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Low-cost MacBooks could begin production soon, with a release period for early 2026. The developer beta for iOS 26 Beta 6 is out now. Could the iPhone 17 be introduced with a higher price point? And Alex Lindsay is excited to play with a new camera to record Vision Pro content. Low-cost MacBook production starting soon, possible $599 or $699 pricing. Apple's MacBook Pro overhaul with OLED might not launch until 2027. Apple's bid to close the AI gap could be hampered by AI brain drain. Apple will bring GPT-5 to Apple Intelligence in iOS, iPad OS and macOS 26. Everything New in iOS 26 [dev] Beta 6. AirPods could soon get Live Translation, iOS 26 beta code suggests. iPhone 17 models 'likely' to have higher prices, another analyst says. Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon. Japan law is forcing more browser choice on iPhone in December. Tech giants Apple and Google lose landmark court case as federal judge rules they engaged in anti-competitive conduct. Picks of the Week: Andy's Pick: DockLite Board Alex's Pick: The BlackMagic Immersive Camera Jason's Pick: Instapaper Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: helixsleep.com/twit

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:45:00 GMT http://relay.fm/connected/565 http://relay.fm/connected/565 Podcasts in Action 565 Federico Viticci, Stephen Hackett, and Myke Hurley Stephen and Myke discuss a new iOS app named Cassette, using Water Lock on the Apple Watch, the state of CarPlay in iOS 26, and new rumors about an entry-level MacBook. Stephen and Myke discuss a new iOS app named Cassette, using Water Lock on the Apple Watch, the state of CarPlay in iOS 26, and new rumors about an entry-level MacBook. clean 4868 Stephen and Myke discuss a new iOS app named Cassette, using Water Lock on the Apple Watch, the state of CarPlay in iOS 26, and new rumors about an entry-level MacBook. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code CONNECTED. Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Use code connected50off Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Apple has removed the Camera scrolling toggle in iOS 26 Beta 6 – Brandon Butch – Threads Pebble is officially Pebble again | The Verge Here's a look at the final Pebble Time 2 design | The Verge Pebble Fitbit bought Pebble for much less than originally reported | The Verge Give us questions for our 11th anniversary special! Cassette Cassette brings VHS nostalgia to your iPhone's camera roll - 9to5Mac Daring Fireball: Cassette 1.0 How to use Water Lock and eject water from your Apple Watch - Apple Support WHOOP Fitbit Oura CarPlay's Messages App for iOS 26 is Bad - 512 Pixels CarPlay Ultra Review - The Closest thing to an Apple Car! - Auto Focus - YouTube New 12.9-Inch MacBook Could Launch This Year Starting at $599 - MacRumors The MacBook Air's wedge is truly gone — and I miss it already | The Verge Liquid Glass gets more changes in iOS 26 beta 6, here's what's new - 9to5Mac The 3D Loupe on iPadOS

