Mike Pound returns to the show to join Katie Dudas and Mike Sorg as we take a look at this week's tech news topics, including:

• Katie's Awesome Thing of the Week involved an Animal Crossing New Horizons party!
• Mike Pound is sharing Its Literally Just Mowing as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
• Tired of the same-old-same-old Zoom meetings? Invite a llama or goat with Goat 2 Meeting!
• There's a new iPhone to help you keep in touch while social distancing.
• Katie is sharing the grief of trying to unlock her iPhone while wearing a mask.
• Google is adding some new features to Google Meet.
• Mike Pound is sharing how the Science of Well Being course has helped him with the transition to work-from-home.
• NASA and SpaceX are scheduled for launch on May 27th - - marking the FIRST crewed flight for SpaceX, and the first US launch in about a decade.
• Apple is releasing a new Fraggle Rock series - - filmed entirely on iPhone 11 in creators' homes.
• Lyft is launching an essential delivery service.
• Have you had a chance to check out the Steak Umm twitter account?
• Premier League football (soccer for our fellow Americans) stars face off in an eSports tournament.
• Ever picked up a Starbucks coffee with a drone?

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Whoa, nellie. Heck of an episode this week. We did a lives show at the Black Cat Market in Pittsburgh, PA. It's this cool place where you can drink coffee + pet cats + adopt cats. This episode we asked listeners of the show to bring in their favorite thrift finds and talk about them on the show!

This Week's Thrifty Finds / Discussion Topics :

• Pittsburgh Post Gazette Paper from January 1st 2000
• CollecoVision (1984)
• Miadidas Adidas Shoes (2000s)
• "26 Homie D. Clown Plush Doll (In Living Color, 1992)
• Vintage Catholic Bible with Wooden Case
• Vintage Volkswagen Model Car
• Rare Christmas Record, with a super special song

THRIFTY THRIVIA TRIVIA
A head to head game, that asks questions in regards to our thrift haul finds.
- Y2K, Andy Warhol Wedding Visits, CollecoVision Clone

Special thanks to :
BLUFFS for "Alternate Reality", the theme to our show for many reasons

Tell us about your thrift hauls at thriftypodcast@yahoo.com

I'm sentimentally attached to things you've forgotten, it's time to get THRIFTY!

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