Andy Weir
The Martian – Andy Weir – Episode 57
The Buddies find themselves back in space, this time stranded on Mars in Andy Weir’s, The Martian. If you like science, trashing on disco, and journaling, this book is for you. If you like two guys who can barely read criticizing a widely popular book, well over their reading abilities, well then this podcast is for you. So join us as we talk suicide pacts, ‘working’ in the shower, and TI-89 calculator games.
Project Hail Mary Book Club Questions
Everyone of these questions ends with “, question?” just the way Rocky would want them to.
Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir – Episode 23
The Buddies launch themselves into Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir. Things got off to a Rocky start once they realized the book is a sci-fi thriller in the vain of The Martian and not a reference to the famed Roger Staubach Hail Mary pass. Good Buddy, Magic (@nicoitaliano13) joined the pod (and supplied his best Rocky voice), as the buddies discussed a variety of topics including, Microsoft Excel, Tape Measures, and the best way to die in space.
Why Are Clocks 60 Seconds, 60 Minutes and 24 Hours? We Need a Metric Clock System
If it seems completely arbitrary that we go off of this system based on 60 seconds/60 minutes/24 hours, that’s because it is.
Artemis by Andy Weir – Episode 6
The Buddies read Andy Weir’s (author of The Martian) second book Artemis. They discuss ‘Ocean 11 crew coming together’ scenes, space vacations, uncomfortable sex puns, the ‘moral’ economics of smuggling and much more in this cathartic episode 6.