• You Never Get a Second Chance to Make First Contact

  • Jun 15 2024
  • Length: 43 mins
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You Never Get a Second Chance to Make First Contact

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  • In this episode, we talk about meeting sentient extraterrestrials: The challenges of communication, what first contact stories say about our own Earthbound society, and why the aliens won't return our texts. David's recommendations:
      • "Darmok" (Star Trek TNG)


      • "The Inner Light" (Star Trek TNG)


      • The Day the Earth Stood Still


      • Arrival


      • The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell


    Rachel's recommendations
      • "Species 10-C" (Star Trek Discovery)


      • Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky


      • Attack the Block


      • Xenogenesis Trilogy (Lilith’s Brood), Octavia E. Butler


      • Blindsight, Peter Watts
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