CHAIKA is a multi award-winning dystopian sci-fi drama of loss, isolation and hope, about a woman navigating a post-apocalyptic future.
The idea for the story came from a series of questions: Who will be the first woman on the moon? Why do practically all AI speak with native English accents? And what would it be like if you were alone on the moon and all of earth was silent?
Note: This podcast has not ended yet and will get at least one more season
writing this mostly to give myself an excuse to infodump gleb's russian teammates on yall (and also cry about them not announcing their preseason games yet)
this is NOT a full roster, just some players I recognize and know at least *something* about, you can find the actual one here, and if you want to watch the old games you can find them on JHL's official website here or on their YT channel here. Gleb's team is called Чайка. the height/weight info is from Chaika's official website and not checked against other sources because I don't trust JHL's website
okay so. I've shown my fave of all Chaika's faves already:
Marat Sabitov aka Mara aka Sabi, #74, goaltender, 28.03.2008, 180 cm/78 kg
Described as 'smart' by his teammates, a cutie, smol but he's *good* good; I wonder if his height is the reason why he didn't get drafted bc frankly LA Kings choosing their other goalie on draft makes no sense. Anyway. Mara is an elf.
Viktor Fyodorov aka Vitya (diminutive of Viktor), #41, center, 21.02.2008, 180 c m/80 kg, drafted this year by Seattle Kraken in the 4th round/#99 overall
Smart center, very polite off ice but not afraid of playing rough. There is a short interview with him and with Gleb filmed during the Milstein's combine, and it's fun to see how different Vitya's and Gleb's attitudes are. Gleb's all like 'sure i will be upset if I am not drafted in the first round but like, for an hour or so' while Vitya goes 'oh no it's not important if it's the first round or not, the more important thing is that I get drafted by a good team'. a fun player to watch!
Yan Melnikov, #75, winger, 16.09.2007, 176 cm/80 kg, somehow undrafted
So. Pretty. Also capable of finishing off a lot of episodes, winning goals etc. But also. Pretty. I think he was at the combine this year, too?
A porcelain doll who is also from my region so I am unreasonably fond of him. (He's from the same town that gave the world Alexander Radulov. Just the dichotomy of Nizhny Tagil men I guess)
(these are from two separate games on two different days.)
he's like. pretty and creepy at the same time???
and last but not least, a rising star who i'm certain will get drafted pretty high when he's eligible,
Sergei Skvortsov, #9, left winger, 11.03.2009, 183 cm / 70 kg
SO SO SO TALENTED, like he's considered to be one of the best players of his year. This year in the playins he got 4 goals in one game and then landed a hat trick in another playoffs game, so the guy is GOOD good. I listened to his interview recently, loved it.
There are others but the list is quite long already so.
It’s Audio Drama Sunday and I am on vacation, which ironically means I am not at all caught up on podcasts. What a blessing, to have the stories in my ears for work to make that work pleasant and to have rest that is actually restful. But let’s talk about the episodes that I actually got around to!
🐏 What kind of romance novel day is ya boi Isaac having in @landsendpod??? I love this guy. What a good counterpoint to the Shepherd, and finally a hint of answered questions about what’s going on with the sheep. And, evidently, the Shepherd himself as well. Whether or not Isaac is right remains to be seen—whether or not his spirit of scientific inquiry will lead into a Jurassic Park situation is something I’m VERY interested to find out.
🗝️ I am a huge fan of everything Jesse Hall makes because I love stories that are inextricable from their setting. Even when Tales of THATTOWN did forays into sci-fi and dystopia, it felt true and real and grounded in a way that I feel is rare in fiction in general. There’s so much more you can do in a fiction podcast too, and Hall takes as much advantage as he can. All that said, his new show, @lockboxpod, does not disappoint. The framing device is strange and surreal in a way that I’m really tickled by, and the story itself, which at first presents itself as a fairly simple premise, zig-zags into a small-town horror of corruption and bigotry. I’m really looking forward to the next installment.
🌕 This week I started listening to Chaika! I’d heard good things, and though I’m only a few episodes in, but I’m finding this story of isolation and synthetic friendship really engaging. If you’re a fan of Girl In Space, this is along similar lines with a very different mystery. Whether or not the bad guy is capitalism remains to be seen.
Listen. I know this isn’t comprehensive. There’s new Kakos Industries and Night Vale and Travelling Light. The Deca Tapes started their second season. Don’t even get me started on Malevolent. The Last Dance is staring me down Kubrick-style. But I’ll catch up when I can, because this vacation must not be wasted. See you next week!
