About this episode
On the latest episode of Time on Screen, Zach Kazan and Kat Shoulders are diving deep into a wormhole on a journey to the heart of the universe. Contact , Robert Zemeckis’s 1997 follow up to Forrest Gump , is on tap this week. It’s a personal favorite among several Worn & Wound team members, and has an inherently time centered plot device (and some surprising connections to watch enthusiasm in general) that are worth discussing. Mostly, though, Contact is a lasting tribute to the ideas of the late Carl Sagan , who is the focus of much of the conversation in this episode. The film follows astronomer Eleanor Arroway, played by Jodie Foster, as she – and the rest of the world – grapple with the discovery of a lifetime: a radio signal from a distant star system, an unmistakable sign of intelligent life. These hypothetical situations were a fascination for Sagan through much of his life, and the film approaches it from a grounded and scientifically realistic perspective, uncommon for a summer blockbuster from a big studio. To stay on top of all new episodes, you can subscribe to The Worn & Wound Podcast — now available on all major platforms including iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , Spotify, and more. You can also find our RSS feed here . And if you like what you hear, then don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes . If there’s a question you want us to answer you can hit us up at info@wornandwound.com, and we’ll put your question in the queue.