The Freshcast

We are back after a brief week-long hiatus with a brand spanking new show. This week we’re going to take a look back at San Diego Comic Con and some of the biggest moments from the Con, like the premiere of the trailer for the 4th season of The Walking Dead, a sequel to the Avengers announced for a 2015 release, and, probably the biggest bombshell of the week, the announcement that there will be a Man of Steel sequel and the Dark Knight, yes Batman, will be in the film. And we can’ forget this week’s Fresh Picks, the weekly segment where we’ll tell you about our favorite new or noteworthy apps, movies, artists, games, or whatever!     SHOW NOTES & LINKS You can listen to The Freshcast a number of ways: Right here on www.thefreshcast.com, follow us on SoundCloud, or subscribe in iTunes. Zack Snyder announces Man of Steel sequel with Batman The Walking Dead Season 4 Trailer released at San Diego Comic Con 2013 Bryan Cranston walks around the convention floor wearing a Walter White mask SeeSaw: Jon’s fresh pick this week is an awesome app  way to get your friends to help you make decisions. Download the app. Spendee: Casey’s pick is a fresh iPhone app to help manage your finances Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox: Jordan’s pick is a new take on the Justice League, now on Blu Ray. The Freshcast’s theme music is a song by chiptune artist Ben Landis. Listen to more of his work here. Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to rate us and leave a review in iTunes!

This week we’re talking about Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro’s latest movie, with lots of giant aliens fighting giant robots, opening everywhere this weekend. We’ll also dig into the new 3D printing technology, and discuss what this kind of tech could mean for the future of things like medicine, manufacturing, and more. And we can’ forget this week’s Fresh Picks, the weekly segment where we’ll tell you about our favorite new or noteworthy apps, movies, artists, games, or whatever!   SHOW NOTES & LINKS You can listen to The Freshcast a number of ways: Right here on www.thefreshcast.com, follow us on SoundCloud, or subscribe in iTunes. Check out this “Making of” featurette for Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim Get news, updates, early access to contests and giveaways, and more! Be a The Orange VIP. Sign up for free! The one-legged duck with a 3D printed prosthetic leg Coffitivity: Casey’s pick this week plays coffee shop ambience to help you be more productive! Kippt: Jon’s pick; a beautiful bookmarking site to save and organize anything you find on the internet with a social twist. The Freshcast’s theme music is a song by chiptune artist Ben Landis. Listen to more of his work here. Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to rate us and leave a review in iTunes!

Happy Independence Day! We’ve got a special all-Fresh Picks episode for you this week to celebrate! With Jon out on vacation, Casey and Ethan will bring a couple picks each to the table and talk about new, noteworthy, or just plain interesting articles, movies, apps, and more!   SHOW NOTES & LINKS You can listen to The Freshcast a number of ways: Right here on www.thefreshcast.com, follow us on SoundCloud, or subscribe in iTunes. The retired school teacher that wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures… for 40 years. Google Reader is Dead. Here are some of Casey’s favorite replacements: Feedly, Digg Reader, & Reeder (for iOS). Born to Run by Christopher McDougall is now available on Audible! Get the book for free with a 30 day free trial at audibletrial.com/thefreshcast! The super slim, super sleek new Haswell MacBook Air that can’t seem to run GarageBand. John Hodgman’s RAGNAROK comedy special, only available on Netflix. The Freshcast’s theme music is a song by chiptune artist Ben Landis. Listen to more of his work here. Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to rate us and leave a review in iTunes!

We’re discussing Facebook taking on Twitter’s video sharing app, Vine, with the latest update to their billion-dollar photo sharing app, Instagram. And we found out that the fresh prince himself, Will Smith, won’t be in the sequel to Independence Day and we’ve got strong feelings about that. And we can’t forget this week’s Fresh Picks, the weekly segment where we’ll tell you about our favorite new or noteworthy apps, movies, artists, games, or whatever!     SHOW NOTES & LINKS You can listen to The Freshcast a number of ways: Right here on www.thefreshcast.com, follow us on SoundCloud, or subscribe in iTunes. Vine: The fun, fast social video creating and sharing app from Twitter. Check out how Lowe’s is using the service. Instagram Video: Instagram’s latest feature meant to compete with Vine. Ethan’s google search to find whatever he was talking about with Harry Potter’s parchment. I Am Legend Audiobook: Listen to the book the movie was based on for free by signing up at audibletrial.com/thefreshcast. Independence Day 2: Also known as ID Forever Part One, this sequel to the 1996 action flick won’t include Will Smith because he’s “too expensive”. Collectably: Casey’s pick this week lets you save and sync your Chrome browser’s tab session. Booooooom: Ethan’s fresh pick is this curiously named design and culture blog. Badland: This physics-based iOS game was Jon’s fresh pick. Download it on the Apple App Store. The Freshcast’s theme music is a song by chiptune artist Ben Landis. Listen to more of his work here. Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to rate us and leave a review in iTunes!

