Katie Dudders
Co-Host of Sorgatron Media Master Feed
Katie Dudas is not only a veteran ScareHouse director, manager, and actor but an experienced paranormal investigator who has regularly explored some of Western Pennsylvania's most active paranormal hotspots ... including the dark halls and haunted history of our 100 year old building! Katie will reveal the fascinating history of our iconic home and share the creepiest moments of unexplained phenomenon observed by our cast, crew, and other investigators.
Katie Dudders has hosted 1104 Episodes.
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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.
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Just Pro Wrestling News: Moose Saves His TNA Career, MLW Lands Tubi Deal & Aalyah Gutierrez Joins WWE
September 18th, 2026 | 1 min 44 secs
pittsburgh, podcast
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Awesome Chat: AI Event Marketing That Feels Human | Sam Eitzen from Snapbar
September 17th, 2026 | 50 mins 27 secs
aeo, ai entrepreneurship, ai image generation, ai marketing, ai models, ai photo booth, ai photo experiences, ai stories, artificial intelligence, audience engagement, b2b marketing, brand activations, business distribution, conference technology, customer experience, digital marketing, digital prize wheel, event activations, event marketing, event networking, event swag, event technology, experiential activations, experiential marketing, fan engagement, gemini, generative ai, gpt, lead generation, marketing technology, martech, personalized marketing, photo booth technology, prompt engineering, qr code marketing, sam eitzen, seo, snapbar, trade show giveaways, trade show marketing, trade show technology, world cup marketing
What happens when the photo booth becomes an AI-powered experiential marketing platform?
Michael Sorg and Katie Dudas talk with Sam Eitzen, CEO of Snapbar, about the company's evolution from physical event photo booths to web-based activations that can run on an iPad, touchscreen, QR code, or attendee's phone.
Sam shares how Snapbar uses AI photo experiences and AI Stories to build personalized brand activations, what they've learned from major sporting events and conferences, and why understanding the audience is still more important than simply adding AI.
They also dig into the messier realities of generative AI: prompt engineering, model updates, unexpected results, cloud reliability, testing, and why businesses shouldn't treat AI like an infallible employee.
Plus, Sam explains why he believes AI making products easier to build actually makes distribution, customer relationships, and good old-fashioned business fundamentals more important than ever.
Learn more: https://snapbar.com
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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
pittsburgh, podcast
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The Robot That Played Renegade at the NFL Draft
September 16th, 2026 | 3 mins 22 secs
pittsburgh, podcast
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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.
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El Grande Americano Wins Triple A Gold, La Catalina Ends Historic Reign
September 14th, 2026 | 1 min 59 secs
pittsburgh, podcast
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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
pittsburgh, podcast
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Just Pro Wrestling News: Moxley vs. McGuinness Set, WWE Settlement Moves Forward & TNA Makes History
August 27th, 2026 | 1 min 53 secs
pittsburgh, podcast
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Just Pro Wrestling News: NXT Heatwave Shakeup, AEW All In Week Hits Glasgow & WWE Leaves ABEMA | JPWN 8/26/26
August 26th, 2026 | 2 mins
pittsburgh, podcast
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AwesomeCast 793: Apple M6 Macs, Grogu & RC Racing
August 25th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
3d printing, airport gaming, apple, apple m6, artificial intelligence, bathroom finder app, cloudrc, dave podnar, disney nfl, dolly parton, dungeon crawler carl, field museum chicago, gameway, grogu, gta 6, gta vi, hasbro pulse, hot wheels, katie dudas, kingdom hearts 4, kingdom hearts disney plus, linus torvalds, linux, linux 35th anniversary, local ai, m6 chip, mac mini, mac studio, mattel game studios, michael sorg, minecraft, nature calls app, pittsburgh international airport, pittsburgh podcast, pittsburgh steelers, pittsburgh technology, plastic fun time, pokemon, pokemon fossil museum, racing simulator, rc cars, rc racing, rockstar games, sorg, star wars, technology podcast, thunderbolt 5, transformers, transformers minecraft, ultimate grogu, unix, uno
Sorg, Katie Dudas, and Dave Podnar are back with a packed AwesomeCast covering the latest intersections of technology, gaming, gadgets, and geek culture.
The show opens with a remembrance of Dolly Parton and her extraordinary charitable legacy before diving into RC cars controlled through full-size racing simulators and Apple’s updated Mac mini and Mac Studio hardware. Dave explains the M6 chip, Thunderbolt 5 clustering, and why running AI locally could become increasingly attractive for businesses and creators.
Chachi takes us inside Chicago’s Pokémon Fossil Museum exhibit and delivers gaming news on Kingdom Hearts 4, Mattel Game Studios, and the latest GTA VI leaks. Katie opens a box full of 3D-printed Dungeon Crawler Carl collectibles, while the crew celebrates 35 years of Linux.
Plus: Transformers invades Minecraft, Hasbro creates a $600 interactive Grogu, the Nature Calls restroom finder launches, Pittsburgh International Airport gets a gaming lounge, and Disney characters are being paired with NFL teams.
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AwesomeCast 792: Apple’s Camera AirPods and an AI Tamagotchi?
August 19th, 2026 | 59 mins 26 secs
ai pocket pet, ai tamagotchi, air traffic controllers, airpods camera, alltrails hidden tracks, apple airpods, apple visual intelligence, boston dynamics robot dog, creator monetization, dungeon crawler carl, faa gamers, factory automation, five nights at freddy’s, freddy fazbear’s pizza, gadget podcast, google street view game, hello kitty godzilla, hop earth, hyundai ev factory, hyundai metaplant, kevlar, mcdonald’s happy meal, pittsburgh tech podcast, roblox safety, snes demake, stephanie kwolek, super mario bros wonder, sweekar, tamagotchi, tech news, technology podcast, tiktok privacy, tiktok voice calls, youtube analytics, youtube views
Could Apple be preparing AirPods with tiny cameras? Can an AI-powered Tamagotchi grow up, develop a personality, and remind you to take a break?
Sorg, Katie Dudas, and Dave Podnar explore those questions in AwesomeCast 792. The crew examines the Sweekar AI pocket pet, a possible Apple AirPods camera leak, and TikTok’s new voice-calling concerns.
Also discussed:
Hello Kitty x Godzilla Happy Meal collectibles
Hop Earth’s Google Street View driving game
Stephanie L. Kwolek and the discovery of Kevlar
Roblox safety litigation and a real Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza
The FAA recruiting gamers as air traffic controllers
A Super Mario Bros. Wonder SNES demake
Autonomous sleds and robot dogs inside Hyundai’s EV factory
YouTube’s new approach to public view counts
Turning Dungeon Crawler Carl fandom into a subscription business
Support the show and unlock bonus AwesomeCast content at https://www.patreon.com/awesomecast.