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Should’ve Sent a Poet

Shouldve Sent a Poet

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Frequency: 1 episode/11d. Total Eps: 5

A podcast exploring Alien Contact movies and what they have to say about us and our world

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https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08513
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https://muller.lbl.gov/teaching/physics10/Roswell/USMogulReport.html
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https://sacred-texts.com/ufo/conspire.htm
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https://www.youtube.com/@Poets_Pod
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Episode 4: Arrival (2016) and the Nimitz Encoutner [Featuring: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe]

Episode 4

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 • Duration 04:35:57

Can you tell this is our favorite movie? It seems each episode is longer than the last, and this one is long. If any movie is deserving of a near five hour runtime, it's 2016's Arrival. Directed by the sci-fi virtuoso of our time, Denis Villeneuve, Arrival is the platonic ideal of a First Contact film. Synthesizing hard science fiction, cultural analysis, and heart-wrenching explorations of the human condition, it is one of the best films ever made. Discussing this masterpiece necessitates plenty of time to unpack each and every layer of its narrative.

Join Natalie and Natalie as they discuss one of the best movies ever made, talk about the Nimitz Encounter, and interview friend of the pod Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe about his time working on Arrival.

Hopefully nothing got lost in translation.

NEXT EPISODE: Episodes 1-4 Q&A and Retrospective, followed by Landscape with Invisible Hand (2023)

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Subscribe to our Patreon for ad free versions and monthly bonus episodes.

Have a question, comment, or correction? Email us at submissions@poetspod.com and get featured in one of our upcoming Q&A segments.

Hosted by Natalie "Bea" Bickelhaupt (@millimeterbymillimeter.blog on Bluesky) and co-hosted by Natalie Epstein-Hogue (@nataliekrunch on Instagram)

Edited by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

Music by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

Artwork by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

Bibliography:

2023 Congressional Hearing on UAPs

2 Navy Airmen and an Object That ‘Accelerated Like Nothing I’ve Ever Seen’ - The New York Times

Five U.S. Navy Sailors Saw the Glowing ‘Tic Tac’-Shaped UFO. They Told Us Exactly What They Witnessed. - Popular Mechanics

Mick West Videos:

Is the Nimitz UFO Just a Plane?

Tracking Down a Tic-Tac UFO (passenger plane over Lake Michigan)

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[BONUS] NASA's Unexplained Files

Episode 1

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 • Duration 02:05:18

Your eyes do not deceive you, this extra episode does belong in your feed. To celebrate the launch of our Patreon, we're releasing our first bonus episode for free! Beyond the paywall, anything is possible. That includes Natalie Epstein-Hogue writing the synopsis, and Natalie Bickelhaupt being subjected to cruel experiments!

In this episode, Natalie leads Natalie through the bizarre world of reality TV documentaries, specifically NASA's Unexplained Files. Straying from our usual style, Nat watched the show beforehand, wrote a synopsis, and then subjected Bea to a terrible episode of television immediately before recording. Unmoored from reality, Bea tries to keep up with the terrible world of terrible editing, UFO cranks, and mountains made from molehills.

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Subscribe to our Patreon for ad free versions and monthly bonus episodes.

Have a question, comment, or correction? Email us at submissions@poetspod.com and get featured in one of our upcoming Q&A segments.

Hosted by Natalie "Bea" Bickelhaupt (@millimeterbymillimeter.blog on Bluesky) and co-hosted by Natalie Epstein-Hogue (@nataliekrunch on Instagram)

Edited by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

Music by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

Artwork by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

Episode 3: Signs (2002) and the Arecibo Response

Season 1 · Episode 3

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 • Duration 03:52:24

Well folks, it was bound to happen. Three episodes in and we’ve already doubled a movie’s runtime. I can’t say I’m surprised that the ceaselessly surreal Signs (2002), directed by M. Night Shyamalan, was the culprit. Despite not being very good, Signs manages to use First Contact as a jumping off point to explore grief and faith in some deeply compelling ways. Bad movies with interesting ideas always make for the longest episodes. Plus we get Nat’s best, and longest, Tinfoil segment yet! We spend a hefty chunk of this 5-star runtime talking about real life crop circles and the conspiracies surrounding them.

Join Natalie and Natalie as they discuss whether Shyamalan is a genius or a hack, disagree on the quality of our subject, and the unique class politics of this iconic off-beat trip in a super-sized episode of Should’ve Sent a Poet.

Just remember to watch out for Lionel Prichard and those damn Wolfington Brothers.

NEXT EPISODE: Arrival (2016)

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Subscribe to our Patreon for ad free versions and monthly bonus episodes.

Have a question, comment, or correction? Email us at submissions@poetspod.com and get featured in one of our upcoming Q&A segments.

Hosted by Natalie "Bea" Bickelhaupt (@millimeterbymillimeter.blog on Bluesky) and co-hosted by Natalie Epstein-Hogue (@nataliekrunch on Instagram)

Edited by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

Episode 2: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and The Roswell Incident

Episode 2

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 • Duration 02:40:48

Join Natalie and Natalie as they explore this touchstone of the Alien genre: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1997), directed by Steven Spielberg. This seminal work enshrined many of the tropes and themes that permeate the rest of the genre, and is an essential science fiction watch.

Accompanying such an iconic piece is an iconic Tin-Foil segment, as we explore both the narratives and cold hard facts, around the 1947 Roswell Incident.

See you on the dark side of the moon!

NEXT EPISODE: Signs (2002)

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Have a question, comment, or correction? Email us at submissions@poetspod.com and get featured in one of our upcoming Q&A segments.

Hosted by Natalie "Bea" Bickelhaupt (@millimeterbymillimeter.blog on Bluesky) and co-hosted by Natalie Epstein-Hogue (@nataliekrunch on Instagram)

Edited by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

Music by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

Artwork by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

Bibliography:

Report on Project Mogul: Synopsis of Balloon Research Findings, James McAndrew, Declassified Military Document

Episode 1: Contact (1997) and the Wow! Signal

Season 1 · Episode 1

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 • Duration 03:41:01

In this inaugural episode of Should’ve Sent a Poet, co-hosts Natalie “Bea” Bickelhaupt and Natalie Epstein-Hogue discuss the podcast’s namesake, 1997’s Contact. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Jodie Foster, and based on Carl Sagan’s novel of the same name, Contact is the perfect place to start our long journey through the stars. It follows radio astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway as she makes first contact with extraterrestrials orbiting the star Vega.

Contact is both thematically and formally resonant. It touches on faith, science, and humanity’s place on Earth and in the cosmos. It’s also all about sending and listening to audio messages. A real podcaster’s movie. This episode also features discussions of the Wow! Signal, what gets lost in the adaptation of Sagan’s novel, and the creepy antics of one Rev. Palmer Joss.

NEXT EPISODE: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

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Have a question, comment, or correction? Email us at submissions@poetspod.com and get featured in one of our upcoming Q&A segments.

Hosted by Natalie "Bea" Bickelhaupt (@millimeterbymillimeter.blog on Bluesky) and co-hosted by Natalie Epstein-Hogue (@nataliekrunch on Instagram)

Edited by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

Music by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

Artwork by Natalie Epstein-Hogue

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