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 Coorporation.[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 yeari 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]