AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk

AwesomeCast 796: The Deepest, Darkest Statsand Apple’s $2,000 Foldable iPhone Has Us Talking

September 15th, 2026  |  1 hr 3 mins

911th air wing, Apple Watch, Duolingo, Katie Dudas, Metroid, SNES, Super Nintendo, Tetris, apple, apple intelligence, artificial intelligence, banger in the hangar, captcha, carnegie mellon university, chachi says video game minute, dave podnar, foldable iphone, hispanic heritage month, image playground, ios 27, iphone 18 pro, iphone 18 pro max, iphone duo, jimothy questy, luis von ahn, mapquest, mario kart world, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, ocarina of time, pittsburgh robotics, pittsburgh technology, prospect pro wrestling, questies, recaptcha, rufus questy, siri ai, siri ai beta, sorg, sorgatron media, ssd prices, tech news, technology podcast, technology trends, zelda

Apple’s foldable iPhone is finally here, but is a $1,999 phone actually useful enough to justify the price? Sorg, Katie Dudas and Dave Podnar break down the iPhone Duo, iOS 27 and the Siri AI waitlist, Apple Watch listening features, rising storage prices and what Apple’s latest hardware could mean for creators.

Plus, Nintendo brings back more of its past with the Switch 2 Ocarina of Time remake and classic Mario Kart tracks, MapQuest adds new Questies, Chachi reports on the disappearing White House Tetris clone, and Dave celebrates CAPTCHA and Duolingo co-founder Luis von Ahn for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Sorg also takes us behind the scenes of producing professional wrestling inside the 911th Air Wing’s massive hangar.

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Artemis II Moon Mission, AI Chatbot Risks, Apple TikTok & LEGO Zelda | AwesomeCast 774

April 1st, 2026  |  1 hr 1 min

3D printing, Katie Dudas, NASA, Xbox, adobe illustrator, ai chatbots, ai sycophancy, animation tools, apple tiktok, artemis ii, article analysis, awesomecast, awesomecast 774, browser extension, chachi, channelsurfer, chatgpt, claude, dave podnar, deepseek, digital vs physical games, epic games layoffs, etsy shop, finder mascot, gaming news, geek culture, gemini, great deku tree, heinz ketchup, heinz verified, hidden figures, kalpana chawla, katherine johnson, lego zelda, moon mission, nancy grace roman, nintendo, ocarina of time, patricia cowings, pittsburgh podcast, plastic fun time, project turntable, sorg, stanford study, tech podcast, vera rubin, whats up with that, women’s history month

This week on AwesomeCast 774, Sorg, Katie, and Dave Podnar talk about the upcoming Artemis II moon mission, the surprisingly useful Heinz Verified restaurant map, and Chachi’s growing 3D printing Etsy shop. They also dig into a Stanford study on AI chatbot sycophancy, check out the What’s Up With That research assistant browser extension, react to Adobe Illustrator’s new 2D-to-3D Project Turntable, explore Apple’s TikTok mascot strategy, and get excited about LEGO Ocarina of Time sets.

Apple Podcasts Adds Video + iPhones to the Moon?! | Olympics Drone Cam, 2XKO & Hatchin’ Yoshi | AwesomeCast 768

February 16th, 2026  |  1 hr 50 mins

2xko, EFF, Katie Dudas, Michael Sorg, Privacy, apple podcasts video, apple tv rumors, bad bunny lyrics translation, black history month in tech, browser fingerprinting, cover your tracks, dave podnar, drone cinematography, fighting games, five below block tech, hatchin yoshi, live event production, marian croak, mario wonder, mini arcade builds, national inventors hall of fame, nintendo, olympics drone camera, online tracking, podcasting workflow, riot games, sorgatron media, spotify translate lyrics, stagecue app, tag fighter, talking flower, tech podcast, ublock origin, video podcasts, voip, vr drone goggles, yoshi toy, youtube music translate lyrics

This week on AwesomeCast 768, Sorg, Dudders, and Podnar dig into the tech and culture behind the headlines: Apple Podcasts bringing video, Olympics drone chase-cam production, and the real-world challenges of taking a smartphone on a lunar mission. Plus: Sorg’s time with Riot’s 2XKO, Dudders’ 6-in-1 air safety monitor, and a wave of Nintendo cuteness with Hatchin’ Yoshi and the Mario Wonder Talking Flower. We also share an EFF privacy self-check with Cover Your Tracks, and a surprisingly useful event tool: StageCue for managing video playback on venue screens. 

