In Episode 8 of Out To Get You, we are joined by writer, academic, and paleontologist, Taryn Freeman, to gestate the horror that is Ridley Scott’s 1979 xenomorph masterpiece, Alien.
Content Warning:
This episode contains discussion of sexual violence, forced birth, misogyny, capitalist exploitation, colonialism, bodily fluids of various viscosities, and other topics that may be sensitive for listeners.
In this episode, we discuss the nightmare of our future present through the lens of even-later-stage capitalism unleashed, the evisceration of bodily autonomy, and the loneliness of space and survival, in this timeless sci-fi horror starring Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, Bolaji Badejo, and more.
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