In this episode, we talk about meeting sentient extraterrestrials: The challenges of communication, what first contact stories say about our own Earthbound society, and why the aliens won't return our texts.
David's recommendations:
"Darmok" (Star Trek TNG)
"The Inner Light" (Star Trek TNG)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Arrival
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell
Rachel's recommendations
"Species 10-C" (Star Trek Discovery)
Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Attack the Block
Xenogenesis Trilogy (Lilith’s Brood), Octavia E. Butler
