Matt Watterworth

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 ATwww.podcasthailmary.comHOSTED BYMeghan Westelmajer – @romanticcircless&Matt Watterworth – @MattWatterworthTECHNICAL PRODUCTION BYPaarth Kelkar – @paarthkelkarPRODUCED BYNo Cap Content – @NoCapContent

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 Kickoff00:14 Albertans in Space Origins00:40 Storyhive Funding Shoutout01:44 Why This Book Podcast03:33 Building a Podcast Studio04:36 Project Hail Mary Plan05:33 Trailer Spoilers Warning07:52 Chapter One Breakdown08:54 Waking Up in the Pod12:31 Clues, Robots, and Space13:20 First Flashback: Petrova Line15:00 Takeaways and Andy Weir Style16:57 Open Data In Space18:48 Sci Fi And Real Science20:25 Space Treaties And Unity21:30 Funniest Book Moments23:24 Predictions About Venus26:33 Where To Find Us29:51 Outro And Studio CreditsFind us at podcasthailmary.cominstagram.com/podcasthailmarytiktok.com/podcasthailmaryListen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyWatch on YouTubeConnect with Meghaninstagram.com/romanticcirclessalbertansinspace.caAlbertans in Space on YouTubeConnect with Mattinstagram.com/mattwatterworthinstagram.com/nocapcontentConnect with Paarthinstagram.com/paarthkelkartwitch.tv/syshtematik

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 Kickoff00:22 Favorite Sci Fi Picks01:14 Jodorowsky’s Dune Story02:33 Metropolis and Her03:29 AI Love and Loneliness04:24 Podcast Hail Mary Begins04:33 Chapter Two Space Reveal05:54 Petrova Line Mystery07:42 Alien Microbe Clues09:42 Teacher Memory and Tabs10:37 Andy Weir Praise11:18 The Egg Rabbit Hole12:39 Chapter Two Reactions15:13 Stakes And Science16:49 Mission Questions18:26 Trailer And Spoilers21:58 X-Ray Spectrometer Basics24:53 CubeSats And Wrap UpFind us at podcasthailmary.cominstagram.com/podcasthailmarytiktok.com/podcasthailmaryListen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyWatch on YouTubeConnect with Meghaninstagram.com/romanticcirclessalbertansinspace.caAlbertans in Space on YouTubeConnect with Mattinstagram.com/mattwatterworthinstagram.com/nocapcontentConnect with Paarthinstagram.com/paarthkelkartwitch.tv/syshtematik

Spoilers ahead!Matt Watterworth and Megan Westelmajer return for episode three while talking TIMECOP and jingles, they also discuss the power of doing it for the kids.Find us at podcasthailmary.cominstagram.com/podcasthailmarytiktok.com/podcasthailmaryListen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyWatch on YouTubeConnect with Meghaninstagram.com/romanticcirclessalbertansinspace.caAlbertans in Space on YouTubeConnect with Mattinstagram.com/mattwatterworthinstagram.com/nocapcontentConnect with Paarthinstagram.com/paarthkelkartwitch.tv/syshtematik