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A podcast exploring Alien Contact movies and what they have to say about us and our world

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  1. 5d ago

    Episode 1: Contact and the Wow! Signal

    In this inaugural episode of Should’ve Sent a Poet, co-hosts Natalie “Bea” Bickelhaupt and Natalie Epstein-Hogue discuss the podcast’s namesake, 1997’s Contact. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Jodie Foster, and based on Carl Sagan’s novel of the same name, Contact is the perfect place to start our long journey through the stars. It follows radio astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway as she makes first contact with extraterrestrials orbiting the star Vega. Contact is both thematically and formally resonant. It touches on faith, science, and humanity’s place on Earth and in the cosmos. It’s also all about sending and listening to audio messages. A real podcaster’s movie. This episode also features discussions of the Wow! Signal, what gets lost in the adaptation of Sagan’s novel, and the creepy antics of one Rev. Palmer Joss.   SHOW NOTES: Have a question, comment, or correction? Email us at submissions@poetspod.com and get featured in one of our upcoming Q&A segments. Follow us on Instagram and YouTube @poets_pod   Hosted by Natalie "Bea" Bickelhaupt (@millimeterbymillimeter.blog on Bluesky) and co-hosted by Natalie Epstein-Hogue (@nataliekrunch on Instagram) Edited by Natalie Epstein-Hogue Music by Natalie Epstein-Hogue Artwork by Natalie Epstein-Hogue   Wow! Signal Bibliography: Wow! Signal Research Sources: John Kraus Letter to Sagan https://www.nrao.edu/archives/files/original/2ec6ba346ab16e10a10d09462507beda.pdf Ehman 30th anniversary report https://www.bigear.org/Wow30th/wow30th.htm Arecibo Wow I: An astrophysical explanation of the wow signal https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08513 Arecibo Wow II https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10657 Breakthrough Listen Research for the Wow! Signal https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ac9408/ampdf

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