AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk
Displaying 8 items of AwesomeCast: Tech and Gadget Talk with the tag "sorg".
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Keeping Podcasting Weird: On the Road | AwesomeCast 779
May 12th, 2026 | 54 mins 23 secs
aapi heritage month, axiom custom products, baja sae, baja sae oregon, cannon beach, cetys mini baja, chachi says, ebay, engineering students, eric yuan, formula sae, gamestop, gopro, grogu, gta 6, haystack rock, katie dudas, mandalorian, mount hood, on-demand manufacturing, oshcut, pacific northwest, pedro pascal, pittsburgh podcast, portland, sheet metal fabrication, sorg, sorgatron media, strauss zelnick, student engineering, take-two, tech podcast, times square, tube bending, video game hall of fame, washougal mx, zoom
Sorg is on the road in Michigan for Wrestling Mayhem Show 1004, joined by Rizz, Mad Mike, and Producer Missy for a chaotic week in pro wrestling.
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Fortnite Star Wars, Apple Silicon App Tricks, Robot Pets & the Future of GameStop | AwesomeCast 778
May 6th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
aapi month, ai companion, apple silicon, chachi says, darth vader, dave podnar, david pogue, droid tycoon, ebay, escape vader, fazlur khan, fortnite, fortnite star wars, gadgets, galactic siege, gamestop, gaming news, generative ai, ipad apps on mac, iphone apps on mac, iphone screenshots, katie dudas, mac apps, macbook neo, pittsburgh marathon, playstation 5, ps5 slim, robot pet, roomba, sorg, star wars, tech podcast, video games, wwe ai
Sorg, Katie, and Podnar are back for AwesomeCast 778 with Apple Silicon Mac tips, Katie’s hands-on thoughts on the MacBook Neo, Fortnite’s Star Wars takeover, robot companions from the creator of Roomba, AI in wrestling promos, GameStop’s rumored eBay bid, and a spotlight on skyscraper engineering pioneer Fazlur Khan for AAPI Month.
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Artemis 2 Returns, Amazon Luna Shuts Doors, and Someone Put macOS on a Wii?! | AwesomeCast 775
April 15th, 2026 | 1 hr 2 mins
amazon luna, apple silicon gaming, arab american history month, artemis 2, cloud gaming, dave podnar, digital ownership, geek podcast, ipod, m1 macbook pro, macos on wii, mike sorg, mythic app, nasa, nest, nintendo wii, overcast, pittsburgh podcast, podcast transcripts, podnar, pothole data, retro weather channel, rise mascot, smart cities, sorg, tech podcast, technology news, tony fadell, waymo, windows games on mac
Sorg and Podnar are back with a packed AwesomeCast covering the successful Artemis 2 splashdown, the story behind the mission mascot RISE, a wild macOS-on-a-Wii experiment, Mythic for running Windows games on Mac, Amazon Luna’s latest bad news for digital game buyers, Waymo using pothole data to help cities, Overcast adding podcast transcripts, and a Retro Weather Channel experience that taps straight into cable nostalgia. Plus, Dave’s Arab American History Month spotlight features Tony Fadell, the tech mind behind the iPod and Nest.
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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, 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, katie dudas, lego zelda, moon mission, nancy grace roman, nasa, 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, xbox
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.
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DJI Robot Vacuum Hack, Playable Tetris Magazine & Viral Olympic Moments | AwesomeCast 769
February 25th, 2026 | 51 mins 51 secs
accessible mobility, ai coding assistant, autonomous vehicle, black history month, civic progress challenge, cybersecurity, dave podnar, dji, dreamcast, dunkin, dunkin mitten, figure skating, frederick mckinley jones, gadget news, game pop, genesis, hideki sato, iced coffee, innovation, michael sorg, mortal kombat, podnar, red bull bulletin, robot vacuum, sae, saturn, sega, smart home security, sorg, tech news, tetris, the verge, thermo king, vibe coding, video game news, viral video, winter olympics
Sorg and Podnar cover big and bizarre tech headlines: an alleged DJI robot vacuum security mess, AI-assisted “vibe coding,” and why camera-equipped home gadgets deserve extra caution. They also dig into the SAE Civic Progress Challenge (accessible mobility innovation), geek out over a playable Tetris magazine cover, and hit viral Winter Olympics moments—plus a Dunkin iced coffee mitten that’s as ridiculous as it sounds. Includes Chachi’s Video Game Minute and a Black History Month spotlight on Frederick McKinley Jones.
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Big Sonic Bada Boom in the Blue Sky | AwesomeCast 651
August 8th, 2023 | 58 mins 44 secs
ai, ai adoption, audiocraft, banking, beeper, carplay, evs, gm, health, ios 17, messaging, nasa, premiere pro, quiet supersonic jet, sorg, supersonic travel, transcript feature, whistle pet tracker, x plane
Welcome to Awesomecast! In this episode, we dive into supersonic travel's challenges and solutions with the X plane. NASA's 'quiet' supersonic jet, iOS 17 CarPlay updates, AudioCraft's AI, Beeper's messaging, GM's EVs powering homes, Premiere Pro's transcript feature, AI adoption hurdles in banking and health, and Sorg's Whistle pet tracker news. Join us for tech insights and more!
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5 1/4" Bigguns | AwesomeCast 425
December 11th, 2018 | 54 mins 53 secs
25th birthday, 8-bit, advertising, amazon, app, apple watch, arrest, avengers, awesomecast, canada, chilla, doom, doug engelbart, ecg, echo, echo dot, fire, florida, giphy, hipster, huawei, iphone, john romero, mariokart, marvel alliance, nasa, nativity, nintendo, nintendo switch, retro, sorg, starry night, tech, technology, tony stark, truedepth, universal keyboard, update, van gogh, vr
We’re winding down to our year-end episode, but before we get to the year in review, Sorg and Chilla are sharing some of the week’s tech news.
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Is That A Terabyte In Your Pocket? | AwesomeCast 408
August 14th, 2018 | 1 hr 9 mins
a-list, amc, android, anker, awesome cast, awesomecast, battery pack, dex, dudders, facebook, fortnite, hey arnold, instagram, krause, mario kart, mariokart, movie theater, moviepass, ninja turtles, nintendo switch, parker solar probe, pie, pittsburgh, podcast, pokemon go, pro tip, quake, quake champions, samsung, solar probe, sorg, tech talk, technology, tips, tmnt, tricks, vr
Chilla is on vacation this week, so we replaced him with our OTHER tech guru from Big Bank International! Krause, Katie, and Sorg are talking this week in tech.