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Podcast Podcast Hail Mary

Podcast Hail Mary

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Frequency: 1 episode/20d. Total Eps: 3

Hosting podcast Transistor
Podcast Hail Mary is a chapter by chapter podcast exploring Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary in the lead up to the film adaptation. Each episode covers one chapter of the book. One host has already read it. The other is going in fresh. First reactions, predictions, confusion, breakthroughs, and bad guesses are kinda the point. The show is laid back, sciency, and spoiler aware. We talk about what worked, what surprised us, what didn’t, what we think is coming next, and we throw in a touch of scientific info! Episodes usually drop every two days, leading directly into the movie release, with a final episode on the film itself. If you’ve read Project Hail Mary and want to relive it through someone else’s eyes, or you’re reading along for the first time and want company, this show is for you!
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  • 🇨🇦 Canada - books

    29/03/2026
    #86
  • 🇨🇦 Canada - books

    26/03/2026
    #83
  • 🇨🇦 Canada - books

    24/03/2026
    #94

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Trailer - Welcome to Podcast Hail Mary

lundi 26 janvier 2026Duration 02:24

Podcast Hail Mary is a chapter by chapter podcast exploring Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary in the lead up to the film adaptation.

In this trailer episode, hosts Meghan Westelmajer and Matt Watterworth explain the concept, the format, and why this show exists. One host has already read the book. The other is going in completely fresh. First reactions, predictions, confusion, excitement, and wrong guesses are part of the fun.

Episodes drop every two days, each covering a single chapter, all building directly toward the movie release. The show is spoiler sensitive, laid back, and focused on smart conversation rather than academic breakdowns or recap slog.

If you’re reading Project Hail Mary for the first time, revisiting it, or just want company on the ride to the film, this is the place.

GET MORE AT
www.podcasthailmary.com

HOSTED BY
Meghan Westelmajer – @romanticcircless
&
Matt Watterworth – @MattWatterworth

TECHNICAL PRODUCTION BY
Paarth Kelkar – @paarthkelkar

PRODUCED BY
No Cap Content – @NoCapContent

Chapter 1 - Naked in Space

Episode 1

dimanche 1 mars 2026Duration 31:48

Spoilers ahead!

Matt Watterworth and Meghan Westelmajer introduce their new video podcast series about Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary, created as a chapter-by-chapter lead-up to the upcoming movie, and discuss their backgrounds in podcasting and film. Meghan describes co-hosting and producing Albertans in Space with Storyhive funding, praising Telus support for Western Canadian creators and the importance of sharing space-industry stories. Matt shares his decade-plus podcasting experience, his studio, and his plan to pair Meghan’s space-industry knowledge with his audiobook familiarity while Meghan reads the book for the first time. They recap Chapter 1: an amnesiac protagonist wakes in a medical pod, struggles to speak, encounters a computer’s questions, sees other bodies, notices robotic arms, experiences low gravity clues, and has a flashback email about a Venus anomaly called the Petrova Line.

00:00 Awkward Podcast Kickoff
00:14 Albertans in Space Origins
00:40 Storyhive Funding Shoutout
01:44 Why This Book Podcast
03:33 Building a Podcast Studio
04:36 Project Hail Mary Plan
05:33 Trailer Spoilers Warning
07:52 Chapter One Breakdown
08:54 Waking Up in the Pod
12:31 Clues, Robots, and Space
13:20 First Flashback: Petrova Line
15:00 Takeaways and Andy Weir Style
16:57 Open Data In Space
18:48 Sci Fi And Real Science
20:25 Space Treaties And Unity
21:30 Funniest Book Moments
23:24 Predictions About Venus
26:33 Where To Find Us
29:51 Outro And Studio Credits

Find us at <a href="https://podcasthailmary.com">podcasthailmary.com</a>
<a href="https://instagram.com/podcasthailmary">instagram.com/podcasthailmary</a>
<a href="https://tiktok.com/podcasthailmary">tiktok.com/podcasthailmary</a>
Listen on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/podcast-hail-mary/id1871971536">Apple Podcasts</a>
Listen on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2vgCFuYSImfwON5wytiSE7">Spotify</a>
Watch on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PodcastHailMary">YouTube</a>

Connect with Meghan
<a href="http://instagram.com/romanticcircless">instagram.com/romanticcircless</a>
<a href="http://albertansinspace.ca">albertansinspace.ca</a>
<a href="http://youtube.com/@albertansinspacepodcast">Albertans in Space on YouTube</a>

Connect with Matt
<a href="http://instagram.com/mattwatterworth">instagram.com/mattwatterworth</a>
<a href="http://instagram.com/nocapcontent">instagram.com/nocapcontent</a>

Connect with Paarth
<a href="http://instagram.com/nocapcontent">instagram.com/paarthkelkar</a>
<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/syshtematik">twitch.tv/syshtematik</a>

Chapter 2 - Death Sun

Episode 2

dimanche 8 mars 2026Duration 26:27

Spoilers ahead!

Matt Watterworth and Megan Westelmajer return for episode two and share sci-fi favourites, including Contact, Arrival, E.T., Metropolis, and Her, plus discussion of the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune and spoiler-heavy trailers. They recap Project Hail Mary Chapter 2 as the amnesiac protagonist reasons through centrifuge gravity to confirm he’s in space, wears a makeshift toga, and survives on packaged “goo” food while fragmented flashbacks introduce discussions of The Petrova Line dimming the sun, with projections that a 5% loss could be world-ending and setting up bigger mission questions for chapter three.

00:00 Episode Two Kickoff

00:22 Favorite Sci Fi Picks

01:14 Jodorowsky’s Dune Story

02:33 Metropolis and Her

03:29 AI Love and Loneliness

04:24 Podcast Hail Mary Begins

04:33 Chapter Two Space Reveal

05:54 Petrova Line Mystery

07:42 Alien Microbe Clues

09:42 Teacher Memory and Tabs

10:37 Andy Weir Praise

11:18 The Egg Rabbit Hole

12:39 Chapter Two Reactions

15:13 Stakes And Science

16:49 Mission Questions

18:26 Trailer And Spoilers

21:58 X-Ray Spectrometer Basics

24:53 CubeSats And Wrap Up


Find us at <a href="https://podcasthailmary.com">podcasthailmary.com</a>
<a href="https://instagram.com/podcasthailmary">instagram.com/podcasthailmary</a>
<a href="https://tiktok.com/podcasthailmary">tiktok.com/podcasthailmary</a>
Listen on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/podcast-hail-mary/id1871971536">Apple Podcasts</a>
Listen on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2vgCFuYSImfwON5wytiSE7">Spotify</a>
Watch on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PodcastHailMary">YouTube</a>

Connect with Meghan
<a href="http://instagram.com/romanticcircless">instagram.com/romanticcircless</a>
<a href="http://albertansinspace.ca">albertansinspace.ca</a>
<a href="http://youtube.com/@albertansinspacepodcast">Albertans in Space on YouTube</a>

Connect with Matt
<a href="http://instagram.com/mattwatterworth">instagram.com/mattwatterworth</a>
<a href="http://instagram.com/nocapcontent">instagram.com/nocapcontent</a>

Connect with Paarth
<a href="http://instagram.com/nocapcontent">instagram.com/paarthkelkar</a>
<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/syshtematik">twitch.tv/syshtematik</a>


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