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Podcast: Pol and Pop (Politics/Pop Culture)
Episode: Did Obama just say aliens are real??? Let's discuss...
Description: Former President Barack Obama recently sat down for an interview with Brian Tyler Cohen, and during a lightning round at the end of their conversation, the topic unexpectedly turned to aliens. Obama’s response -- suggesting that extraterrestrial life may exist, while downplaying the idea of a secret underground lab at Area 51 -- quickly sparked online debate before being partially clarified afterward.So what, if anything, should we take seriously?Where’s the line between reasonable curiosity and unfounded speculation? When does open-mindedness become gullibility -- and when does skepticism become closed-mindedness?In this...