Audio: "Universal Language"

I know, I know, lamest title EVAR. Would you have preferred the even more overused "First Contact?"

BONUS ROUND: There's an Easter Egg in this week's podcast! After recording, I reconsidered one word choice and changed it in the text, but not the audio. Identify the changed word and win the first 6 issues of Marvel's Runaways comic book (series 3), featuring a complete story arc written by Terry Moore. Email: 512words+orfewer@gmail.com Congratulations to Diana in Sunnyvale, CA, who spotted the change (from "pooling" to "oozing").

Music: instrumental stems from "Baby Got Back" by Jonathan Coulton, licensed under Creative Commons.