Today’s episode is all about contact. Have we really discovered alien life on Venus? How do you even look for life when you don't know what it will look like? What would happen if we did find it? Should we be sending messages out into the universe? Are aliens going to kill us? What would happen if they showed up?

Guests:

Dr. Clara Sousa — quantum astrochemist at Harvard University
Moiya McTier — astrophysicist at Columbia University and host of Exolore
Dr. Michael L. Wong — planetary scientist at the University of Washington and host of Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast
Michael Oman Reagan — anthropologist & founding board member of the JustSpace Alliance
Dr. Kathryn Denning — anthropologist at York University
Jaime Green — writer & editor working on a book about aliens

Voice Actors

Dr. Jaad — Johnnie Jae
Alex Jenkins — Keith Houston
Radio reporter — Ashley Kellem
Alien 1 — Henry Alexander Kelly
Alien 2 — Brett Tubbs

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