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Chaika

Chaika

Karin Heimdahl

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

2069. Valen is the first woman on the moon. No fanfare though, just an engineer doing her job. She likes her work, and her posting, but sometimes it gets lonely.

2089. Earth is silent. Chaika leaves the moonbase where she was born in search of... someone... anyone. Is she the only human left?

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Chaika - Episode 1: My mind was going numb
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04/22/22 • 32 min

Eventyr departs the moon, and Chaika gets to know AIs HYGGE and LEQU.

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 also features strong themes of isolation, as Chaika wonders if she is the last human, as well as hints of suicidal ideation in the poem of the day.

Featured trailers:

The Dex Legacy. A full-cast sci-fi audio drama about humanity's distant future. https://www.thedexlegacy.com/

Once in a Lifetime - A Musical Covid Love Story. About what happens when that perfect person shows up at a less-than-perfect time. https://www.linco.media/

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

Cast:

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 (listen to the trailer in this episode!)

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]

Other music:

Day of Chaos by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Sikton Ragnue by Micah Dahl Anderson from ArchesAudio.com

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

Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Hitman by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two

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

New Direction by Kevin MacLeod

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Chaika - Episode 2: Drying inward from the edge
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05/06/22 • 25 min

Chaika finds some common ground with LEQU and HYGGE, and Valen has a very odd psych eval.

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 no further content warnings.

Featured trailers:

The Pilgrimage Saga. An audio drama about five humans and an AI looking for home. https://thepilgrimagesaga.wordpress.com/

Seren. A sci-fi fiction podcast about Seren, who is sent away from her home on a mission to terraform a new planet. https://serenpodcast.carrd.co/

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

Cast:

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]

Other 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

Cells Dividing by Matt Weidauer from ArchesAudio.com

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

℗ 2022 Karin Heimdahl

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Chaika - Trailer S1: I could be the last
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01/07/22 • 2 min

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'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/

Please follow us on social media!

Twitter https://twitter.com/chaikapod

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chaikapod/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/chaikapod/

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

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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/

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Valen tries to negotiate with the universe, Chaika has existential dread, while HYGGE and LEQU know more than they let on.

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 deals with grief and the loss of a parent, particularly in Chaika's personal log.

Featured trailers:

The Lucky Die. A 5e D&D Actual Play Podcast focusing on four heavily flawed characters as they try to stop the apocalypse. https://www.theluckydie.com/

Four Top Threes. Four friends from four countries give their top threes on various subjects. https://twitter.com/FourTopThrees

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

Cast:

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]

Other music:

Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two

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

Ether Vox by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7014-ether-vox

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

Implosions On The Ground by Micah Dahl Anderson from https://archesaudio.com/

New Direction by Kevin MacLeod

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Chaika - Prologue: We breathe, briefly
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04/08/22 • 11 min

Valen sends a message into the void, and Chaika's journey begins.

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 no further content warnings.

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

Cast:

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.

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]

Other music:

Peace of Mind by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4199-peace-of-mind

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

Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Sikton Ragnue by Micah Dahl Anderson from ArchesAudio.com

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

℗ 2022 Karin Heimdahl

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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/

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Poem of the day is Stanzas by Emily Brontë.

Please stay around until the end to hear a clip from season 2, which will start releasing October 20, 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/.

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.

Cast:

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.

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

Interloper by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

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

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Poem of the day is From the Stone Age by Alice Corbin Henderson.

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

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/.

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 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.

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/

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Chaika - Episode 9: Our guests are darkly lodged
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10/20/23 • 27 min

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:

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

Cast:

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!

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 (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

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How many episodes does Chaika have?

Chaika currently has 36 episodes available.

What topics does Chaika cover?

The podcast is about Fiction, Drama, Podcasts and Science Fiction.

What is the most popular episode on Chaika?

The episode title 'Episode 1: My mind was going numb' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Chaika?

The average episode length on Chaika is 15 minutes.

How often are episodes of Chaika released?

Episodes of Chaika are typically released every 14 days.

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The first episode of Chaika was released on Jan 7, 2022.

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