Title: Travel Like a Billionaire: The 90% Off Secret to a First-Class Lifestyle with Eli Facenda In this conversation, Eli Facenda shares insights on maximizing travel experiences through strategic use of points and credit cards. He discusses his nomadic lifestyle, the entrepreneurial journey that led him to travel hacking, and the importance of understanding the value of different points systems. Eli emphasizes the need for a structured approach to travel, focusing on maximizing points, optimizing travel upgrades, and effectively using credit cards to enhance travel experiences. The discussion also touches on the significance of having a clear strategy for business owners and how to navigate the complexities of travel rewards. In this conversation, Eli Facenda shares his expertise on maximizing travel experiences through strategic use of points and credit cards. He discusses the importance of community in travel planning, innovative solutions for entrepreneurs, and his personal journey in the travel industry. Eli emphasizes the significance of experiential wealth and actionable steps listeners can take to enhance their travel experiences. Links to Watch and Subscribe: https://youtu.be/c7QqSscsajc Bullet Point Highlights: Seth and Eli kick off with casual banter about van life, audio gear, and the nomad lifestyle. Eli shares his background going from broke entrepreneur to travel-hacking expert. He explains how he got obsessed with using points after a free trip to Thailand changed his mindset. Eli now helps entrepreneurs take $20K–$50K luxury trips for 90% off using credit card points. His 3-part system includes maximizing points, optimizing travel perks, and redeeming for bucket-list trips. He gives a real-world example of booking a $20K ANA business class flight to Japan for just $12. Seth dives into a real-life org structure and Eli explains how points flow to the guarantor, not the LLC. Best practice: 2–3 business cards and 2–3 personal cards tailored to your biggest spend categories. Eli introduces his new “DreamTrip Alert System” that delivers full trip itineraries at massive discounts. In the Million Dollar Monday segment, Eli shares how he made, lost, and remade his first million. His next million will come from scalable digital products and a wider reach through content and community. What makes Eli top 1%: He walks the walk, traveling the world and running a business around it. His #1 tip: Pick your dream trip, put it on the calendar, and commit, then let the how figure itself out. Transcript: Eli Facenda (00:00.059) What's up, Seth?   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:01.43) Yo, what's going on, brother?   Eli Facenda (00:03.237) How we doing, man? How we doing?   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:05.141) Excellent man, what's happening?   Eli Facenda (00:06.893) Not much. you, how's the audio coming through here?   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:11.032) Sounds good, sounds good.   Eli Facenda (00:12.547) it clean? Okay, because I'm, it's basically we're in the middle of a Nomad trip here, so I normally have like a, like a shirt mic like you have, but on the road I haven't had, so I haven't had to test this yet, but I figured the DJI's are pretty solid, so I wanna make sure it's actually coming through decent.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:16.962) Okay.   Yeah.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:26.732) Nice. Yeah, no, it sounds good. Sounds good, man.   Eli Facenda (00:29.425) Okay, cool, awesome. Awesome Dave, we'll get to connect with you.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:33.802) Yeah, brother definitely, so I don't butcher it. How do you pronounce your last name? Facenda, okay, cool. Cool Awesome, man. Yeah, we've we've crossed paths on social media. I think or maybe our va's have crossed paths who knows   Eli Facenda (00:39.077) for sender. Yep, yep.   Eli Facenda (00:47.663) Yeah, think that was where, yeah, think we were initially connecting, yeah, totally. Instagram, I think, was the place. Yeah. Because you're out in California, right? Nice, I'm in West Palm right now. And I mean, normally based in Austin, but we're in the middle of a like, six to eight month nomad adventure. And so we are, we're on the road here, and we go to Europe in a few weeks for like the next several months.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:53.42) Yeah, nice, nice, where you at right now? Yep, San Diego.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (01:10.446) Sweet dude.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (01:17.166) That's awesome dude, awesome, awesome. Love it man, that's a long time. So we did last May we did, man it's been like a year, geez. We did like 30, 33 days in a van trip. So we took our van up through Wyoming into Montana and into Canada. That was a long time for us, but 68 months. Right, yeah.   Eli Facenda (01:18.117) Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, man.   Eli Facenda (01:33.455) Nice.   Eli Facenda (01:37.465) sick. Yeah, well vans are intense too. You know, I haven't done van life but my fiance, she did that before and it was like a lot for her. But yeah, so totally depends on the way you're traveling as well. Yeah.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (01:47.266) Yeah.   Nice, nice. Cool, man. Just give you a quick rundown. our audience, my audience is typically, so it used to be passive investors, right? So it used to be the passive income attorney podcast. I think when we might've tried to schedule before and that was for investors. So accredited investors trying to get them to invest in my commercial real estate deals, that sort of thing. But now I've rebranded to raising the bar, which is more geared towards active investors and entrepreneurs and folks like that. So still,   Eli Facenda (02:10.619) Mm-hmm.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (02:19.982) Still, I'm sure your clients, wealthy folks that are starting businesses, that have businesses, that are raising capital for real estate or private equity or other types of businesses, that sort of thing. And then we'll do about, we'll do it a little on the shorter side. So we'll do about 30 minute interview, probably at the longest. And then we'll kind of just close that out. And then I do two little smaller sections that I break down into like little five minute episodes. One is a million dollar.   Eli Facenda (02:25.403) Totally.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (02:49.622) Monday I put that in the notes and it's basically just like real quick, like how you made your first million dollars, how you made your last million, how you plan on making your next million. then, yeah, and then the last one is the top 1%. Basically just kind of what separates you and makes you the top 1 % in what you do.   Eli Facenda (02:59.675) Cool. Yeah, I love it. It's great.   Eli Facenda (03:08.699) Okay, beautiful. And then as far as, is there any place you want me to point people that is connected to you or do you care if you're asking about that? I don't have any hard call to action kind of pitch thing, but it's more just like.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (03:19.916) No, man, whatever, it's up to you, man, whatever you want to do, whatever you, whatever call it action you want to use, if want to send it to your website or social media, whatever you want to do,   Eli Facenda (03:26.577) Cause you know what we do have, I can do this. We have a pretty cool playbook that's normally 150 bucks and I'm happy to give it to your listeners for free. So I could give them a code, just say what would be the best code for that?   Seth Bradley, Esq. (03:37.175) Okay, awesome.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (03:43.429) Um, just raise would probably be good. use that a lot for like call to action, like DME raise. So you could use a raise.   Eli Facenda (03:46.161) Cool. All right, so yeah, so I'll just say go to the website and just DM or just put in the code RAYS and you'll get it for free. But it's like a whole playbook on how to maximize points for trips. I've act like legitimately I've had someone buy it and within 48 hours he texted me a screenshot. was like, dude, I just saved 20 grand on a trip from your ebook. And I was like, wow, okay, it works. So it's good. Yeah.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (03:57.07) Sweet.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (04:09.366) Nice, Cool. All right, man, well, we're already recording, so I'll just jump right in, and then if I need to add anything to the beginning, I'll do that later. And cool, man, yeah, we'll just jump right in.   Eli Facenda (04:14.129) Sweet. You're welcome.   Eli Facenda (04:20.27) Awesome.   Eli Facenda (04:24.913) Let's do it.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (04:27.444) Eli, what's going on, brother? Welcome to the show.   Eli Facenda (04:30.181) Thank you man, excited to be here and I we're going coast to coast today so this will be good.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (04:34.382) Absolutely, man. So we chatted beforehand, but I think you're tuning in on a road trip right now. So you're living proof of what you do, right?   Eli Facenda (04:44.065) Yeah, totally. are, well this part's kind of like a road trip. We're in West Palm Beach right now, but this is basically leg number two out of, we'll end up being probably an eight month nomadic adventure with me and my fiance and our little puppy. And so we're in West Palm Beach right now in Florida. We head to Europe in less than a month and we'll be bouncing around different parts of Europe for about four months roughly before we decide where we're gonna go next, which we're not exactly sure.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (04:58.904) Nice.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (05:12.28) That's awesome, man. Are you using all your hacks and secrets and travel tips that you put out there?   Eli Facenda (05:18.449) Absolutely, yeah, 100%. I mean, we just got back from a crazy trip to Japan. This was really cool. I run an entrepreneur mastermind. So we integrated our own trip around Japan around this mastermind event. So I had 53 people come out for like eight days. We went snowboarding in the mountains in Niseko in the Northern Park. And then we went down to Tokyo for the cherry blossoms. But for myself personally, to get there and back and do a lot of the hotels, we used points. We saved over 50 grand just on that portion of the trip. We then...   know, flew down to West Palm on points and then going over to Europe and a lot of the stays over there will also be leveraging the point strategies that I help clients use and then I talk about on social media and the stuff that we'll dive into today. But yeah, I like to be living proof of it because it's pretty awesome. It's something that's really impacted my life. I love doing it. And when I do it, I get to share it too. So has like a multiple benefit for everybody.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (06:06.648) That's awesome, man. I'm excited, dude. I'm excited to dig in here, because it's just for my own personal benefit and education, because I'm super stoked about this stuff, and I travel a lot with my fiance, or my fiance, my wife, and it's something I'm personally interested in as well. We've had past conversations too, so it's great to have you on, man. So just to start off, man, if somebody, you meet somebody in the street, they ask you what you do, how do you explain that?   in a sentence, right? Like without going into some crazy like tangent about all the awesome things that you do. Like what, how do you answer that question?   Eli Facenda (06:36.453) Yeah.   Eli Facenda (06:41.329) Sure, sure, Yeah, it really does depend on the situation, but I oftentimes will ask a couple questions because it makes it easier for people to understand. So usually it's like, do you have any big dream bucket list trip you've ever wanted to take? And they'll be like, oh yeah, Greece. I'm like, well, what we do is we help you get to Greece in business or first class, stay in five star hotels, have the trip of your dreams at about 90 % off. So that's kind of the tagline is take the trip of your dreams for about 90 % off.   I'll get into the whole point side of things, but some people don't know what points are, or some are really well studied in that world. So I just leave with the trip because that's usually what people want. They want to have the experience where it's you and your wife flying first class, sipping champagne on the way to Paris to go see the Eiffel Tower and the points and the credit cards. That's really the mechanism. That's how we make the experience happen. But at end of the day, what we want is the amazing memories, the beautiful experience, all that stuff. So I leave with the trip when I talk about it.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (07:37.848) That's awesome, man. Yeah, I mean, you're literally selling the dream, right? Like in marketing, you sell the dream or hit on a pain point. Like you are like the quintessential selling the dream. Like that's what everybody thinks about. So.   Eli Facenda (07:42.969) Yeah, exactly.   Yeah, Right. Well, it's funny because, you know, in marketing, they'll say like, sell the destination, not the vehicle, right? They'll be like, sell the outcome, not how you get there. And so we do that in our marketing. But then when you think about it, when people are taking a trip, what we are helping them do is make the vehicle to get to the destination part of the destination. Because really, when you travel well, and you do it in style, the flight becomes a part of the trip that you're excited for.   I can't wait to see the the drinks and the champagne and the food they're gonna have and how awesome the seat is and the movie selection, how big's the screen. At least for people that love to travel, it becomes a fascination of the trip, not just getting there. So that's a big difference maker when people start to go on these flights, and this is what a lot of our clients will say, and for me, it goes from flying economy to like, I'm counting down the hours to get off this freaking plane.   to like, we do another lap around the city? Cause like, I'd love to just hang out here longer, right? And like the flight attendants treat you really well. So yeah, it's a whole experience.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (08:49.314) That's awesome, man. Yeah, that's great. Was there a trip that you went on personally where you just kind of thought, man, I can turn this into a business, right? Like you're just enjoying it so much that you just were like, like the light bulb went off or how did this business spawn?   Eli Facenda (09:04.515) Yeah, there wasn't one trip that I made the connection between like, trip is awesome, let me start a business. But there was one trip that gave me the light bulb of, my God, I am obsessed with this, I need to learn everything I can. There was zero intention or thought about business that when it first started. And that'll take you back about 10 years. So was around 22 years old and I'm just coming out of college. And basically I'm in my mom's basement and I remember this really...   like heavy feeling because I went to a good university near New York City and all my friends went to Wall Street and they were making like six figures plus right out of school. And I had this like entrepreneurial bug. I was like, that's not for me. I don't want to sit in an office. I don't care if I can make a lot of money. I want to like play life on my terms, even if it means I'm making less. So at this point I have friends that are making tons of money, know, lots of disposable income and I'm making like 20 grand a year. I'm working four side jobs. I was trying to build a company. I remember getting this text.   And my stomach just dropped, because I was like, shit, I'm going to miss out on this incredible experience. was friends inviting me to go to Thailand. And I was like, if I don't figure out a better strategy of either how to make more money or figure something out, I'm not going be able to go on this trip. And I was like, damn, this is going to be just a life of missing out on experiences. Is that what it means to follow my dreams with entrepreneurship? It's like, I have to forego everything that my other friends are doing. And so was like, let me think about this differently. And I had a mentor that told me, you don't need more money, you need a better strategy. And he was talking about growing a business.   But for me, I was like, oh wait, there's this credit card point thing. What if I could figure that out? So I ended up piecing it together. I got a trip to Thailand for free. I had this amazing experience with some of my best friends. It's like still, you know, 13 friends in Thailand at age like 22, 23. Memories you don't get back. So was really grateful to have that. And then I came back from that trip and I got another flight a few, probably a year later to Europe in business class where it was a $6,000 ticket that I paid $6 for. Now after that one,   I came off that flight and I was like, I will read every blog, I will watch every YouTube video, I will learn everything about this because it meant I could travel the world and have this incredible lifestyle without having to go take a corporate job. So was like, I get to have my entrepreneurial dream and the travel I want without any trade-offs and I was like, this is amazing. So that was my first time I got hooked. It took me years of researching and reading blogs and websites and doing stuff for myself before I even had the thought of helping anyone else. I just became obsessed with it on my own.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (11:27.086) I love that you recognize you had the entrepreneurial bug early on, right? Before you got drugged down into the corporate ladder and then you got the golden handcuffs, we like to call it, and that sort of thing where it gets much, much harder to escape that gravity. I know for myself, it took a really long time. ended up going to, I went to med school, then I got my MBA, and then I went to law school, and then I worked in a big law firm, and it just took me all this time to figure out like, I don't want this.   Eli Facenda (11:38.405) Yeah.   Eli Facenda (11:49.201) Mm.   Eli Facenda (11:56.763) Right, well the social pressure alone of like everyone year round is going one way, it takes a lot of guts for you to zig when everyone else is zagging, like it's not easy to do. Yeah.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (11:57.015) And I think it's.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (12:06.648) For sure, for sure. Yeah, it's tough. It's tough, right? And especially when you see your friends making six figures right out of college, you're like, man, I could do that right now if I wanted to do it, but I don't want that. So it takes guts to be able to go out there and do your own thing.   Eli Facenda (12:21.873) Totally. And I think everyone has their own version of that still. There's even vert flavors of that today that are still existing for me where it's like, everyone's kinda going this way, but when I really get quiet and listen to myself, I'm like, yeah, you could do that, but you actually, what your soul or your heart really wants is to go over here. And so I've always just tried to listen to that more because I think about one of my North stars is, at the end of my life, I'm 80, 90 years old, I do the rocking chair test and look back, it's like,   What regret would I rather not have when I'm 90? I'd always rather be like I bet on myself than like I took the sure, you know, the well-paid path, which is the old cliche, but I think it's really true.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (13:01.004) Totally, I love that North Star, man. Have you ever asked ChatGBT to give you advice as your 80 or 90 year old self on your deathbed? It's great. Yeah. I love it, man. I love it. Yeah, it's great. It you great insight. You start reading, you're like, this is good.   Eli Facenda (13:07.409) Yeah, yeah, I actually created a custom GPT and it's my future me that coaches current me. yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah.   Right. Exactly. Yeah, totally.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (13:21.326) Awesome man, well let's get back kind of on the business of travel, right? So somebody comes to you, they do that introduction that we talked about, you get in a deeper conversation, they're super interested in it, they wanna learn more about these travel hacks and strategies, like where do they start? Where do you point them?   Eli Facenda (13:42.447) Yeah, so in terms of the process, I like to chunk it into three main buckets.   And it's important to have context around this game because if you don't, it just starts to feel like there's so many moving pieces and who has time for that and it's too confusing and then it becomes overwhelming and overwhelm just basically leads to an action. And then that is the person who's like, well, I just don't wanna do that, I'll just take a cash back card or I'll just stick to my Delta card, right? And so when you have the right context, you can start to understand the highest leverage moves to make and then you know really how to get the result you want with the least amount of effort. So that's what we focus on and specifically like I've worked with   probably over a thousand business owners now. And with business owners, investors and entrepreneurs, it's a different, the points game takes on a different context, right? Because usually the constraint we have to solve for is time and complexity. And if you work a nine to five, you know, after five o'clock, you've got hours for your night. But entrepreneurs, it's like every hour is kind of an asset that you can use. So it's a little bit different. So the three buckets are, the first one is to maximize the points that you earn. So this happens from getting the right cards and the right expenses.   because all of these different points are like currency, so you wanna earn the right type of points and then you wanna maximize the amount of them by getting the right cards and the right expenses. So that's the first piece and that's really, really key, because nothing else happens if you don't get that right. The second bucket is gonna be to upgrade and optimize your travel. So you've got domestic trips for a conference, are you getting TSA pre-check and clear, are you getting the best lounges, are you getting first class upgrades and free bags and hotel suite upgrades and free breakfast at the hotels and free wifi. Really it's just like,   There's all these opportunities available for people that are traveling domestically for work, for family events, you know, your kind of ordinary traveling might have. And what we want to do is we just want to enhance the quality of all of that and reduce all the headaches and annoyances by maximizing benefits on cards and status perks and all the kind of like little tactics that you can play. So that's the second thing that just makes your travel more comfortable. And then the third bucket, which is really the most important in terms of impact in your life and the most meaningful piece is to take your dream bucket list trips for 70 to 90 % off.   Eli Facenda (15:45.775) And so that's where you're gonna take the points you've accumulated. You're gonna use some strategies that I can break down here around transferring these points from the banks to the airlines and hotels, and you're gonna get these dream trips for literally a fraction of what they should cost if you're paying cash, or compared to if you were using your points through a site like Amex Travel or Capital & Travel or Chase Travel. Okay, so that's a mouthful, but those are the three. So maximize your points, get the best possible upgrades, and then take your dream trips for 90 % off.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (16:13.934) Yeah, dive into one of those little those connecting strategies there that you mentioned.   Eli Facenda (16:19.183) Yeah. Yeah. So I'll talk first about the cards. That's the order. This is the first mistake that most business owners and individuals are making is they're just getting random cards. They're like, well, I live in Dallas. Let me get the American card or live in Atlanta. So I'll get the Delta card or, whatever it may be. Or live in San Diego and I fly domestic. So I'll just get the Southwest card. Well, they don't realize is that again, these points, these points like currencies. And so if I told you, Hey, do you want 150 Mexican pesos or 150 us dollars for your couch that you're selling on Facebook marketplace?   you're obviously gonna take the US dollars, right? Because the currency is much higher. But with points, people don't realize that. So they might be racking up Hilton points or Delta miles or other points and miles that just aren't as valuable as other ones out there. And then they burn through them quick or they don't go as far. And they end up just basically sitting there being like, I feel like I should be getting more. This is the common thing I hear. I feel like this should be taking me further, but like it's not doing much. And so what we wanna focus on is bank points that are transferable. So certain banks,   have this ability to convert the points to the airline hotel loyalty programs. And what happens is the banks have a different way of pricing than the airlines do. And certain airlines and certain hotels have really good what we call sweet spots or opportunities for you to get the best possible deals. Okay, so when you earn these effective points, which the top ones I recommend are generally Amex, Chase, and Capital One, and there's a new program built actually is out where you can put your rent on a card with no fees and earn points, it's really cool. But when you get those right,   And then you look through your expenses and you say, what do I spend the most on? Is it groceries and dining and the personal side? Cool. There's a card like the Amex Gold that is specifically really good for those types of expenses. Then you look at your business. What do I spend a lot on? Is it ads and software and taking clients out for dinners? Great. The Amex Business Gold earns four points per dollar on those categories, but maybe it's you're spending a lot on flights for company travel, or maybe you have inventory you're buying, or you're paying a lot of contractors, or you have a lot of payroll. You want to assess where you're spending the most money.   and make sure you have the optimal card lined up for that type of expense. So I'll pause there, but that's kind of the first bucket. The other one is on using the points effectively, which I can talk about too, is pretty powerful. But that first one is really the linchpin. Because if you have a bunch of Delta miles and you want to go to Europe, I'll give an example actually one more before I kind of pause. There was an example recently I saw of a client and they wanted to go to Europe and we're looking at different options. This was from JFK to Amsterdam. If you have Delta miles,   Eli Facenda (18:43.547) The ticket for Delta One, this big awesome Delta Suite, was 320,000 miles. That's what Delta was charging to go from JFK to Amsterdam. It's really expensive amount of miles. But the same exact flight, like same flight number, same aircraft, everything, if you booked it through Virgin Atlantic, it was 50,000 miles. One seventh of the amount almost. It's really, really big difference. And so here's the kicker, right? If you have a Delta card, you only earn Delta miles, so you have to pay the 320,000.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (18:46.765) Mm-hmm.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (19:02.124) Hmm.   Eli Facenda (19:12.497) but if you had an Amex card that earned Amex points, so like the Amex gold or business gold, you could actually convert those points into Virgin to book the Delta flight because Virgin and Delta are partners, and you'd pay 50,000 points instead of 320,000. So this is the part where like, for people that kind of get this, they're like, whoa, and the other people are like, what did you just say? So I get it can be, it can be tricky for some people that are just getting to grasp it, but I want to make sure to lay out the whole game so people can understand really what's possible for them.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (19:34.764) Yeah   Seth Bradley, Esq. (19:42.329) Totally, totally. Yeah, it's just, mean, I'm sure people out there listening, it's both, right? Some people know these things exist, but they don't know the extent of it. And you're opening up their minds regardless, right? Like all the possibilities. I think most people are just like, sure, I need to find a great car that has a welcome offer of some sort. That's usually what people look at. And then they just try to pick, perhaps they take it a step further and they're looking to see like what they spend money on the most and they'll...   Eli Facenda (19:54.139) Tour then.   Eli Facenda (20:04.443) Mm-hmm.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (20:11.128) calibrate that card to that. But you're taking it step further because you know, it's kind of just opening yourself up to knowing all the possibilities, right? All these different connections, where to spend the points, where you can earn the points, those sorts of things. How thick is your wallet, man? Do you have, is your wallet like this and it's got 25 cards in it or what?   Eli Facenda (20:19.419) Totally.   Right. Yeah.   Eli Facenda (20:28.123) Haha   Yeah. Yeah.   Well, caveat this first by saying when we work with clients and we might do recommendations for people, I always recommend if you have a business, two to three personal cards and two to three business cards. That is a simple way to set this up. That's only four to six cards across both things. That's enough where you're really gonna get some serious ROI, but it's not so much that's really complicated. Some people are kind of curmudgeoned about it, like I only want one card. And I'm like, that's fine. There's no right or wrong in this. It's really preferential, but you should just know if you do that, you're gonna be leaving for most business owners that spend at least a few thousand a month.   that's gonna cost you tens of thousands of dollars of free trips a year. So I'm like, is your simplicity of having one card worth that much? If it is, great, but maybe having a second or third card doesn't add that much complexity. But if you get an extra $30,000 a year trip out of it, probably worth it, right? So that's the first thing. But to answer your actual question, so I have an entire thing called the Credit Man purse. It's like this portfolio binder, and it's just stacked with cards. I mean, I have over 40 credit cards, but I've been doing this for a long time, right? And there's like, here's the thing also with credit.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (21:28.28) Hahaha   Eli Facenda (21:34.041) A big question, a lot of investors, specifically people that are doing real estate or business owners, really want to their credit clean and we're huge advocates of actually not just keeping your credit score the same but improving it over time. And when you get business cards, they don't show up on your personal credit report. Okay, the vast majority. The inquiry will, but the actual card won't. And some banks, you can actually get multiple cards with no additional inquiries. So like when we do a custom card plan for someone or when we're just recommending it, we're always saying like, make sure to look at which banks you already have relationships with.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (21:48.142) Mm-hmm.   Eli Facenda (22:02.373) which ones you can get a soft pull from, the order matters of these card applications. But at end of the day, you just want a couple of specific cards that are really gonna be custom built for you, and you don't have to go crazy with it. If you get excited and you're like passionate about it, you can get 10, 15, 20 cards over the course of several years, and if you do it right underneath your businesses, it's not gonna drop your personal credit score. Your personal credit score will actually go up over time.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (22:26.314) Mm-hmm. That's a good hack, man. I'll get I'm put you on a spot a little bit. I'm gonna explain like what what I see a lot of the people that are probably listen to this show have in place structured wise like organizational structure and it's kind of similar to mine. Mine's probably a lot more complicated, but just to keep it simple, you know, there might be a parent company, right? Like this overhead parent company that owns everything. So let's let's call it parent company, right? And then below the parent company, the parent company owns, let's say a management company.   This management company probably manages funds, manages properties, manages equity for investors, that sort of thing. And then they also might have these other businesses, right? Like it just depends on the person. Like for instance, I own gyms and some other, my law firm, things like that. So they might have these own individual operating companies that owns a gym or owns another business or does these other things. you know.   