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14. Whispers from the Cosmos

A young researcher spots a bizarre, pulsing signal: a cosmic whisper picked up by a huge radio receiver she built. Is it just mundane interference - or could it be alien life?

In a shabby brick hut in 1967, a young researcher spots a bizarre, pulsing signal: a cosmic whisper picked up a huge receiver she helped to build. Is it just mundane interference - or could it be alien life?

Hannah Fry shares a tale of one woman鈥檚 journey through the male-dominated halls of 1960s academia, to a groundbreaking discovery that transformed our understanding of the universe.

Producer: Ilan Goodman
Sound Designer: Jon Nicholls
Story Editor: John Yorke

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