We’ll be discussing our thoughts on the new season of Arrested Development by Netflix on the show this week. We’re also going to chat about the bone-chilling trailer for the movie “Gravity” with George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, and former Apple “iPad app of the year” winner, Paper by FiftyThree has raised some big bucks; we’ll talk about the company and the future of digital creation. And we can’t forget this week’s Fresh Picks, the weekly segment where we’ll tell you about our favorite new or noteworthy apps, movies, artists, games, or whatever!     SHOW NOTES & LINKS You can listen to The Freshcast a number of ways: Right here on www.thefreshcast.com, follow us on SoundCloud, or subscribe in iTunes. Arrested Development: the cult classic television series brought back exclusively on Netflix Gravity: A heart-stopping trailer for the upcoming George Clooney & Sandra Bullock action flick. FiftyThree’s Paper: The startup raised $15 million and looks to change digital creation forever Simple Bank: Casey’s pick is a banking platform that is looking to rock the industry Room 237: The documentary chronicling popular conspiracy theories around Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ was Ethan’s pick Field Notes Brand: The notebook maker’s Night Sky edition was Jon’s fresh pick this week. The Freshcast’s theme music is a song by chiptune artist Ben Landis. Listen to more of his work here. Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to rate us and leave a review in iTunes!

This week on the show we’re recapping Apple’s World Wide Developer’s conference keynote. We’ll discuss our thoughts on the new MacBook Air, and the long-awaited, all new Mac Pro. We’ll also chat about OS X Mavericks, the latest version of Apple’s desktop operating system. And of course we’re going to discuss Apple’s release of the controversial, totally re-designed iOS 7 for your iDevices. And we can’t forget this week’s Fresh Picks, the weekly segment where we’ll tell you about our favorite new or noteworthy apps, movies, artists, games, or whatever!     SHOW NOTES & LINKS You can listen to The Freshcast a number of ways: Right here on www.thefreshcast.com, follow us on SoundCloud, or subscribe in iTunes. WWDC 2013: Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference. New Macs: Apple announced new MacBook Airs as well as a drastic update to the long-awaited Mac Pro. OS X Mavericks: The next version of Apple’s desktop platform, named after a well-known surf-spot in California. iOS 7: The totally re-designed, and somewhat controversial, new mobile operating system from Apple. iTunes Radio: Lookout Pandora! iTunes Radio music streaming is free and built into iOS 7′s music app. Airmail: Casey’s fresh pick for this week is a sleek Gmail client for the Mac. Vesper: Jon’s pick is the simple and elegant note taking app for iPhone from Apple pundit John Gruber. The Freshcast’s theme music is a song by chiptune artist Ben Landis. Listen to more of his work here. Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to rate us and leave a review in iTunes!

Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference kicks off with its long-awaited keynote this Monday so on today’s show we’re talking all things Apple. We’ll discuss pre-WWDC rumors and what we hope Apple announces at the big event. And we can’t forget this week’s Fresh Picks, the weekly segment where we’ll tell you about our favorite new or noteworthy apps, movies, artists, games, or whatever!   SHOW NOTES & LINKS You can listen to The Freshcast a number of ways: Right here on www.thefreshcast.com, follow us on SoundCloud, or subscribe in iTunes. WWDC 2013: Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference keynote is this Monday (June 10th) and we’re stoked! The Sweethome: Check out Casey’s fresh pick, with awesome gear and gadgets for around your house or apartment. Sunrise: Jon’s pick is a beautiful calendar app for iOS that just received $2.2 million in funding and want to “reinvent the calendar”. CUE: A personal assistant, calendar, and search app for iOS. Jordan’s pick of the week. One Wipe Charlies: Bonus pick! Check out this peppermint-scented, butt-wiped for dudes from Dollar Shave Club. The Freshcast’s theme music is a song by chiptune artist Ben Landis. Listen to more of his work here. Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to rate us and leave a review in iTunes!

On the show this week we’re focusing on photos! We’ll take a look at some of the best mobile apps for snapping, editing, and sharing photos. As well as some of our favorite photo storage services to organize and share all of our photographic memories. And of course this week’s Fresh Picks, the weekly segment where we’ll tell you about our favorite new or noteworthy apps, movies, artists, games, or whatever!   Thanks to Audible.com for sponsoring this week’s episode of The Freshcast. Get a FREE audiobook download at

We’re changing the day that new episodes are released from Mondays to Fridays. That means this Friday, May 31st, episode 6 of The Freshcast will go live! Keep an eye out every Friday for new episodes of the show. Also, we’re finally releasing a rare recording of Big Jon singing a karaoke version of James Taylors’ classic ballad, Carolina on my Mind.   Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to rate us and leave a review in iTunes!

