Welcome to 69th Contact, the official, ongoing documentation of intelligent life's first encounter with the extraterrestrials known as human beings.

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It is, by most measurable standards, going badly.​ Very badly.

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Presented as a weekly serial, this podcast documents the unfolding consequences of that interaction, decisions made under pressure, communications misunderstood, and the steady realization that humanity may not have been adequately prepared for its most important moment.

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Each episode provides further evidence.