Sci-Fi Movie Club: 'Contact'

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🗓️ 21 December 2021

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Today we're throwing back to one of our favorite Science Movie Club episodes: 'Contact' featuring Jodie Foster. It was a real crowd pleaser, especially among extraterrestrials and Carl Sagan fans, and features the work of beloved Short Wave alumni and sci-fi aficionados Maddie Sofia and Viet Le.

The 1997 film got a lot of things right ... and a few things wrong. Radio astronomer Summer Ash, an education specialist with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, breaks down the science in the film. (Encore episode)

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0:00.0	Greetings, Earthlings, Emily Quang here.
0:02.7	It's Science Fiction Week on Shortwave,
0:04.7	and today we wanted to throw it back to one of our favorite
0:08.3	science movie club episodes,
0:11.2	Contact featuring the illustrious Jody Foster.
0:15.5	This episode was a real crowd pleaser,
0:17.8	especially among extraterrestrials and Carl Sagan fans.
0:21.0	It originally aired in May 2020,
0:23.0	and it features the work of beloved shortwave alumni
0:25.7	and sci-fificionados, Maddie Sophia, and Viet Li.
0:29.4	Enjoy, here is the show.
0:31.8	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:36.4	Hey, everybody.
0:38.4	Today we have another installment of the Shortwave Movie Club,
0:42.2	where we watch a movie and break down the science in the film.
0:46.2	This time we asked you, our listeners,
0:49.0	what movie we should do next,
0:51.2	and you overwhelmingly voted for the sci-fi drama,
0:55.6	Contact from 1997.
0:59.6	Your nerdiness is only outdone by your nostalgia.
1:03.6	So before we hear from our very special guest,
1:07.2	Quick Refisher, adapted from a Carl Sagan novel,
	...

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