AwesomeCast 745: Ford Bets Big, Hello Kitty Bricks In, and GPT 5 Takes Over Your Terminal
Hosts Michael Sorg, Katie Dudas, and Dave Podnar are back with another fun-filled episode of AwesomeCast, bringing their favorite geeky picks and tech stories of the week from Pittsburgh and beyond.
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Show Notes
Hosts Michael Sorg, Katie Dudas, and Dave Podnar are back with another fun-filled episode of AwesomeCast, bringing their favorite geeky picks and tech stories of the week from Pittsburgh and beyond.
🔸 Highlights from this episode:
🧱 Katie’s Awesome Thing – Hello Kitty x BLDR Toy Bricks
Jazwares’ new toy brick line BLDR introduces a Hello Kitty set that caught Katie’s attention. A fun new collectible for fans of kawaii and construction toys.
🔗 https://shop.jazwares.com/pages/bldr
🔗 https://www.target.com/c/hello-kitty/bldr/-/N-p9km2Z4
🚗 Dave’s Awesome Thing – Ford’s New EV Platform
Ford is stepping away from Volkswagen’s MEB platform and building its own next-gen EV system in-house.
🔗 https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/ford-bets-on-new-ev-platform-ditching-vws-meb
💻 Sorg’s Awesome Thing – ChatGPT 5 in the Terminal
Sorg shares his hands-on experience using ChatGPT 5.0 directly in the terminal, a powerful tool for developers and power users.
🔗 https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5
🔗 https://www.axios.com/2025/08/08/openai-aims-gpt5-enterprise
🎧 Tune in and get geeky with us every week at AwesomeCast.com
📍 Recorded from Sorgatron Media Studios in Pittsburgh, PA