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Another book from the \\u201980s, but hey: at least this one is fiction!

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Show Notes

We read Carl Sagan\\u2019s 1985 novel Contact and watched the 1995 movie of the same name. In this episode, our overview of the book: its plot and its basic interests.

Things we mentioned on the show, in the order we mentioned them:

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• Carl Sagan
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• Cosmos: TV show and book
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• Neil Degrasse Tyson
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• Fermi Paradox
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• Wow! signal
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• Very Large Array
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• Arecibo Observatory
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• Neil Patrick Harris (wait for it, it\\u2019ll all make sense in the end)
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Upcoming Book

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• November (8.20 and 8.21): Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest, Zeynep Tufecki. You can also download it from Tufecki\\u2019s website as a PDF.
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• December (8.22 and 8.23): Mr.\\xa0Penumbra\\u2019s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan.
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Credits

Music

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• \\u201cIt\\u2019s a Movie, It\\u2019s a Dream\\u201d by Josh Caress. Used by permission, please don\\u2019t use without permission.
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• \\u201cWinning Slowly Theme\\u201d by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music\\u2026 as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.
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Sponsors

Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month\\u2019s sponsors:

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• Daniel Ellcey
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• Douglas Campos
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• Jake Grant
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• Marnix Klooster
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• Spencer Smith
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