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AwesomeCast 795: Xbox Cloud Limits, Retro Gaming, and MapQuest’s Comeback
September 8th, 2026 | 51 mins 51 secs
Carplay, Katie Dudas, Michael Sorg, Snoopy, Super Nintendo, Tetris, The Legend of Zelda, alarm clock app, 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, lego ideas, mapquest, nintendo switch 2, ocarina of time, panic, pittsburgh podcast, playdate, princess donut, project helix, questies, retro gaming, roman reigns, sn operator, star trek 60th anniversary, starbucks peanuts, strange new worlds, street fighter 6, tariff refunds, technology podcast, 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 791: Xbox Games on Mac & Linux? Freddy Fazbear Goes IRL & Video Stores Return
August 11th, 2026 | 59 mins 40 secs
EA, Five Nights At Freddy's, Michael Sorg, Netflix, Xbox, adobe project indigo, ai photo editing, ai photography, american dream, amusement parks, atari, betamax, binge buster, cedar point, cloud gaming, computational photography, dave podnar, diablo, digital ownership, doom the dark ages, dvd, electronic arts, forza horizon, freddy fazbear's pizza, gaming news, geforce now, grand theft auto vi, gta 6, lawrenceville pittsburgh, lewis latimer, linux gaming, lost lizard pittsburgh, mac gaming, movies anywhere, nature calls run, nvidia geforce now, physical media, pittsburgh apps, pittsburgh tech, pittsburgh technology podcast, pittsburgh weather, quake, quake 30th anniversary, reddit pittsburgh, restroom finder, running apps, six flags, sorg, stormfreak, streaming movies, streaming services, tech news, technology podcast, vhs, video stores, xbox game pass, xbox on linux, xbox on mac, xodus
Sorg and Dave Podnar explore what happens when new technology collides with some very old ideas. Binge Buster turns streaming discovery into a virtual video-store experience, Pittsburgh's Lost Lizard is actually renting VHS, DVD, and Betamax again, and disappearing digital movie purchases have Sorg wondering whether physical media deserves another look.
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AwesomeCast 778: Fortnite Star Wars, Apple Silicon App Tricks, Robot Pets & the Future of GameStop
May 6th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
Fortnite, Katie Dudas, Roomba, Star Wars, aapi month, ai companion, apple silicon, chachi says, darth vader, dave podnar, david pogue, droid tycoon, eBay, escape vader, fazlur khan, fortnite star wars, gadgets, galactic siege, gamestop, gaming news, generative ai, ipad apps on mac, iphone apps on mac, iphone screenshots, mac apps, macbook neo, pittsburgh marathon, playstation 5, ps5 slim, robot pet, sorg, 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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AwesomeCast 774: Artemis II Moon Mission, AI Chatbot Risks, Apple TikTok & LEGO Zelda
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.
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AwesomeCast 762: 2025 Predictions on AI, 3D Printers and more!
December 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 49 secs
2025 tech recap, 2026 tech predictions, 3D printing, 3d printers, Katie Dudas, Michael Sorg, ai backlash, ai competition, ai ethics, ai health tracking, ai marketing claims, ai podcast, ai productivity, ai regulation, ai tools, ai trust, ai workflow automation, apple vision pro, artificial intelligence, awesomecast, awesomecast podcast, bambu labs, bambu labs 3d printer, chatgpt, consumer 3d printing, content creation tools, creator economy, emerging technology, end of year tech review, everyday ai use, future of ai, future technology, gaming news, generative ai, google gemini, hardware podcast, health tracking apps, human made content, indie games, large language models, macwhisper, maker culture, mental health and gaming, mixed reality, opus clip, podcast production tools, practical ai, productivity technology, professional 3d printing, rapid prototyping, rob de la cretaz, sorgatron media, tech commentary, tech culture, tech discussion podcast, tech hardware, tech news podcast, tech predictions podcast, technology podcast, technology trends, video game awards, video game industry, virtual reality, workflow optimization, xr technology
In this end-of-year AwesomeCast, hosts Michael Sorg and Katie Dudas are joined by original AwesomeCast co-host Rob De La Cretaz for a wide-ranging discussion on the biggest tech shifts of 2025 — and what’s coming next.
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AwesomeCast 431: We're Gonna Go Watch Chickens
February 6th, 2019 | 54 mins 51 secs
5ge, American Airlines, Apple Music, Fortnite, Sony, Xbox, airpods, alexa, alexa skill, amazon, apex legends, apple, audible, awesome cast, awesomecast, backwards compatibility, chicken, choose your own adventure, dr. mario world, earrings, fake news, gaming, gaming news, marshmello, mobile gaming, news guard, tech, tech news, tech talk, technology, twitch, xbox live
Katie, Chilla, and Sorg are back in studio joined by John Carman this week to run down the tech news you should know about.