Month 6 | First Contact | Full Story

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This episode compiles all episodes of Season 6 - First Contact, featuring the discovery of alien life on an asteroid.

Every episode of Season 6 - First Contact in one convenient episode for easy binging!  Professor Bolin discovers an alien fungus growing on an asteroid in the depths of space, the first example of extraterrestrial life ever recovered by humankind. The sample is brought aboard for further study... {Episodes originally aired daily in July 2025} Enjoying yourself? Connect with other passengers on the Reddit  or Discord!  Follow the adventure with cool videos on YouTube or TikTok  and check out even more from the world of Deep Space Radio on our LINKTREE! Deep Space Radio is created by Collin Gossel . Starring: Brandon Zelman  as Security Officer Harold Maxwell Cate Herrold  as Teenager Mercury Theed Charlie Towle  as Father of the Celestial Direction Lu VanHorne Dan Titmuss  as Captain Donnell Jalen Gilbert  as Pilot Claudio Atlos Juliana LaBarbiera  as Shopkeeper Annie Maddox Kayla Holder  as Barkeeper Ruth Hatchett Lex LaRayne  as Doctor Effie Lake Meg Collins  as Octogenarian Martha Crittle Mickey Layson  as Head of the PAA Bradley Theed Molly Gloeckner as Exozoologist Kit Castille Natalie…

People in this episode

Host: Collin Gossel

Guests: Brandon Zelman, Cate Herrold, Charlie Towle, Lu VanHorne, Dan Titmuss, Jalen Gilbert, Claudio Atlos, Juliana LaBarbiera, Annie Maddox, Kayla Holder, Ruth Hatchett, Lex LaRayne, Meg Collins, Mickey Layson, Bradley Theed, Molly Gloeckner, Natalie Sullivan, Tasha Paulson, Robert Keefe

Topics covered

• first contact
• extraterrestrial life
• alien fungus
• space exploration
• science fiction

Keywords

• first contact
• alien fungus
• extraterrestrial life
• space
• Deep Space Radio

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