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	Podcast:		Short Wave
	Episode:		Sci-Fi Movie Club: 'Contact'
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:13:09
	Publish Date:		2021-12-21 05:30:33
	Description:		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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