The CultCast

CultCast #177 - A week with Apple Watch

01 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!t’s been a week now that we’ve been living with the Apple Watch affixed upon our wrists, and in that time, we’ve curated a list o...

CultCast #176 - Rustling The Papers

24 Apr 2015

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Send us a text!Apple Watch, inbound!  And now that it is, we’ll take a look at some of the most useful Watch apps available, and just for fun, som...

CultCast #175 - It's "Dadwear"

17 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: why trying on the Apple Watch will make you a believer; our WWDC hardware predictions; why a recent acquisition might mean...

CultCast #174 - Love Bracelets

10 Apr 2015

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Send us a text!This week:  get’em while they’re hot! The Apple Watch is ready for pre-order, but the reviews are in, and they’re a mixed bag. ...

CultCast #173 - The Bookmark Folder

03 Apr 2015

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Send us a text!This week:  Apple Watch apps are hitting the store, we discuss some of the most popular ones; if you want an Apple Watch you’ll n...

CultCast #172 - Segway Drives YOU

27 Mar 2015

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Send us a text!This week: more rumors of a souped-up Apple TV coming in June, and we examine the softer side of Steve Jobs, as described in a new u...

CultCast #171 - Force Clucking

20 Mar 2015

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Send us a text!This week: it’s kind of a big deal—Nintendo is finally bringing their games to iOS!  Plus: the reviews are in, and people are ...

CultCast #170 - Too Many Dongles

13 Mar 2015

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Send us a text! This week: we break down all that we know and still don’t about the Apple Watch, and Leander says why the $10,000 gold editions ar...

CultCast #169 - The Blizzard Took My Internet

06 Mar 2015

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Send us a text!It’s time for all our Apple Watch hopes and dreams to come true.  With the big event coming March 9th, catch our Spring Forward eve...

CultCast #168 - American as Apple _______.

27 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: Apple might be eyeing 2020 for their first car, but you can catch our most wanted features and price expectations right now....

CultCast #167 - Made By Ive

20 Feb 2015

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Send us a text!Jony Ive and his infamous design team aren’t simply creating the Apple products you use and love, their influence is reshaping App...

CultCast #166 - Space Hoopties

13 Feb 2015

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Send us a text!This week: more iCar rumors are swirling… is Apple preparing to give Tesla a run for its money?  Plus: the industries we want A...

CultCast #165 - Do you flex, bro?

06 Feb 2015

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Send us a text!This week: a curiously equipped mystery van has us wondering if Apple’s working on self-driving autos.  Plus, we review all that ...

CultCast #164 - Live Long And Prosper

30 Jan 2015

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Send us a text!This week: Apple has their best quarter ever; Apple Watch is coming in April; the best parts of the new iOS and Yosemite updates; D...

CultCast #163 - What Would Yeezus Do

23 Jan 2015

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Send us a text!This week: why Apple Watch will win the wrist war; we snap a pic with Patrick Stewart and he’s NOT amused; the good and bad of a ...

CultCast 162 - Beware our Glitterbombs

16 Jan 2015

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Send us a text!This week: optical zoom and Force Touch rumored for the iPhone 6s; autonomous future-cars chauffeur us about; we’re back from Ve...

CultCast #161 - 2015: SPACE ELEVATOR

09 Jan 2015

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Send us a text!This week: someone tried to burn down the Mrs. Doubtfire house—time for a drive-by fruiting; prepare thy wrists, the  Watch ...

CultCast #160 - Grandpa Clown

02 Jan 2015

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Send us a text!This week, on our maiden episode of 2015: The story of an iOS developer who gave a gift so generous, it went totally viral; Discoveri...

CultCast #159 - 2014 Favorite Stuff-A-Sode!

26 Dec 2014

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Send us a text!With 2015 nearly upon us, we pick our favorite tech, iOS apps, Mac apps, movies, and tv shows—everything that delighted us in 2014, o...

CultCast #158 - On Your Left!

19 Dec 2014

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Send us a text!Merry CultCast boys and girls!  This week: Santa gets a little “grabby”; Apple wins a major lawsuit; our iPhones deserve "rol...

