69th Contact

The Galactic Federation spans thousands of worlds, countless species, and millions of years of recorded history.Its greatest challenge turns out to be convincing humans it isn't a scam.As alien diplomats, experts, and public relations teams attempt to sell humanity on the benefits of galactic membership, Earth responds with fear, outrage, and several competing documentaries.Somewhere in the chaos, Elliot realizes the Federation may have seriously underestimated who they were dealing with.

The search for Earth's ambassador continues. The aliens are conducting interviews, humanity is conducting arguments, and Elliot is conducting a series of increasingly questionable social experiments. Meanwhile, SAM is quietly working on a project that definitely won't change the course of human history.

Elliot Turner has finally made it to the Moon.Unfortunately, he has also made it into a room filled with humanity's finest minds.Scientists, diplomats, strategists, visionaries... and Elliot.After an unexpected incident that definitely won't become a problem later, Elliot comes face-to-face with the team tasked with guiding Earth into the wider galaxy.Who are they? Why were they chosen? Can humanity really be trusted with interstellar diplomacy? More importantly, can Elliot?The future of Earth is about to be discussed by the people most qualified to decide it.Which is concerning, because Elliot is in the room.

Things are not going well for Elliot, for humanity, and potentially for the universe itself.Dragged into a hidden interrogation facility disguised as an office designed by authoritarian accountants, Elliot faces a secret organization determined to understand his invention.Meanwhile, billions of humans attempt to cope with the discovery of alien life by resorting to panic, conspiracy theories, and podcasts.Will Elliot survive? Will humanity recover from learning it is not special? The aliens are beginning to have doubts.

The universe finally introduces itself to humanity on Mars.Meanwhile, hidden beneath Earth, a secret organization unknowingly prepares for a completely different disaster.Dragged into a classified meeting about his invention, Elliot Turner realizes the future of the species may now depend on keeping certain people very far away from technology.A sci-fi comedy audio drama about first contact, alien life, Mars, conspiracy, dystopian technology, existential dread, and humanity making catastrophically bad decisions.

Humanity’s first landing on Mars was supposed to change history. They weren’t supposed to have a meeting. When astronauts unexpectedly discover an intelligent alien, the future of the human race changes instantly, and nobody is emotionally prepared for it. The aliens remain calm. Humanity absolutely does not.

What if the world is secretly controlled by a shadow organisation?Not governments. Not corporations. Something older.Something hidden.Elliot Turner works for an organisation so secret that most of humanity doesn't know it exists. An organisation tasked with shaping the future of Earth from the shadows. For years, his job was simple: keep the machine running and don't ask too many questions.Then he discovers a device that should not exist.What follows uncovers a mystery far larger than any conspiracy on Earth.Because humanity isn't alone.As the truth behind Earth's place in the universe begins to emerge, an alien investigation into humanity uncovers a species unlike any other. Brilliant and self-destructive. Compassionate and terrifying. Rational and completely irrational.The deeper the galaxy looks, the less sense humanity makes.

Welcome to 69th Contact, the official, ongoing documentation of intelligent life's first encounter with the extraterrestrials known as human beings.It is, by most measurable standards, going badly.​ Very badly.Presented as a weekly serial, this podcast documents the unfolding consequences of that interaction, decisions made under pressure, communications misunderstood, and the steady realization that humanity may not have been adequately prepared for its most important moment.Each episode provides further evidence.