Eli Facenda (22:55.889) Mm-hmm.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (23:20.066) Based on that structure, so you've got a parent company, you've got a, let's call it an equity management or fund management or property management company, and then you've got kind of this other operating business. How would you structure, what credit cards I guess would you kind of recommend? Not necessarily specific ones, but like, do they need one for all three or, yeah, how would you think about that?   Eli Facenda (23:27.301) Mm-hmm.   Eli Facenda (23:36.593) Yeah, yeah, but how would you think about that? Yeah, totally. I mean, it's a super common question. Like this is exactly the kind of clientele that we work with all the time where they're like, are you sure this is gonna work for me? I have four rental properties, two companies, one holding company. I have an investment thing. I have this thing over here. It's like, yeah, it all works. So simple is the key. So it's always a spectrum too. Like some people are, again, really minimalist with like what they want. we always, like when we're doing this for a client, we custom build it. But.   The real recommendation there is we wanna, again, assess which of these companies are actually generating the highest amount of spend. And those are the ones we wanna start with first in terms of cards and really optimizing. Now, if you have a bunch of different companies and they all have a bunch of spend, the first key thing to know is that the points will go to the business owner, the person who personally guaranteed the card, not to the business. So there's no business points account. It's underneath your name, even if it's underneath the LLC.   So the points go to you. So if you have like six different companies and you have like three Chase cards and three Amex cards, all of those three Chase cards and all of those three Amex cards are gonna basically funnel up to your account, okay? So that keeps it simple in terms of how you can think about accruing these points. They're not gonna be scattered everywhere where you can't use them. So that's good to know. Same with the airlines, right? doesn't matter if it's an airline or a bank card. So that's the first thing. For these management companies, usually lot of them don't have much spend.   So what we'll tend to do is just get one card that is like a catch-all card. And so this would be a card that we want to have earn around 1.5 to two points per dollar spent. Because what we've done is we've taken the floor of what you're gonna earn on your everyday spend and we just increase it by 50 to 100%. Okay, so like let's say a parent company is used for some client meetings and some basic legal and admin stuff and it's like 1,500 bucks a month just to do upkeep and normal stuff like that.   and it's not a crazy amount of different categories to spend. You're not running ads, you don't have that much software, there's not really a lot travel happening with it. But if that's the case, then what we wanna do is get a card, maybe like the Chase Inc. Unlimited, which earns 1.5x on everything, and we'll say, look, we're gonna keep this simple. That holding company doesn't have a lot of points earning power, so let's make sure we get a card on it just to earn, but we don't wanna like go crazy and get a bunch of cards and try to maximize every dollar. But this company that owns four different gyms and spends...   Eli Facenda (25:52.369) 50K a month on equipment and advertising and payroll and all this stuff, that's the company where we wanna look to get maybe two or three cards that are specifically aligned with that business to spend because that is where you as an entrepreneur, as an owner, are gonna be generating the most return. It's gonna be from that one entity. So I hope that breaks it down in a way that makes sense, but this is also where, again, having your cards across two to three main banks will keep it relatively simple because even if you have four different entities, if it's under one Amex login, that makes it nice and easy too.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (26:22.53) Totally, totally. Awesome, man. I knew you could handle that. Easy, easy peasy. Cool, man. Let's go to number two, right? Using the points effectively. You kind of touched on a little bit of that strategy, but let's jump into that.   Eli Facenda (26:26.682) Easy basic.   Eli Facenda (26:32.709) Yeah, yeah, so the second thing was optimizing the upgrades and all that. I'll cover that one really quick. If you're going through the airport and you don't have TSA PreCheck and clear and lounge access, you're missing out on some really easy perks that will just make your life way more enjoyable. So that's the first thing. There's a lot you can do with hotel upgrades and status. So like when I travel and go to Miami tonight for a conference, I have status at Hyatt. I'm staying at Hyatt for two of the nights down here.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (26:39.628) Okay.   Eli Facenda (27:02.225) I probably would get upgraded to a suite that's worth like thousand to 1500 bucks a night because I know how to use the suite and I certificate, it's my globalist status, I know how to message the hotel the right way. So there's some strategies there where if you do that, whenever you're traveling, you just get a much better experience. You get early check-in, late check-out, the free suite upgrade, much more spacious room. A lot of times they have lounges at the property like when we were in Tokyo, a bunch of us stayed at the Grand Hyatt there. They had a beautiful lounge overlooking the city. They had breakfast every morning.   They had drinks all day. They had a great lounge area. We actually had a mastermind session in there and they like a 15 person breakout room for us to go to. It cost us $0 to use it. They had afternoon drinks and stuff like that. So these are just the things that make your travel much better. So small tweaks that over time just again, make it a much more enjoyable experience. But that bucket on how you use your points, this is one of the most critical pieces. And I've already kind of alluded to it with that Delta One example, but   I'll share another one. So on the way to Japan, right, we flew ANA business class. This is all Nippon. It's one of the premier airlines in the world for international business class travel. They actually have a seat called The Room because it's so spacious and big, your own big sliding door. They have like an omakase menu. You've got ramen, champagne. It's like really, really good. Amazing sake and green tea and all this good stuff.   It was like an incredible way to fly and you know, it's an 11 hour flight and I didn't sleep a wink because I was just eating the whole time. But here's the deal, right? So that flight for my fiance and I, it would have been $20,000 for the two of us. It's 10,000 a piece. Okay, San Francisco to Tokyo. We're going in peak season, mind you. So I have three options to book that flight. I pay cash for it, which you know, I do decent in business, but I'm not dropping 20 grand on flights.   just to get to Japan, like that's out, that's way out of my bucket of what I would ever want to do. The second option, I go to the bank site. Okay, so again, if you have AMEX points, a lot of people have AMEX cards, like the platinum or the gold card, and this is a good start, but when you go to the bank site, each point is worth one penny. Okay, this is the baseline value of a point. So what happens is if you go to AMEX travel, they'll say, okay, this flight would cost, let's call it 20 grand. So 20 grand times one cent for each point equals 2 million points.   Eli Facenda (29:20.977) So my second option would have been to go to Amex's site and pay two million points, which I don't even have. Okay, so I'm like, that wouldn't have even worked, but that's what most people are doing at use points. They're going directly to the bank site and they're booking using Amex travel and they're getting absolutely screwed. Okay. There's kind of, and then there's a third option, which is to go through the airline site. So there's like three A and three B. Three A would be like, again, you only have Delta miles and you're kind of screwed going just to Delta. I don't recommend that. But the last option is what we did.   which is where we had Amex points and Chase points, and I looked at my different options and I said, okay, what are the best partner airlines I can book through to get to Japan? Well, it turns out, ANA is a part of the Star Alliance, okay? United is also part of that alliance. Chase and United have a partnership where I could convert my Chase points into United miles. When I looked that up, I ended up finding the deal and there's ways you have to kind of search this and track it, but that same flight that would have cost me two million points,   through Amex or Chase travel directly cost me 220,000 points to transfer from Chase to United. And I paid $12 out of Okay, so $20,000 flight, I paid 12 bucks. But how did I do it? I had the right points first. I had enough of them because I had the right cards and the right expenses. I knew how to search for this flight. And then I was able to transfer these points from Chase into the airline. So the hardest part of this entire process   Seth Bradley, Esq. (30:30.402) Hmm.   Eli Facenda (30:49.413) is figuring out the points transfers and which partners are the right ones for certain airlines. That gets very nuanced and complicated. It's kind of like, you know, if you were talking to a CPA and someone's trying to explain how like the Augusta rule works, whatever, and like the CPA pulls up like the tax code and is like unveiling this long list of tax jargon. The average person is just like, what, just like tell me how to do it, right? That's kind of the same thing here. There's a lot of different like angles and transfer partners and bonuses and.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (31:12.43) Right.   Eli Facenda (31:17.689) alliances and partnerships and it gets kind of complicated but that's how it works.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (31:22.434) Totally, totally. So let's talk about that. how do you help people keep track of that or learn that or execute, I guess, on these strategies?   Eli Facenda (31:32.241) Sure, yeah, so for us, our company really has two main levels to it. So we have a community-based level where it's like you're just getting the fast track, you're getting help from experts. So I'm really good at this, but I'm more of an entrepreneur than a points nerd. So as I built this, initially I was the one on the phone with all the clients, walking everyone through it, and then I built a team. So I found basically some of the other points nerds in the world that I was mind blown by. I knew them from social media and just seeing their stuff, and I was like, that person has their stuff. So I brought them onto the team.   And so our clients will interact with both me and them inside of our community, but it's not just points. We're also providing really cool travel experiences. So for example, I posted this, but I'm going kiteboarding in Egypt in June on this epic like entrepreneur kiteboard trip where it's 40 entrepreneurs going to learn how to kiteboard together and masterminding on one. And so I'm attending, I sent it out to our clients and I said, Hey, if you want to come on this, our team will help you plan the flights out there on your point so you can get business class on the way out.   So I like to, because ultimately I wanna help people, my mission is to help people create more experiential wealth in their life. There's financial wealth, and a lot of people accumulate dollars, but they're not turning it into experiences. So I'm like, let's create more experiential wealth, and the points are the way to justify it. So we have that community level where you get access to our team, there's calls you can jump on, ways we help you plan trips, and then we have the done for you services, where we basically just handle it for you. That's more like, think of like a travel agency on points for entrepreneurs.   That's more of what that is. And in there we'll do the custom card planning and map out what cards you need based off of what your specific spends are and stuff like that. So we do some pretty deep intake. And we kind of are almost like a travel agent. It's a little bit different in some ways, but that's basically the two levels in how we help people.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (33:12.29) Great, man. I love how you build in the experience, right? Like that's part of it. Like that's what you're teaching anyway. So it's like, it's not like, hey, join this, join this group and then we'll talk about all these things. You're actually doing it. You're actually inviting them to execute on what you're teaching so that they can see it in motion and then they can continue to do it and experience life at a different level.   Eli Facenda (33:32.497) Absolutely. Yeah, I mean, like, I really love it too. like, I'm like, everyone that works with us is really, usually a pretty cool person. Like, if you're an entrepreneur and you have the guts to build your own business, and then you wanna travel the world, like by nature of that, you're already probably a pretty cool person. Like the majority of people that are doing that, I think well-traveled people are some of the most interesting people. If you want the best stories in life, like, someone who's traveled the world is gonna have some stories for you. And so when you combine those two, it's like, these are people I wanna hang out with anyways. So like, I'm going on a trip to Egypt. I'm like, come with, like.   Whoever in the community wants to come, let's have a party, let's go do it. So it's great thing.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (34:04.994) That's great. Awesome, man. How are you raising the bar in your life and your business right now? Like what are you doing to build your business further, building off of some of the things that you're offering right now? Where are you taking it to the next level?   Eli Facenda (34:18.833) Yeah, so we have a new project we're rolling out inside of our community, which I'm really excited about, which is even just in our lower tier membership, and it's called our DreamTrip Alert System. So what this is, is when people come in, this has never been done before in the world of points and miles or travel at all. So we're the first to do this, which I'm really excited about. So let's say you were to sign up. You're gonna come in and give us your DreamTrip destinations, the seasons or windows that you could go, the points you have, your home airport, all this stuff.   and our team is going through and we're not just finding you like a flight, because there are different alerts out there that'll be like, hey, we found a flight. And it's like, cool, one way from LA to London, but like, what am I gonna do when I'm there? Where am gonna stay? How am getting back? Right, it's like part of the puzzle, but it leaves a lot on you to figure out. And for our clients, most business owners and entrepreneurs, investors, they're too busy to piece all that together. So they're like, well, cool, that doesn't really help me. So we decided to do, we said, what if we...   just basically sent people like a mystery subscription box of their dream trips. And so when you come in and you fill that out, we gather it. And then a couple times a month, we're gonna send out alerts where it's like a 30, 40 or $50,000 type trip, somewhere incredible in the world. We're talking Greek islands, Amalfi Coast, Japan, New Zealand, African safaris, Maldives, Bora Bora, places like that, business and first class flights, five star hotels, four pennies on the dollar. So these are like, we get $40,000 trips where people will end up paying a thousand bucks, 1500 bucks, two grand out of pocket.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (35:25.389) Mm-hmm.   Eli Facenda (35:44.337) And so we're gonna send the entire trip to you. So it's like the flights, the hotels, the entire step-by-step booking, the recommendations on the ground, the entire experience. And so we're sending those out so people come in, they tell us when, where, like the things they wanna do, and then they're just gonna get these alerts where it's like every month they're gonna be like, you you're sitting there with your wife, hey babe, you wanna go to Bora Bora in like June? It's gonna cost us like 800 bucks and it would be a $30,000 trip. It's like that's what I want. That's what I wanna create. So that's us raising the bar in the industry and in our business.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (36:06.35) you   Eli Facenda (36:13.615) I'm very excited, it's brand new for us, so I'm just pumped to see that continue to roll out, because it's, for me the mission is to help people live with experiential wealth in the form of travel. And so, usually there's some barriers that get in the way. There's time, there's planning, and then there's cost. And what we're trying to do is eliminate as many of those barriers as we can to make it just easier to say yes to the trip.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (36:34.252) Yeah, man, sign me up, dude. Sign me up. I feel like you've got to get both significant others on your list, right? So they both see it and whoever's like the person is like, we've got to do this, you hit both of them and then they convince the other one to do it.   Eli Facenda (36:36.625) All right.   Eli Facenda (36:49.477) Yeah, right. Yeah, exactly. There's usually one. There's usually like sometimes it's the husband's on the call and he's like, dude, I don't know where we ever travel. Like I'm gonna pay for this, my wife's gonna do everything or it's the opposite where the guy's like, you know, she just shows up and I tell her where we're going. And so like that's my relationship. I'll be like, you know, it's my industry, my passion. I'm like, we're going here and then here. And she's like, tell me where to be. And she just has no idea where we are and she just loves it. And I'm like, I like planning. So, you know, but it's different for everybody.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (37:11.736) Yeah.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (37:17.144) For sure, for sure, man. All right, brother, this has been incredible. Tell our audience where they can find out more about you, where they can get involved with all the things, all the incredible things that they've heard on this show. Throw it out there,   Eli Facenda (37:28.859) Totally. Yeah, a couple of main places. So the first thing I'll share is that we have what I call the CEO Points Playbook. This is something I custom built. Took me a long time, and this was not a Chad TBT prompt. Like, I really built this on my own. And it is like a 30 to 40 page playbook that any business owner or entrepreneur can use to really maximize their travel experiences, get better bucket list trips, figure out the right cards for them. And it's normally 150 bucks, but if you go to freedomtravelsystems.com   forward slash playbook and you put in the code RAYS, you're gonna get it for free. Okay, so anyone listening, it is free for you. And so that's gonna be freedomtravelsystems.com forward slash playbook and then use the code RAYS, maybe we can put it in the show notes. And so that'll be the first thing. Second place is if you're like just want done for you services, just take off that forward slash and go to freedomtravelsystems.com. can talk to myself and one of the team members. And the last place, I hang out on Instagram and post a lot there, that's where we connected.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (38:14.049) Absolutely.   Eli Facenda (38:27.595) And that's where I'm sharing the most like behind the scenes and as I'm booking this stuff, as I'm planning it, as I'm showing like what our clients are doing, you get to see more of the visuals and the fun and come along for the ride. And so I love engaging on Instagram as well.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (38:40.27) Great. Thanks Eli. I really appreciate you coming on the show,   Eli Facenda (38:43.973) Thanks Seth, appreciate you having me on.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (38:45.806) All right, brother, talk soon.   All right, sweet dude. Nice. Yeah, right around 30 minutes. Let's see. Yeah, we'll just jump into these last few questions here.   Eli Facenda (38:51.748) Awesome.   Eli Facenda (38:55.205) Perfect.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (39:03.862) Welcome to Million Dollar Monday with Eli Fisenda. Let's just jump right in. Hey brother. Yeah, how did you make your first million?   Eli Facenda (39:09.243) Let's do it.   Eli Facenda (39:13.499) So I actually made my first million in a tour company. Now I made the first million, I didn't get to keep the first million, but what we were doing, we were running sports trips all over the world. This is actually part of how I fell in love with the travel industry and the work that I now do with points. And ultimately what we were doing, we were creating these international tour packages for youth sports teams and families to go on these international tours. think of like a 14 year old baseball team in your, you're in San Diego. We'd like do a selection of kids.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (39:19.694) Sure.   Eli Facenda (39:41.329) from that area and the families would come and they would go to Japan or Italy or wherever and travel for 10 days, experience the culture, have an educational tour and also play the local teams. So we did that in a variety of sports, ice hockey and baseball and lacrosse and all these different sports. And we were growing a lot and then that was ramping right until COVID and that just decimated the entire business. we took us about two years to get to a million and then we started to double almost every year for a few years and that was like.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (40:02.432) Mm.   Eli Facenda (40:09.399) Really, really tough break at COVID, but that was the first million.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (40:11.63) COVID man. Nobody saw that coming. mean.   Eli Facenda (40:13.881) No, definitely, you know, group, large, large group sports international travel was like the worst potential. Like you can't go overseas and you definitely can't do it with 60 people. So was, was a brutal industry to be in.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (40:25.506) Right? Yeah, there were certain sectors that just, I mean, there was nothing you could do. We opened up our first gym actually two weeks before COVID hit in 2020. we had our, us like two years to open and then our grand opening. And then we had a bunch of free clients in those first two weeks. And then they ended up being free clients for about a year because we couldn't charge them. Cause we couldn't get them back in the gym. We're doing online workouts and all that kind of stuff is insane.   Eli Facenda (40:36.817) Ugh.   Eli Facenda (40:47.696) Wow.   Eli Facenda (40:53.337) And that's like where the true entrepreneurial muscles are definitely strengthened in times like that though. mean, like the people that bounce back and figure it out, like you just have a new sense of confidence of like, you know, I can handle anything.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (40:54.22) But hey, we adapt,   Seth Bradley, Esq. (41:06.764) Yeah, man. I mean, you pivot, right? Like I actually ended up launching my first podcast during during COVID because I was stuck inside and it was like, all right, let's let's do this. Let's get on Zoom and interview people and all that kind of stuff, man. So that leads us right to the next question. And how do you make your last million? How do you make that transition?   Eli Facenda (41:12.859) Cool.   Nice. Cool. I'll it.   Eli Facenda (41:24.143) Yeah, so the last million that I made was in the current business that I have. so essentially what we've been doing there for about four years now is helping entrepreneurs maximize their travel on credit card points. So helping them get their dream bucket list trips, these 30, 40, $50,000 trips all over the world for about 90 % off by leveraging credit card points. And we've traditionally had some pretty high ticket services. I mean, not crazy expensive, but like, you five, 10, 15 K and that range has been the main main service. And so,   We cracked our first million about two years in, so that was 2020, 2024 actually was the first year we made a million there.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (42:00.526) Awesome man, awesome. How about your next million? Where are you scaling to?   Eli Facenda (42:04.305) Yeah, so the next million I wanna make is the same business. love what I do, I really enjoy it. And what I wanna do is do it in a more community oriented and lower ticket way. So I wanna have bigger reach, more digital products, more of the community, more affiliate services and stuff like that. And I'm really excited about kind of cracking the code on that, because we've done it decently with the higher ticket stuff, more agency level, service level stuff, which is great. And we're still cranking on that, we're gonna keep growing it. But I really wanna see what we can do with...   So the lower ticket stuff, creating awesome stuff on YouTube that leads to different channels and distributions there. So that's the next million and same business, just different type of money.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (42:41.57) I love it man, yeah, that's kind of opposite of how some people approach it, right? You usually start with a lower ticket and then you have to build up that base before anybody will give you, you know, higher, pay for that higher ticket product, but you're kind of working backwards because you want to help more people.   Eli Facenda (42:56.677) Totally, exactly, yeah, and there's a limit. mean, what we do in the high ticket is incredible, but it really is a specialized skill. Like you think about like a bookkeeper or an accounting firm or something, like there's like a million bookkeepers. There's like 50 people that know points and travel to the level that I need them to know it to really serve clients with the highest level. So there's a real limit on the ability to scale that. And so it's also just like, we wanna be able to do really quality work for less people, but then serve more people with the other stuff too.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (43:25.368) Totally, totally.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (43:29.518) Cool, let's jump into the next one dude and we'll wrap up. Eli, you're clearly in the top 1 % of what you do. I don't even know if there's that many people out there that do what you do at all, period. So clearly in the top 0.0001%, what is it about you that separates you from the rest of the field?   Eli Facenda (43:49.701) I think it's our ability to actually live what we preach. This is something where, you know, there are other fantastic people that talk about credit card points, but very few of them are actually business owners, like that's who we serve, and very few of them are actually traveling in the way that they're trying to help people travel. So we've done both. I've built multiple businesses, so I understand the psychology and the relatability of how you wanna think about travel and points and the various stresses in your life, the limitations on time and complexity. And I also,   Seth Bradley, Esq. (44:06.062) Hmm.   Eli Facenda (44:20.636) What just happened?   Seth Bradley, Esq. (44:22.998) I'm not sure. We can splice it together, but let's see. Lost the video.   Eli Facenda (44:26.748) Let me see here. Did my camera die or something?   Bizarre. second.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (44:36.076) Yeah, weird. Never had that happen.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (44:42.038) Not a big deal, we can splice it together, but let's see if we can get your camera working again.   Eli Facenda (44:46.992) Don't see my camera get help. Is the audio coming through okay? Did it switch over there to my MacBook from the other one? Or it sounds the same.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (44:51.564) Yeah, I can hear the audio.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (44:57.806) I don't know. All I see is like a car. It's like I don't know. It's a card with a symbol on it I wonder what that is that riverside or is that your symbol? I can't be your symbol   Eli Facenda (45:06.556) weird. Get help.   Eli Facenda (45:12.006) Let me see.   trying to check this out.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (45:19.458) We can also just finish it with audio.   Eli Facenda (45:23.556) Is it, Dude, I don't know what's going on. Sorry about that. I've never seen...   Seth Bradley, Esq. (45:28.654) no worries, dude. We can just finish it with audio anyways.   Eli Facenda (45:31.63) New recording track created the participants have been recorded.   Issue device struggling to record. High load on your device. Try closing all other apps. Give me one second. I don't have any apps open. That's really weird.   Eli Facenda (45:53.126) Yeah, I don't know man. I apologize. I Okay, well yeah   Seth Bradley, Esq. (45:57.219) you're good, We'll just finish an audio and then I'll pull up for the video. I'll just black screen to a logo or something. So all good. I don't exactly know where you're at. If you want to start that sentence over.   Eli Facenda (46:04.048) Okay, cool.   Eli Facenda (46:07.866) Yeah, I'll just, I'll say, I'll just start. So yeah, so not only have we really walked the walk with actually living what we preach, but we also understand that psychology of what it's like to be a business owner, your limitations on time and complexity and all that stuff. And because we're talking about travel, people also want to know like what's actually in store for me in this destination. I've been to 50 countries now and my business partner has been to almost 100.   We have other team members who are all over 30, 40, 50 countries. So we've been to a lot of the destinations around the world that we're advising people to go to. So we know the ins and outs, best places to stay, hidden gems, top restaurants, stuff like that, that really add another layer of personalization and true experience into the service. So I think those are the things that really make us most credible in this space.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (46:57.506) Dude, it's so important, right? Like there's so many, you know, there's so much content out there now. There's gurus and coaches and mentors, whatever you want to call them. Like the ones that are truly valuable and that people should pay attention to are the ones that are actually practicing what they preach, right? The ones that aren't just selling you education or aren't just selling you a product. Like they're actually, they've done what they're selling and they continue to   enjoy or do what they're selling.   Eli Facenda (47:28.635) 100%, yeah, if you're a living embodiment of what you do, it makes it that much easier to communicate it and sell it because you just are the thing you're selling.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (47:38.764) Yeah, absolutely. What's one thing someone listening could do today to get 1 % closer to their dream life?   Eli Facenda (47:45.089) One thing that would be the easiest is to spend 30 minutes, go on Instagram, go on your favorite social media site, go on some travel blog site, look for your dream destination, then pull up your calendar and put a time on the calendar where you're committing to go. One of my favorite quotes is from Tim Ferriss, I forget the exact quote, but basically the idea is that if you don't schedule your fun first, it won't happen.   because your business and your life will take up as much space as you allow it to. So most people find that I'll take the trip when it's convenient. I'll take the trip when I have more time. That time is never coming until you make it a priority. So the one thing they can do to get closer to their dream life is to just make a more bold commitment to putting the time on the calendar and be like, I am going and make some sort of investment, whether you're telling someone, whether you're putting some money down, whether you're learn the point stuff, that's gonna be the biggest leverage you can make.   to make sure that you actually follow through on taking these trips and then you'll find how to get there on points if you need to from there.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (48:50.766) 100 % man, gotta put it, people, entrepreneurs, people like us, we work in all the time, you've gotta put it, put it in your schedule. You've gotta block it out, commit to it.   Eli Facenda (48:59.821) Absolutely, 100%.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (49:04.554) Alright dude, I think we got it wrapped up, man.   Eli Facenda (49:05.743) Beautiful. Awesome, Dan. Well, this was super fun and I apologize agai

