What is the future of internet money? The Coindesk’s Director of Programming for Consensus, Wong Joon Ian, helps us recount a brief history of crypto and what’s happening now with Bitcoin, alt coins, scam coins, stable coins, and blockchain. Note: The annual Consensus conference has gone virtual for 2020 and will be held on May 11. For more info vi…

Automobile expert Nick Jaynes joins Adario Strange to explain why he thinks Elon Musk's Tesla Cybertruck may not be all it's cracked up to be, as well as what the future holds for electric cars and autonomous cars in the next couple of decades.저자 Adario Strange

We’re joined by one of the seldom seen masters of the sneaker world, Tiffany Beers, a long time designer at Nike who created the real world version of the science fictional, self-lacing sneaker in “Back to the Future,” as well as the HyperAdapt self-lacing shoe. After Nike she spent some time at Tesla helping them innovate the world of electric aut…

A brief review of the Oculus Rift VR game Marvel Powers United VR (9:00), filmmaker and hacker John Threat joins Adario Strange on the pod to discuss why Avengers: Infinity War is the best Marvel film ever made (21:25), and then a discussion of the life, death, and myth building legacy of Marvel’s Stan Lee (37:21).…

Filmmaker and hacker John Threat joins Adario Strange on the pod to talk about the launch of the Oculus Go mobile VR headset (4:22), James Cameron’s latest sci-fi production via a documentary series on AMC (8:00), why hard data says Netflix is officially the new sci-fi channel (15:23), the death of UFO conspiracy theory radio legend Art Bell (21:30…

A dive into the trippy sci-fi epic 'Annihilation' (4:03), why 'Star Trek: Discovery' is underappreciated (8:08), and how Netflix has become the new sci-fi channel via ('Altered Carbon,' 'The Cloverfield Paradox,' and 'Mute')(17:34). Then astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson joins us along with planetary scientist Carolyn Porco to talk abou…

This week veteran technologist and former Fast Company writer Lynne D. Johnson joins the podcast to help us cover everything we learned from the big Oculus VR event in October including new VR headsets and new VR software, and then we take a deep dive into the sequel to the ‘80s sci-fi classic, the new film Blade Runner 2049 (31:15).…

In this episode filmmaker and hacker John Threat joins us as we rewind a few weeks and look at the debut of the iPhone X and what it means for the future of Apple, biometric security, and a silicon valley without the magic of Steve Jobs, and then, on the eve of its Season 3 premiere, we recap Season 1 of Mr. Robot and unpack what the show gets righ…

Location-based virtual reality via IMAX VR, the future of Oculus Rift in the mainstream (5:28), the trailer for Steven Spielberg’s VR epic ‘Ready Player One’ (12:42), Apple’s big bet for augmented reality comes in the form of ARKit (19:20), and then we have a conversation with StarVR global director of VR Brooks Brown on the future of VR and AR in …

Viacom, the parent company of MTV, Paramount Pictures (Star Trek!), Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central, has decided to get serious about virtual reality. In this episode, Viacom's leadership team heading up Viacom NEXT (David Liu and Rob Ruffler) join the MARS Magazine pod to talk everything virtual reality, including IMAX VR and the rise of VR arcade…

Hacker and film maker John Threat joins us again to dive into the apocalypse survival strategies of the tech super rich as outlined in the New Yorker magazine (1:00), and a look into the largely unknown’70s film about the singularity (Colossus: The Forbin Project) recently shared in full on Twitter by Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk (34:05). If …

The passing of Carrie Fisher has stunned the Star Wars community, but her legacy will live on and we talk about that with the incredibly insightful Kofi Outlaw (formerly Editor-in-Chief of ScreenRant.com, now Senior Editor of Original Content at ComicBook.com). We also take a deep dive into ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ and unpack what it means fo…

'Westworld' finale (2:10), 'Arrival' movie’s alien language and rewiring the human brain (4:36), Oculus Touch changes everything for VR (8:51), Will.i.am from the group The Black Eyed Peas on tech-meets-fashion, the singularity, entrepreneurship, tech investing (20:49).저자 Adario Strange

Hacker and film director John Threat joins us to talk about the new trailers for ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ (1:48), and the life on Mars film ‘Life’ (10:20), as well as the current science fiction boom in Hollywood (21:57). Then we dive into how operate your digital life in a world of email hacks and data leaks (37:08).…

How Wikileaks is impacting the U.S. presidential election and normalizing the end of data privacy, an update on Edward Snowden via Vice films (18:10), Oliver Stone’s Snowden movie merges fact and fiction to document history in real time (32:16).저자 Adario Strange

Tesla kickstarts the self-driving car revolution early, the Internet’s top websites are blocked after a historic DDoS hacker attack (5:45), and the debut of the UK science fiction anthology ‘Black Mirror’ season 3 on Netflix (24:35).저자 Adario Strange

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 becomes a raging, international dumpster fire, Soylent goes from geek food to health disaster (9:10), 'Star Wars Rogue One' trailer reveals more secrets (15:32), and President Obama on his love of sci-fi, getting humans to Mars and the looming challenge of artificial intelligence (28:45).…

We get our first look at the U.S. version of the hit UK sci-fi series Black Mirror, a VR Roundup: Playstation VR, Google Daydream View, Facebook’s Oculus Rift (4:51), HBO’s Westworld series remake of the ’70s sci-fi classic (29:50).저자 Adario Strange

Snapchat’s wearable tech Spectacles, the cast and crew of Star Trek versus presidential candidate Donald Trump (8:50), and space professional and astrophysicist Laura Forczyk joins us to unpack SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s newly announced plans to take humans to Mars in less than 10 years (29:07).저자 Adario Strange

We ask if the ‘Ghost in the Shell’ trailers make up for the early casting controversy, examine Nike’s ‘Back to the Future’ self-lacing HyperAdapt sneakers going on sale soon (14:26), dive into the ‘Passengers’ trailer (22:56), and unpack the possible future and fiction of self-driving cars in the wake of new U.S. guidelines released last week (32:0…

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 outbrea…

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 tho…

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).저자 Adario Strange

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).저자 Adario Strange

'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).저자 Adario Strange

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).저자 Adario Strange

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).저자 Adario Strange

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).저자 Adario Strange

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).저자 Adario Strange

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).저자 Adario Strange

'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).저자 Adario Strange

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).저자 Adario Strange

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.저자 Adario Strange

‘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).저자 Adario Strange

'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).저자 Adario Strange

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).저자 Adario Strange

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).저자 Adario Strange

SpaceX founder Elon Musk vows to go to Mars in 2018, the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in VR (9:15), the world celebrates Alien Day (13:10), Sigourney Weaver talks about the ‘Alien’ film franchise (30:39), ‘Alien’ versus real alien first contact and mega-corporation exploits (44:31).…

A discussion of how Prince was living sci-fi, Broad City's Ilana Glazer and her 'Time Traveling Bong' (8:03), The Twilight Zone is coming back as an interactive experience (12:52), Justin Lin's virtual reality monster movie with Google (17:48), Ray Kurzweil's weird Playboy interview (26:07) and the 10th anniversary of 'Idiocracy' and how it mirrors…

Adario and Vic discuss James Cameron's even longer 'Avatar' sequel mission and its possible connection to virtual reality, 'The Mist' coming to Spike TV (12:52), the anger over the 'Ghost in the Shell' casting (21:00), and ask: What would you do if '10 Cloverfield Lane' really happened? (41:35) #Bombshelters…