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On this week’s show the Humans(Joe & Caleb) discuss: New Ducktales, Moles getting jobs, and bluetooth leading the blind. Plus, Caleb gushes about new Apple stuff!

Listen live  Mondays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or live online at http://www.kscu.org/

New Releases

In Theaters:

• Cinderella – The story of Cinderella follows the fortunes of young Ella whose merchant father remarries following the tragic death of her mother. Keen to support her loving father, Ella welcomes her new stepmother Lady Tremaine and her daughters Anastasia and Drisella into the family home. But, when Ella’s father suddenly and unexpectedly passes away, she finds herself at the mercy of a jealous and cruel new family.
• Run All Night – Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson), once known as “The Gravedigger,” has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective (Vincent D’Onofrio) who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. Lately, it seems Jimmy’s only solace can be found at the bottom of a whiskey glass. But when Jimmy’s estranged son, Mike (Joel Kinnaman), becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago.
• Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police – Based on the memoir One Train Later by guitarist Andy Summers, Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police tells of the rise of The Police.

Music:

• Rebel Heart – Madonna The 13th full-length studio release for the pop artist features guest appearances from Chance The Rapper, Nicki Minaj, Nas, and Mike Tyson.
• The Velvet Trail – Marc Almond The Soft Cell artist worked with producer Chris Braide on his first full-length solo release since 2010’s Variete.
• Searching for Zero – Cancer Bats The fifth full-length release for the Canadian punk metal band was produced by Ross Robinson.
• Soft Control – Laura Welsh The full-length debut release for the British pop artist features contributions from Babydaddy, Amanda Ghost, Robin Hannibal, Emile Haynie, Dev Hynes, John Legend, and Johnny Rockstar.

Video Games:

• Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number – First Released Dec 31, 2014 – PC, MAC, UNIX, PS4, VITA, PS3
• DmC: Devil May Cry – First Released Jan 15, 2013 – PS3, X360, PC, PS4, XONE
• Ori and the Blind Forest – Coming Mar 11, 2015 – XONE, PC, X360
• OutRun (3d) – First Released 1986 – ARC, GEN, GG, SMS, MSX, SAT, C64, AMI, C, PC, ZXST, MOBI, TG16, 3DS
• Sid Meier’s Starships – Coming Mar 12, 2015 – PC, MAC, IP(hone?)

DVD/Blu-ray:

• Night a the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – Blu/DVD – The adventure expands beyond the museum as the lovable cast seeks to save the magic of their lives.
• Listen Up Philip – DVD – A quirky comedy about a writer with a second novel in the wings, and almost no interest in promoting it. His relationship with his girlfriend is beginning to fray, his adoptive home city feels like it’s trying to consume him. All he wants is to get away…and focus on the really important things, like himself.
• The Liberator – Blu/DVD – The story of Simón Bilívar, hero of South America. He fought the Spanish Empire in over 100 battles, covering an area twice the size of Alexander the Great. It is said he never conquered, he liberated.

Comics:

DC

• Batman: Arkham Knight #1 – The morning sun rises on a new Gotham. The Joker, is dead. Arkham City is closed. Does Batman still need to exist?

Marvel

• Star Wars #3 – The Rebels are winning the fight on Cymoon-1! Will it be the decisive strike they want? Luke questions if he can be the Jedi that Obi-Wan wanted him to become.

IDW

• Star Trek #43 – Brace for story overlap! This begins a new story arc that will lead into the next Star Trek film, as the begin their famed “five year mission”

Image

• The Walking Dead #138 – You know you want to get it.
• Southern Cross #1 – Southern Cross is a freighter on it’s way to Saturn’s moon Titan. Alex Braith is on it to collect her sister’s remains and hopefully get some answers. But few mysteries and intrigues begin with answers.

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News

Joey:

• Blade Runner sequel with Ford confirmed
• Disney show about retired 15 year old esports player
• Moles get jobs as Archaeological diggers
• 50 Shades of Grey, a British Boy, and his school
• This Day in History

Caleb:

• Bluetooth to help lead the blind in the London Underground
• New Ducktales in 2017!
• Nimoy honored in Star Trek Online
• The eye of a moth may make solar panels more efficient

Jason:

Geek Talk

Joe:

Jason:

Caleb:

Apple Products! Rabid fans attack!

• Apple releases the Apple Watch
• Apple’s newest, thinest, lightest Macbook. It has all the “*est”s
• Some love for Apple TV

The Core

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