Low-cost MacBooks could begin production soon, with a release period for early 2026. The developer beta for iOS 26 Beta 6 is out now. Could the iPhone 17 be introduced with a higher price point? And Alex Lindsay is excited to play with a new camera to record Vision Pro content. Low-cost MacBook production starting soon, possible $599 or $699 pricing. Apple's MacBook Pro overhaul with OLED might not launch until 2027. Apple's bid to close the AI gap could be hampered by AI brain drain. Apple will bring GPT-5 to Apple Intelligence in iOS, iPad OS and macOS 26. Everything New in iOS 26 [dev] Beta 6. AirPods could soon get Live Translation, iOS 26 beta code suggests. iPhone 17 models 'likely' to have higher prices, another analyst says. Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon. Japan law is forcing more browser choice on iPhone in December. Tech giants Apple and Google lose landmark court case as federal judge rules they engaged in anti-competitive conduct. Picks of the Week: Andy's Pick: DockLite Board Alex's Pick: The BlackMagic Immersive Camera Jason's Pick: Instapaper Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: helixsleep.com/twit

Low-cost MacBooks could begin production soon, with a release period for early 2026. The developer beta for iOS 26 Beta 6 is out now. Could the iPhone 17 be introduced with a higher price point? And Alex Lindsay is excited to play with a new camera to record Vision Pro content. Low-cost MacBook production starting soon, possible $599 or $699 pricing. Apple's MacBook Pro overhaul with OLED might not launch until 2027. Apple's bid to close the AI gap could be hampered by AI brain drain. Apple will bring GPT-5 to Apple Intelligence in iOS, iPad OS and macOS 26. Everything New in iOS 26 [dev] Beta 6. AirPods could soon get Live Translation, iOS 26 beta code suggests. iPhone 17 models 'likely' to have higher prices, another analyst says. Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon. Japan law is forcing more browser choice on iPhone in December. Tech giants Apple and Google lose landmark court case as federal judge rules they engaged in anti-competitive conduct. Picks of the Week: Andy's Pick: DockLite Board Alex's Pick: The BlackMagic Immersive Camera Jason's Pick: Instapaper Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: helixsleep.com/twit

Low-cost MacBooks could begin production soon, with a release period for early 2026. The developer beta for iOS 26 Beta 6 is out now. Could the iPhone 17 be introduced with a higher price point? And Alex Lindsay is excited to play with a new camera to record Vision Pro content. Low-cost MacBook production starting soon, possible $599 or $699 pricing. Apple's MacBook Pro overhaul with OLED might not launch until 2027. Apple's bid to close the AI gap could be hampered by AI brain drain. Apple will bring GPT-5 to Apple Intelligence in iOS, iPad OS and macOS 26. Everything New in iOS 26 [dev] Beta 6. AirPods could soon get Live Translation, iOS 26 beta code suggests. iPhone 17 models 'likely' to have higher prices, another analyst says. Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon. Japan law is forcing more browser choice on iPhone in December. Tech giants Apple and Google lose landmark court case as federal judge rules they engaged in anti-competitive conduct. Picks of the Week: Andy's Pick: DockLite Board Alex's Pick: The BlackMagic Immersive Camera Jason's Pick: Instapaper Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: helixsleep.com/twit

We talk presidential participation awards, Perplexity's bid for attention and removing the notch.John Gruber has thoughts on Apple's award for the president.Moltz and Dan use the Ice menu bar manager.Perplexity makes a ridiculous bid for Chrome.What if they made a MacBook without a notch?Our thanks to Factor for sponsoring this episode. Eat smarter with tasty, chef-prepped meals that are dietitian-approved and delivered right to your door. Ready in just two minutes and with more than 65 weekly meals, you can pick what's right for you. Head to factormeals.com/rebound50off and use code rebound50off to get 50% off your first box.If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out!Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store!

