of the hottness themselves...

CultCast #263 - AirPods! The good, the bad, the amazing.

23 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: everything we like (and don’t) about AirPods; the insider way to lock down your own AirPods without waiting 6 weeks; Ap...

CultCast #262 - AirPod alternatives & the BEST shows of 2016!

16 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: an honest look at Mario Run; better-sounding AirPod alternatives; the cool new stuff in the iOS and tvOS updates; and we...

CultCast #261 - Apple’s next big thing?

09 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: why Apple is done chasing big hit products.  Plus: the demise of Pebble Watch is a bad omen for wearables; Foxconn secre...

CultCast #260 - Hackintosh Monster Mac!

02 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: why building a Hackintosh can get you the monster Mac you’ve always wanted.  Plus: Apple analyst Ming-Chi Quo reveals iP...

CultCast #259 - Secret Apple project stalling Mac updates?

24 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: is a secret Apple project stalling Mac updates?  It wouldn’t be the first time… Plus: Apple teases Black Friday deals;...

CultCast #258 - MacBook Pro w/TouchBar: the good, the bad, the ugly

18 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: the reviews are in! We’ll tell you what praises and complaints reviewers have about new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar.  P...

CultCast #257 - Apple augments reality!

11 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: early reviews show new MacBook Pro is a video editing powerhouse; Apple’s massive interest in augmented reality; rumors o...

CultCast #256 - Why we’re canceling our MacBook Pro order

04 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week:  we’ve canceled our MacBook Pro order! It’s true, and we’ll you why...  Plus: we compare new MacBook Pro’s perf...

CultCast #255 - Our Hello Again Mac Event Reactions!

28 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: Happy?  Disappointed?  Downright pissed off?  Don’t miss our Hello Again Mac event reactions!  Plus: everything we kn...

CultCast #254 Hello, indeed!

21 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: is Apple is about to make massive updates across the entire Mac line?  Don’t miss our Oct. 27 Mac event predictions!  ...

CultCast #253 - Eatercising

14 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: tips, tricks, and techniques to take beautiful iPhone photos and build a following on Instagram. Plus: the crazy explodin...

CultCast #252 - Galaxy Grenades

07 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: revamped iPads coming this spring; Apple lays the groundwork for the next era of personal technology; how smart homes get...

CultCast #251 - Big October Mac event?

30 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: reports point to a big Mac event coming in October!  We’ll tell you why we expect more than just overhauled MacBook Pros...

CultCast #250 - Seven days with iPhone 7

23 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: seven days with iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2—we’ll tell you what we love (and don’t) about Apple’s newest iPho...

CultCast #249 - #JazzHands

16 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: should you buy Airpods?  The reviews are in, and we’re excited.  Plus: the iPhone 7 carrier deals you need to know a...

CultCast #248 - iPhone 7 event reactions!

08 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This episode: our iPhone 7 event reactions! iPhone 7, AirPods, the new Apple Watch—we’ll cover everything Apple announced this week...

CultCast #247 - Kahney’s Shady Banana Tree Holdings INC

02 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: what new hardware will Apple bestow upon us at the iPhone 7 event next week?  Don’t miss our predictions!  Plus: new vi...

CultCast #246 - iPhone 8 Plus… Edge?

26 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  You’ve heard of Samsung’s Galaxy Edge… but is an iPhone 8 Plus Edge on the way?  Some respected analysts say yes.  ...

CultCast #245 - Tuck tails

19 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: leaks point to some excellent upgrades coming to the smaller iPhone 7—we’ll give you the scoop.  Plus: get ready for i...

CultCast #244 - The new Pros, Cometh

12 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: new Macbook Pros, incoming!  We have even more details to share on the “significant” updates coming soon to Apple’s ...

CultCast #243 - Bustin' a squirt

05 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: the controversy around iOS 10’s new gun emoji;  we compare Instagram’s new stories feature to Snapchat's; Gwyneth ...

CultCast #242 - Big Bob’s Back

29 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  iPhone 7 gets a new 3D Touch home button and a September 9th launch date!  Plus: why we may be only weeks away from Apple...

CultCast #241 - Hands off our Pokéballs

22 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: leaked codenames might mean no iPhone 7 Pro; a new trademark alludes to a new wireless version of your white-wired EarPod...

CC2ndHour: "The Console Wars," with Blake J. Harris

15 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! Guest Blake J. Harris, author of Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation, regales us w...

CultCast #240 - Pokemania

15 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: why Pokemon Go is the smash iOS hit Nintendo needed;  iPhone 7 may get the extended battery life we’ve all been asking fo...

CultCast #239 - FourChins

08 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: the best ways to get your gadgets the AppleCare protection you want, but without the AppleCare prices you don’t.  Plus: t...

CultCast #238 - Gruber & Gruber

01 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: You’ll laugh, you’ll cry—wait till you hear the latest lawsuit aimed right at Apple’s biggest products.  Plus: lea...

CultCast #237 - Point 'n shoots, bro

24 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: everything we think we know about Apple’s upcoming iPhone 7!  Plus: price leaks indicate we may get an iPhone 7 “Pro”...

