Perfect Organism: The Alien Saga Podcast

In a shocking late-2025 announcement, we learned Fede Alvarez wouldn't be returning as director for the sequel to Alien: Romulus. Months later, we still don't know why—and we still have no idea who'll be directing in his place! On tonight's roundtable, the team spitballs about some scenarios. Should the story continue Rain and Andy's narrative? Who should direct it? What kind of tone should they aim for, and what do they need to get right to ensure it happens? Join us as we have some fun gathering together for some speculation! Tonight's episode also features our two newest team members: Mario Benvenuto and Kyle June! // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Perfect Organism Podcast strategy team in conversation about what truly makes ALIEN Alien. Building on the foundation Patrick and Jaime laid in part one, the team digs deeper into the thematic architecture of the series, why these ideas continue to resonate across generations, and what may be essential for Alien to evolve while remaining true to its core identity. As always, thank you for listening, for thinking deeply alongside us, and for your continued support. It genuinely means everything. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A phrase we often throw around is "This (movie, TV show, book) feels like Alien." But what does that actually mean? In today's episode, Jaime and Patrick attempt to figure that out. We will return to this conversation in the new year, so please send us your thoughts in the meantime! You can do so at r/perfectorganism, Building Better Worlds, or by sending us an email via the Contact page on our website. We'd love to feature your voices! // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Alien: Earth has been renewed for a second season, and that's making a lot of people feel a lot of big feelings! On tonight's roundtable, the PO Team comes together to discuss this news and how they're personally processing it. What lies ahead? How do we feel about the series now that we've had a couple months to live with it? Come hang, and let's chat about it! // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

You'll know Shaun Hamill is a lifelong Alien nerd within the first few pages of his new novel Alien: Perfect Organisms (out today, November 18, wherever books are sold!). With believable characters, a healthy dose of body horror, and extensive meditations on creativity and capitalism, Alien: Perfect Organisms is a wonderful new entry in the Expanded Universe. Join Jaime and Patrick as they chat with Shaun about how the book came together, what Alien means in his life, and how the long and rich history of Alien novels is continuing strong in the 21st century. Be sure to check Shaun's website, follow him on socials, and order your copy of the book! // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, the Perfect Organism team unites to explore what the Alien series truly means to each of them. From Patrick’s fascination with the creature itself to Andie’s devotion to character, no corner of the franchise, or the human heart behind it, is left unexplored. Joining the crew is patron and returning guest Mario Benvenuto, who inspired this episode’s theme. Together, Patrick, Perry, Andie, Holden, Mario, and contributing host Micah Greene dive deep into their enduring love for Alien, and what keeps them coming back, again and again. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you're at it! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

One of the great thrills of covering Alien: Earth's release was getting to speak with so many people involved with the show. We aired many of these interviews throughout the season as part of our aftershow, but we had to leave almost two hours' worth on the cutting room floor for the sake of brevity. Presented here, for the first time as a single, cohesive audio documentary, are interviews with twenty-one of the key creatives who brought Alien: Earth to life. In approximate order of appearance, you'll hear: Jeff Russo (Composer) Maggie Phillips (Music Supervisor) David Rysdahl ("Arthur") Babou Ceesay ("Morrow") Richa Moorjani ("Zaveri") Sandra Yi Sencindiver ("Yutani") Kit Young ("Tootles") Ugla Hauksdóttir (Director of Episodes 4 and 6) Samuel Blenkin ("Boy Kavalier") Alex Lawthor ("Hermit") Lily Newmark ("Nibs") Jonathan Ajayi ("Smee") Adarsh Gourav ("Slightly") Dana Gonzalez (Director of Episodes 2, 3, 7, and 8; DP; EP) Steve Painter (Lead Prosthetics Supervisor) Wētā Workshop's Joe Dunckley and Vaughan Flanagan Cameron Brown (Creature Suit Performer) Andy Nicholson (Production Designer) Erana James ("Curly") Noah Hawley (Creator; Director of 1 and 5; Writer, EP) A handful of the actors came back at multiple points throughout the season, so you will get to hear from them at various points as well! We are hugely grateful to FX for helping facilitate all of these. Alien: Earth is now a piece of Alien history; having this sort of access in real time as it released was an unprecedented treat for us, and we're so happy we've been able to take all of YOU along on this journey with us! // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you're at it! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

After a month-long break that felt more like a deep breath after a storm, Jaime and Patrick return to the mic following a relentless stretch of Alien: Earth coverage. In this episode, they take a long, unflinching look at where the Alien universe stands today. From the legacy of the original trilogy to the uneven terrain of everything that followed, they explore how each new entry, film, or series has both carried and fractured the weight of what came before. They also turn their focus to the future: who might take the director’s chair for the next Alien film, and whether the franchise can still surprise us in the way it once did. It’s a lively, impassioned, and deeply reflective conversation, recorded live on YouTube, about art, vision, and the fragile state of an iconic saga. The Alien universe stands at a crossroads, full of promise, yet shadowed by hesitation. There’s still so much left to explore, if only the right hands are willing to reach into the dark. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you're at it! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