Wes Ott talks about the big tech news of the day, including the UFC's blockbuster $7.7 billion deal with Paramount Plus, Apple's rumored $599 MacBook and Ford's $5 billion bet on the EV market.

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:45:00 GMT http://relay.fm/connected/565 http://relay.fm/connected/565 Federico Viticci, Stephen Hackett, and Myke Hurley Stephen and Myke discuss a new iOS app named Cassette, using Water Lock on the Apple Watch, the state of CarPlay in iOS 26, and new rumors about an entry-level MacBook. Stephen and Myke discuss a new iOS app named Cassette, using Water Lock on the Apple Watch, the state of CarPlay in iOS 26, and new rumors about an entry-level MacBook. clean 4868 Stephen and Myke discuss a new iOS app named Cassette, using Water Lock on the Apple Watch, the state of CarPlay in iOS 26, and new rumors about an entry-level MacBook. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code CONNECTED. Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Use code connected50off Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Apple has removed the Camera scrolling toggle in iOS 26 Beta 6 – Brandon Butch – Threads Pebble is officially Pebble again | The Verge Here's a look at the final Pebble Time 2 design | The Verge Pebble Fitbit bought Pebble for much less than originally reported | The Verge Give us questions for our 11th anniversary special! Cassette Cassette brings VHS nostalgia to your iPhone's camera roll - 9to5Mac Daring Fireball: Cassette 1.0 How to use Water Lock and eject water from your Apple Watch - Apple Support WHOOP Fitbit Oura CarPlay's Messages App for iOS 26 is Bad - 512 Pixels CarPlay Ultra Review - The Closest thing to an Apple Car! - Auto Focus - YouTube New 12.9-Inch MacBook Could Launch This Year Starting at $599 - MacRumors The MacBook Air's wedge is truly gone — and I miss it already | The Verge Liquid Glass gets more changes in iOS 26 beta 6, here's what's new - 9to5Mac The 3D Loupe on

In just seven months since entering the U.S. market, The Repair Academy—a French-based specialist in micro soldering and board repair training—has already sold out its first American course and is preparing for a second. In this ASCDI- and ITAD-focused interview with Doug Green, Publisher of Technology Reseller News, CEO Alexandre Isaac shares how the Academy's intensive two-week program equips technicians with the skills to diagnose and repair high-value electronics, from MacBook motherboards to server boards, that might otherwise be scrapped. The upcoming October 13–25 course, held at iFixit's Chattanooga, Tennessee facility, offers 130 hours of hands-on training. Participants work at fully equipped stations with microscopes, soldering irons, hot air tools, and DC power supplies, learning to read schematics, use diagnostic equipment, and replace components as small as a human hair. The program is designed for both aspiring entrepreneurs and ITAD professionals, with graduates earning the iFixit Pro Repair Academy Certificate—a credential that verifies they can perform real-world board repairs efficiently and to industry standards. Isaac emphasizes the business potential, noting that repair skills can be applied from a home workspace or scaled into a commercial shop. For ITAD companies, the training represents a way to recover value from “no power” devices, keeping high-value hardware like M-series MacBook boards and networking gear in circulation instead of the waste stream. Notably, the Academy offers lifetime course retakes at no additional cost, ensuring mastery and long-term skill retention. The Repair Academy also assists graduates in sourcing quality tools and fosters peer connections through shared housing and group learning—creating a community of professionals who often continue to collaborate. With eight different training programs already established in France, Isaac sees this as the beginning of a broader U.S. offering, including more introductory-level courses. To learn more or register, visit therepairacademy.us.

Wes Ott talks about the big tech news of the day, including the UFC's blockbuster $7.7 billion deal with Paramount Plus, Apple's rumored $599 MacBook and Ford's $5 billion bet on the EV market.

Low-cost MacBooks could begin production soon, with a release period for early 2026. The developer beta for iOS 26 Beta 6 is out now. Could the iPhone 17 be introduced with a higher price point? And Alex Lindsay is excited to play with a new camera to record Vision Pro content. Low-cost MacBook production starting soon, possible $599 or $699 pricing. Apple's MacBook Pro overhaul with OLED might not launch until 2027. Apple's bid to close the AI gap could be hampered by AI brain drain. Apple will bring GPT-5 to Apple Intelligence in iOS, iPad OS and macOS 26. Everything New in iOS 26 [dev] Beta 6. AirPods could soon get Live Translation, iOS 26 beta code suggests. iPhone 17 models 'likely' to have higher prices, another analyst says. Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon. Japan law is forcing more browser choice on iPhone in December. Tech giants Apple and Google lose landmark court case as federal judge rules they engaged in anti-competitive conduct. Picks of the Week: Andy's Pick: DockLite Board Alex's Pick: The BlackMagic Immersive Camera Jason's Pick: Instapaper Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: helixsleep.com/twit

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O Grupo Boticário, um dos maiores conglomerados de beleza, usa dados e tecnologia para prever o que vai bombar nas prateleiras com até dois anos de antecedência. No episódio de hoje do Podcast Canaltech, conversamos com Marcelo Miola, diretor executivo de Dados e Segurança da Informação, sobre como a empresa integra físico e digital, personaliza a experiência do cliente, aposta em sustentabilidade e mantém a inovação viva mesmo com uma operação de milhões de revendedores e milhares de lojas. Você também vai conferir: Uber lança selo azul para agilizar e dar mais segurança nas corridas, Indonésia planeja fundo soberano bilionário para impulsionar a inteligência artificial, Apple deve lançar MacBook mais barato com chip de iPhone, Meta AI ganha app próprio no Brasil com feed de prompts da comunidade, Nvidia e AMD vão repassar 15% das vendas na China ao governo dos EUA. Este podcast foi roteirizado e apresentado por Fernanda Santos e contou com reportagens de Bruno de Blasi, Marcelo Fischer, Raphael Gianotti, André Lourentti. A trilha sonora é de Guilherme Zomer, a edição de Jully Cruz e a arte da capa é de Erick Teixeira.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:45:00 GMT http://relay.fm/upgrade/576 http://relay.fm/upgrade/576 Resting Tim Face 576 Jason Snell and Myke Hurley Blind ranking bad Apple products, hope for a cheaper MacBook, the perils of Siri automation, and apparently Tim Cook took a trip to Washington D.C. for some sort of meeting? Blind ranking bad Apple products, hope for a cheaper MacBook, the perils of Siri automation, and apparently Tim Cook took a trip to Washington D.C. for some sort of meeting? clean 5858 Subtitle: The Chooser, the Riddler, the Penguin, the FinderBlind ranking bad Apple products, hope for a cheaper MacBook, the perils of Siri automation, and apparently Tim Cook took a trip to Washington D.C. for some sort of meeting? This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. Get one month free. Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Use code upgrade50off Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Oru Kayak Connected #564: Would Snell as Sweet - Relay New 12.9-Inch MacBook Could Launch This Year Starting at $599 - MacRumors iOS 26 Beta Reveals Apple Watch Ultra 3 Display Size - MacRumors Apple App Intents Voice Control Feature for Siri, Apps; iOS 26 Release Timing - Bloomberg Apple increases U.S. commitment to $600 billion, announces ambitious program - Apple Apple, Corning to manufacture all iPhone, Apple Watch cover glass in Kentucky - Apple Apple made a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump | The Verge Tim Cook Unboxes a Trophy Nick Heer: "Just a normal line of questioning for an Apple CEO to find themselves physically between" - C.IM Trump Announces 100% Tariff on Semiconductors, With Exemptions for Companies Building in the U.S. - MacRumors Daring Fireball: Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon Chooser (Mac OS) - Wikipedia Finder (software) - Wikipedia Apple, Masimo spar over Apple Watch import ban at U

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple's Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Backblaze: Never lose a file again. Use code "9to5daily" at checkout for 10% off or try for free. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they're available. Stories discussed in this episode: Low-cost MacBook production starting soon, poss $699 pricing Here's when ChatGPT integration within Apple Intelligence will use GPT-5 Gurman: All-new App Intents feature and Siri overhaul on track to launch next spring Apple working with these apps to prepare for next-gen Siri Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Overcast RSS Spotify TuneIn Google Podcasts Subscribe to support Chance directly with 9to5Mac Daily Plus and unlock: Ad-free versions of every episode Bonus content Catch up on 9to5Mac Daily episodes! Don't miss out on our other daily podcasts: Quick Charge 9to5Toys Daily Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at happyhour@9to5mac.com. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show.

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:45:00 GMT http://relay.fm/upgrade/576 http://relay.fm/upgrade/576 Jason Snell and Myke Hurley Blind ranking bad Apple products, hope for a cheaper MacBook, the perils of Siri automation, and apparently Tim Cook took a trip to Washington D.C. for some sort of meeting? Blind ranking bad Apple products, hope for a cheaper MacBook, the perils of Siri automation, and apparently Tim Cook took a trip to Washington D.C. for some sort of meeting? clean 5858 Subtitle: The Chooser, the Riddler, the Penguin, the FinderBlind ranking bad Apple products, hope for a cheaper MacBook, the perils of Siri automation, and apparently Tim Cook took a trip to Washington D.C. for some sort of meeting? This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. Get one month free. Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Use code upgrade50off Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Oru Kayak Connected #564: Would Snell as Sweet - Relay New 12.9-Inch MacBook Could Launch This Year Starting at $599 - MacRumors iOS 26 Beta Reveals Apple Watch Ultra 3 Display Size - MacRumors Apple App Intents Voice Control Feature for Siri, Apps; iOS 26 Release Timing - Bloomberg Apple increases U.S. commitment to $600 billion, announces ambitious program - Apple Apple, Corning to manufacture all iPhone, Apple Watch cover glass in Kentucky - Apple Apple made a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump | The Verge Tim Cook Unboxes a Trophy Nick Heer: "Just a normal line of questioning for an Apple CEO to find themselves physically between" - C.IM Trump Announces 100% Tariff on Semiconductors, With Exemptions for Companies Building in the U.S. - MacRumors Daring Fireball: Gold, Frankincense, and Silicon Chooser (Mac OS) - Wikipedia Finder (software) - Wikipedia Apple, Masimo spar over Apple Watch import

Join Dr. Borger as she takes you along with her to her dream summer in Spain.    Dr. Borger shares her experience of spending a dream summer in Spain with her children, living in the small coastal town of Estepona. She describes their daily routine, including attending a summer camp for the kids, taking barre classes, and enjoying the local culture and scenery. Despite initially planning to work during the trip, a broken MacBook forced her to fully disconnect, which she realized was exactly what she needed. Dr. Borger emphasized the importance of taking time to rest and recharge, and expressed gratitude for the opportunity to make this dream summer a reality.    “What are your biggest dreams? I hope this episode helps you believe in the power of manifesting your dream life as I share one of the dream experiences I have manifested and am living” ~ Dr. Judith Borger    Dr. Judith Borger Links: www.theaestheticdoctor.com www.instagram.com/doctorborger 

Karl-Heinz ist tot – und mit ihm ein Stück Technikgeschichte. In dieser Episode erzähle ich die Chronik meines 15 Jahre alten PCs, der einst mit einem ehrwürdigen Intel-Core-Duo-Prozessor, röhrenden Festplatten und mehr Laufwerksschächten als gesund war, mein treuer Podcast-Partner war. Vom ersten Facebook-Login bis zu virenverseuchten MP3s von Kazaa – Karl-Heinz war dabei. Doch an diesem stillen Nachmittag endete sein Leben mit einem traurigen BIOS-Piep und einer Staubwolke, die wie ein letzter Gruß wirkte. Was folgte? Die bittere Erkenntnis, dass Podcaster beim PC-Kauf immer einen finanziellen Schlag ins Gesicht bekommen. Während Influencer stolz MacBooks unboxen und in Dubai goldene Smoothies trinken, zählt der Podcaster jeden Euro und hält sein Mikro mit Panzertape zusammen. Ich nehme euch mit in die absurde Realität hinter den Kulissen: Leidenschaft kostet Geld – und manchmal 2.500 € für einen neuen Rechner. Eine ehrliche, selbstironische Liebeserklärung an das Podcasten, an Karl-Heinz und an alle, die trotz allem weiter ins Mikro sprechen. Rubrik: Aktiv Der Schalltrichter - Thomas Speck Podcast: https://www.der-schalltrichter.at/ Against Fate - True Survival Podcast Podcast: https://www.againstfate.at/ *Anzeige: Podfluencer Festival 2025 in München am 24.10.- 25.10.2025!