CultCast #157 - Inside the Sony Hack

12 Dec 2014

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Send us a text!This week: the Sony hack reveals all sorts of juicy Jobs movie tidbits; HBO uses Game of Thrones to break big cable’s iron grip; iPod...

CultCast #156 - Twice Denied

05 Dec 2014

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Send us a text!This week: how’s about that new Star Wars trailer! Plus, warm up the tele—Woz is getting a tech-filled reality TV show; we divulge...

CultCast #155 - Kiss the Cook

27 Nov 2014

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Send us a text!Gobble gobble yaaa’aall! Ever wonder what a Thanksgiving meal with Tim Cook might be like?  Ok, maybe not, but come imagine it with ...

CultCast #154 - Brogrammers

21 Nov 2014

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Send us a text!This week: Uber’s crazy culture is making the news, but we want to party with their brogrammers; why we’re not so jazzed on Apple W...

CultCast #153 - It’s just two steps!

14 Nov 2014

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Send us a text!This week: huge news in the fight for an open internet; Youtube’s Music service confuses us; Apple Pay is like, the payment of the fu...

CultCast #152 - He Dances In Pleather

07 Nov 2014

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Send us a text!This week: more rumored details of the 12-inch "iPad Pro”; 755 more Emojis coming soon to your iDevices; with Christian Bale ou...

CultCast #151 - Payment Wars

30 Oct 2014

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Send us a text!This week: the war on Apple Pay has begun.  We’ll tell you why some of the biggest retailers are moving to block it, and all about ...

CultCast #150 - Wham Rappin'

24 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: the iPad Air 2 reviews are in, and not everyone’s in love; Cult of Mac spends a day with Apple Pay; Yosemite and iOS 8.1 C...

CultCast #149 - Chairman Honeycrisp

17 Oct 2014

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Send us a text!Fresh off the Apple event, our impressions of iPad Air 2, the iPad Mini 3, the big beautiful iMac with 5K display, and the updated Mac ...

CultCast #148 - Broke, But Blingin’

09 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!It’s official, friends: on October 16th, Apple will hold yet another hardware event, so ready your wallets, cause another round of ga...

CultCast #147 - Extra-Gadgetal Affairs

02 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: it’s no coincidence—your love for Apple and their pretty gadgets was Steve Jobs' master plan... Then, Bendgate mig...

CultCast #146 - BENDghazi

25 Sep 2014

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Send us a text!Bendgate! Some say it’s Antennagate 2.0, but is there a legitimate issue happening here? We’ll tell you what we think about these “...

CultCast #145 - Death of a Classic

18 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!The reviews are in! We’ll tell you what people love and don’t about the iPhone 6...  Then, RIP, iPod Classic.  We remember the hu...

CultCast #144 - One More Thing

11 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!Decision time:  Which iPhone 6 is right for you?  We’ll walk you though the features of both new iPhones and help you make that ver...

CultCast #143 - Our iWatch and iPhone 6 Predictions!

05 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: The Fappening!   How did so many high-profile celebrity nudies leak for all to see, and is an iCloud flaw responsible for t...

CultCast #142 - iWatch is Nigh!

29 Aug 2014

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Send us a text!This week: Mark your calendars for Sept. 9th, friends, cause iWatch is nigh!  Plus, an insanely accurate iPhone 6 leak hits Youtube; t...

CultCast #141 - The SausageCast

22 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: Steve Ballmer finally lands the perfect job; NFC and your iPhone make credit cards obsolete; iPhone 6 gets even faster data ...

CultCast #140 - His Verse

15 Aug 2014

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Send us a text!This week: Robin Williams.  We remember the incredible passion, talent, comedy and heartbreak of one life’s great artists.  Then, s...

CultCast #139 - Ready To Pool Party

08 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: iThieves, beware!  Find My iPhone is now a tool of vigilante justice; iPhone 6’s release date gets leaked; we reveal our ...

CultCast #138 - Buster’s Beard Kits

01 Aug 2014

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Send us a text!This week: with over 300,000 followers, we welcome back professional (and paid!) Instagram’er Cory @WithHearts Staudacher to share hi...

