Season 1 finale 🚀 I spoke with Professor Craig Jackson about workplace anxiety, fatigue, Antarctic base incidents, astronaut screening, and what Mars missions must learn about human wellbeing. A grounded way to close a season about the human side of space. #AspiringMartians

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Aspiring Martians is about the human element of Mars settlement. Not just how we’ll get there, but who we become when we try. Brand new season drops next Tuesday with new episodes every week. So strap in, check your oxygen, and prepare for liftoff.

New year. New questions. 🚀 This January, Aspiring Martians is exploring religion on Mars—a topic rarely discussed in space exploration. ☸️ Buddhism (Jan 6) 🕉 Hinduism (Jan 13) ☪️ Islam (Jan 20) ✝️ Christianity (Jan 27) New episodes every Tuesday. 🌌 #Mars #Religion

This week, Joe speaks with Dr. Subhash Kak about Hinduism on Mars — cosmology, deities, Vedanta, and why Hinduism may already be uniquely prepared for a multi-planet future. 🎧 Listen now anywhere you get your podcasts! #AspiringMartians #ReligionOnMars #Mars #Hinduism

The path to the stars is the Moon and Mars

What happens to Islam when Earth is no longer beneath your feet and the Sun keeps a different time? This Tuesday on Aspiring Martians, I talk with Reza Aslan about Islam on Mars: prayer, Ramadan, & how faith adapts when humanity becomes multiplanetary. 🎙️ Episode drops Tuesday

Islam has always traveled with people. Reza Aslan talks with Joe about Islam on Mars: its history, the Five Pillars, prayer in space, Islamic astronomy, and why sci-fi like Dune draws so much from Islamic culture. Out now anywhere you get your podcasts! #Islam #Mars #RezaAslan

Christianity is the world’s largest religion — but what happens when humans live on Mars? In the finale of our Religion on Mars series, Joe talks with physicist & Catholic priest Andrew Pinsent about sacraments, faith, authority, and how Jesus might feel about Mars. 🎧 Out now

We’re launching a brand new series on Aspiring Martians: Inside the Habitat. First stop? The World’s Biggest Analog — a global Mars simulation spanning 16 habitats across 16 countries — with founder Jas Purewal. 🎧 Out now

New episode out today! Mars settlers won’t just need oxygen. They’ll need emotional infrastructure. This week: Artificial companions, AI intimacy, and the loneliness test with Dr. Simon Dubé. 🎧 Listen now anywhere you get your podcasts. #AspiringMartians #Mars

No deserts. No volcanoes. Just a sealed hangar in Poland simulating the Moon and Mars. This month’s #InsideTheHabitat dives into LunAres Research Station — over 40 missions, ESA-linked research, and nearly 300 isolated participants. 🎧 Listen now anywhere you get your podcasts

What if your path to space started with a laptop and curiosity? This week on Aspiring Martians, I talk with citizen scientist, asteroid hunter, and astronaut candidate Benedetta Facini about NASA citizen science, mentoring young explorers, and the long road toward space.

What does it take to spend your life chasing Mars? This week, I talk with Alyssa Carson, aka “Blueberry”, about staying committed to a dream, finding your path into space, and what it really means to become Martian. 🎧 Listen now anywhere you get your podcasts!

We’re planning for Mars… but are we planning for everyone? This week’s Everyday Mars dives into one of the most overlooked realities of spaceflight: menstruation. A conversation with Manju Bangalore on science, stigma, and designing a truly human future in space. Listen now

New photo from Artemis II: absolutely breathtaking. Then 5 seconds later:what are we looking at 😅 Australia? Nope. Africa. The Sahara. “Shouldn’t that be at the top?” In space, there is no up or down. So we removed the clouds to show the true perspective. Enjoy! #NASAEarth

A Mars mission…built from scratch in the desert. This month’s Inside the Habitat takes you to Jordan’s “Valley of the Moon” to explore MENA, a women-led organization redefining space exploration. Chaos, creativity, and a whole lot of ambition. 🎧 Listen now

From Kenya to Mars 🇰🇪🚀 This week, I spoke with Isaac Macharia Gathu about building Mars Society Kenya, analog missions in Africa, and preparing for a future that doesn’t yet exist. It’s about identity, resilience, & what it really means to be ready when your moment comes.

What does space feel like before we ever get there? This week, I’m joined by Cassandra Klos—a photographer and analog astronaut documenting life inside Mars simulations… and now, behind the scenes of Artemis II. A conversation about art, isolation, and the human side of space.

What happens to the Overview Effect when Earth becomes a distant dot? New episode with Frank White exploring how Mars could reshape one of spaceflight’s most powerful human experiences. Listen now anywhere you get your podcasts! #OverviewEffect #AspiringMartians