This week we’re going to discuss Google I/O, the search giant’s big developers conference, and what fun new toys Google has announced. We’ll also take a look back at last week’s series finale of The Office and discuss our thoughts on the finale and the series in general. There may be some tears, folks. All that and this week’s Fresh Picks in this episode of The Freshcast titled “Google Backscrubber”     Thanks to Audible.com for sponsoring this week’s episode of The Freshcast. Get a FREE audiobook download at

This week we’re talking self-driving cars and reports that Tesla is in talks with Google about the company’s self-driving car technology. We’re also going to chat about the demise of Adobe’s Creative Suite software and what that, and Adobe’s cloud ambitions mean for those that use Adobe products on a regular basis. And Disney shut down LucasArts and they’ve cut an exclusive deal with Electronic Arts, what will that mean for the future of Star Wars video games? All that and this week’s Fresh Picks in this episode of The Freshcast titled “Get Out of the Way, Grandma!”   Thanks to Audible.com for sponsoring this week’s episode of The Freshcast. Get a FREE audiobook download at

This week we’re celebrating Star Wars Day (May the Fourth be with you!) with special guest Aaron Goins. We’re talking Disney’s purchase of LucasFilm and what that means for the franchise. We’re also looking forward to Microsoft’s big Xbox announcement and we’ll chat about the rumors we’ve heard and the features we’d like to see. And don’t forget about this week’s Fresh Picks. It’s all there and more in this weeks episode of The Freshcast!   Thanks to Audible.com for sponsoring this week’s episode of The Freshcast. Get a FREE audiobook download at

Music streaming services is the topic of this week’s episode. We’ll discuss which services are our favorites and why. We’ll also compare pricing and features between some of the top contenders in the music streaming industry. In this episode we’re chatting about the first trailer released for R.I.P.D. (The Rest in Peace Department) with Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds. And, of course, we’re back with this week’s Fresh Picks segment where we make recommendations of apps, music, movies, or whatever we think is noteworthy at the time. Let’s hit it!   SHOW NOTES & LINKS You can listen to The Freshcast a number of ways: Right here on www.thefreshcast.com, follow us on SoundCloud, or subscribe in iTunes. The Freshcast’s theme music is a song by chiptune artist Ben Landis. Listen to more of his work here. Music Streaming Services: Check out the music streaming services we mentioned in this episode. Spotify, Rdio, MOG, Turntable.fm, Pandora, Twitter #music. R.I.P.D.: Check out the trailer for the Rest in Peace Department. Sound City Players Album: Casey’s Fresh Pick of the week with tracks from Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, Trent Reznor, Dave Grohl, and more. Moon Clerk: An awesome way for business to accept recurring payments online. This is Big Jon’s Fresh Pick of the week. Oblivion: One of Jon’s Fresh Picks. Tom Cruise’s Sci-Fi thriller Oblivion is definitely worth a watch. TweetBot: Another pick of Jon’s, TweetBot, released an update with an awesome “media stream” feature. Check it out. Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to rate us and leave a review in iTunes!

We’re very excited to release the first episode of The Freshcast titled Tim Tebow Fathead. This week we’re talking about Facebook’s latest iOS update that features some great design tweaks and the “Chat Heads” feature from Facebook Home. We’ll also discuss which Twitter mobile apps we use and why. A new trailer for Man of Steel has been released and we’re analyzing the trailer and discussing the movie’s potential. Finally, we’ll introduce “Fresh Picks,” a weekly segment where we will bring a new and noteworthy app, song, movie, artist, website, or whatever to the table. Editor’s Note: Yes, we know, the audio is a little funky at times. Chalk it up to first-episode growing pains. Don’t worry, we’ve identified the issue and it will be fixed for episode two next week.   SHOW NOTES & LINKS You can listen to The Freshcast a number of ways: Right here on www.thefreshcast.com, follow us on SoundCloud, or subscribe in iTunes. The Freshcast’s theme music is a song by chiptune artist Ben Landis. Listen to more of his work here. Facebook Home: Facebook’s new experience for Android Twitter for iPhone: Twitter’s mobile app TweetBot: Casey’s favorite Twitter app for iOS and Mac by TapBots Twitterrific: A beautiful iOS app for Twitter by the Icon Factory Man of Steel: The latest Trailer for Zack Snyder’s Superman movie Mailbox: The iOS mail client is now open for anyone to use! Download it here. Coffee Who: A clever app that lets you connect over coffee with people at your company Feedly: A beautiful RSS reader that is a good fit for Google Reader refugees Thanks for listening!

We’re excited to introduce a fresh new podcast The Orange: The Freshcast. With hosts Jon Eckert, Casey Ferrier, and Jon Evans, The Freshcast will cover a variety of topics, including pop culture, design, and technology discussion. We will be launching the first episode of The Freshcast soon. For updates, news, and other stuff, follow us on twitter @thefreshcast, Facebook, App.net, Soundcloud, or just come back to thefreshcast.com!