Executive produced by Chip and Joanna Gaines, the reality series Back to the Frontier, from the Magnolia Network, which recently premiered on HBO Max, follows three American families as they leave behind every modern convenience to spend eight weeks living as 1880s homesteaders. The families are stripped of modern technology, electricity, running water, and contemporary tools and left to face the daily hardships of frontier life, which includes repairing shelters, raising livestock, growing and gathering food, and rationing their resources. While guided by historical experts, the series tests their resilience and adaptability while trying to survive in the authentic frontier lifestyle of the 1880s.

Stacey and Joaquin Loper, who took part in the series along with their two children, Maddox and Landen, and Joaquin’s mother, Shirley, recently spoke with SciFi Vision about learning to live without modern conveniences on Back to the Frontier.

Watch the interview below.