Podcasts that mention 📚 The Martian by Andy Weir, R.C. Bray

So that was like for a— Did you watch the movie The Martian? We did not watch The Martian, but I had read the book already! And one person read the book while we were in!

The podcast host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, asks if the guest watched the movie, 'The Martian', during their Mars simulation. The guest responds that they did not watch the movie but that she had previously read the book, and someone else read the book during the mission. The book is mentioned in the context of discussing entertainment during the simulated Mars mission.

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So that was like for a— Did you watch the movie The Martian? We did not watch The Martian, but I had read the book already! And one person read the book while we were in!

During the discussion about movies watched during the simulation, the guest mentions having read the book 'The Martian'. This reference eventually leads to a conversation about the author, Andy Weir.

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I'm just saying we've had Andy Weir as a guest on Star Talk, and he would want you to call him Mark Watney! Mark Watney!

The host mentions that they had Andy Weir, the author of the book *The Martian*, as a guest on the show. He suggests that the guest should refer to the character from the book, Mark Watney, instead of using the actor's name.

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So okay, whatever the soil is, as of now it probably isn't very fertile; you know, because it doesn't have organics from the book and movie, The Martian.

Neil discusses the challenges of growing plants on Mars and references 'The Martian' to highlight concerns about soil fertility, emphasizing the lack of organic material in Martian soil.

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