CHAIKA is a tale of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future.
Season 1 releases fortnightly April-July 2022.
Find out more https://y2kpod.com/chaika/
2089. Earth is silent. Chaika leaves the moonbase where she was born in search of… someone… anyone. Is she the only human left?
CHAIKA is a tale of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future.
Chaika is written, produced, directed and narrated by Karin Heimdahl (she/her) https://twitter.com/karinheim.
Cast:
- Chaika - Danyelle Ellet (she/her) https://goodpointepodcasts.com/
- Valen - Angelique Lazarus (she/her) https://angeliquevoices.com/
- HYGGE - Charlotte Norup (she/her) https://twitter.com/Charlotte_Norup
- LEQU - Sam Yeow (she/her) https://www.samyeow.com/
- TROST - Kessi Riliniki (it/she) https://trilunis.com/cast-and-crew/kessi
Chaika's theme is by Chris Gregory, please check out his audio fiction anthology podcast, Alternative Stories and Fake Realities https://alternativestories.com/the-alternative-stories-and-fake-realities-podcast/ and new sci-fi show The Dex Legacy https://www.thedexlegacy.com/
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Chaika is a Y2K Production. You can support us on Patreon at patreon.com/y2kpod from as little as 1 US dollar a month and get bonus content as well as early access to every episode.
Please note that Chaika is created for an adult audience and features depictions of emotional distress.
TRAILER TRANSCRIPT
(Music – Chaika’s theme by Chris Gregory)
VALEN
This is Valen Solarin, engineering lead lunar mining. Seeking urgent status update on… well, earth.
NARRATOR
Chaika. A science fiction audio drama.
(beat)
CHAIKA
Nothing has been heard from the Mars colony since before Earth went silent. Maybe… Maybe they all died too. And all I will find is their bones. I could be the last. The last human. (beat) I cannot stay. (calls) TROST?
(TROST entry beep)
TROST
Chaika.
CHAIKA
Could you… Um, could you prepare the shuttle?
TROST
Affirmative. Long or short range journey?
CHAIKA
Oh, long. Very long.
(Footsteps, spaceship doors opening, HYGGE entry beep)
HYGGE
(in Danish) Velkommen. [Welcome] I am HYGGE. How may I have the pleasure of addressing you?
CHAIKA
It’s Chaika.
HYGGE
Chaika. Russian for seagull. Call sign of Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. The first Earth woman-
CHAIKA
-in space. Yes. My… my mother gave me that name.
(beat)
(LEQU entry pop)
LEQU
Probably time you got to know some non-human people.
CHAIKA: Oh, you mean like you?
LEQU: Yes, I am a delightful acquaintance.
CHAIKA: I… Yes, I am sure you are.
(beat)
HYGGE: You frightened her.
LEQU: Ah, she’ll get over it. (beat) She has other things on her mind.
NARRATOR
Chaika. For more information, please visit y2kpod.com/chaika, that’s C H A I K A.
VALEN: Repeat, priority communication to moonbase- (breath) Get back to me and tell me this is just a glitch, all right? Please.
(Fade out)
℗ 2022 Karin Heimdahl