This episode we're talking about non-fiction books about Aliens, Extraterrestrials, and UFOs! We discuss unexplained aerial phenomenon, owls, exobiology, and aliens wearing hats! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction by David C. Catling The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves by Arik Kershenbaum Death from the Skies! These Are the Ways the World Will End… by Philip Plait Death from the Skies! The Science Behind the End of the World… Search for the Unknown: Canada's UFO Files and the Rise of Conspiracy Theory by Matthew Hayes Aliens: Join the Scientists Searching Space for Extraterrestrial Life by Joalda Morancy, illustrated by Amy Grimes Picturing Extraterrestrials: Alien Images in Modern Mass Culture by John F. Moffitt Intimate Alien: The Hidden Story of the UFO by David J Halperin They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers by Sarah Scoles Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs by Mark Pikington Mirage Men (Wikipedia) - The documentary Other Media We Mentioned Chariots of The Gods by Erich von Däniken Chariots of the Gods? (Wikipedia) The X-Files (Wikipedia) Mars Attacks! (1996 film) The yodeling scene ("Indian Love Call" by Slim Whitman) Mars Attacks (Wikipedia) The trading cards Communion: A True Story by Whitley Strieber The Disappearing Act by Florence de Changy Disappearance of the Malaysian airplane Links, Articles, and Things Barney and Betty Hill incident (Wikipedia) METI International (Wikipedia) Reptilian conspiracy theory (Wikipedia) ʻOumuamua (Wikipedia) Raëlism (Wikipedia) Martian canals (Wikipedia) Neon Squid Books U.S. judge says Penguin Random House book merger cannot go forward Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (Wikipedia) How Blink-182's Tom DeLonge Became a U.F.O. Researcher 10 Non-Fiction Books About Aliens & UFOs (and other phenomena) by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Aliens: The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life edited by Jim Al-Khalili Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines by Jim Al-Khalili More Encounters with Star People: Urban American Indians Tells Their Stories by Ardy Sixkiller Clarke Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life Beyond Our Solar System by Ray Jayawardhana Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku Aliens: Join the Scientists Searching Space for Extraterrestrial Life by Joalda Morancy Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos by Priyamvada Natarajan Mondes d'ailleurs by Trịnh Xuân Thuận Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going by Neil deGrasse Tyson Why Aren't They Here: The Question of Life on Other Worlds by Surendra Verma Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, July 18th it's time for our annual One Book One Podcast pitch episode! Then on Tuesday, August 1st we'll be discussing the genre of Pulp Fiction!

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