◯アップル売上高、３年半ぶりの高い伸び…ｉＰｈｏｎｅ販売好調 https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/economy/20250801-OYT1T50038/ ◯iPhoneにサムスンのイメージセンサー採用か　Appleのトランプ関税対策で、ソニー独占供給に変化？ https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/2508/07/news116.html ◯日本のiPhoneも“便利機能”を失う？25年12月の「スマホ新法」全面施行で、迫る「欧州化」の危機…。リスクや展望を徹底解説 https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/894805 「スマホ新法」にアップル以外はどう対応するのか? グーグルら4社の見解 https://www.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/topic/2032073.html ◯次世代AIモデル「GPT-5」登場　ChatGPT全ユーザーに提供開始　“博士並みの知能持つ友人”に進化 https://www.itmedia.co.jp/aiplus/articles/2508/08/news053.html ◯あなたのMacBook、実は「重さ」を測れます。トラックパッドの隠された機能と遊び心 https://www.lifehacker.jp/article/2508-mac-trackpad-as-a-scale/ ◯Parallels Desktop for Mac のシステム要件 https://kb.parallels.com/en/124223 ◯日立、白物家電売却を検討　韓国企業が買収意向か https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/49d7f95d8bacee86fbbda40f200f3fb2fed83eda

◯アップル売上高、３年半ぶりの高い伸び…ｉＰｈｏｎｅ販売好調 https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/economy/20250801-OYT1T50038/ ◯iPhoneにサムスンのイメージセンサー採用か　Appleのトランプ関税対策で、ソニー独占供給に変化？ https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/2508/07/news116.html ◯日本のiPhoneも“便利機能”を失う？25年12月の「スマホ新法」全面施行で、迫る「欧州化」の危機…。リスクや展望を徹底解説 https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/894805 「スマホ新法」にアップル以外はどう対応するのか? グーグルら4社の見解 https://www.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/topic/2032073.html ◯次世代AIモデル「GPT-5」登場　ChatGPT全ユーザーに提供開始　“博士並みの知能持つ友人”に進化 https://www.itmedia.co.jp/aiplus/articles/2508/08/news053.html ◯あなたのMacBook、実は「重さ」を測れます。トラックパッドの隠された機能と遊び心 https://www.lifehacker.jp/article/2508-mac-trackpad-as-a-scale/ ◯Parallels Desktop for Mac のシステム要件 https://kb.parallels.com/en/124223 ◯日立、白物家電売却を検討　韓国企業が買収意向か https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/49d7f95d8bacee86fbbda40f200f3fb2fed83eda

A fifth developer beta is out for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, while the new iPhone 17 launch date has leaked, and Apple tells its staff it's serious about AI, on the AppleInsider Podcast.Contact your hosts:@williamgallagher_ on Threads@WGallagher on TwitterWilliam's 58keys on YouTubeWilliam Gallagher on email@hillithreads on Threads@Hillitech on TwitterWes on BlueskyWes Hilliard on emailSponsored by:Oracle: Try Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for free at oracle.com/appleinsiderLinks from the Show:New in iOS 26 beta 5: Camera and Mail toggles, Apple Watch display leak, moremacOS 26 says goodbye to the classic hard drive iconApple has sold 3 billion iPhones since 2007All hands on deck: Tim Cook, Craig Federighi address Apple employees on AI, SiriSiri may get Chat GPT-like search powers driven by a new Apple teamGoogle mocks Apple's AI delays while standing in a graveyard of late and abandoned productsThis time, the iPhone 17 Air battery may have actually been leakediPhone 17 launch date may have been leaked by German wireless carriersApple's existing U.S. manufacturing partners main beneficiaries of new $100B investmentApple's $100 billion investment has almost nothing to do with US iPhone manufacturingApple CEO Tim Cook gifts President Trump gold & glass commemorative plaqueApple exempt from 100% semiconductor tariffs, thanks to its $100B U.S. investmentMade-in-America iPhone not happening anytime soon & Trump seems okay with thatWokyis M5 dock review: Mac Plus looks, M4 Mac mini performanceSupport the show:Support the show on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to get ad-free episodes every week, access to our private Discord channel, and early release of the show! We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple PodcastsMore AppleInsider podcastsTune in to our HomeKit Insider podcast covering the latest news, products, apps and everything HomeKit related. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or just search for HomeKit Insider wherever you get your podcasts.Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: advertising@appleinsider.com (00:00) - Intro (00:27) - Beta 5 (24:56) - All-Hands meeting (32:37) - Siri Answers (40:50) - Perplexity (51:19) - iPhone 17 launch date (58:49) - Plaque (01:04:51) - Controversy Corner (01:13:19) - Wokyis M5 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Send us a text!Watch this episode on YouTubeLewis is back with Leander and Griffin to talk about Apple's AI comeback (coming soon), Liquid Silicone (whatever that is), iOS 26 beta 5, and a hands-on with an iPhone 17 Pro case!This episode supported by:Listeners like you. Your support helps us fund CultCast Off-Topic, a new weekly podcast of bonus content available for everyone; and helps us secure the future of the podcast. You also get access to The CultClub Discord, where you can chat with us all week long, give us show topics, and even end up on the show. Support The CultCast at support.thecultcast.com — OR at CultOf9to5MacRumors.comCultCloth will keep your iPhone, MacBook, display, guitars, glasses and lenses sparkling clean! For a limited time use code CULTCAST at checkout to score a two free CarryCloths with any order $20+ at CultCloth.coFactor Meals. Treat yourself to Factor's delicious, high-quality, ready-to-eat meals delivered right to your door. Head over to FactorMeals.com/CultCast50off to get 50% off plus free shipping on your first box.This week's stories:Tim Cook hypes Apple's AI efforts and ‘amazing' product pipeline in all-hands meetingIn a rare all-hands meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook tells employees the company will do whatever it takes to win the AI game.Apple begins building its ChatGPT rivalApple's quietly begun working on a ChatGPT-like search experience powered by an "Answer Engine" and led by former Siri head Robby Walker.Silky Apple ‘Liquid Silicone' cases for iPhone 17 may support lanyardsNew rumors say Apple 'Liquid Silicone' cases for iPhone 17 will feature a lux feel and support for at least one lanyard.iOS 26 beta 5: All the new features and changesThe fifth iOS 26 beta brings minor tweaks and improvements as Apple prepares the OS for its public release in September.Reduce eye strain with these workspace fine-tuning tipsFor those of us who stare at screens all day, tired eyes are a problem. But this MacBook Pro user offers tips to reduce eye strain.Casekoo casesHands-on with an upcoming iPhone 17 Pro case in orange.

Mikah Sargent reveals a powerful but often overlooked calibration tool that automatically adjusts your TV's color balance for optimal picture quality. This step-by-step demonstration shows exactly how to access and use this game-changing feature that most Apple TV owners never know exists. •Accessing the Settings - Navigate to Settings > Video and Audio > Calibration > Color Balance •Prerequisites and Setup - Requires iPhone with Face ID, iOS 14.5 or later, and avoid vivid or dynamic picture modes during calibration •Step-by-Step Calibration Process - Detailed walkthrough of bringing iPhone close to TV, receiving notification, entering authentication code, and positioning phone against screen •Results and Implementation - Review of "original" vs "balanced" options and selecting the improved color profile for ongoing use •Limitations and Compatibility - Discussion of why this feature won't work with projector setups due to positioning constraints, but works with standard televisions Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Apple at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-apple Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Mikah Sargent reveals a powerful but often overlooked calibration tool that automatically adjusts your TV's color balance for optimal picture quality. This step-by-step demonstration shows exactly how to access and use this game-changing feature that most Apple TV owners never know exists. •Accessing the Settings - Navigate to Settings > Video and Audio > Calibration > Color Balance •Prerequisites and Setup - Requires iPhone with Face ID, iOS 14.5 or later, and avoid vivid or dynamic picture modes during calibration •Step-by-Step Calibration Process - Detailed walkthrough of bringing iPhone close to TV, receiving notification, entering authentication code, and positioning phone against screen •Results and Implementation - Review of "original" vs "balanced" options and selecting the improved color profile for ongoing use •Limitations and Compatibility - Discussion of why this feature won't work with projector setups due to positioning constraints, but works with standard televisions Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Apple at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-apple Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Mikah Sargent reveals a powerful but often overlooked calibration tool that automatically adjusts your TV's color balance for optimal picture quality. This step-by-step demonstration shows exactly how to access and use this game-changing feature that most Apple TV owners never know exists. •Accessing the Settings - Navigate to Settings > Video and Audio > Calibration > Color Balance •Prerequisites and Setup - Requires iPhone with Face ID, iOS 14.5 or later, and avoid vivid or dynamic picture modes during calibration •Step-by-Step Calibration Process - Detailed walkthrough of bringing iPhone close to TV, receiving notification, entering authentication code, and positioning phone against screen •Results and Implementation - Review of "original" vs "balanced" options and selecting the improved color profile for ongoing use •Limitations and Compatibility - Discussion of why this feature won't work with projector setups due to positioning constraints, but works with standard televisions Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Apple at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-apple Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:00:00 GMT http://relay.fm/clockwise/617 http://relay.fm/clockwise/617 Put It in a Box 617 Mikah Sargent and Jason Snell Our approach to cable management at home, the tech we pack for inflight entertainment, the devices and chargers we bring on quick trips, and our go-to strategy for international phone data plans. Our approach to cable management at home, the tech we pack for inflight entertainment, the devices and chargers we bring on quick trips, and our go-to strategy for international phone data plans. clean 1799 Our approach to cable management at home, the tech we pack for inflight entertainment, the devices and chargers we bring on quick trips, and our go-to strategy for international phone data plans. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Use code clockwise50off Guest Starring: Karissa Bell and John Voorhees Links and Show Notes: Support Clockwise with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Amazon.com: Pyle 19-Outlet 1U Rackmount PDU Power Distribution Unit - 15 Amp Surge Protector - USB Charging Port - Ground Lift - Circuit Breaker - 15FT Cord - 3 Front AC Outlets - 16 Rear Power Cables - PCO860 : Electronics Amazon.com: VELCRO Brand ONE-WRAP Cable Ties, 100Pk, 8 x 1/2" Black Cord Organization Straps, Thin Pre-Cut Design, Wire Management for Organizing Home, Office and Data Centers : Electronics Amazon.com: EOOUT 30pcs Mesh Zipper Pouch Bags, 8 Sizes Plastic Bags, 8 Colors Waterproof Pouches with slide fastener for Organization, Multipurpose for Travel, School Supplies, Office and Home Organization : Office Products Amazon.com: Bluelounge CableBox Cable and Cord Management System,Black : Electronics Amazon.com: Anker 150W Max USB C Charger Block, 4-Port Compact Foldable GaN Charger for MacBook, iPhone 16 and More Series, Dell and More : Cell Phones & Accessories Don't overpay for cellular data while

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:00:00 GMT http://relay.fm/clockwise/617 http://relay.fm/clockwise/617 Mikah Sargent and Jason Snell Our approach to cable management at home, the tech we pack for inflight entertainment, the devices and chargers we bring on quick trips, and our go-to strategy for international phone data plans. Our approach to cable management at home, the tech we pack for inflight entertainment, the devices and chargers we bring on quick trips, and our go-to strategy for international phone data plans. clean 1799 Our approach to cable management at home, the tech we pack for inflight entertainment, the devices and chargers we bring on quick trips, and our go-to strategy for international phone data plans. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Factor: Healthy, fully-prepared food delivered to your door. Use code clockwise50off Guest Starring: Karissa Bell and John Voorhees Links and Show Notes: Support Clockwise with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Amazon.com: Pyle 19-Outlet 1U Rackmount PDU Power Distribution Unit - 15 Amp Surge Protector - USB Charging Port - Ground Lift - Circuit Breaker - 15FT Cord - 3 Front AC Outlets - 16 Rear Power Cables - PCO860 : Electronics Amazon.com: VELCRO Brand ONE-WRAP Cable Ties, 100Pk, 8 x 1/2" Black Cord Organization Straps, Thin Pre-Cut Design, Wire Management for Organizing Home, Office and Data Centers : Electronics Amazon.com: EOOUT 30pcs Mesh Zipper Pouch Bags, 8 Sizes Plastic Bags, 8 Colors Waterproof Pouches with slide fastener for Organization, Multipurpose for Travel, School Supplies, Office and Home Organization : Office Products Amazon.com: Bluelounge CableBox Cable and Cord Management System,Black : Electronics Amazon.com: Anker 150W Max USB C Charger Block, 4-Port Compact Foldable GaN Charger for MacBook, iPhone 16 and More Series, Dell and More : Cell Phones & Accessories Don't overpay for cellular d