CultCast #137 - Trusty Steeds

25 Jul 2014

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Send us a text!This week: William Shatner is the coolest grandpa ever; to take on Apple, Microsoft doubles down on design; Apple inches closer to a di...

CultCast #136 - The Shirt-free Zone

18 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: Chicks on tech!  Plus, rumored Apple tech could give weeklong battery life to your iPhone; why your grandma will love the n...

CultCast #135 - Tears of the Children

11 Jul 2014

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Send us a text!This time on The CultCast:  thirsty Germans drink the tears of Brazilian children!  Ohhh, sorry.  Too soon?  Also on the docket:  ...

CultCast #134 - Protect Your Appendages

04 Jul 2014

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Send us a text!USA!  USA!  On this festive new episode, we reveal our favorite 4th activities and it’s clear Alex E Heath will be in jail by the 5...

CultCast #133 - Sexy Pixels

27 Jun 2014

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Send us a text!This week on the CultCast: Leander’s Big Adventure!  Leander’s back to tell us about his top secret mission to Apple HQ.  CoM rev...

CultCast #132 - The Hottest Chocolate

20 Jun 2014

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Send us a text!There’s a fire in the Amazon!  Ok, but bad jokes aside, we’ll tell you what we love and don’t about Amazon's much-buzzed de...

CultCast #131 - May the Schwartz Be With You...

13 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!OMG YAA'AALL, it’s CultCast time. This week we bring to thee some more cool iOS 8 features you didn’t hear about at WWDC, plus...

CultCast #130 - The WWDC MEGASODE!

06 Jun 2014

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Send us a text!Wow!  This year’s WWDC is one of the most important in years, and on this week’s CultCast, we unpack all the new features announce...

CultCast #129 - Just chill... til the next episode.

30 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!It’s all happening!  WWDC 2014 is right around the corner, and if recent rumors are true, Apple’s about to make major moves into y...

CultCast #128 - iPads In DA CHOPPA!

23 May 2014

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Send us a text!This week: two incredible Apple artifacts hit the auction block; the Govern-na-tah uses iPad for shirtless selfies; Oompa-loompas leak ...

CultCast #127 - Straight Outta Cupertino

16 May 2014

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Send us a text!If all the reports ring true, Apple is about to embark on their largest acquisition ever, and the ramifications could be massive. And o...

CultCast #126 - Leander's Ice Creams

09 May 2014

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Send us a text!This time: No—those rumored new EarPods won’t measure your pulse—last week's biggest Apple rumor was a fake made up by a gu...

CultCast #125 - One Does Not "Cook" A Crumpet

02 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This time: rumored new EarPods take your pulse and more;  Updated Macbook Airs get faster and cheaper; a leaked "iPhone 6" c...

CultCast #124 - Loch Ness Secrets Revealed!

25 Apr 2014

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Send us a text!Apple just made so much money, they’re splitting their stock 7-to-1, and other surprising (and non-boring) notes from their recent fi...

CultCast #123 - Private Parts

18 Apr 2014

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Send us a text!Back in September, popular Youtuber Lewis Hilsenteger released a hands-on video of what he believed to be the outer shell of the iPad 5...

CultCast #122 - The Golden Ticket

11 Apr 2014

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Send us a text!Queue the spy music, cause on this week’s CultCast, our very own Buster Heine sneaks into Apple’s under-construction Arizona Sapphi...

CultCast #121- OOOOU YEEAAAAAH!

04 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!You want iPhone rumors? Well CultCast's got'em, brotherrrr! This time: the rumored 5.5-inch iPhone 6 gets delayed; Foxconn iP...

CultCast #120 - CultCast LIVE @ Macworld 2014!

30 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text! We're excited to bring you all the hoot'n hollerin' good times from our first ever CultCast LIVE event! Join us and s...

CultCast #119 - Macworld, Day Zero

27 Mar 2014

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Send us a text!We’ve descended upon San Francisco for Macworld 2014!  Join us for our show expectations, plus plenty of news, rumors, and discussio...

CultCast #118 - The Secret Sauce

21 Mar 2014

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Send us a text!Secret sauce—it’s the reason Apple keeps winning where others fail, and on our newest CultCast, we discuss the recipe that keeps A...

CultCast #117 - Don't Do Drugs!

