We are (probably) not alone in the universe - a podcast by Marketplace

It’s not that they’re aliens, but they’re not not aliens. A new Pentagon report released Friday can’t account for 143 “unidentified aerial phenomena” seen since 2004, though it has a few ideas. We’ll allow ourselves to speculate, and quote “Contact” a bit on today’s show. That, plus a grab bag of news to round out the week.

Here’s everything we talked about on the show today:

• “U.S. Has No Explanation for Unidentified Objects and Stops Short of Ruling Out Aliens” from The New York Times


• You can read the full UFO report here (PDF).


• “Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years for George Floyd’s murder” from MPR News


• “Justice Dept. sues state of Georgia over new voting restrictions” from The Washington Post


• “Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated” from the Associated Press


• This video from Imani Barbarin about Britney Spears’ conservatorship trial.


• And our other Half Full/Half Empty topics: returning to the movies, Big Tech antitrust bills and Prime Day

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