Caucus: After The Fall

America in 2025. Yikes! In this bonus episode, Caucus: After The Fall creator Teja Arboleda interviews his good friend and talented musician, soundscaper and theater/podcast/film scorer Arshan Gailus , and what they’re working on in the midst of a chaotic and divisive USA. Arshan is the creative genius behind the sound effects, music and audio expressions throughout every episode. Arshan's we...

Written 22 years ago, this story and podcast is coming true in America in 2025. In this bonus episode, Caucus: After The Fall creator Teja Arboleda interviews his good friends and talented actors/actresses, Ian Lyons, Michelle Aguillon, Naheem Garcia and Rena Maliszewski. They talked about: The process of getting into character for unscripted, documentary-style, improv roles; How the current socia...

Written 22 years ago, this story and podcast is coming true in America in 2025. Yikes! In this bonus episode, Caucus: After The Fall creator Teja Arboleda who plays "The Producer", interviews his good friend and talented actress, Celeste Oliva , who plays Amihan Bekele, Chief of Hapa Resource district. They share stories about being mixed-race, the problem with 'othering', and...

This is a post-Season One Bonus Episode. Each bonus episode covers three things: The process of getting into character and performing in an unscripted, documentary-style, ad-lib/improv setting. How the current frightening political situation in the United States is affecting the performer, and how the podcast story and the character they played mimic the 2025 social struggle in America. What the a...

The Producer (Teja Arboleda) returns home to La Mura, the mixed-race tribe to report his finding to Lt. General Chimere Rashid (Shahjehan Khan). The Lt. General had branded The Producer a traitor, but after they share what they had learned in the Producer’s absence, the collected facts and evidence reveal the most insidious, egregious and horrific truths about The Race War, The Variant, UDAP, and...

Chief Akane Ashikaga (Michelle Aguillon) of the Hawaii faction of Satogae, the two Asian breakaway contingencies, shares with The Producer (Teja Arboleda), the horrors of The Great Separation. Will Akane’s predictions about the coming war prior to creating Satogae give The Producer enough information to find Tahmo and Semha, and uncover the secrets of the giant burial grounds? Caucus: After The Fa...

Getting closer to the answers he’s desperate for, The Producer (Teja Arboleda) arrives at Hapa Resource, the mixed-race district. Here, he must convince Chief Amihan Bekele (Celeste Oliva) that the war has ended, and UDAP’s relentless military is nowhere to be found. In turn, Chief Bekele reveals to him some shocking, inside information about The Variant. Caucus: After The Fall is a 9-part, futuri...

Chief Ricardo Gutierrez (Naheem Garcia) of Dorado, the Hispanic district, challenges The Producer (Teja Arboleda) to consider how the former President destroyed Dorado’s capabilities as the Energy Hub, leaving a vast majority of the ESLO as toxic and uninhabitable; how the for President’s hobbling of the media escalated the spread of The Variant; and how The Variant may have been used as an cataly...

In Homeland, the Native American district, Chief Winona Red Feather (Rena Maliszewski) reveals to The Producer (Teja Arboleda) how rare earth materials create toxic environments, what usage the Northern Imperial might have with these chemicals, and how this may all be related to the hundreds of thousands of missing soldiers. Caucus: After The Fall is a 9-part, futuristic and apocalyptic audio podc...

The Producer (Teja Arboleda) arrives at the Black district, Southern Dominion. He needs Chief Rose Jacobs (Jackie Davis) to reveal what she knows about Semha, and what information Semha shared about the Northern Imperial, UDAP and the Restricted Zone.  Caucus: After The Fall is a 9-part, futuristic and apocalyptic audio podcast series that poses the question - what would happen if the United State...

In the Restricted Zone, the Producer (Teja Arboleda) meets with William Deschenes (Ian Lyons), a defector from the Caucasian district, Northern Imperial. He needs William to reveal the weak points of UDAP, certain secrets of Northern Imperial, and details on Esperanza. Caucus: After The Fall is a 9-part, futuristic and apocalyptic audio podcast series that poses the question - what would happen if...

The Producer (Teja Arboleda) arrives at Shin Jiya, the Asian district, to meet with Chief Lingyun Chen (Michael Tow). It is believed that tens of thousands of non-Whites were smuggled through Shin Jiya, then deposited in the Northern Imperial, the White district, to work as indentured servants. If the Chief can confirm this, it would be a good start to finding several very important people - the p...

Embarking on a quest to reveal the truth about the Variant and the Race War, a lone producer (Teja Arboleda) reflects on his motivation for venturing across the perilous divide of the Restricted Zone. Caucus: After The Fall is a 9-part, futuristic and apocalyptic audio podcast series that poses the question - what would happen if the United States was divided into race districts? Each episode feat...

Some podcast players are taking longer to go live. If you don't see the icon for your favorite player, click on the blue "play" button to listen! This brief trailer introduces the podcast series, which premieres on Friday, September 20, 2024. The Producer reveals what his mission and challenges are.  Caucus: After The Fall is a Sci-Fi, dramatic, fictional audio podcast series, &quot...