From Martian invaders, to signals from space, and ancient alien spaceships; first contact between humans and extraterrestrial life is a key element in many science fiction favorites. Lisa and Scott discuss some of these stories and what these stories may show us about how we recognize sentience, how we interact with other species, and what that interaction can tell us about humanity.

References:

War of the Worlds [Libro.fm - John Banks] / [Overdrive/Libby - Simon Vance] / [Audible - Simon Vance]

War of the Worlds (Radio) [Overdrive/Libby]

Childhood's End [Audible]

Xenogenesis (Series): Dawn [Audible]

The Wordwood Trilogy (Series): Rosewater [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Lagoon [Audible]

Speaker for the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Stories of Your Life and Others [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Arrival (2016) [IMDb]

Axiom's End [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

A Half-Built Garden [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Space Opera [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

A Desolation Called Peace [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Agent to the Stars [Audible]

The Martian Chronicles [Overdrive/Libby - Ray Bradbury] / [Audible - Mark Boyett]

Solaris [Overdrive/Libby - Full cast] / [Audible - Alessandro Juliani]

The Pandora Sequence (Series): The Jesus Incident [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Semiosis [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Rosebud [Overdrive]

Project Hail Mary [Audible] / [Episode 101]

A Deepness in the Sky [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Fuzzy Nation [Audible]

Little Fuzzy [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Contact - Unabridged [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Contact - Abridged [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Gods Themselves [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Three-Body Problem [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Sparrow [Libro.fm] / [Audible]

The Three-Body Problem [Audible]

Extraterrestrial:The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Expanse (Series) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Spin [Libro.fm] / [Audible]