14 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!On this ep. ya'aaall: All that we love about iOS 7.1; rumors of a 4.7 and 5.7-inch iPhone 6 gets more credible; CultCast Studios g...

CultCast #116 - The Best Is Yet To Come!

07 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!Hallelujah, iOS has come to the car! On this week’s CultCast, we’ll tell you all we love and don’t about Apple’s new CarPlay-en...

CultCast #115 - NSABackdoor.DMG

28 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This time: The mysterious life of Timothy Cook; exciting rumors around the new Jobs movie; Mavericks 10.9.2’s features and fixes; why...

CultCast #114 - Greetings, Comrades!

21 Feb 2014

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Send us a text!Greetings comrades!  This time on CultCast: for first time, Apple brings iTunes Festival to United States, but why not mother Russia? ...

CultCast #113 - Give Us Flapping Or Give Us Death!

14 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!We'll never stop Flapping!  On this episode, we investigate the worldwide obsession with the iOS wünder-game, Flappy Bird, plus,...

CultCast #112 - We Pity Da Fools

07 Feb 2014

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Send us a text!With rumors of a new Apple-made “fitness app” in iOS 8, secrets meeting with the FDA, and murmurs of more sleep and fitness expert ...

CultCast #111 - The Bigger The Better

31 Jan 2014

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Send us a text!This time: iBras make the world a better place; Apple TV is your tele’s next gaming console; iPhone 6's get huger screens; Net N...

CultCast #110 - Winky Face

24 Jan 2014

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Send us a text!This time: the Mac and its iconic ad turns 30! We’ll recall the vintage models of yore.  Plus, Google contacts make you a cuter ner...

CultCast #109 - Steve Jobs, Night Ninja

17 Jan 2014

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Send us a text!This time: Finally, a full-size iOS controller for manly hands! Tim Cook just loves China so much ya’ll; Google buys Nest and their 1...

CultCast #108 - Live From CES 2014!

10 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!We’re live from Las Vegas talking about the best and worst gadgets and tech from the 2014 Consumer Electronics show!  We’ll call o...

CultCast #107 - iSpys

03 Jan 2014

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Send us a text!If you had to pick one app, piece of tech, and one movie as your favorite of 2013, what would they be?  We'll tell you ours on th...

CultCast #106 - Christmas Quickie

26 Dec 2013

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Send us a text!Ho Ho Ho, it's Christmas CultCast time!  This episode: a new deal in China hands Apple 770 million potential new customers; we co...

CultCast #105 - Probed By Prancer

20 Dec 2013

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Send us a text!This time: Apple has a new Christmas commericial, and some are hailing it as their best ad yet.  Mac Pro, Apple's most powerful c...

CultCast #104 - Behind the Veil

13 Dec 2013

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Send us a text!This week on the CultCast—its layout, its machinery, and the creative people and processes that build the amazing products we love—...

CultCast #103 - Curly Wurly Time

06 Dec 2013

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Send us a text!Pro television editor and motion graphics artist Mike Gaines joins to tell us the Pros and Cons of Apple's new cylindrical beauty,...

CultCast #102 - Gobble Gobble Y'aaaall!

28 Nov 2013

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Send us a text!It’s our T-Day edition CultCast!  This time: Jony Ive’s golden touch makes millions for charity; Apple teases underwhelming Black ...

CultCast #101 - It That An iShield?

22 Nov 2013

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Send us a text!Apple and a 12.9-inch iPad; the first iOS 7 game controller is long overdue; Retina iPad Minis are *almost* perfect; strategies to back...

CultCast #100 - We Doin' It Live

15 Nov 2013

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Send us a text!We made it guys!  Join us as we celebrate our 100th episode on this week’s CultCast.  We'll remember some of our favorite mome...

CultCast #99 - Expose!

08 Nov 2013

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Send us a text!Jony Ive, the private man who some say built Apple—with his new book hitting stores Nov. 14th, Leander Kahney reveals more inside inf...

CultCast #98 - Velcome To Zee CountCast

01 Nov 2013

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Send us a text!Get your silver bullets and holy water dear friends, because our new CountCast is not for the fainthearted! This time… some new Dell...

