Why should the left care about the existence of aliens? The ACFM gang explore the impact of the paranormal on politics in this Trip episode featuring music from Sun Ra, The Carpenters and true believers Blink 182.

What are the connections between UFO conspiracies and right-wing thought? Why do some communists think aliens will bring about world revolution? Does Fermi's paradox mean we're not alone? And can Keir and Jem convince Nadia to give a crap about ufology?

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Books: Mark Pilkington - Mirage Men / Susan Lepselter - The Resonance of Unseen Things / Carl Jung - Flying Saucers / Erich von Däniken - Chariot of the Gods / H. G. Wells - The War of the Worlds / A. M. Gittlitz - I Want to Believe / Kim Stanley Robinson - Aurora

Music:
 Blink 182 - Aliens Exist / Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater / Sun Ra - Interplanetary Music / The Carpenters - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Space / Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive / Flying Saucer Attack - The Season is Ours / Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien / The Byrds - Hey Mr. Space Man / Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien

Produced and edited by Matt Huxley and Chal Ravens. PRS licence number: LE-0016481