{"id":63910,"date":"2026-08-08T15:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/?guid=cf1284f2a9352288943124830e817c77"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:58:11","slug":"this-week-in-space-podcast-episode-222-how-to-invade-earth-in-22-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2026\/08\/08\/this-week-in-space-podcast-episode-222-how-to-invade-earth-in-22-easy-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Space podcast: Episode 222 \u2014 How to Invade Earth in 22 Easy Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                            \n                            <article>\n                                <div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet ><div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/pj7jYq-rapI\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space\/episodes\/222?autostart=false\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Episode 222 of This Week In Space<\/a>, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by space writer Rich Edwards to discuss the best ways to repel space invaders.<\/p><p>We've all seen the movies... the aliens come to Earth, the aliens  overcome the inferior humans, and the aliens fall prey to something dumb  they overlooked, like microbes, Windows 95, or most absurdly, water.  From the 1950s through yesterday, some of the best movies we've seen  were about the invasion of our planet. They can be clever, scary, or  even downright dumb, but they are all fun.<\/p><p><strong>Download or subscribe<\/strong> to this show at:<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space\" >https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space<\/a>.<br><br>Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/clubtwit\" >https:\/\/twit.tv\/clubtwit<\/a> <\/p><h2 id=\"space-news-of-the-week\">Space news of the week<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/UFO\/?release=05\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/blue-origin-traces-origin-of-huge-new-glenn-rocket-explosion-to-oxygen-valve-ceo-says\">Blue Origin traces origin of huge New Glenn rocket explosion to oxygen valve, CEO says<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/stargazing\/solar-eclipses\/where-will-the-total-solar-eclipse-2026-be-visible-from\">Where will the total solar eclipse 2026 be visible from?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/questiontime.ir.spacex.com\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\">SpaceX Question Time<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/entertainment\/space-movies-shows\/how-to-invade-planet-earth-an-aliens-guide-to-bringing-the-human-race-to-its-knees\">How to invade planet Earth: A sci-fi movie alien's guide to bringing the human race to its knees<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/alien-movies-in-order\">Alien movies in order: chronological and release<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/entertainment\/space-movies-shows\/aliens-at-40-here-are-26-reasons-why-james-camerons-sequel-is-still-the-greatest-sci-fi-action-movie-of-all-time\">Aliens' at 40: Here are 26 reasons why James Cameron's sequel is still the greatest sci-fi action movie of all time<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"model-falcon-9\">Model Falcon 9!<\/h2><div  class=\"fancy-box\"><div class=\"fancy_box-title\">TOP TELESCOPE PICK:<\/div><div class=\"fancy_box_body\"><figure class=\"van-image-figure \"  ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' ><p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img id=\"cbAPCR7Y6HkbgamUsCtVj5\" name=\"celestron top telescope.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"A Celestron telescope on a white background\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cbAPCR7Y6HkbgamUsCtVj5.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Celestron)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\">Looking for a telescope to see planets and comets? We recommend the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=72128&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.com%2Fdp%2FB01L0EQLTI%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dspace-us-4730590304221485000-20\"  rel=\"nofollow\">Celestron Astro Fi 102<\/a> as the top pick in our <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/31229-best-beginner-telescopes.html\">best beginner's telescope guide<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><p>Finally, did you know you can launch your own SpaceX rocket? Model rocket maker Estes' <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-falcon-9-estes-model-rocket\">stunning scale model of a Falcon 9 rocket<\/a> that you can pick up now. The launchable model is a detailed recreation of the Falcon 9 and retails for $149.99. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/estesrockets.com\/product\/002161-spacex-falcon-9\/\" >save 10% by using the code IN-COLLECTSPACE at checkout<\/a>, courtesy of our partners collectSPACE.com.<\/p><h2 id=\"about-this-week-in-space\">About This Week In Space<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/this-week-in-space\" >This Week in Space<\/a> covers the new space age. Every Friday we take a deep dive into a fascinating topic. What's happening with the new race to the moon and other planets? When will SpaceX really send people to Mars? <\/p><p>Join Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/\" >Space.com<\/a> as they tackle those questions and more each week on Friday afternoons. You can subscribe today on your favorite podcatcher.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/article>\n                            \n                        ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Episode 222 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by space writer Rich Edwards to discuss the best ways to repel space invaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2800,2805],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-space-movies-amp-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63910"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63962,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63910\/revisions\/63962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}