Poema S12 007 | Project Hail Mary with Jenna DeWitt

About this episode

Jenna DeWitt returns to discuss the movie Project Hail Mary, exploring its themes of spirituality and the reluctant hero.

**Spoiler Alert** This episode contains spoilers. This week friend of the show Jenna DeWitt returns as we "amaze amaze amaze" about the movie Project Hail Mary. We share our reflections on the movie, the relationship between Grace and Rocky, the character arc of Grace, the spirituality of the movie and a lot more. We explore the the concept of the most reluctant hero who never wanted to go to space, and chooses to save his friend over glory on earth, and what that can speak to us about our own paths.

People in this episode

Guest: Jenna DeWitt

Topics covered

• Project Hail Mary
• spirituality
• character arc
• reluctant hero

Keywords

• movie reflections
• relationship dynamics
• hero's journey

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Project Hail Mary

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