# Locked Up & Starving: Why These Secret Experiments Prove We're Not Ready for Mars Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrilling-threads-conspiracy-theories-strange-phenomena-true-crime-unsolved-mysteries-etc-6679021/locked-up-starving-why-these-secret-experiments-prove-we-re-not-ready-for-mars Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrilling-threads-conspiracy-theories-strange-phenomena-true-crime-unsolved-mysteries-etc-6679021/locked-up-starving-why-these-secret-experiments-prove-we-re-not-ready-for-mars.md Podcast: [Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrilling-threads-conspiracy-theories-strange-phenomena-true-crime-unsolved-mysteries-etc-6679021) Published: 2026-05-13T15:00:02+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/locked-up-starving-why-these-secret-experiments-prove-we-re-not-ready-for-mars--71972662 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71972662/locked_up_starving_why_these_secret_experiments_prove_we_re_not_ready_for_mars1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thrilling-threads-conspiracy-theories-strange-phenomena-true-crime-unsolved-mysteries-etc-6679021/episodes/locked-up-starving-why-these-secret-experiments-prove-we-re-not-ready-for-mars Duration seconds: 2065 ## Resource 🧠 Broken Minds & Empty Stomachs: The Secret Human Endurance Trials Could you survive a year in a steel box? Or would you let yourself starve for 24 weeks just to help a stranger? In this episode, we dive deep into the clandestine history of two experiments that pushed the Psychology of Confinement and the Metabolic Ceiling to the absolute limit. πŸš€ πŸš€ The Soviet Mars Simulation (1967) Locked inside a cramped, soundproof chamber for 365 days, three menβ€” Andrei Bozhko, Boris Ulibishev, and German Manovtsev β€”learned a terrifying truth: mechanical failure isn't the biggest threat to a Mars mission. It's the mental strain of isolation . We explore the social withdrawal and the "Isolation Epidemic" that threatened to tear their brotherhood apart long before the air ran out. 🍎 The Minnesota Starvation Experiment (1944) While the world was at war, Dr. Ancel Keys was waging a different battle. Using conscientious objectors, he studied the devastating psychological symptoms of starvation . From the birth of "Food Noise" to the total loss of social cohesion , these men literally wasted away to provide the data for modern famine relief history . In this episode, we uncover: ☒️ The Cold War Secrets hidden within the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems in Moscow. πŸ• Why Food Noise isn't just a modern diet trend, but a biological survival mechanism. πŸ“‰ The Metabolic Ceiling and why humans physically collapse after 2.5x BMR. βš–οΈ The History of Medical Ethics : Was the data worth the human cost? Whether you're obsessed with space exploration requirements , true-story intrigue , or the science of human behavior , this episode is a haunting look at what happens when the environment becomes your greatest enemy. ✨ Enjoyed the deep dive? Subscribe to our podcast and leave a review t… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thrilling-threads-conspiracy-theories-strange-phenomena-true-crime-unsolved-mysteries-etc-6679021/episodes/locked-up-starving-why-these-secret-experiments-prove-we-re-not-ready-for-mars/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrilling-threads-conspiracy-theories-strange-phenomena-true-crime-unsolved-mysteries-etc-6679021/locked-up-starving-why-these-secret-experiments-prove-we-re-not-ready-for-mars.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.