CultCast #236 - When the curtains close...

17 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: it's our WWDC 2016 reactions!  Plus: all the WWDC announcements worth getting excited about; the best hidden OS feat...

CultCast #235 - 2Legit2Quit

10 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: it’s our WWDC 2016 predictions! We’ll tell you what hardware and software to expect.  Plus: Apple makes huge changes to...

CultCast #234 - Macbook Pro spy photos!

03 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: Macbook Pro spy photos reveal some juicy new features, but some old favorites go bye-bye…  Plus: Apple may finally upda...

CultCast #233 - Mr. Meme

27 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: Macbook Pro about to get its biggest refresh ever!  Plus: Apple’s plans to rival Amazon’s Echo; Apple gets serious abou...

CultCast #232 - Techno-Utopian Baloney

20 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: Apple makes a curious investment in China’s version of Uber; iPhones that charge wirelessly in your pocket; Siri is comin...

CultCast #231 - Age of wonder!

13 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! This week: Apple aims to end music downloads; you can now live stream your aerial drone flights to iDevices worldwide;  staggering fa...

CultCast #230 - The MacGyver Factor

06 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: why the iPhone 7s could have features “you’ve never dreamed of"; Apple’s woes in China cause their stock to plum...

CultCast #229 - Alex’s Apple Orchard

29 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!Thisweek: Apple’s 13-year record revenue streak isbroken;  our best picture yet of iPhone 7features; rumors point to afaster, unte...

CultCast #228 - Little red corvette, y’aaaall!

22 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: why the new iPad Pro screen is “practically perfect”; stories from the "Cult of Mac"; our most anticipated W...

CultCast #227 - Viking steel

15 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: how Steve Jobs and the industrial design team saved Apple.  Plus: the reason Jony Ive now has a chauffeur; one year with t...

CultCast #226 - 4 inches of magic

08 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: we look into the past at some of the most pivotal moments in Apple’s 40-year history.  Plus: why the iPhone 7 Plus may b...

CultCast #225 - Burrito Beard

01 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!CultCast #225 - Burrito Beard This week: rumors point to an iPhone 7s with drastic redesign, facial recognition, and the return to a ...

CultCast #224 - No more dongles!

25 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  Apple’s new iPhone SE in an insane value; the significant differences between the big and small iPad Pros; more evidenc...

CultCast #223 - iPad Pro Mini Air… 3?

18 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  will we see new Macs?  Will there a One More Thing??  These are our March 21st Apple event predictions and expectations...

CultCast #222 - Secret man-tears

11 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: it’s official, Apple is gonna “loop us in” at their March 21 press event.  Join us as we decode the mysterious event ...

CultCast #221 - Great Kilt Action

04 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: rumors point to an insanely thin iPhone 7, but is that what we want?  Plus: our list of top, most-wanted iPhone 7 features;...

CultCast #220 - Before and after

26 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: with the FBI vs. Apple battle heating up, some lawyers say Tim Cook could land in jail; why Siri in the next version of OS ...

CultCast #219 - Redesigned Macbook Pros in June?

19 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: major Macbook Pro and Air redesigns may be coming in June; the magic of the MagSafe adapter; the best Mac for college; Apple...

CultCast #218 - The Beak made ‘im do it

12 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: neighbors complain of peculiar “motor noises" emanating from Apple’s secret auto labs; the strange error that’s b...

CultCast #217 - Super Brawl!

05 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: new hardware, incoming! We’ll tell you our expectations of Apple’s rumored March 2016 event.  Plus, why the next iPad A...

CultCast #216 - iPhone 7 Plus… PLUS?

29 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  a souped-up iPad Air 3 coming in March; iPhone 5se is a terrible name for a 4-inch iPhone; the iPhone 7 Plus PLUS is for ...

CultCast #215 - Hoverboard Haters

22 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: our legs are blown off by hover boards; our favorite ways to manage iOS photos; the new Music Memo and Garageband apps ge...

CultCast #214 - Tails ONLY

15 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: some useful new features are coming to iOS 9.3; the future of driving technology; the coolest, weirdest, and worst technolo...

CultCast #213 - Best Gadgets of CES 2016!

08 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week on The CultCast: robot bartenders, smart coffee mugs, and the coolest of gadgets from CES 2016.  Plus, don’t miss our pick...

CultCast #212 - "Full Dolphin"

01 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  why 2015 was one of Apple's best (and worst!) years ever.  Plus:  everything Apple needs to improve in 2016; future...

CultCast #211 - Kanye Cobra

24 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: Apple let’s us all in to their super secret design lab, and what we find is amazing; the best of the holiday iOS App Store...

CultCast #210 - The hot dog, you will like

18 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: the force is looking very strong with the new Star Wars movie; live football may be coming to the Apple TV; the tvOS app st...

CultCast #209 - The Negotiator

11 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: we take a look at Apple’s zany new Smart Battery Case; we cover the new and notable in the newest WatchOS, tvOS, and iOS u...

CultCast #208 - The Tickler

04 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: though Apple spends far less on research and development than the competition, they out innovate them all.  How?  Hit play...

