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Episode: 1235 The Alien Mirror: How 2,500 Years of Cosmic Imagination Shapes Who We Are
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EP. # 1235 The Alien Mirror: How 2,500 Years of Cosmic Imagination Shapes Who We Are
Today on Strange Planet, we embark on a 2,500-year journey through humanity’s obsession with aliens—not as sci-fi oddities, but as profound reflections of ourselves. Astrobiologist and bestselling author Mark Brake reveals how ancient philosophers, satirists, and dreamers imagined alien empires, Moon serpents, and interstellar wars long before Roswell or SETI. His new book, The Science of Alie...