13: Who's Out There? (Aliens and Close Encounters)

Nerd Forensics

Join Millie and her guests Jacob and Sofía as they discuss spooky spacemen, exploring everything from the Kardashav scale for measuring technological advancement, close encounters with Kelly-Hopkinsville, and generally speculate until the cows come home unmutilated.

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Nerd Forensics Theme and Fivensic (outro) by Elliot Smith of Albuquerque (2021)

References for Clips by First Play Order:

1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, film, directed and written by Stephen Spielberg (1977)

2. Long Gone, TV episode, season 3, episode 6 of Documentary Now, created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, and Rhys Thomas (2019)

3. Sweet Dee Gets Audited, TV episode, season 7, episode 4 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, created by Rob McElhenney (2005)

4. Twenty Years to Midnight, TV episode, season 2, episode 5 of The Venture Bros., created by Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer (2006)

5. Avengers: Infinity War, directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo (2018)

6. I Dated a Robot, TV episode, season 3, episode 15 of Futurama, created by Matt Groening and David X Cohen (2001)

7. The Farnsworth Paradox, TV episode, season 4, episode 15 of Futurama (2003)

8. 22 Short Films About Springfield, seaason 7, episode 21 of The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening (1994)

9. SB-129, TV episode, season 1, episode 14a of SpongeBob SquarePants, created by Stephen Hillenburg (1999)

10. Pinewood Derby, TV episode, season 13, episode 6 of South Park, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone (2009)

11. Black Mountain Radio, in-game broadcast, Fallout New Vegas, video game, developed by Obsidian Entertainment (2010)

12. Population Control = A.I.D.S., radio program, episode 16 of The Hour of the Time, created by Milton William "Bill" Cooper (1993)

13. Battlefield Earth, film, directed by Roger Christian (2000)

14. I Believe, song from the musical Book of Mormon, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone; performance from the 65th Tony Awards by Andrew Reynolds (2012)

15. Treehouse of Horror VII, TV episode, season 8, episode 1 of The Simpsons (1996)

16. The Great Gazoo, TV episode, season 6, episode 7 of The Flintstones (1965)

17. Any Given Saturday Afternoon, streaming episode, season 3, episode 7 of Documentary Now! (2019)

[Featuring: Millicent Orianna, Sofía Baca, Jacob Urban]