Friend of the Show

Starts the latest episode of the Apple News Today podcast.

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Actions

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Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
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Play Podcast
Plays a podcast using the Podcasts app.
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If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
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Format Date
Formats a date and time into text.
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URL
Passes the specified URL to the next action.
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Open URLs
Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).
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Wait to Return
Pauses execution until you leave the Shortcuts app and return to it. This action might be useful after an action that switches apps, to pause execution until you return to the Shortcuts app.
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Run Shortcut
Run an shortcut from your shortcut.
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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Friend%20of%20the%20Show
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Friend%20of%20the%20Show
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Friend of the Show” end tell

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