Apple has intentionlly release the iOS 26 public beta and, it has inadvertently shown us an iPhone 17 in the wild, and behind the scenes it's working to secure the future of the Apple Card.Contact your hosts:@williamgallagher_ on Threads@WGallagher on TwitterWilliam's 58keys on YouTubeWilliam Gallagher on email@hillithreads on Threads@Hillitech on TwitterWes on BlueskyWes Hilliard on emailSponsored by:IDEO U: Get 15% off any IDEO U training course at ideou.com/appleinsiderConstant Contact: Get thirty days free and take control of your marketing at constantcontact.com.Links from the Show:John Finnemore: Fahrenheit v CelsiusApple seeds the first public betas of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26Be strong, let everyone else risk their devices and data with the new betasiPhone 17 may have been spotted in the wildNew iPhone 17 dummy models estimate how some expected colors may lookJP23Morgan Chase is the hot favorite for Apple Card takeoverCaleb Hammer - YouTubeiOS 26 Message filtering upsetting fundraising politicians that want to annoy iPhone usersApple and others back government plan to digitize healthcareApple hits back at DOJ antitrust suit paragraph by paragraph in scathing responseOnly the base iPhone 17 may escape a $50 price hikeNo India tariff deal means Apple will face iPhone import fees eight times higher than beforeApple is probably stuck with iPhone manufacture in IndiaSketchers lets parents hide an AirTag in kids shoesSupport the show:Support the show on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to get ad-free episodes every week, access to our private Discord channel, and early release of the show! We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple PodcastsMore AppleInsider podcastsTune in to our HomeKit Insider podcast covering the latest news, products, apps and everything HomeKit related. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or just search for HomeKit Insider wherever you get your podcasts.Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: advertising@appleinsider.com (00:00) - Intro (01:44) - Public betas (06:41) - iPhone 17 in the wild (18:03) - iPhone 17 dummy models (24:34) - Apple Card (39:43) - Health, Messages, DOJ - Not Controversy Corner (01:01:11) - Controversy Corner (01:06:01) - Sketchers and AirTags ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Send us a text!Watch this episode on YouTubeStephen Hackett joins Leander and Griffin to talk all about a big week of iPhone 17 Pro leaks. We have a camera rumor that's absolutely bananas, models of the new colors — and a spy shot out in public? Also: tips on customizing your Home Screen, an almost-normal Mac mini setup, and a big new Mac display!This episode supported by:Listeners like you. Your support helps us fund CultCast Off-Topic, a new weekly podcast of bonus content available for everyone; and helps us secure the future of the podcast. You also get access to The CultClub Discord, where you can chat with us all week long, give us show topics, and even end up on the show. Support The CultCast at support.thecultcast.com — or unsubscribe at unfork.thecultcast.comCultCloth will keep your iPhone, MacBook, display, guitars, glasses and lenses sparkling clean! For a limited time use code CULTCAST at checkout to score a two free CarryCloths with any order $20+ at CultCloth.coEasily create a beautiful website all by yourself, at Squarespace.com/CultCast. Use offer code CultCast at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.This week's stories:iPhone 17 Pro camera could zoom past expectations with 8x lensiPhone 17 Pro's telephoto camera could get a bigger upgrade than initially rumored, with a new dual lens system for up to 8x optical zoom.iPhone 17 Pro could break tradition with bold new orange colorAlleged iPhone 17 dummy units showcase the color options for the upcoming lineup, including a bold orange shade for the Pro models.Masked iPhone 17 Pro prototype spotted in the wildBlurry images of a supposed iPhone 17 Pro test unit have surfaced online after someone reportedly spotted the device in the wild.WidgetsmithWidgetsmith lets you personalize your device like never before with a wide range of highly-customizable widgets.App StoreGiant smart TV dwarfs 32-inch display in Mac mini rigIn today's featured M2 Mac mini setup, a mammoth Hisense smart TV dominates its complementary 32-inch LG monitor.Under Review: BenQ PD3226GAlthough this 32-inch display is only 4K and not 6K, it has a built-in Thunderbolt 4 dock with a KVM, highly accurate colors, a HotKey Puck remote control — and a gorgeous 144 Hz refresh rate.

Ready to get your hands on Apple's latest software before everyone else? This episode covers the complete process of enrolling in Apple's public beta program, from signing up to providing valuable feedback that shapes the future of Apple's operating systems. Getting Started with Beta Enrollment - Navigate to beta.apple.com and sign up for the Apple Beta Software Program using your Apple ID, including agreeing to the terms that remind you this is pre-release software Device Enrollment Process - Choose "enroll your iOS device" and follow the streamlined process for iOS 16.4 or later, which no longer requires downloading special configuration profiles like earlier versions Finding Beta Updates in Settings - Access the new "Beta Updates" option under General > Software Update > Automatic Updates, where you'll see iOS 26 Public Beta options (developer betas won't appear unless you're a registered developer) The Importance of Feedback Assistant - Learn about the dedicated app Apple installs for beta testers to report bugs, capture diagnostic files, and submit screenshots of issues you encounter Quick Diagnostic Capture Trick - Use the volume up, volume down, side button combination for 1-1.5 seconds to instantly capture diagnostic files when you encounter problems, complete with haptic feedback confirmation Beta Support Across All Platforms - The same enrollment process works for iPadOS, tvOS (though slightly more complex), and macOS Tahoe, with each platform getting its own enrollment path Exiting the Beta Program - Turn off beta updates in Settings to stop receiving new beta versions and automatically return to public releases, or completely leave the program through the beta.apple.com unenroll page Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Apple at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-apple Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Ready to get your hands on Apple's latest software before everyone else? This episode covers the complete process of enrolling in Apple's public beta program, from signing up to providing valuable feedback that shapes the future of Apple's operating systems. Getting Started with Beta Enrollment - Navigate to beta.apple.com and sign up for the Apple Beta Software Program using your Apple ID, including agreeing to the terms that remind you this is pre-release software Device Enrollment Process - Choose "enroll your iOS device" and follow the streamlined process for iOS 16.4 or later, which no longer requires downloading special configuration profiles like earlier versions Finding Beta Updates in Settings - Access the new "Beta Updates" option under General > Software Update > Automatic Updates, where you'll see iOS 26 Public Beta options (developer betas won't appear unless you're a registered developer) The Importance of Feedback Assistant - Learn about the dedicated app Apple installs for beta testers to report bugs, capture diagnostic files, and submit screenshots of issues you encounter Quick Diagnostic Capture Trick - Use the volume up, volume down, side button combination for 1-1.5 seconds to instantly capture diagnostic files when you encounter problems, complete with haptic feedback confirmation Beta Support Across All Platforms - The same enrollment process works for iPadOS, tvOS (though slightly more complex), and macOS Tahoe, with each platform getting its own enrollment path Exiting the Beta Program - Turn off beta updates in Settings to stop receiving new beta versions and automatically return to public releases, or completely leave the program through the beta.apple.com unenroll page Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Apple at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-apple Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

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Ready to get your hands on Apple's latest software before everyone else? This episode covers the complete process of enrolling in Apple's public beta program, from signing up to providing valuable feedback that shapes the future of Apple's operating systems. Getting Started with Beta Enrollment - Navigate to beta.apple.com and sign up for the Apple Beta Software Program using your Apple ID, including agreeing to the terms that remind you this is pre-release software Device Enrollment Process - Choose "enroll your iOS device" and follow the streamlined process for iOS 16.4 or later, which no longer requires downloading special configuration profiles like earlier versions Finding Beta Updates in Settings - Access the new "Beta Updates" option under General > Software Update > Automatic Updates, where you'll see iOS 26 Public Beta options (developer betas won't appear unless you're a registered developer) The Importance of Feedback Assistant - Learn about the dedicated app Apple installs for beta testers to report bugs, capture diagnostic files, and submit screenshots of issues you encounter Quick Diagnostic Capture Trick - Use the volume up, volume down, side button combination for 1-1.5 seconds to instantly capture diagnostic files when you encounter problems, complete with haptic feedback confirmation Beta Support Across All Platforms - The same enrollment process works for iPadOS, tvOS (though slightly more complex), and macOS Tahoe, with each platform getting its own enrollment path Exiting the Beta Program - Turn off beta updates in Settings to stop receiving new beta versions and automatically return to public releases, or completely leave the program through the beta.apple.com unenroll page Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Apple at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-apple Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

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AppleCare has been revamped to be better, cheaper, and possibly more complicated, while Apple Intelligence is not doomed, and the iPhone Fold display could be in a legal battle.Contact your hosts:@WGallagher on TwitterWilliam's 58keys on YouTubeWilliam Gallagher on emailWes on BlueskyWes Hilliard on emailSponsored by:Mint Mobile: New customers can get  3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just $15/month at mintmobile.com/AIpodcastLinks from the Show:Apple sues Jon Prosser over iOS 26 leaksUncovered iOS 26 beta image hints at sleep score for Apple WatchWhat's new in iOS 26 beta 4: Silence Unknown Callers, Dynamic Wallapers, Camera AppApple brings back notification summaries for news in iOS 26Rumored HomePod with screen gets an indirect nod in iOS 26AppleCare One launches as a single plan to cover multiple Apple devicesAppleCare+ vs AppleCare One: Warranty services comparedBOE's new fight with Samsung Display could affect the iPhone FoldiPhone Fold screen size revealed in dubious new leakiPhone 17 Air rumored to shrink battery & lean on iOS 26 to keep upLightning iPhones get real USB-C support with custom caseiPhone 16 makes up half of India sales in Q2 but the iPhone 16e faltersApple's iPhone production in India soars as sales increaseDoom and gloom reporting on Apple Intelligence continues to ignore Apple's playbookApple insists its AI training is ethical and respects publishersHow Apple made AI in iOS 26 more helpful & more privateiCloud lawsuit fails over misunderstanding of storage tiersUK announces plans to further regulate Apple and GoogleUK will back down over its demands on Apple for an encryption backdoorCorning's EU compliance changes won't affect iPhones, iPadsApple's Epic gamble: birthright citizenship ruling cited to overturn antisteering mandatePlayStation DualSense controllers updating soon with multiple device pairingApps mentioned in AppleInsider+:Capsule medication tracking: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/capsule-medication-tracker/id6744626190Foodnoms: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/foodnoms-macro-protein-tracker/id1479461686Foodnoms Macro Protein TrackerBend: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stretching-flexibility-bend/id1513988468Stretching & Flexibility: BendPee apps: (just one example, not reviewed): https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/iuflow-voiding-bladder-diary/id935581221iUFlow- voiding bladder diaryHidrateSpark: https://hidratespark.comSupport the show:Support the show on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to get ad-free episodes every week, access to our private Discord channel, and early release of the show! We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple PodcastsMore AppleInsider podcastsTune in to our HomeKit Insider podcast covering the latest news, products, apps and everything HomeKit related. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or just search for HomeKit Insider wherever you get your podcasts.Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.Those interested in sponsoring the show ca...

Send us a text!Watch this episode on YouTubeThis week, Graham joins Leander and Griffin yet again to talk about the folding iPhone, the biggest little change coming to the M5 iPad Pro, more changes in iOS 26, tips for running with your Apple Watch and why we all lust for a colorful iPhone!This episode supported by:Listeners like you. Your support helps us fund CultCast Off-Topic, a new weekly podcast of bonus content available for everyone; and helps us secure the future of the podcast. You also get access to The CultClub Discord, where you can chat with us all week long, give us show topics, and even end up on the show. Support The CultCast at support.thecultcast.com — OR at CultOf9to5MacRumors.comCultCloth will keep your iPhone, MacBook, display, guitars, glasses and lenses sparkling clean! For a limited time use code CULTCAST at checkout to score a two free CarryCloths with any order $20+ at CultCloth.coEasily create a beautiful website all by yourself, at Squarespace.com/CultCast. Use offer code CultCast at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.This week's stories:iOS 27 could have a surprising focusiOS 27 developers will reportedly concentrate on a user interface revamp needed for the folding iPhone coming in 2026.M5 iPad Pro might tackle Face ID's biggest weaknessApple will reportedly add a second portrait camera to the iPad Pro refresh this year, enabling Face ID to work in portrait orientation.iOS 26 beta 4: All the new features and changesThe fourth iOS 26 beta tweaks the Liquid Glass design again, increasing the transparency once more.

Mikah Sargent reveals the handy security features in iOS and iPadOS that let you lock and hide apps from prying eyes, whether you're lending your phone to a child or keeping sensitive information away from untrustworthy individuals. App Locking vs. Hiding Overview - Mikah explains the key differences between locking apps (requires authentication but stays visible) and hiding apps (completely removes from home screen except in special hidden folder) Important Limitations to Know - When apps are locked, their information won't appear in CarPlay, notifications, search results, or Siri suggestions, and the feature only works on the specific device where it's enabled Family Sharing Restrictions - Children under 13 cannot lock or hide apps, while teens 13-17 can use the feature but parents can still see download history and Screen Time data Apps That Cannot Be Locked - Built-in iOS apps like Calculator, Camera, Clock, Contacts, Find My, Maps, Shortcuts, and Settings are off-limits for locking (Screen Time or Guided Access recommended instead) Step-by-Step App Locking Demo - Live demonstration using the Home app, showing how to tap and hold an app icon, select "Require Face ID" from the quick actions menu, and authenticate to enable the lock How to Unlock Apps - Simple process of tapping and holding the locked app icon, choosing "Don't Require Face ID," and entering your passcode to remove the protection App Hiding Requirements - Only third-party apps downloaded from the App Store can be hidden; built-in iOS apps and default web browsers cannot be hidden Complete App Hiding Walkthrough - Detailed demonstration using the Annotable app, showing the "Hide and Require Face ID" option and explaining that hidden apps won't send notifications or alerts Accessing Hidden Apps - Two methods revealed: through Settings > Apps > Hidden Apps, or by going to App Library, scrolling to the Hidden folder at the bottom, and authenticating with Face ID Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Apple at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-apple Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Mikah Sargent reveals the handy security features in iOS and iPadOS that let you lock and hide apps from prying eyes, whether you're lending your phone to a child or keeping sensitive information away from untrustworthy individuals. App Locking vs. Hiding Overview - Mikah explains the key differences between locking apps (requires authentication but stays visible) and hiding apps (completely removes from home screen except in special hidden folder) Important Limitations to Know - When apps are locked, their information won't appear in CarPlay, notifications, search results, or Siri suggestions, and the feature only works on the specific device where it's enabled Family Sharing Restrictions - Children under 13 cannot lock or hide apps, while teens 13-17 can use the feature but parents can still see download history and Screen Time data Apps That Cannot Be Locked - Built-in iOS apps like Calculator, Camera, Clock, Contacts, Find My, Maps, Shortcuts, and Settings are off-limits for locking (Screen Time or Guided Access recommended instead) Step-by-Step App Locking Demo - Live demonstration using the Home app, showing how to tap and hold an app icon, select "Require Face ID" from the quick actions menu, and authenticate to enable the lock How to Unlock Apps - Simple process of tapping and holding the locked app icon, choosing "Don't Require Face ID," and entering your passcode to remove the protection App Hiding Requirements - Only third-party apps downloaded from the App Store can be hidden; built-in iOS apps and default web browsers cannot be hidden Complete App Hiding Walkthrough - Detailed demonstration using the Annotable app, showing the "Hide and Require Face ID" option and explaining that hidden apps won't send notifications or alerts Accessing Hidden Apps - Two methods revealed: through Settings > Apps > Hidden Apps, or by going to App Library, scrolling to the Hidden folder at the bottom, and authenticating with Face ID Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Apple at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-apple Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

