About this episode

A comedic debate on the existence of aliens featuring expert guests at the World Science Festival Brisbane 2026.

It's Team 'Aliens Alive' versus Team 'Earthlings United'. Get out of this world, hear the arguments, and you decide. Was the X-Files really a documentary, or was Mulder deluded? Join Big Ideas host Natasha Mitchell from the stage of the 2026 World Science Festival Brisbane for an hilarious hour of science and comedy. TEAM ALIENS ALIVE Dr Joel Gilmore (Team Captain)Energy specialist, physicist, science communicator, improv theatre buff, dancer Dr Sara Webb Astrophysicist, author, and science communicatorAuthor of The Little Book of Cosmic CatastrophesSwinburne University Georgina Humphries Comedian, two time Raw Comedy finalistGeorgina's show Rogue at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival TEAM EARTHLINGS UNITED Professor Tamara Davis (Team Captain)AstrophysicistPrincipal Investigator, OzDES (Dark Energy Survey)ABC TV documentary presenter, ultimate Frisbee and triathlon competitorUniversity of Queensland Nate Byrne Meteorologist, oceanographer. science communicatorABC TV Breakfast host and weatherman Sean Choolburra Comedian, dancer, actor Thanks to the event producers Dr Rob Bell , Jane O'Hara , Bec Redsell and the whole World Science Festival Brisbane team.

People in this episode

Host: Natasha Mitchell

Guests: Dr Joel Gilmore, Dr Sara Webb, Georgina Humphries, Professor Tamara Davis, Nate Byrne, Sean Choolburra

Topics covered

• aliens
• science
• comedy
• debate
• astrophysics
• culture

Keywords

• aliens
• science debate
• comedy
• astrophysics
• World Science Festival

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Science Festival Brisbane, Swinburne University, University of Queensland, ABC TV

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