CultCast #97 - This One's For The Pukers

25 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!The big Apple event might be over, but there are still plenty of great Apple stories to chat over! On this CultCast: the iPhone stops g...

CultCast #96 - iPad Event Special Edition

23 Oct 2013

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Send us a text!iPad Air. Retina iPad Mini.  New Macbook Pros. The new Mac Pro.  Mavericks goes free.  So does the new iLife and iWork.  There&apos...

CultCast #95 - Nights of Amore

18 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!Confirmed!  Apple's October 22nd, 2013 iPad event is locked and loaded.  We'll run through what to expect. Then, Steve Jobs...

CultCast #94 - New iPads Are Near

11 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!October 22nd, 2013.  Go ahead and insert that date into your iOS 7s, dear friends, because even though they haven't confirmed it,...

CultCast #93 - Remembering Steve

04 Oct 2013

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Send us a text!This time on the 'Cast: drug dealers want your Bitcoins; Samsung shenanigans earn them a new nickname; and, iMessages stop working...

CultCast #92 - Jolly Good Fellows

27 Sep 2013

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Send us a text!iPhone sales make Tim Cool squee; iPads leak in Space Grey; CultCast hits four million ears; we dish a bunch more iOS 7 tips; plus we p...

CultCast #91 - Feels Good In The Pants

20 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!This week: iOS 7!  It's out, we offer our thoughts on the controversial OS plus our favorite tips.  Then, the NDAs are up and th...

CultCast #90 - Subject To Change

11 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Send us a text!Hot off the Apple event—it's our iPhone 5S and 5C reactions on our all-new CultCast.  We'll take a look at what's new...

CultCast #89 - The Fortune Cookie

06 Sep 2013

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Send us a text!The time 'round on the Cult of Casts: Apple finally confirms what we all knew, new iPhones are coming… we'll give our Septe...

CultCast #88 - The Stage Fright

30 Aug 2013

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Send us a text!This time on another fabulous episode of The CultCast: we imagine Ballmer-less Microsoft; the 5S chip could be smokin' fast and fe...

CultCast #87 - The Gold Member

23 Aug 2013

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Send us a text!Rumor has that Apple might soon get a golden member… of the iPhone family.  But on this week's CultCast, we'll ask the imp...

CultCast #86 - "He's A Fruitarian"

16 Aug 2013

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Send us a text!This week on CultCast: Jobs!  We've seen it, and now the question is—should you?  We'll discuss the much-hyped movie (100...

CultCast #85 - The British Oreo

09 Aug 2013

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Send us a text!Never heard of the British Oreo? You will on this week's CultCast! Of course we'll also cover the week's best Apple sto...

CultCast #84 - Apple Giveth And Apple Taketh

01 Aug 2013

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Send us a text!Hold onto your butts, because on this ep., we're joined by Adam Christianson from the super popular MacCast podcast to discuss: wh...

CultCast #83 - You're Such a Phaaandroid

26 Jul 2013

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Send us a text!This week on the 'ol Cast: why Google's new Chromecast is great for *Apple* fans; why the 5S could be the biggest S-upgrade e...

CultCast #82 - Tips Ahooooy!

19 Jul 2013

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Send us a text!This week on CultCast: Logic Pro gets X rated and a bunch of great features; Google Maps finally comes to iPad; Apple on the hunt for i...

CultCast #81 - Room For Squares

12 Jul 2013

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Send us a text!This time on CultCast: tons of apps go free for Apple's 5th Appaversary; an updated retina Macbook Pro is close at hand; iPad Mini...

CultCast #80 - PRISM Approved

05 Jul 2013

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Send us a text!This time on CultCast: the Guv is back; Apple trademarks iWatch; back to school sale is back; Mac upgrades that are worth the money;  ...

CultCast #79 - Have a nice trip!

28 Jun 2013

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Send us a text!This time on The CultCast: Why iPhone 5S may have two flashes; the iOS game controller could change everything; new Thunderbolt display...

CultCast #78 - You Stay Culty, America

20 Jun 2013

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Send us a text!This time on The CultCast: Siri gets Bing'd;  Apple TV gets better; Apple's new routers gain our affection; Anchorman 2 gets...