3 Body Podcast: Humanity’s reaction to an alien invasion

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🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Jason Concepcion ponder the existential question of how humanity might react to an impending alien invasion, and take a look at how Will’s story is affecting the Oxford 5. Director Jeremy Podsewa unpacks the emotional journey of Will's story, and describes the intricacies behind filming the paper boat sequences. Elsewhere, associate professor of psychology at Arizona State University, Michael Varnum, lends his expertise, as he and Maggie hypothesize on the possible reactions humanity might have to an impending alien invasion. SPOILER ALERT: We will be covering episodes 6 and 7 of the series, so if you haven’t watched that far yet, be sure to catch up on Netflix now. The 3 Body Podcast is produced by Netflix and Sony Music Entertainment.

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0:00.0	Why are you staring at me?
0:03.0	I'm not.
0:06.0	I'm seeing you.
0:11.0	Sometimes when you're really high you see people.
0:15.0	Or maybe it's when you're dying.
0:19.0	But I see you and I love you. Hello and welcome to episode 5 of the Three Body Podcast. We're your hosts Dr Maggie Darren Pocock at the I'm Jason Concepcion and this is the official
0:46.5	Companion Podcast for the Three Body Problem on Netflix and today we have some huge topics to cover as we delve into the true nature of the Santee and how humanity deals with this intergalactic crisis.
1:00.0	It's a global crisis, It's also a personal crisis.
1:03.2	We're going to take a look at how they are processing
1:06.6	Will's impending death with our production guest,
1:09.0	Director Jeremy Pedestua.
1:11.1	And with our guest expert, Dr Michael Vonum,um will be looking at the psychology behind
1:16.4	an existential crisis and how we could respond to the confirmation of alien life out
1:22.1	there.
1:22.8	I've been dealing with the existential crises
1:24.8	for a long time, Maggie.
1:26.3	Before we go any further, we all know the drill.
1:28.3	spoiler alert.
1:29.3	We'll be covering episodes six and seven of three body problems so if you have not watched that far
1:36.4	yet we suggest you pause the podcast now go watch the show on Netflix we'll be
1:42.3	right here waiting for you when you come back. One of the things I really love about the three body problem is that the characters seem real.
2:01.0	They seem whole, we see them in w once and all. It really feels as if you're walking
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