522: Burning Man for Aliens

Published: July 4, 2020, 11:42 p.m.

b'They should have sent a poet, but instead we sent ourselves to celebrate the 23rd (it\\u2019s a prime number, as any alien would know) anniversary of the Robert Zemeckis film \\u201cContact\\u201d, starring Jodie Foster in an adaptation of the novel by Carl Sagan. How do we reconcile the film\\u2019s debate about science and religion? Is this really two movies in one? How showy are the film\\u2019s set pieces and special effects? We\\u2019re ok to go\\u2014otherwise this podcast would be an awful waste of space.'