# Know Your Extraterrestrials with Elliott Kalan

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Podcast: [Sleeping with Celebrities](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sleeping-with-celebrities-6040543)
Published: 2026-07-15T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.maximumfun.org/podcasts/sleeping-with-celebrities
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## Resource

The universe is full of all sorts of alien creatures, we just know it. Problem is, they’re far away and, like us, possibly too stupid to invent really cool spaceships in order to visit. That’s why the book Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials was written and illustrated, earning a devoted following that includes Elliott Kalan. The book is a massive compendium of all sorts of aliens culled from sci-fi. Elliott is a former head writer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Mystery Science 3000 and one of the hosts of Max Fun’s podcast The Flop House. Join Elliott as he enumerates many of his favorite aliens and offers analysis from his toddler son as to which aliens are mean, which ones are nice, and which aliens are so nice that he went to their birthday parties held in treehouses. You may fall asleep even before learning that some aliens are just green smears.

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