Hello Planetary Radio fans. I'm Matt Kaplan, Senior Communications Advisor at the Planetary Society.

If you've been listening to our show for a while,

you may remember that I created and hosted Planetary Radio for its first 20 years. There was something I wanted to do during that entire time, but could never find time for. It was only after handing the show

over to Sarah Al-Ahmad that I could start work

on a Planetary Society book club. With great support from my colleagues and especially

digital community manager Amber Trujillo, we premiered the club in the spring of

2023. I wanted to

start big, so our first selection

was Project Hail Mary,

the terrific bestseller from

our friend Andy Weir, author

of the Martian. After a

month of book discussions in our member

community, I invited Andy

to join me for a live conversation.

Now, with the premiere of the Project Hail Mary movie approaching,

we couldn't imagine a better way to begin adding these book club live streams to the Planrad feed

than a reprise of that show with Andy.

We'll post another of these book conversations on the third

Friday of each month. By the way, you can also enjoy the original video live streams on our website.

You'll find them and much more at planetary.org slash video. It helps to have read the book,

of course, but we think you'll enjoy them regardless.

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