AMP Episode 3 - Contact

"I'm okay to go! I'm okay to go!" You guessed it - we watched 1997's Contact. Watch the movie. Read the book. Get your Carl Sagan/Jodie Foster/Matthew McConaughey fix.

Mentioned in this episode:

Rebecca Solnit - Men Explain Things to Me Eva Flicker - Between Brains and Breasts Carol Colatrella - Representing Female-Friendly Science and Technology in Fiction and Film Jocelyn Steinke - Women Scientist Role Models on Screen

For further reading:

"Why geometry is worth knowing: it promotes logical thinking and reveals why diamonds are shiny!" Hmmm. - The Trouble with Barbie Science

Supreme and extreme thanks go to our producer (yes, we have one of those… somehow) the amazing Matt Campbell.