WE MADE IT! This is our final episode of UnEarthed (at least for now ...). Today we're covering the final episode of Alien: Earth's first season: "The Real Monsters." This massive aftershow features nearly the entire Perfect Organism team, along with guests Micah Greene and Dave Gogel (of Xenomorphing). After the live aftershow, you will hear our interviews with (in order of appearance): Sydney Chandler ("Wendy"), Lily Newmark ("Nibs"), Jonathan Ajayi ("Smee"), Erana James ("Curly"), Babou Ceesay ("Morrow"), and series creator/showrunner Noah Hawley. You'll notice a special announcement towards the end of the live aftershow: we are going to be switching to recording most of our future episodes LIVE, ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL! So make sure you are subscribed and getting notified of when we are recording; we would love to have you join us in the chat. You can do so here: https://www.youtube.com/@PerfectOrganismPodcast This has been such a wild ride. Thank you for joining us! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join us for the audio version of our live Alien: Earth aftershow! Today’s installment covers the seventh episode of season one, titled “Emergence.” Stay tuned at the end for our interviews with Samuel Blenkin ("Boy Kavalier"), Alex Lawther ("Joe Hermit"), Lily Newmark ("Nibs"), Jonathan Ajayi ("Smee"), Adarsh Gourav ("Slightly"), and Dana Gonzalez (Director, DP, EP)! // New Episodes of UnEarthed drop an hour and 15 minutes after new episodes of Alien: Earth release on Tuesdays. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you’re at it! It’s a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join us for the audio version of our live Alien: Earth aftershow! Today’s installment covers the sixth episode of season one, titled “The Fly.” Stay tuned at the end for our interviews with Sandra Yi Sencindiver ("Yutani"), Kit Young ("Tootles"), and Ugla Hauksdóttir (Director of Episodes 4 and 6)! // New Episodes of UnEarthed drop an hour and 15 minutes after new episodes of Alien: Earth release on Tuesdays. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you’re at it! It’s a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In a news item that NONE of us saw coming, Fede Alvarez just announced he will step down from directing the sequel to Alien: Romulus. Instead, he and Ridley Scott will jointly produce the film. In this brief news update (recorded live on YouTube), Jaime and Patrick discuss this wild development. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you're at it! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join us for the audio version of our live Alien: Earth aftershow! Today's installment covers the fifth episode of season one, titled "In Space, No One ..." Stay tuned at the end for our interviews with Babou Ceesay ("Morrow") and Richa Moorjani ("Zaveri")! // New Episodes of UnEarthed drop an hour and 15 minutes after new episodes of Alien: Earth release on Tuesdays. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you're at it! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Andie, special guest Micah Greene, Patrick, and Jaime dig into episodes three and four of Alien: Earth. From our shared fascination with the Eye Midge to our uncertainty about where the story is headed, we explore the intricacies and brilliance of Noah Hawley’s series. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you're at it! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join us for the audio version of our live Alien: Earth aftershow! Today's installment covers the fourth episode of season one, titled "Observation." Stay tuned at the end for an excerpt of our interview with David Rysdahl, who plays Arthur Sylvia! You'll be hearing more from him later in the season, but we wanted to share a little preview of that conversation early. // New Episodes of UnEarthed drop an hour and 15 minutes after new episodes of Alien: Earth release on Tuesdays. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you're at it! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're releasing this as special bonus content for our recent episode of UnEarthed: a wonderful little interview with Maggie Phillips and Jeff Russo, Alien: Earth's Music Supervisor and Composer, respectively! Among other duties, Maggie is behind the "needle drops" in the show—a hallmark of Hawley's style, and a thrilling (if somewhat divisive) addition to the Alien universe. And Jeff was kind enough to come back on just a couple months after his first appearance on Perfect Organism to take us behind some of his already iconic music cues, giving us a glimpse into his creative process. We're looking forward to bringing you more of these glimpses inside the making of Alien: Earth throughout the season. We will always be diligent to ensure any "spoilers" are only for the episodes in our most recent UnEarthed installments, so don't worry about accidentally walking into something you didn't know was coming. Make sure you tune in to the audio version of UnEarthed (as well as joining us on the livestreams at 9:15pm EST!), as that's where we'll be putting lots of interview excerpts in the coming weeks. We can't wait to share them with you! // New Episodes of UnEarthed drop an hour and 15 minutes after new episodes of Alien: Earth release on Tuesdays. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you're at it! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In episode two of our Alien: Earth aftershow, Jaime, Patrick, Andie and Perry re-convene to talk about 'Metamorphosis' the third installment of Noah Hawley's new Alien series. In this hour-long episode we discuss how the show is improving, how we're feeling and the excitement of what's to come. Jaime also introduces a new segment called 'I Like Griping' where we talk about what might not be working as well.  // New Episodes of UnEarthed drop an hour and 15 minutes after new episodes of Alien: Earth release on Tuesdays. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you're at it! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nearly the entire Perfect Organism Podcast team gathers to dive into Neverland and Mr. October, the gripping first chapters of Noah Hawley and FX’s Alien: Earth. From raw first impressions to probing what it truly means to become something else, we unravel a web of ideas and unsettling possibilities woven into this bold new vision of the Alien universe. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you're at it! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jaime, Patrick, Perry and Andie host Perfect Organism Podcast's first aftershow. Covering the first two episodes of Noah Hawley's Alien: Earth, your hosts cover different aspects of each episode in dynamic new segments while giving their first impressions of this exciting new show. We hope you enjoy. To watch the show every Tuesday when it airs, please go to www.youtube.com/@perfectorganism New Episodes of UnEarthed drop an hour and 15 minutes after new episodes of Alien: Earth release on Tuesdays. // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you're at it! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're launching our new official Perfect Organism Podcast aftershow for Alien: Earth! You can find our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@perfectorganism // Join the new Perfect Organism subreddit, while you're at it! It's a great place to interact with us and celebrate all the great stuff coming to Alien fandom lately: https://www.reddit.com/r/perfectorganism/ // Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/perfectorganismitunes // For more on this and our other projects, please visit www.perfectorganism.com. // If you’d like to join the conversation, find us on our closed Facebook group: Building Better Worlds // To support the show, please consider visiting www.perfectorganism.com/support. We’ve got some great perks available! // And as always, please consider rating, reviewing, and sharing this show. We can’t tell you how much your support means to us, but we can hopefully show you by continuing to provide better, more ambitious, and more dynamic content for years to come. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.