# Best of Blue Dot: SETI Institute: it's role in the Disney/Pixar animated film Elio and The Fermi Paradox

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Published: 2025-12-27T18:27:33+00:00
Episode link: https://www.mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/2025-12-27/best-of-blue-dot-seti-institute-its-role-in-the-disney-pixar-animated-film-elio-and-the-fermi-paradox
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by two guests from the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, for a fun and thought-provoking program. Simon Steel, Deputy Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research, joins us for an inside look at the Institute's role as a science advisor for the Disney/Pixar film Elio.

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