AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk

Fortnite’s Hot Bat Summer, Robot Arms & AI | AwesomeCast 787

July 15th, 2026  |  58 mins 19 secs

ai privacy, apple beta, apple health, artificial intelligence, assistive technology, autonomous vehicles, batman, blood pressure monitor, camera guidelines, carnegie science center, catwoman, consumer technology, cyborg technology, dave podnar, digital ownership, digital surveillance, disability pride month, doctor octopus, fast and furious, fortnite, gadgets, harley quinn, hot bat summer, instagram ai, ios 27, jizai arms, katie dudas, kennywood, kids smartwatch, lego speed champions, meta ai, michael sorg, omron 7 series, parental controls, petersen automotive museum, phones for kids, pinwheel phones, pittsburgh technology podcast, poison ivy, robotic arms, rory cooper, sorg, speed exhibit, sports broadcasting, tech news, technology podcast, toyota supra mk4, usb-c cables, usb-c diagnostics, waymo, whatcable, wheelchair technology, women athletes

Sorg, Katie Dudas and Dave Podnar explore the useful, unusual and occasionally alarming side of modern technology in AwesomeCast 787.

Dave reviews the Bluetooth-enabled Omron 7 Series blood pressure monitor, while Katie introduces Pinwheel’s managed phones, smartwatch and Wi-Fi home phone for younger users. Sorg tests WhatCable, a Mac utility that reveals whether USB-C cables, chargers and ports are really delivering the speeds they promise.

The crew also discusses Rory Cooper’s groundbreaking wheelchair innovations, LEGO’s Fast & Furious Toyota Supra, a new speed exhibit at the Carnegie Science Center, respectful camera guidelines for women athletes, Instagram’s reversed AI remix feature, wearable Doctor Octopus-style robotic arms, Fortnite’s “Hot Bat Summer” and a shirtless protester’s battle with a Waymo.

Sorg begins downloading the iOS 27 public beta during the episode, while Katie saves her less-than-awesome update thoughts for the Patreon aftertalk.

Welcome to Twerk Cast | AwesomeCast 510

September 2nd, 2020  |  58 mins 36 secs

animal crossing, batman, bernie sanders, elon musk, flight simulator, google maps, huandai blue link, hurrican laura, joe biden, national geographic, neuralink, riddler, roadside assistance, space x, uber, waze

Chatting the tech news of the week including roadside assistance in a real break down, getting political in Animal Crossing and going to the red planet with Katie Dudas, John Chichilla and Mike Sorg!

Borderlands Butts | AwesomeCast 463

September 25th, 2019  |  1 hr 8 mins

aaron kleiber, ace axe throwing, amazon, apple, apple arcade, awesome cast, awesomecast, batman, batman day, borderlands, cube, force touch, fortnite, houseparty, ifixit, ios, ios 13, iphone, iphone 11, iphone 11 pro, kitten kam, nyc, overwatch, party hub, podcast, porn, pornhub, scavenger hunt, se, sega, sega mini, tech talk, technology, voice interoperability

We have a special treat as Katie, Chilla and Sorg are joined by Pittsburgh comedian, Aaron Kleiber. 

Wonderfully 80s | AwesomeCast 453

July 10th, 2019  |  49 mins 19 secs

1001 games, amazon alexa, batman, dr mario world, echo show, iphone, macbook pro, pittsburgh, playstation classic, social media, technology, video game, windows 1.0, wyze cam

It's a guys' night in as Sorg and Chilla bring us all of the important things in tech news (with some bonus throwbacks).