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522: Burning Man for Aliens
They should have sent a poet, but instead we sent ourselves to celebrate the 23rd (it’s a prime number, as any alien would know) anniversary of the Robert Zemeckis film “Contact”, starring Jodie Foster in an adaptation of the novel by Carl Sagan. How do we reconcile the film’s debate about science and religion? Is this really two movies in one? How showy are the film’s set pieces and special effects? We’re ok to go—otherwise this podcast would be an awful waste of space.
"Contact"
Jason Snell with John Siracusa, Jean MacDonald, Glenn Fleishman and David J. Loehr
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Contact: A Novel by Carl Sagan
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They should have sent a poet, but instead we sent ourselves to celebrate the 23rd (it’s a prime number, as any alien would know) anniversary of the Robert Zemeckis film “Contact”, starring Jodie Foster in an adaptation of the novel by Carl Sagan. How do we reconcile the film’s debate about science and religion? Is this really two movies in one? How showy are the film’s set pieces and special effects? We’re ok to go—otherwise this podcast would be an awful waste of space.
"Contact"
Jason Snell with John Siracusa, Jean MacDonald, Glenn Fleishman and David J. Loehr
Sponsors
Pingdom: Start monitoring your website performance and availability today, and get instant alerts when an outage occurs or a site transaction fails. Use offer code SNELL to get 30% off. Offer expires on January 31, 2021.
Rhetoric Coffee: Complex, hand-roasted, mind-blowing coffee. Get 50% off with INCOMPARABLE.
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Contact: A Novel by Carl Sagan
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