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.

🔸 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