Mars Magazine

This episode is all about tech in South Korea and Japan as Vic Song joins us direct from Asia! We talk Samsung Galaxy Note 7 explosions, the iPhone 7 and those wireless AirPods, Tokyo’s amazing new virtual reality arcade (21:37), Twitch adopting South Korea’s trend of “mukbang” social eating video broadcasts(39:48), and South Korea’s zombie outbreak blockbuster film ‘Train to Busan’ (50:12).

Engadget Senior Reporter Jessica Conditt joins us to talk about her insightful new story on artificial intelligence and the Singularity and why some of the best known futurists might have it all wrong. We also talk flying cat drones, whether or not the Terminator will become a real thing and the looming class struggle of rich transhumans versus those without the means to become enhanced. https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/15/technological-singularity-problems-brain-mind/

The SpaceX accident destroys Facebook's satellite, 'Stranger Things' Season 2 hints (13:00), the 'ARQ' time travel movie on Netflix (15:15), and Brian Volk-Weiss, executive producer of the History Channel's '50 Years of Star Trek' documentary, joins us to reveal how the film came together (20:47).

Astronomers discover Earth-like planet Proxima B, Neil deGrasse Tyson goes in on sexist science jokes on Twitter (5:29), protests over 'Jason Bourne' movie in 3D in China (13:06), the trailer for faked moon landing feature 'Operation Avalanche' (20:49), the Season 3 premiere of ‘80s tech drama ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ (23:46).

‘Arrival’ puts a new spin on first contact films, Kernel brain chip implant offers a transhuman brain boost (3:24), ‘Hidden Figures’ film highlights NASA’s unheralded women (11:56), ‘No Man’s Sky’ game vs. Simulation Theory (18:53).

'Stranger Things' Netflix numbers better than 'House of Cards', Snapchat’s “yellowface” filter controversy (2:01), Star Wars 'Rogue One' trailer (15:42), Machine learning brings 'Minority Report' style trouble prediction to police departments (26:26).

Nat Geo’s Mars documentary-meets-science-fiction series from Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, the first private Moon mission gets approved for 2017 (5:17), Adario Strange interviews ‘Stranger Things’ star David Harbour (10:53), and Vic Song and Adario discuss the inner workings of ‘Stranger Things' (32:56).

Transhumanity poll reveals fear of the future, NASA discovers space may be bad for your heart (12:32), Oliver Stone’s Snowden film and the Wikileaks DNC hacked email dump (19:42).

Why you need to see 'Stranger Things,' Comic-Con news on 'Wonder Woman,' 'Justice League,' 'Kong: Skull Island,' and 'Star Trek Discovery' (3:29), and the tech and science or lack thereof in 'Star Trek Beyond' (17:46).

How Pokémon Go might take augmented reality mainstream, Dallas police are the first to use a robot to kill a human assailant (15:51), 'Mr. Robot' season 2 and bringing hacking culture to the masses (32:27).

Star Trek's George Takei disagrees with making Sulu gay in 'Star Trek Beyond,' the FDA debunks cryotherapy (20:26), Stanley Kubrick’s daughter attacks rumors of a faked NASA moon landing conspiracy (31:14), the new ‘BrainDead’ CBS series and the realities of parasite-powered mind control (39:58).

Rihanna's Star Trek video, ‘Lost In Space’ reboot on Netflix (9:24), James Cameron on ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ (14:40), ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ and real first contact (22:51).

'The Girl With All the Gifts' trailer, 'Westworld' on HBO (4:20), Anti-aging drug testing (9:13), Sci-fi writers as commercial pitch men (10:51), Chris Pine vs. classic 'Star Trek' (15:02), The Singularity via Boston Dynamics and Softbank's CEO Masayoshi Son (26:57).

Scientists predict alien contact timeline, ‘Stranger Things’ on Netflix (8:45), ‘Trekonomics’ book interview with Manu Saadia (13:13), Lucasfilm and Star Wars teams with Magic Leap to pioneer ‘mixed reality’ entertainment (43:54).

Events and special projects celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, a discussion of the history and future of the franchise and what the idea of The Federation means for Earth in reality.

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ what we thought, Manus x Machina exhibit at The Met (6:05), ‘Approaching the Unknown’ (9:54), Amazon’s Jeff Bezos on Mars (13:46), ‘Logan’s Run’ remake (22:14).

'Alien: Covenant' photo leak, William Gibson’s 'Archangel' time travel meets politics comic (4:35), 'The Space Between Us' delivers human Martians (12:26), 'X-Men: Apocalypse,' 'Morgan' and next-gen humanity (21:55).

New time travel TV shows 'Timeless' and 'Time After Time,' synthetic genetics (8:47), the return of 'Wayward Pines' (15:25), transhumanist presidential candidate Zoltan Istvan (42:02).

NASA discovers new, possibly habitable planets, the state of science fiction via comics at Hi De Ho Comics (8:30), interview with the founders of Perception, the effects house behind the imaginary tech in Marvel's biggest film hits (18:15), dissecting the imagined tech in 'Captain America: Civil War' (40:15).

Seth MacFarlane to star in a sci-fi TV show, tech meets fashion at the Met Gala in New York (4:30), what happened on Star Wars Day (26:10), the Star Wars documentary 'Elstree 1976' (40:11), the future of the Star Wars franchise (53:10).