CultCast #207 - Bubble 'N Squeak

26 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: why Apple might just need to bring OS X to the iPad; the Apple Pencil makes anyone a digital artist; one Apple TV pro tip y...

CultCast #206 - Black November!

20 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: get your mace and taser ready for Black Friday! We share some of the best deals on MacBooks, iPhones, Playstation 4s, Xbox...

CultCast #205 - Beautiful Manscapes

13 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  can the new iPad Pro really replace your Mac?  Apple seems to think so, but we’ve got a Pro in-hand and we’re not so ...

CultCast #204 - Private Eyes (Are Watching You)

06 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: "home buttonless" iPhone 7s; the new Apple TV remote is unnervingly easy to break; the UK wants your Apple devices...

CultCast #203 - Children of the Candycorn

30 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: Apple just had their best year ever—we’ll put it in perspective.  Plus: Nintendo’s first iOS game confuses us; the ne...

CultCast #202 - OUTATIME

23 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: we’ll tell you our hands-on first impressions of the new Apple TV, and it’s not all sugar and spice.  Plus: the new a...

CultCast #201 - Yaba daba dooooo

16 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  the pros and cons of Apple’s new 4K and 5K iMacs.  Plus: the new Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2, and Magic Trackpad 2—...

CultCast #200!

09 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: we're celebrating CultCast 200, yaaa’aaaaall!  And just in time for the party—it’s the iPhone 6s sc...

CultCast #199 - So Much Drivel

02 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  we’ve spent seven full days with iPhone 6s and we’re ready to report what we love and what we don’t.  Plus: El Capi...

CultCast #198 - #HeftGate

25 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: the embargoes have lifted and the iPhone 6s reviews are in—we’ll tell you what people love—and don’t—about Apple...

CultCast #197 - TL;DR

18 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  we review the new and notable features of iOS 9, and some lesser-known features you should definitely be using.  Plus: wh...

CultCast #196 - It’s not a stylus!

11 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week:  our reactions to and impressions of all the gadgets unleashed upon us at Apple’s media event extravaganza!  Plus: why t...

CultCast #195 - Leak-tacular!

04 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: here comes iPhone 6S, iPad Pro, and a drastically new Apple TV!  We’ll tell you what to expect from Apple’s Sept. 9th e...

CultCast #194 - Let them have ice water

28 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: new Apple products coming September 9th; our iPhone 6S expectations; the incredible power of Youtube; Instagram finally says...

CultCast #193 - Bigger Is Better

21 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: why we’re convinced we’ll see an iPad Pro come fall, and what we expect from Apple’s giant shield tablet of power.  ...

CultCast #192 - #Bendgate Confirmed

14 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: ever wonder what it’s like to have companies pay you to travel the world snapping their Instagram photos? Professional Ins...

CultCast #191 - Mullet Time

07 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: looks like the radically improved Apple TV we’ve be waiting for lands in September—we’ll tell you what to expect.  ...

CultCast #190 - London Handshake

31 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: why we might be in for big iPad upgrades this year; our expectations for the iPhone 6C; the one feature we hope iPhone 6S wi...

CultCast #189 - Kahney’s Crackhouse

24 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: some pundits are fed up with Apple music, but you know what?  We’re not.  Plus: Apple’s Back To School promotion is fi...

CultCast #188 - He’s got legs

17 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: We all love the popular products, but this ep. we’ll remember some of Apple’s biggest blunders!  Plus: why the new iPod...

CultCast #187 - Into The Mothership!

10 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: how to train Apple Music to dish up better tunes; Microsoft calls it quits on the phone game; iOS 9 and El Capitan betas go ...

CultCast #186 - Let them have Beats

03 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!Ok, we're impressed—Apple Music with Beats1 isn’t just another Spotify… it has some genuinely innovative features some of us...

CultCast #185 - Saucin'

26 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: the cool features in the new iOS 8.4, iOS 9, and El Capitan betas; Taylor Swift starts a royalty battle with Apple; the ri...

CultCast #184 - Force Touch It

19 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: we know you just got your Apple Watch, but we talk rumored updates for the Apple Watch 2.  Plus: why some publishers are o...

CultCast #183 - #NoPantsFridays

12 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: we’re on the ground for WWDC and AltConf!  We’ll tell you what it’s like.  Plus: our favorite features announced at ...

CultCast #182 - Hashtag iCar

05 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: don’t expect hardware… we’ll tell you why the 2015 WWDC could be one of the tamest on record.  Plus: Apple pretty mu...

CultCast #181 - Happy little trees

29 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: Jony Ive’s big promotion has him leaving the design lab… is this step one of an Ive succession plan?  Plus: the surpris...

CultCast #180 - Beards Only

22 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: ok sure, Apple may have forever shelved plans for a proper television, but reports of a souped-up Apple TV debuting at WWDC...

CultCast #179 - Code Brown

15 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: why the iPhone 6s could be the biggest “S” update yet; Nintendo promises 5 top-notch titles coming to iOS; the paltry ...

CultCast #178 - The Dangler

08 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!For years Apple has been reportedly working their magic on the worst device in every home—the remote control. And now, with a rumo...