How many episodes does Alien Crash Site have?

Alien Crash Site has 49 episodes.

What topics does Alien Crash Site cover?

Alien Crash Site covers topics including: fiction, science, technology, society, culture, philosophy.

Alien Crash Site

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A new InterPlanetary interview series from the Santa Fe Institute takes a page from the Strugatsky brothers' classic Soviet sci-fi novel, Roadside Picnic, to discuss a variety of transformative alien artifacts.Thirteen years ago, an alien civilization visited our planet, and left behind myriad, mysterious materials in their crash sites. These areas, Zones, behave very strangely, but the interplanetary items they contain could change the trajectory of our technological advancement. What appears a...

Notable Guests

KKate Greene2×

Ted Chiang1×JJames S. McDonnell1×SSlavoj Zizek1×AAnnalee Newitz1×HHenry Stone1×

Episodes (49)

What can an asteroid tell us about our own Planet. #023 with Lindy Elkins-Tanton

Alien Crash Site

Dec 24, 202155:09pending

#022 - Crossover episode with Complexity Pod: Gary Bengier

Alien Crash Site

Dec 7, 20211:00:53pending

Co-Ordination: On Time Between Worlds - an InterPlanetary panel on Complex Time

Alien Crash Site

Nov 18, 20211:28:11pending

Alien Crash Site

Notable Guests

Episodes (49)

What can an asteroid tell us about our own Planet. #023 with Lindy Elkins-Tanton

#022 - Crossover episode with Complexity Pod: Gary Bengier

Co-Ordination: On Time Between Worlds - an InterPlanetary panel on Complex Time

What are the best strategies for finding life in space? #021 with Natalie Grefen...

Special Announcement - InterPlanetary Panel on Complex Time

How does size shape our understanding of and search for life? #020 with Chris Ke...

What to look for, when we don't know what we're looking for? #019 with Heather G...

What Governance Structure Best Suits an InterPlanetary Humanity?" #018 with Timi...

What lies in the space between? #017 with Aerospace Engineer Ryan McGranaghan

How Do Artifacts Inform Cultural Evolution? #016 with Vanessa Ferdinand

#015 with Cole Mathis

#014 with Natalie Elliot

#013 with Linda Sheehan

#012 with Katherine Collins

#011 with Van Savage

#010 with Michael Lachmann

#009 with Tony Eagan

#008 with Tamara van der Does

#007 with Nina Lanza

#006 with Sasha Samochina

#005 with Armin Ellis

#004 with David Stout

#003 with Frank Lantz

#002 with Kate Greene

#001 with Ashton Eaton

#000 with David Krakauer