The Habitat

A podcast by Gimlet

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10 Episodes

  1. Introducing How to Save a Planet

    Published: 10/8/2020
  2. Bonus: This Is Not My First Rodeo

    Published: 4/18/2018
  3. Episode 7: And Now I Can See Everything

    Published: 4/18/2018
  4. Episode 6: I Feel Like A Million Dollars

    Published: 4/18/2018
  5. Episode 5: Tortilla!

    Published: 4/18/2018
  6. Episode 4: She Likes to Camp Alone in the Finnish Winter

    Published: 4/18/2018
  7. Episode 3: Why Are We Like This?

    Published: 4/18/2018
  8. Episode 2: Every Day Goes By Faster and Faster

    Published: 4/18/2018
  9. Episode 1: This Is the Way Up

    Published: 4/18/2018
  10. Trailer

    Published: 4/17/2018

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On a remote mountain in Hawaii, there's a fake planet Mars. Six volunteers are secluded in an imitation Mars habitat where they will work as imitation astronauts for one very real year. The goal: to help NASA understand what life might be like on the red planet—and plan for the day when the dress rehearsals are over, and we blast off for real. Host Lynn Levy has been chronicling this experiment from the moment the crew set foot in their habitat, communicating with them through audio diaries that detail their discoveries, their frustrations, and their evolving and devolving relationships with each other. From those diaries, Gimlet Media has crafted an addictive serialized documentary: the true story of a fake planet.