Kids, Don't Touch Your Yoshi | AwesomeCast 485

March 11th, 2020  |  58 mins 37 secs

androidtv, call of duty warzone, cape canaveral, chromecast, fleet, iPhone, ios 14, nintendo, rocket launch, sony playstation prototype, spacex, twitter

Chilla and Sorg in studio to talk this week’s tech headlines.

Hacksaw Not Included | AwesomeCast 476

January 7th, 2020  |  58 mins 8 secs

Lenovo, Xbox, adult toys, alexa, alexa skill, australian wild fires, awesome cast, awesomecast, backwards compatibility, ces 2020, ces2020, fake images, giant eagle, giant eagle pharmacy, home automation, iMac, lora dicarlo, mount, nintendo, photo frame, pittsburgh, ps5, scandinavia, segway, sex tech, spitball gun, tech news, tech talk, technology, tervis, wall-e

We are BACK from our year-end hiatus with Chilla, Dudders, and Sorg to talk current tech news!

The Dark Arts of Frozen Beef | AwesomeCast 465

October 7th, 2019  |  1 hr 4 mins

32-bit, Apple Watch, McDonalds, Playstation, Star Wars, audio, awesome cast, awesomecast, big ben, cleveland, dermalabyss, fine, hyperloop, ios, ios 13, jfk, le creuset, macos, mit, nfl, nintendo, pittsburgh, podcast, ronald mcdonald, tech talk, technology, tesla, uber, uber copter, wendy’s, youtube

We're recording a day early due to some scheduling conflicts, but we've got Sorg, Podnar, and Producer Missy on hand to bring you this week's tech news.

Playing With Our Synthetic Long | AwesomeCast 464

October 2nd, 2019  |  1 hr 4 mins

Microsoft, ScareHouse, amazon, app store, awesome cast, awesomecast, deep fusion, emulator, iPhone, innovation, ios, mario kart tour, microsoft announcement, mood settings, mto, nintendo, oculus, pandora, podcast, porn, scarehouse shake, scooter, sheetz, tech, tech talk, technology, words with friends, wwf, zynga —

Katie, Chilla, and Sorg are back at it this week as they talk about the news you should know in the tech world.

Drunken Robot Pornography | AwesomeCast 458

August 14th, 2019  |  1 hr 21 secs

PS3, Sae, ScareHouse, Verizon, Wordpress, air bnb, autodrive challenge, awesome cast, awesomecast, basement, counter strike, genki, globe living, impossible mario, ios, kickstarter, loot crate, mini gaming, mixer, ninja, nintendo, nintendo switch, playstation 3, podcaster, porn, scream district, snap, spectacles, spotify, steam, steam link, super mario bros, super mario maker, tech news, tech talk, technology, tumblr, turbo grafx, twitch

It's a slow tech news week, but Katie, Sorg, and Chilla have plenty to talk about

Dedicated My Life To Dr. Mario World | AwesomeCast 456

July 31st, 2019  |  59 mins 41 secs

80s, AR, Apple Store, Carplay, Instagram, apple, apple card, awesome cast, awesomecast, dayflash, dragalia lost, facebook, home automation, ios 13, nintendo, podcast, pokemongo, poolside fm, smart plugs, team rocket, tech talk, technology, tiktok, ultraviolet, uv, wyze

Dudders is away on super secret assignment, so Producer Missy steps in to talk some tech with Sorg and Chilla.

Scan To Set Rocket At Your Location | AwesomeCast 454

July 16th, 2019  |  59 mins 47 secs

50th anniversary, AR, MyFitnessPal, Updates, apollo 11, awesome cast, awesomecast, ces, chromecast, dinosaurs, dr. mario world, field trip, google, home hub, jurassic flight, my fitness pal, national aviary, nest, niantic, nintendo, nintendo switch, pokemon go, pokemongo, rocket, sex, sex tech, stadia, switch lite, tech, tech talk, technology, toll calculator, virgin, virgin orbit, waze, windows

Producer Missy and Katie are still away doing important things, so it's Sorg and Chilla holding the fort down as they talk this week in tech news.