Chaika

Introducing Patreon-exclusive series Chaika: Dust Storm - this is episode 4 of 7. Dust Storm is a micro fiction series bridging seasons 1 and 2 of Chaika. The story takes place on Mars and focuses on the Mars commander, her second in command and the base operations AI.

To enjoy the entire series, you can join our Patreon at eligible tiers, or make a one-time purchase of US$ 12. For more information, please check out our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/y2kpod  or https://y2kpod.com/chaikads/.

Chaika: Dust Storm is written, directed and narrated by Karin Heimdahl (she/her) https://twitter.com/karinheim.

Sound design by Maddy Searle (she/her) https://snazzytapir.com/.

Cast: 

• COMMANDER - Emma Laslett (she/they) https://twitter.com/Waruce
• SECOND - Hem Cleveland (any pronouns) https://www.theluckydie.com/
• UYUT - Roma Garustovich (he/him) http://www.roma-garustovich.com/

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 sci-fi show The Dex Legacy https://www.thedexlegacy.com/

Transcripts https://y2kpod.com/chaika-transcripts/

CHAIKA is a tale of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future. Season 2 is in production and will release during 2023.

Chaika is a Y2K Production. You can support us on Patreon from as little as 1 US dollar a month and get bonus content as well as early access to every episode. If you like the show, please also tell your friends about Chaika, talk us up on social media using #chaikapod or rate and review the show in your favourite podcatcher.

Looking for merch? We have it! Check out https://y2kpod.com/about/merch/

For more information please visit https://y2kpod.com/chaika/ You can also find us on twitter, instagram and facebook @chaikapod,or e-mail us at [email protected]

Poem of the day is The Year by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Chaika season 1 is complete. We are hard at work on season 2, which will release in 2023. During the hiatus we will release a bonus Poem of the Day at the end of every month.

CHAIKA is a tale of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future. https://y2kpod.com/chaika/

Chaika: Poem of the Day is produced and narrated by Karin Heimdahl (she/her) https://twitter.com/karinheim.

You also hear HYGGE, voiced by Charlotte Norup (she/her) https://twitter.com/Charlotte_Norup

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 sci-fi show The Dex Legacy https://www.thedexlegacy.com/

Transcripts https://y2kpod.com/chaika-transcripts/

Chaika is a Y2K Production. You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/y2kpod from as little as 1 US dollar a month and get bonus content as well as early access to every episode. If you like the show, please also tell your friends about Chaika, talk us up on social media using #chaikapod or rate and review the show in your favourite podcatcher.

Looking for merch? We have it! Check out https://y2kpod.com/about/merch/

You can find us on twitter, instagram and facebook @chaikapod,or e-mail us at [email protected]

Additional music:

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Sound effects are either created by us, or from https://freesound.org/

Poem of the day is I Measure Every Grief I Meet by Emily Dickinson.

Please vote for Chaika in the Audioverse Awards! Voting is open until December 5 https://audioverseawards.net/vote/

Chaika season 1 is complete. We are hard at work on season 2, which will release in 2023. During the hiatus we will release a bonus Poem of the Day at the end of every month.

CHAIKA is a tale of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future. https://y2kpod.com/chaika/

Chaika: Poem of the Day is produced and narrated by Karin Heimdahl (she/her) https://twitter.com/karinheim.

You also hear HYGGE, voiced by Charlotte Norup (she/her) https://twitter.com/Charlotte_Norup

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 sci-fi show The Dex Legacy https://www.thedexlegacy.com/

Transcripts https://y2kpod.com/chaika-transcripts/

Chaika is a Y2K Production. You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/y2kpod from as little as 1 US dollar a month and get bonus content as well as early access to every episode. If you like the show, please also tell your friends about Chaika, talk us up on social media using #chaikapod or rate and review the show in your favourite podcatcher.

Looking for merch? We have it! Check out https://y2kpod.com/about/merch/

You can find us on twitter, instagram and facebook @chaikapod,or e-mail us at [email protected]

Additional music:

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Sound effects are either created by us, or from https://freesound.org/

Poem of the day is Sonnet 71 by William Shakespeare.

Chaika season 1 is complete. We are hard at work on season 2, which will release in 2023. During the hiatus we will release a bonus Poem of the Day at the end of every month.

CHAIKA is a tale of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future. https://y2kpod.com/chaika/

Chaika: Poem of the Day is produced and narrated by Karin Heimdahl (she/her) https://twitter.com/karinheim.

You also hear HYGGE, voiced by Charlotte Norup (she/her) https://twitter.com/Charlotte_Norup

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 sci-fi show The Dex Legacy https://www.thedexlegacy.com/

Transcripts https://y2kpod.com/chaika-transcripts/

Chaika is a Y2K Production. You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/y2kpod from as little as 1 US dollar a month and get bonus content as well as early access to every episode. If you like the show, please also tell your friends about Chaika, talk us up on social media using #chaikapod or rate and review the show in your favourite podcatcher.

