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

July 15th, 2026  |  58 mins 19 secs

Fortnite, Harley Quinn, Katie Dudas, Kennywood, Michael Sorg, 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, gadgets, hot bat summer, instagram ai, ios 27, jizai arms, kids smartwatch, lego speed champions, meta ai, 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.

Comic Book Pitt 384: Heroes Reborn #1

May 17th, 2021  |  Season 11  |  1 hr 23 mins

3 Rivers Comicon, Comic Book Pitt, DC comics, Fortnite, New Dimension Comics, Podcasts, bad idea, bad idea comics, batman, batman fortnite, comic books, comics, heroes reborn, marvel, marvel comics, pittsburgh, pittsburgh comics, podcast, podcasting, podcastlife, sorgatron media, terry moore, terry moore's serial, the CW, the flash, thriftburgh

Dan, Jared, and Scott dive headfirst into some comic book talk with Heroes Reborn and Terry Moore's Serial. After that they discuss The Flash tv series, the Batman/Fortnite speculation debacle, Bad Idea Comics, and more...

Comic Book Pitt 371: The Department of Truth #1

November 6th, 2020  |  Season 11  |  1 hr 1 min

Comic Book Pitt, Joker, Podcasts, TMNT, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, batman, batman the three jokers, comic books, comics, dark knight, dark knight iii the master race, gi joe, pittsburgh, podcast, podcasting, podcastlife, scumbag, secret and lies, sorgatron media, the department of truth, the last ronin, the three jokers, tmnt the last ronin, transformers, transformers 84, transformers 84 secrets and lies

Dan, Jared, and Scott talk a lot of comics this episode including The Department of Truth #1-2, Transformers '84: Secrets and Lies, TMNT: The Last Ronin #1, Batman: The Three Jokers #1-3, Dark Knight III: The Master Race, GI JOE #9, and Scumbag #1.

AwesomeCast 510: Welcome to Twerk Cast

September 2nd, 2020  |  58 mins 36 secs

Elon Musk, Flight Simulator, National Geographic, Neuralink, Space X, animal crossing, batman, bernie sanders, google maps, huandai blue link, hurrican laura, joe biden, riddler, roadside assistance, uber, waze

Comic Book Pitt 349: DC Digital First

April 27th, 2020  |  1 hr 17 mins

Comic Book Pitt, DC comics, Podcasts, agents of atlas, bad weekend, batman, batman gotham nights, buffy the vampire slayer, dark shadows, dave gibbons, dc digital first, marvel, marvel comics, pittsburgh, podcast, podcast life, podcasting, shadowalker, sorgatron media, superman, superman man of tomorrow, war of the realms

Cait, Dan, Jared, and Link gather in isolation to talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, DC Digital First Superman: Man of Tomorrow, DC Digital First Batman: Gotham Nights, Shadowalker, Dark Shadows, Bad Weekend, and Agents of Atlas: War of the Realms.

Comic Book Pitt 348: What We're Missing...

April 20th, 2020  |  1 hr 9 mins

Comic Book Pitt, DC comics, Podcasts, Star Wars, batman, batman curse of the white knight, darth vader, future imperfect, gotham by gaslight, hanna barbera, jack kirby, marvel, marvel comics, mister miracle, pittsburgh, podcast, podcast life, podcasting, sorgatron media, strange academy, strange adventures

Dan, Scott, and Shawn commiserate over great comics they just started reading that are currently delayed, they talk about what TV shows and movies they're going to try to catch up on while they're all in isolation, and also discuss what comics they're reading now...like the Jack Kirby Mister Miracle TPB, the DC/Hanna-Barbera crossovers, the recent Future Imperfect mini-series, various Star Wars titles, and Batman: Gotham by Gaslight.

Comic Book Pitt 346: Suicide Squad #4

March 31st, 2020  |  1 hr 16 mins

7x7 comics, Baby Driver, Comic Book Pitt, DC comics, Dark Horse Comics, Podcasts, american jesus, asterios polyp, batman, batman last knight on earth, bumblebee, community, five years, grendel, hawkman, kaiju kitty, mister miracle, pittsburgh, podcast, podcast life, podcasting, star trek picard, suicide squad, the batman who laughs, the shadow, the shield, x-ray robot

What is life like during the Staycationpocalypse? Scott watched “Bumblebee” and “Baby Driver” and is working on the new season of Kaiju Kitty for 7x7 Comics. Dan played the group party game Psych!, is watching “Community”, “The Shield”, and “Star Trek: Picard”, and read “Asterios Polyp”, “Hawkman” Vol 1 TPB 2018, and Tom King’s “Mister Miracle”

Comics discussed includes Batman Last Knight on Earth #2-3, The Batman Who Laughs #7, Suicide Squad #4, American Jesus #3, X-Ray Robot #1, Five Years #8, and Grendel vs The Shadow #1-3.

Comic Book Pitt 333: Star Trek Picard: Countdown #1

December 3rd, 2019  |  1 hr 9 mins

Podcasts, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Walking Dead, batman, beechview, comic books, comics, firefly, freedom fighters, hawkman, pittsburgh, podcast, podcasting, sorgatron media

Dan, Link, and Scott are back in the Sorgatron Media studio to talk about Star Trek, The Walking Dead, Batman, Hawkman, Freedom Fighters, Star Wars, Firefly, and more...

Comic Book Pitt 329: Fantastic Four #15

October 15th, 2019  |  1 hr 5 mins

Action Comics, Fantastic Four, Live Episode, New Dimension Comics, Podcasts, batman, batman curse of the white knight, comic books, comics, grendel odyssey, harleen, pittsburgh, podcast, podcasting, podcastlife, young justice

The entire CBP crew is on hand for the Grand Reopening event at the New Dimension Comics Waterfront location. We talk about the shop, diving for dollar comics, dark thoughts about craft stores, and discuss Fantastic Four 15, Batman 78, Harleen, Grendel Odyssey 1, Batman Curse of the White Knight, Action Comics 1015, and Young Justice 9.

Comic Book Pitt 328: Talking the Talk: Preacher, comic book classes, new Batman creative team, and More!

October 4th, 2019  |  56 mins 25 secs

AMC, DC comics, Podcasts, art classes, batman, comic art, comic book art, comic book shop, comic book store, comic books, comic shop, comics, local comic shop, pittsburgh, podcast, podcast life, podcasting, preacher, sorgatron media, vertigo comics

Dan, Link, and Scott start the episode with listener questions about Preacher and where to take comic book art classes. After that, they talk about their first comic book store experiences, the new creative team on Batman, and more!