Miley's Black Mirror and Revisiting S1m0ne

Moon farts, jellyfish bones, and op art abound. Night Call dives into this week in science. Plus the strange world of simulated people in pop culture and what this tells us about ourselves. 

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Articles and media mentioned this episode:
Article, Vice, "New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ in 2050"
Article, LiveScience, "Why Does the Moon Keep Flashing Us"?
Article, Dwell, "Discover Florida's Mysterious Dome Home Before it Sinks into the Sea"
Film, Home Movie

Video, Swallowed Whole - a comb jelly praying on a comb jelly
Film, The Little Mermaid
Article, The New York Times, "Dementia Stopped Peter Max From Painting. For Some, That Spelled a Lucrative Opportunity"
TV Series, Black Mirror, "Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too"
Song, "Head Like a Hole" by Nine Inch Nails
Song, "I'm on a Roll" by Ashley O
Film, S1m0ne
Film, Under the Silver Lake
Podcast, Who? Weekly
TV Series, Westworld
Film, Mulholland Drive
Actress IMDB, Rachel Roberts
Music Video, "Bitch Better Have My Money" by Rihanna
Play, Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Hatsune Miku/Vocaloids
Film, The Truman Show 
Film, Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Film, Godzilla (2014)
Anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion
Song, Yuji Koseki, "Mothra's Song"

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