Looking for merch? We have it! Check out https://y2kpod.com/about/merch/

You can find us on twitter, instagram and facebook @chaikapod,or e-mail us at [email protected]

Additional music:

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Sound effects are either created by us, or from https://freesound.org/

Poem of the day is Life by Charlotte Brontë.

Chaika season 1 is complete. We are hard at work on season 2, which will release in 2023. During the hiatus we will release a bonus Poem of the Day at the end of every month.

CHAIKA is a tale of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future. https://y2kpod.com/chaika/

Chaika: Poem of the Day is produced and narrated by Karin Heimdahl (she/her) https://twitter.com/karinheim.

You also hear HYGGE, voiced by Charlotte Norup (she/her) https://twitter.com/Charlotte_Norup

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 sci-fi show The Dex Legacy https://www.thedexlegacy.com/

Transcripts https://y2kpod.com/chaika-transcripts/

Chaika is a Y2K Production. You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/y2kpod from as little as 1 US dollar a month and get bonus content as well as early access to every episode. If you like the show, please also tell your friends about Chaika, talk us up on social media using #chaikapod or rate and review the show in your favourite podcatcher.

Looking for merch? We have it! Check out https://y2kpod.com/about/merch/

You can find us on twitter, instagram and facebook @chaikapod,or e-mail us at [email protected]

Additional music:

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Sound effects are either created by us, or from https://freesound.org/

Poem of the day is Departure by Edna St Vincent Millay.

Chaika season 1 is complete. We are hard at work on season 2, which will release in 2023. During the hiatus we will release a bonus Poem of the Day at the end of every month.

CHAIKA is a tale of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future. https://y2kpod.com/chaika/

Chaika: Poem of the Day is produced and narrated by Karin Heimdahl (she/her) https://twitter.com/karinheim.

You also hear HYGGE, voiced by Charlotte Norup (she/her) https://twitter.com/Charlotte_Norup

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 sci-fi show The Dex Legacy https://www.thedexlegacy.com/

Transcripts https://y2kpod.com/chaika-transcripts/

Chaika is a Y2K Production. You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/y2kpod from as little as 1 US dollar a month and get bonus content as well as early access to every episode. If you like the show, please also tell your friends about Chaika, talk us up on social media using #chaikapod or rate and review the show in your favourite podcatcher.

Looking for merch? We have it! Check out https://y2kpod.com/about/merch/

You can find us on twitter, instagram and facebook @chaikapod,or e-mail us at [email protected]

Additional music:

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Sound effects are either created by us, or from https://freesound.org/

Restarting, connecting and the end of a journey.

This is the season 1 finale. Season 2 is in pre-production, and will release in 2023.

Want more Chaika? Check out our bonus series Chaika: Dust Storm, available on Patreon and as a one-time purchase. This micro fiction series bridges seasons 1 and 2. For more information, please check out our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/y2kpod or https://y2kpod.com/chaikads/.

***CONTENT WARNING** Please note that Chaika is created for an adult audience and features depictions of emotional distress. This episode has no further content warnings.

CHAIKA is a tale of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future.

Featured trailer:

The Book of Constellations. A down-to-Earth sci-fi road trip, http://alienghostrobot.com/the-book-of-constellations.html

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 - Kessir Riliniki (it/she) https://trilunis.com/cast-and-crew/
• SECOND - Hem Cleveland (any pronouns) https://www.theluckydie.com/
• COMMANDER - Emma Laslett (she/they) https://twitter.com/Waruce
• UYUT - Roma Garustovich (he/him) http://www.roma-garustovich.com/

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 sci-fi show The Dex Legacy https://www.thedexlegacy.com/

Transcripts https://y2kpod.com/chaika-transcripts/

Chaika is a Y2K Production. You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/y2kpod from as little as 1 US dollar a month and get bonus content as well as early access to every episode. If you like the show, please also tell your friends about Chaika, talk us up on social media using #chaikapod or rate and review the show in your favourite podcatcher.

Looking for merch? We have it! Check out https://y2kpod.com/about/merch/

For more information please visit https://y2kpod.com/chaika/ You can also find us on twitter, instagram and facebook @chaikapod,or e-mail us at [email protected]

Additional music:

Classic Horror 3 by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3513-classic-horror-3

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3678-dreams-become-real

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Gathering Darkness by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3798-gathering-darkness

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Day of Chaos by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3620-day-of-chaos

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Strange Worlds part 1 and 2 by Leslie Reid

License through purchase

Floating Cities by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3765-floating-cities

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

The Dread by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4491-the-dread

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

New Direction by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4120-new-direction

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Inspired by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Sound effects are either created by us, or from https://freesound.org/

There is a game, a ceremony, and a surprise.

