The Message (serial sci-fi podcast drama)

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I thought this might be of interest to other Dopers. I heard it advertised on NPR’s Science Friday and decided to check it out. It is a fictional ‘radio drama’ in podcast form.

The premise is that the podcast is a podcast documenting the progress of a team of cryptologists who are studying a purported extra-terrestrial message.

There are going to be eight episodes, three of which have been released. Each episode is only 10-15 minutes long, so it’s not a huge time commitment. Looks like new episodes are released each Saturday. You can subscribe in iTunes and probably most other podcast apps. The official site is themessagepodcast.com

I’ll comment below on the first few episodes.

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So far the story has trod well-worn territory (cryptic signal from space, possibly cursed, government cover-up, eclectic team of geniuses, etc.). I’m hoping it will take an unexpected turn at some point.

The involvement of the podcaster and the government man’s “ok, whatever” attitude in the first episode don’t seem realistic at all, but you kind of have to go along with it.

I wonder if the whole ‘curse’ thing isn’t just a red herring.