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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, Michael Sorg, NASA, 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, mike tomlin, minecraft, 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 793: Apple M6 Macs, Grogu & RC Racing

August 25th, 2026  |  1 hr 3 mins

3D printing, Katie Dudas, Michael Sorg, Star Wars, 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, kingdom hearts 4, kingdom hearts disney plus, linus torvalds, linux, linux 35th anniversary, local ai, m6 chip, mac mini, mac studio, mattel game studios, 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, 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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