Episode 9: Our guests are darkly lodged

Chaika wakes up in confusion and pain. What happened to her ship? Where are her friends? And why does no-one believe her?

This is the first episode of season 2. The remaining 7 episodes of the season will release fortnightly.

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 features scenes depicting imprisonment and non-gory medical treatment.

CHAIKA is a multi award-winning dystopian sci-fi drama of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future.

Featured trailers:

• Newsletter: Fiction Podcast Weekly https://www.thepodcasthost.com/fictionpodcastweekly/
• Sci-fi audio drama: The Madness of Chartrulean https://www.chartrulean.com/.

Chaika is written, produced, directed and narrated by Karin Heimdahl (she/her) https://podvibes.co/@karinheim

Cast: 

• Chaika - Danyelle Ellet (she/her) https://goodpointepodcasts.com/
• Second - Hem Brewster (any pronouns) https://www.theluckydie.com/
• Commander - Emma Laslett (she/they) https://twitter.com/Houseofhubris
• UYUT - Roma Garustovich (he/him) http://www.roma-garustovich.com/
• HYGGE - Charlotte Norup (she/her) https://twitter.com/Charlotte_Norup
• LEQU - Sam Yeow (she/her) https://www.samyeow.com/
• COMODO - Alexandre Laguna (he/him) https://www.instagram.com/lagunalexandre/

Chaika's award-winning 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. Thank you so much!

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

Additional music:

Interloper by Kevin MacLeod

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3919-interloper

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

Long note One by Kevin MacLeod

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one

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

Hitman by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3880-hitman

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

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Bittersweet by Kevin MacLeod

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3440-bittersweet

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

Implosions On The Ground by Micah Dahl Anderson from ArchesAudio.com

Sound effects are either created by us, contributed by the amazing Maddy Searle https://snazzytapir.com/, or from https://freesound.org/