This week we diving deep into the mind-bending brilliance of Black Mirror Season 7—a season that doesn’t just reflect our tech fears but amplifies them. From walk-in pictures to outer space, it’s a VFX showcase with something to say. Plus: we’re taking you behind the velvet rope at the 2025 Sci-Tech Oscars, where innovation meets recognition. What tech stole the spotlight? Jason Diamond tells all. Jason was on the selection committee this year. We discuss Black Mirror Season 7, focusing on three Eps in particular. Episode 1: Common People.  When a medical emergency leaves schoolteacher Amanda fighting for her life, desperate husband Mike signs her up for Rivermind, a high-tech system that will keep her alive – but at a cost. Episode 6: Eulogy. An innovative system that enables users to literally step into photographic memories of the past leads a lonely man to re-examine a heartbreaking period in his life. Episode 7:  USS Callister: Into Infinity. Robert Daly is dead, but the crew of the USS Callister – led by Captain Nanette Cole – find that their problems are just beginning. The Sci-tech 2025 Awards Where dystopian fiction meets real-world tech—and both get graded by the Academy. And the special mention that Jason made of “mad scientist” Neeme Vaino for the development of Fireskin360 Naked Burn Gel. (3:25 sec in) Dont forget to subscribe to both the VFXShow and the fxpodcast to get both of our most popular podcasts. This week in our lineup is: Matt Wallin *            @mattwallin    www.mattwallin.com. Follow Matt on Mastodon: @[email protected] Jason Diamond  @jasondiamond           www.thediamondbros.com Mike Seymour   @mikeseymour.             www.fxguide.com. + @mikeseymour Special thanks to Matt Wallin for the editing & production of the show with help from Jim Shen.