Calling All Aliens

Big Picture Science

Introduces the COSMIC search at the Very Large Array, science-fictional imagination, and the debate over deliberately transmitting messages to other civilizations.

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STARTING FRAMEPsychological / Academic — science communication

EXPLORESScience, History & Faith

ENGAGEMENT EFFORTModerate

REVIEW DEPTHL1 · Catalogued

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Good starting place if…

You want current SETI science presented alongside the human questions of contact and communication.

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The episode discusses searches and scenarios, not a detection; it originally aired in 2023 and was republished in 2026.