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Sora takes over the App Store… unfortunately (CultCast #720)

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4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Send us a text! Watch this episode on YouTube This week: Sora is number one on the App Store, OpenAI’s iPhone killer has a steep uphill battle and the iPad gets a great old feature back — and better than before. Also: How to set up call screening, a recent Mac switcher setup, and Apple’s spotty relationship with enterprise products. 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 he...

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the cult cast.

0:05.0

The best hour-long Apple conversation you're going to hit all week long.

0:07.6

I'm Amanda Caney.

0:08.5

I'm your host today.

0:09.8

And we have joining us, Griffin Jones, from Ohio.

0:12.8

Hello, Griffin.

0:13.6

Good evening.

0:14.7

Despite my best efforts, we have a lot of AI topics to talk about at the top of the show.

0:18.9

So skip those chapters if you really want. Okay. That's the way to start the show. Skip the show, just go right to the end. Yeah, I mean, get to the good stuff. IOS 26.1 beta, too. Yeah, but don't forget to listen to the ad in the middle, though. All right. And now, let's have Lewis Wallace. Hey, how's going? All right, not too bad. How hot and I'm sweaty are you?

0:40.9

It's still quite humid, San Francisco. What is it? It's 60, it's only 64 degrees, but it feels like it's 75.

0:49.0

I know, but I'm cooking here in this little tiny cubicle I'm in.

0:56.9

But yeah, so we have a great show today.

0:58.8

We have, you know, despite what Griffin says?

1:00.0

In fact, Griffin, what are you talking about?

1:01.2

We've got some great stuff to talk about.

1:04.6

In fact, the most interesting top is the AI stuff.

1:06.1

I mean, it's actually fascinating.

1:08.7

The new SORA app, which I think is, you know, like,

1:13.6

it's at once fascinating but also terrifying. I think the implications for it, like, completely, you know, they different, these are societal

1:18.6

changing technology. This is, you know, it's not just like some stupid dumb app. I think

1:24.6

this is going to have serious, serious implications for the entire,

1:29.4

you know, history of mankind. I think this is like impactful stuff, very, very impactful.

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