Summary
For thousands of years we have gazed up at the stars and wondered: is anybody out there? The idea of meeting aliens has been the inspiration for countless books and films; for art and music. But today, thinking about meeting life on, or from, other planets is no longer dismissed as pure make-believe – it’s the focus of political consideration and cutting-edge space science. Farrah Jarral presents the story of the fantasy and the reality of preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials.
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:39.0 | Hello, this is Seriously from from BBC Radio 4, and I'm Vanessa Casule. |
| 0:46.0 | This podcast brings you an incredible selection of documentaries about everything you could imagine, |
| 0:52.0 | and some things you couldn't. Here comes something unusual, |
| 0:56.0 | charming and seriously fascinating. |
| 0:59.2 | For thousands of years we have gazed up at the stars and wondered, is anybody out there? |
| 1:05.8 | The idea of meeting aliens has been the inspiration for countless books and films, for art and |
| 1:11.6 | music. But today, thinking about meeting life on or from other planets is no longer dismissed as pure make-believe. |
| 1:20.0 | It's the focus of political consideration and cutting-edge space science. |
| 1:26.6 | This is the story of the fantasy and the reality of preparing for first contact with |
| 1:31.8 | extraterrestrials. |
| 1:34.0 | It's quite a profound experience, really. |
| 1:36.0 | Very. |
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