This is a fun conversation with scholar-poet Gregory Betts about communicating with aliens! How are humans on earth communicating with aliens? What technology does it require? Why? What void does it fill? And do aliens want to be in contact with us? What relationships are made possible by thinking poetically about aliens? On the episode we ponder the cultural contexts for thinking about alien life in a hostile [to human life] universe. Recorded Jul 21, 2023. Released Sept 11, 2023.

A Sign in Space

https://asignin.space/listening-to-space/

Extraterrestrial Signal Test (NYT)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/science/extraterrestrial-signal-test.html

Aliens in the Void: Writing Beyond the Limits of Language in bpNichol’s The Martyrology (and (Luigi Serafini’s ((Code)x Seriphian(us))))

https://www.academia.edu/99536790/

Here’s the Discord Channel:

https://discord.com/channels/1066055437457297469/1110258553689739276/1111325509993898096

WRETI workshop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9LLwepou8Q&list=LLDkmzBShjBSqUTvnlWaaKlQ&ab_channel=SETIInstitute

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