Play a MacStories podcast

Presents a menu of MacStories shows, then plays the next episode from the selected show based on the preselected custom sort order (or default order from the Podcasts app).

Actions Used

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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.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Play%20a%20MacStories%20podcast
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Play%20a%20MacStories%20podcast
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Play a MacStories podcast” end tell

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