Chaika season 1 is complete, with a prologue and 8 episodes.
In between seasons we release a bonus Poem of the Day at the end of every month.
Season 2 will release in 2023.
Transcripts are available here.
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Poem of the Day: The Mask of Anarchy by Percy Bysshe Shelley – Chaika
Poem of the day is an extract from The Mask of Anarchy by Percy Bysshe Shelley.Chaika season 1 is complete. We are hard at work on season 2, which will release in 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_NorupChaika'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 chaikapod@gmail.comAdditional music:Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreakingLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Sound effects are either created by us, or from https://freesound.org/
- Poem of the Day: The Mask of Anarchy by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Poem of the Day: Protest by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Poem of the Day: Idem the Same by Gertrude Stein
- SPECIAL: Chaika Dust Storm
- Poem of the Day: The Year by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Poem of the Day: I Measure Every Grief I Meet by Emily Dickinson
- Poem of the Day: Sonnet 71 by William Shakespeare
- Poem of the Day: Life by Charlotte Brontë
- Poem of the Day: Departure by Edna St Vincent Millay
- Episode 8: Hope is the thing with feathers
Episodes in listening order
Transcript HERE