***CONTENT WARNING** Please note that Chaika is created for an adult audience and features depictions of emotional distress. This episode contains planning a funeral 5.29 to 7.35. a psychology evaluation with mention of post partum depression, body image, suicidal ideation, a child in peril and traumatic loss 7.58 to 12.39 as well as a funeral 14.38 to 16.27.

CHAIKA is a tale of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future.

Featured trailers:

The Pasithea Powder. An epistolary sci-fi thriller, a space opera, a postwar reckoning, and a love story. Season 3 launching now! https://www.pasitheapowder.com/

The Attic Monologues. A queer urban fantasy/horror podcast following uni students Nyx Ryland & Bella Crow. https://www.planarprod.com/the-attic-monologues

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/

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 sci-fi show The Dex Legacy https://www.thedexlegacy.com/

Transcripts https://y2kpod.com/chaika-transcripts/

Chaika is a Y2K Production. You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/y2kpod from as little as 1 US dollar a month and get bonus content as well as early access to every episode. If you like the show, please also tell your friends about Chaika, talk us up on social media using #chaikapod or rate and review the show in your favourite podcatcher.

Looking for merch? We have it! Check out https://y2kpod.com/about/merch/

For more information please visit https://y2kpod.com/chaika/ You can also find us on twitter, instagram and facebook @chaikapod,or e-mail us at [email protected]

Additional music:

Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3678-dreams-become-real 

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

New Direction by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4120-new-direction 

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking 

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Classic Horror 3 by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3513-classic-horror-3 

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Sound effects are either created by us, or from https://freesound.org/

℗ 2022 Karin Heimdahl

There's a movie night on Eventyr, and on the moon, Valen talks procreation.  

CHAIKA is a tale of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future.

***CONTENT WARNING** Please note that Chaika is created for an adult audience and features depictions of emotional distress. In Valen's personal log at the end of this episode there is mention of the process of solo pregnancy, and traumatic childbirth is alluded to but not elaborated upon.

Featured trailers:

Copperheart. A sci-fi thriller following the story of one of America’s “Reconstruction Bunkers,” an enormous underground facility housing thousands of people all working together toward the day they can return to the surface following a global nuclear mishap. http://riggstories.com/copperheart

Y2K. Our sister show Y2K is a completed slice of life drama in 66 episodes telling a tale of love, identity and friendship across oceans and decades. Ina Fischer - heard in a brief cameo in this episode - is one of the protagonists. https://y2kpod.com/about/

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 - Kessir Riliniki (it/she) https://trilunis.com/cast-and-crew/
• INA FISCHER - Janis Westin (she/her) [email protected]

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/

Transcripts https://y2kpod.com/chaika-transcripts/

Chaika is a Y2K Production. You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/y2kpod from as little as 1 US dollar a month and get bonus content as well as early access to every episode. If you like the show, please also tell your friends about Chaika, talk us up on social media using #chaikapod or rate and review the show in your favourite podcatcher.

Looking for merch? We have it! Check out https://y2kpod.com/about/merch/

For more information please visit https://y2kpod.com/chaika/ You can also find us on twitter, instagram and facebook @chaikapod,or e-mail us at [email protected]

Additional music:

New Direction by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4120-new-direction

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Stages of Grief by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4412-stages-of-grief

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3678-dreams-become-real

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Come Play with Me by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3526-come-play-with-me

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Sound effects are either created by us, or from https://freesound.org/

℗ 2022 Karin Heimdahl

TROST makes Valen a promise, and Chaika expresses her feelings. 

CHAIKA is a tale of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future.

***CONTENT WARNING** Please note that Chaika is created for an adult audience and features depictions of emotional distress. This episode has consistent themes of grief and loss, and features someone about to die conveying their final words from 1.02 until 7.39 as well as a moderate panic attack from 16.53 to 18.20..

Featured trailers:

A Ninth World Journal. Set one billion years in the future… it’s the story of Januae, a man who randomly teleports to strange and dangerous places with no way of controlling it. https://ninthworldjournal.com/

Roguemaker. When a far-future commercial spaceflight ends in disaster, the survivors are left floating in escape pods. What happened to their flight? And…where are they going now? https://roguemaker.space/

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 - Kessir Riliniki (it/she) https://trilunis.com/cast-and-crew/

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/

Transcripts https://y2kpod.com/chaika-transcripts/

Chaika is a Y2K Production. You can support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/y2kpod from as little as 1 US dollar a month and get bonus content as well as early access to every episode. If you like the show, please also tell your friends about Chaika, talk us up on social media using #chaikapod or rate and review the show in your favourite podcatcher.

Looking for merch? We have it! Check out https://y2kpod.com/about/merch/

For more information please visit https://y2kpod.com/chaika/ You can also find us on twitter, instagram and facebook @chaikapod,or e-mail us at [email protected]

Additional music:

Very Low Note by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4581-very-low-note 

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking 

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Anxiety by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3374-anxiety 

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3678-dreams-become-real 

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Sound effects are either created by us, or from https://freesound.org/

℗ 2022 Karin Heimdahl