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Marty, Eric, and Dave talk about the unique ways people are using the Apple Vision Pro for work, and an extensive review of the AVP compared to Meta 3Setting Up Your Apple Vision Pro: A Seamless Start to Spatial Computinghttps://applemagazine.com/setting-up-your-apple-vision-pro-a-seamless-start-to-spatial-computing/Apple Invents a new Battery Back Concept that could be used with an iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Vision Wear & morehttps://www.patentlyapple.com/2025/07/apple-invents-a-new-battery-back-concept-that-could-be-used-with-an-iphone-ipad-macbook-vision-wear-more.htmlApple's Vision Pro 2 Gets Real: M4 Power and That Strap Fix We All Needhttps://mixed.reality.news/news/apples-vision-pro-2-gets-real-m4-power-and-that-strap-fix-we-all-need/ Why Would Apple Update Their Vision Pro Without Updating It?https://medium.com/tech-and-me/why-would-apple-update-their-vision-pro-without-updating-it-a7b63c9e4e16What visionOS 26 Means for Apple Vision Prohttps://virtualrealityobserver.com/what-visionos-26-means-for-apple-vision-pro/ No Vision Pro, no Meta Quest - ByteDance takes a swipe at the table and develops its own mixed reality glasses backed by TikTokhttps://www.lagradaonline.com/us/bytedance-develops-mixed-reality-glasses/ Preliminary application of apple vision pro (AVP) in laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgeryhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40679982/ An Educator's Perspective on Blended Reality with Apple Vision Prohttps://jagathjayaprakash.medium.com/an-educators-perspective-on-blended-reality-with-apple-vision-pro-0b4508ffef1d You've never seen an operating room like this…https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tommykornmd_ai-spatialcomputing-digitalhealth-ugcPost-7340998189430296577-Tikw/?rcm=ACoAAABIn1wBZXFu7v7qbO8miTI2kcOgVp68Wuc Using Apple Vision Pro to plan a retrofithttps://www.reddit.com/r/Construction/comments/1m1cjtx/using_apple_vision_pro_to_plan_a_retrofit/Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3: In-Depth Comparison andReview 2025https://ts2.tech/en/apple-vision-pro-vs-meta-quest-3-in-depth-comparison-and-review-2025/ Relax at Santa Monica Pier - Shot On Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive | Vision Pro Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD-Ci_JvG-M&t=25s Metaballs: Spatialhttps://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1m2ouoo/firstlook_at_metaballs_spatial_my_new_app_coming/APPS Porta Nubihttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/porta-nubi-immersive-puzzles/id6503628155Macstockconferenceandexpo.com  Digital Pass https://macstockconferenceandexpo.com/product/macstock-ix-digital-pass/Our Website: ThePodTalk.NetEmail us: ThePodTalkNetwork@gmail.com 

Apple Watch turns out to be remarkably good as an early pregnancy detector, while rumors keep mounting up about what colors the new iPhone 17 range will come in -- and "Severance" has led Apple TV+ to a record number of award nominations.Contact your hosts:@WGallagher on TwitterWilliam's 58keys on YouTubeWilliam Gallagher on emailWes on BlueskyWes Hilliard on emailSponsored by:Constant Contact: Get thirty days free and take control of your marketing at constantcontact.com.ExpressVPN: Secure your online data TODAY by visiting ExpressVPN.com/appleinsider.Mint Mobile: New customers can get  3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just $15/month at mintmobile.com/AIpodcastOpenCase: Visit OpenCase: Magsafe Perfected and use promo code "APPLEINSIDER" for 10% off.Links from the Show:Firefox will be the only browser still supporting macOS Big Sur sooniCloud Passwords autofill now available in Firefox for WindowsChinese-made iPhones won't be banned in US over supplier trade theft allegationsiPhone 17 Pro may get display upgrade Apple reportedly scrappediPhone 17 enters trial production in IndiAnalyst who claimed iPhone 17 would use A18 backtracksApple Watch sensors are so good, it could provide the first pregnancy indicatorsApple wants to avoid another three-year wait for more 'Severance''Severance' dominates 2025 Emmy Awards nominations listApple backs US rare earth magnets supply chain with $500 million dealApple Smart Home Hub release pushed back to 2026Apple and Ireland tax saga finally ends with $15 billion escrow withdrawalDeveloper angry that App Store is removing game that hasn't been updated in 7 yearsEU backs down on Big Tech tax ahead of US trade dealApple still effectively blocks rival browser engines on iOS despite EU orderSupport the show:Support the show on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to get ad-free episodes every week, access to our private Discord channel, and early release of the show! We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple PodcastsMore AppleInsider podcastsTune in to our HomeKit Insider podcast covering the latest news, products, apps and everything HomeKit related. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or just search for HomeKit Insider wherever you get your podcasts.Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: advertising@appleinsider.com (00:00) - Intro (01:39) - Chrome drops macOS Big Sur, Firefox doesn't (08:08) - iPhone rumors (20:04) - Apple Watch health (27:47) - Apple Intelligence (41:51) - Apple TV+ (52:20) - Home Hub (55:02) - Iridescent iPhone 17 Pro (56:35) - Controversy Corner (01:05:35) - Updating and not updating App Store games (01:16:06) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Benjamin and Chance react to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman report on what Apple is planning to ship over the course of the next twelve months, as well as the details of a near-term refresh for the Vision Pro including a more comfortable strap. Apple launches a new Emoji puzzle in News+, AirPods marketshare is revealed in a new study, and Apple sweeps the Emmy nominations.   And in Happy Hour Plus, Benjamin and Chance talk more about the recent controversies surrounding Liquid Glass. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join. Sponsored by 1Password: For a limited time, get $20 off the easiest way to stay secure online with 1Password—featuring a new passkey feature that lets you go passwordless on compatible apps and sites. Sponsored by HelloFresh: America's #1 meal kit! Get 10 Free Meals with a Free Item For Life at HelloFresh.com/happyhour10fm. Sponsored by Square: Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/happyhour. Sponsored by Shopify: Grow your business no matter what stage you're in. Sign up for a $1 per month trial at shopify.com/happyhour. Hosts Chance Miller @chancemiller.me on Bluesky @chancehmiller@mastodon.social @ChanceHMiller on Instagram @ChanceHMiller on Threads Benjamin Mayo @bzamayo on Twitter @bzamayo@mastodon.social @bzamayo on Threads Subscribe, Rate, and Review Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify 9to5Mac Happy Hour Plus Subscribe to 9to5Mac Happy Hour Plus! Support Benjamin and Chance directly with Happy Hour Plus! 9to5Mac Happy Hour Plus includes:  Ad-free versions of every episode  Pre- and post-show content Bonus episodes Join for $5 per month or $50 a year at 9to5mac.com/join.  Feedback Submit #Ask9to5Mac questions on Twitter, Mastodon, or Threads Email us feedback and questions to happyhour@9to5mac.com Links Gallery: Tim Cook and Eddy Cue attend Sun Valley 'summer camp for billionaires' Apple Vision Pro 2 with more comfortable strap and upgraded chip is coming later this year A cheaper Apple Vision is still a few years away Apple planning new Mac external display, MacBooks, iPads, and more for early 2026 You can bring back Launchpad in macOS 26, but you shouldn't Apple News+ launches clever new ‘Emoji Game' for iOS 18.4 and later Emmys 2025: Apple TV+ lands nominations in all major categories With 81 total Emmy nominations, how did each Apple TV+ title do? Market with Apple TV Apple News+ launches clever new ‘Emoji Game' for iOS 18.4 and later CIRP: AirPods regain market share, but overall growth stalls Mayo's Threads post on watchOS 26

Unlock the potential of your AirPods with these game-changing settings that most users never experiment with! Mikah Sargent plugs into the comprehensive settings menu for Apple's audio devices, revealing advanced features that can transform your listening experience from basic to spellbinding. •Battery monitoring and case connectivity - How to check AirPods and case battery levels, plus troubleshooting charging animations and Bluetooth connection issues •Device naming and identification - Customizing your AirPods name to distinguish between multiple pairs and ensure you're connecting to the right device •Noise control modes - Deep dive into Transparency, Adaptive, and Noise Cancellation modes, including how each works differently and when to use them •Adaptive audio intelligence - How this feature automatically switches between noise cancellation and transparency based on your environment and conversations •Hearing health features - Comprehensive look at hearing protection, loud sound reduction, and the 85-decibel safety threshold •Ear tip fit testing - Using built-in tools to ensure you're using the correct size ear tips for optimal performance and comfort •Hearing assistance - How AirPods Pro can function as hearing aids and perform actual hearing tests to customize audio •Customizing press and hold controls - Programming left and right AirPods for different functions like noise control or voice assistant activation •Call management features - Setting up tap controls for answering, muting, and ending calls with simple gestures •Personalized volume and conversation awareness - Auto-adjusting volume based on environment and automatically pausing media during conversations •Connection preferences - Solving the common annoyance of AirPods connecting to the wrong device by adjusting automatic connection settings •Spatial audio and personalization - Understanding 3D audio features and how they adapt to your specific ear shape and hearing pattern •Microphone selection and head gestures - Choosing which AirPod serves as your microphone and using head nods/shakes to control calls •Advanced features - Charging case sounds, optimized battery charging, Find My integration, and accessibility options •Troubleshooting tips - Using disconnect and forget options to resolve connection issues across all your Apple devices Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Apple at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-apple Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Unlock the potential of your AirPods with these game-changing settings that most users never experiment with! Mikah Sargent plugs into the comprehensive settings menu for Apple's audio devices, revealing advanced features that can transform your listening experience from basic to spellbinding. •Battery monitoring and case connectivity - How to check AirPods and case battery levels, plus troubleshooting charging animations and Bluetooth connection issues •Device naming and identification - Customizing your AirPods name to distinguish between multiple pairs and ensure you're connecting to the right device •Noise control modes - Deep dive into Transparency, Adaptive, and Noise Cancellation modes, including how each works differently and when to use them •Adaptive audio intelligence - How this feature automatically switches between noise cancellation and transparency based on your environment and conversations •Hearing health features - Comprehensive look at hearing protection, loud sound reduction, and the 85-decibel safety threshold •Ear tip fit testing - Using built-in tools to ensure you're using the correct size ear tips for optimal performance and comfort •Hearing assistance - How AirPods Pro can function as hearing aids and perform actual hearing tests to customize audio •Customizing press and hold controls - Programming left and right AirPods for different functions like noise control or voice assistant activation •Call management features - Setting up tap controls for answering, muting, and ending calls with simple gestures •Personalized volume and conversation awareness - Auto-adjusting volume based on environment and automatically pausing media during conversations •Connection preferences - Solving the common annoyance of AirPods connecting to the wrong device by adjusting automatic connection settings •Spatial audio and personalization - Understanding 3D audio features and how they adapt to your specific ear shape and hearing pattern •Microphone selection and head gestures - Choosing which AirPod serves as your microphone and using head nods/shakes to control calls •Advanced features - Charging case sounds, optimized battery charging, Find My integration, and accessibility options •Troubleshooting tips - Using disconnect and forget options to resolve connection issues across all your Apple devices Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Apple at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-apple Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

This week, Apple released a third iOS 26 developer beta, and lost an Apple Intelligence executive, all on the anniversary of when Steve Jobs came back to the company, plus there's news of what's next with the Apple Vision Pro.Contact your hosts:@WGallagher on TwitterWilliam's 58keys on YouTubeWilliam Gallagher on emailWes on BlueskyWes Hilliard on emailSponsored by:Oracle: Try Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for free at oracle.com/appleinsiderLinks from the Show:Returning Steve Jobs took over Apple 28 years ago, on July 9, 1997Tim Cook isn't going to get fired, and Steve Jobs isn't rolling over in his graveMeta lured AI exec away from Apple with blockbuster $200M pay packageMeta poaches Apple Intelligence executive amid larger leadership restructureSamsung may have built a new factory just for folding iPhone displaysApple's design team leadership in flux once again with Jeff Williams retirementApple COO Jeff Williams retiring later in 2025, replaced by SVP Sabih KhanApple seeds third developer betas for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26What's new in iOS 26 beta 3: Wallpaper color options, stronger blur effects, and moreThird tvOS 26 developer beta arrives one day lateApple A19, C2, M5 chip identifiers all leaked in early iOS 18 codeApple: EU App Store micromanagement demands are illegal, fights $570M fineTikTok builds new US app version ahead of planned saleDOJ goes after US citizen for developing anti-ICE appWhat Apple products will get hit the hardest by Trump's new tariff ordersFTC 'Click to Cancel' rule that was annoying some services cancelled by the courtsFaster, more comfortable Apple Vision Pro rumored to arrive in 2025Support the show:Support the show on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to get ad-free episodes every week, access to our private Discord channel, and early release of the show! We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple PodcastsMore AppleInsider podcastsTune in to our HomeKit Insider podcast covering the latest news, products, apps and everything HomeKit related. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or just search for HomeKit Insider wherever you get your podcasts.Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: advertising@appleinsider.com (00:00) - Intro (00:32) - $200 million is less than you think (12:21) - Jeff Williams leaves, Apple is doomed (19:01) - Steve Jobs versus Tim Cook (28:15) - Developer betas (34:31) - Identifiers (36:26) - Controversy Corner (01:01:24) - LIghter Apple Vision Pro (01:07:26) - Outro and reviews ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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This week, Ellis fills in for Andrew as Marques and David go over everything from news about Google Keep to new Macbook rumors. Then they give their thoughts on the new Nothing Headphones 1 and Phone 3 which were just announced! After that, they play a game of Overrated or Underrated where the usefulness of iPads, Android tablets, and a bunch more were up for debate. It's a fun one! Links: Verge - Google Keep on Apple Watch Forbes - F1 Article Tesla - Car delivery video Apple Macbook with A18 Pro Autofocus - Porsche 911 GTS Hybrid video MKBHD - Nothing Headphones 1 video Nothing - Phone (3) video Music provided by Epidemic Sound Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Social: Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en Hosts: Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices