Dave Podnar

Cody Rhodes Signs Five-Year WWE Deal, Trey Miguel Gets TNA Title Shot & MLW Last Man Standing

October 16th, 2026  |  2 mins 17 secs

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800 Episodes Later: Tech Got Weird | AwesomeCast 800

October 13th, 2026  |  1 hr 5 mins

adobe alternatives, adobe creative cloud, ai coding, ai software, airport robotics, apple homeview, apple tv, apple vision, apple watch apps, artcraft, cat collector, chatgpt, dave podnar, dimension 20, dropout tv, eli manning, filmcraft, game changer, google glass, google plus, google stadia, homepod mini, jay and silent bob joint venture, katie dudas, meerkat, michael sorg, microsoft office alternatives, midjourney, normal tools, pebble smartwatch, periscope, peyton manning, pittsburgh international airport, siri ai, smart home, smarty pants, sorg, sorgatron media, street fighter ii, t-bell compass, taco bell, tech news, tech podcast, technology podcast, tecmo bowl, vibe coding, vine, xbridge

Eight hundred episodes later, the gadgets are stranger, the software is coding itself, and AwesomeCast is still here.

Sorg, Katie Dudas and Dave Podnar celebrate Episode 800 with a look at ArtCraft and the rise of vibe-coded alternatives to Adobe and Microsoft, Apple’s new HomeView smart display, Katie’s discovery of Dropout, and more than 16 years of AwesomeCast tech history—from Google Glass, Pebble and Stadia to ChatGPT, Periscope and Vine.

Plus, Chachi has gaming news, an Apple Watch can now point you directly toward Taco Bell, Cat Collector turns neighborhood cats into a real-world collecting game, Normal Tools provides a giant toolbox of simple web utilities, and Pittsburgh International Airport continues experimenting with robotics and analytics.

Get geeky, get awesome, and find more from the Sorgatron Media Podcast Network at SorgatronMedia.com.

Ospreay Beats Okada, Wren Steals an NXT Title Shot & Samoa Joe Returns

October 7th, 2026  |  2 mins 1 sec

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AwesomeCast 799: Running AI at Home, 5G Internet and Mike Tomlin’s Minecraft City

October 6th, 2026  |  59 mins 29 secs

5g home internet, adriana ocampo, ai models, apple silicon, artificial intelligence, at&t internet air, chicxulub crater, creator automation, dave podnar, dungeon crawler carl, game preservation, grand theft auto vi, gta 6, humanoid robots, iphone photography, john kane, lm studio, local ai, mac ai, machine learning, miami heat, michael sorg, mike tomlin, minecraft, nasa, new frontiers, pittsburgh steelers, pittsburgh technology, planetary geology, pocket city, private ai, protect our games act, qwen 3.5, robotics, rockstar games, simcity, sorg, star trek strange new worlds, technology podcast, telly tv, terminator 2, vice city heat, webtoon, wireless internet

AwesomeCast 798: A Minions Router, Windows 98 Solitaire and Fast-Food Emo

September 29th, 2026  |  54 mins 26 secs

activision, boeing starliner, book it, call of duty, castlevania, castlevania 40th anniversary, commercial spaceflight, crew dragon, dave podnar, davolink minions router, gadgets, gaming news, grimlock, internet culture, katie dudas, kevin minion router, little free library, microsoft gaming, minions router, nasa, optimus prime, pittsburgh great race, pittsburgh podcast, pittsburgh technology, pizza hut, retro computing, retro gaming, solitaire, solitaire alone together, sorg, sorgatron media, spacex, symbiote studios, tech podcast, technology news, technology podcast, transformers, weird tech, wendy's emo album, wi-fi 6e, windows 98, xbox

The Minions made a Wi-Fi router — and somehow it’s actually good.

Sorg, Katie Dudas, and Dave Podnar are back for AwesomeCast 798 with a wonderfully strange collection of tech, gaming, nostalgia and Pittsburgh stories.

AwesomeCast 797: Apple Shortcuts + Fast & Furious Coaster Chaos

September 23rd, 2026  |  1 hr 8 mins

ai automation, ai generated art, ai graphics, apple automation, apple carplay, apple intelligence, apple maps, apple shortcuts, artificial intelligence, astronaut, baja sae, barbie, carplay, cody rhodes, dave podnar, ellen ochoa, engineering students, fast and furious, fast and furious hollywood drift, formula sae, guile, haas foundation, hispanic heritage month, instagram automation, ios shortcuts, iphone automation, michael sorg, nasa, nissan rogue, pittsburgh podcast, popcorn bucket, roller coaster, sae international, santa monica, siri, social media automation, sorg, street fighter, technology podcast, teenage mutant ninja turtles, tmnt, tmnt pizzeria, universal studios hollywood, waze, women in stem

Sorg and Dave Podnar dive into Apple Shortcuts’ increasingly powerful automation tools, including a shortcut that can generate Instagram captions and hashtags from a photo and prepare the post for sharing.

Then Sorg brings stories back from California: a visit to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizzeria in Santa Monica, a wild experience aboard Universal Studios Hollywood’s new Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster, and a useful Nissan Rogue CarPlay setup that let him run Waze and Apple Maps at the same time.

Just Pro Wrestling News: Moose Saves His TNA Career, MLW Lands Tubi Deal & Aalyah Gutierrez Joins WWE

September 18th, 2026  |  1 min 44 secs

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Just Pro Wrestling News: Mercedes Moné Out of All Out, Okada vs. Ciampa & Steven Borden Gets Big Match

September 17th, 2026  |  2 mins 8 secs

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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, apple intelligence, apple watch, artificial intelligence, banger in the hangar, captcha, carnegie mellon university, chachi says video game minute, dave podnar, duolingo, foldable iphone, hispanic heritage month, image playground, ios 27, iphone 18 pro, iphone 18 pro max, iphone duo, jimothy questy, katie dudas, luis von ahn, mapquest, mario kart world, metroid, nintendo, nintendo switch 2, ocarina of time, pittsburgh robotics, pittsburgh technology, prospect pro wrestling, questies, recaptcha, rufus questy, siri ai, siri ai beta, snes, sorg, sorgatron media, ssd prices, super nintendo, tech news, technology podcast, technology trends, tetris, 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.

Support the show at Patreon.com/AwesomeCast and find more at www.SorgatronMedia.com.

El Grande Americano Wins Triple A Gold, La Catalina Ends Historic Reign

September 14th, 2026  |  1 min 59 secs

pittsburgh, podcast

Just Pro Wrestling News: Nic Nemeth Survives Matt Hardy, Moose Risks His TNA Career & Jarrett vs. Blue Panther

September 11th, 2026  |  1 min 58 secs

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AwesomeCast 795: Xbox Cloud Limits, Retro Gaming, and MapQuest’s Comeback

September 8th, 2026  |  51 mins 51 secs

alarm clock app, carplay, cartridge save backups, chachisays, cholera mapping, clucky, console affordability, dave podnar, dungeon crawler carl, epilogue gb operator, game boy, game boy camera, gaming news, geek culture, great pumpkin, john snow, katie dudas, lego ideas, mapquest, michael sorg, nintendo switch 2, ocarina of time, panic, pittsburgh podcast, playdate, princess donut, project helix, questies, retro gaming, roman reigns, sn operator, snoopy, star trek 60th anniversary, starbucks peanuts, strange new worlds, street fighter 6, super nintendo, tariff refunds, technology podcast, tetris, the legend of zelda, wastewater surveillance, xbox cloud gaming, xbox disc to digital, xbox game pass, xbox series s, zelda 40th anniversary

Xbox cloud limits send Sorg back to his console, MapQuest gets an 8-bit makeover, and Clucky makes you earn your snooze. Sorg, Katie Dudas, and Dave Podnar talk Star Trek at 60, Zelda, retro gaming gadgets, Snoopy collectibles, and Dungeon Crawler Carl LEGO fan projects.

AwesomeCast 794: Xbox Discs Go Digital, Gamescom’s AI Problem, $100K Keyboards & Retro Tech

September 2nd, 2026  |  1 hr 3 mins

ai in video games, brütal legend, cable management, chachisays video game minute, commodore 64, cyberpunk, dave podnar, dolly parton, donkey kong country, double fine, exoplanets, game preservation, gamescom 2026, generative ai, katie dudas, lego advent calendar 2026, luxury keyboards, mechanical keyboards, nancy grace roman space telescope, nasa, nintendo eshop, nintendo switch, nintendo switch sale, peter cullen, physical media, physical video games, pittsburgh podcast, pro football hall of fame, retro computing, retro gaming, roku city, sorg, sorgstock, tech news, technology podcast, tim curry, usb-c cables, virtual races, xbox, xbox discs to digital

Xbox is finding a new way to bridge physical and digital gaming, Gamescom 2026 has restarted the debate over generative AI in game development, and somehow we’ve found a keyboard that costs around $100,000.

Sorg, Katie Dudas, and Dave Podnar discuss Xbox’s Discs to Digital program and what it could mean for used games, delisted titles and game preservation. ChachiSays looks at AI use in Gamescom titles and the continuing decline of physical game sales. Katie explores Roku City’s tributes to Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Peter Cullen, while Dave dives into the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Plus: LEGO Advent Calendars arrive early, Brütal Legend honors Tim Curry with 666 minutes of free gaming, the bizarre Donkey Kong Country CGI cartoon returns to our lives, the Nintendo Switch bargain bin gets weird, Katie labels a slow USB-C charger, Dave finds luxury keyboards with unbelievable prices, and a Cyberpunk-themed Commodore 64 sends us back into retro-computing memories.

Hosted by Sorg, Katie Dudas, and Dave Podnar.

Just Pro Wrestling News: Penta Gets Roman Reigns, OTM Destroys The Usos & Dragon Lee Earns Gold Shot

September 1st, 2026  |  1 min 55 secs

pittsburgh, podcast

Just Pro Wrestling News: Will Ospreay Wins AEW Gold, New Level Debuts & Mercedes Moné Makes History

August 31st, 2026  |  2 mins 6 secs

pittsburgh, podcast

Just Pro Wrestling News: Moxley vs. McGuinness Set, WWE Settlement Moves Forward & TNA Makes History

August 27th, 2026  |  1 min 53 secs

pittsburgh, podcast