The podcast is a six episode romantic comedy audio drama.^[1] The show was written and directed by Kaitlin Prest.^[2] The show was produced by Phoebe Wang and features Terry Gross.^[3] The show was produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.^[4] After The Heart ended in 2017 Prest began releasing snippets of audio hinting at creating a new show.^[5] The podcast debuted the following year on September 25, 2018.^[6] The show contains sexually explicit audio.^[7]

The show follows a fictional Kaitlin Prest as she explores various futures where she has different relationships.^[8] The story is loosely based on Prest's real life and some of the script was taken from her diary.^[9] In this fictional universe Prest is a puppeteer in Montreal who meets and develops a relationship with another puppeteer named Charlie.^[10] Prest started a company called Mermaid Palace that creates audio fiction.^[11]

James Kim wrote in LAist that the show is "beautifully intimate and uses audio as an art form."^[12] Rebecca Seidel wrote in LA Review of Books Podcast Review that the show "pushes into new artistic terrain".^[13] The show was a Bronze Radio Winner at the New York Festivals Radio Awards.^[14] The show won gold in the fiction category at the 2019 Digital Publishing Awards.^[15]

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