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 website https://theaterdesign.arshangailus.com
Instagram: #arshangailus
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 features the leader of a different "race" district, uncovering the secrets and lies through the experiences each leader has had before the race districts were created.
All links to the Podcast: linktr.ee/caucuspodcast
Subscribe for updates here: http://eepurl.com/iXycDE
Available on all Podcast services. 
Caucus: After the Fall stars:
Michael Tow as Chief Lingyun Chen 
Ian Lyons as William Deschenes  
Jackie Davis as Chief Rose Jacobs
Rena Maliszewski as Chief Winona Red Feather
Naheem Garcia as Chief Ricardo Gutierrez
Celeste Oliva as Chief Amihan Bekele
Michelle Aguillon Chief Akane Ashikaga
Shahjehan Khan as Lieutenant General Chimere Rashid
And Teja Arboleda as The Producer 
With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson Arboleda
Production Team
Created and Written by Teja Arboleda
Script Advisor, Barbara Wilson Arboleda
Directed and Executive Produced by Teja Arboleda
Co-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson Arboleda
Original music and soundscaping by Arshan Gailus
Edited by Teja Arboleda
Casting Director, Michael Tow
Development Director, Dan Watanabe
Marketing Coordinator, Katie Arboleda
Special thanks to Desiree Cooper
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA MicroPod agreement. Caucus: After The Fall is an Entertaining Diversity production, in partnership with Tow-Arboleda Films. Caucus: After The Fall was developed from the original story and screenplay, Caucus, by Teja Arboleda.
All characters and other entities appearing in this work (Caucus & Caucus: After The Fall) are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, dead or alive, or other real-life entities, past, present and future, is purely coincidental.
For more information, go to www.Entertaining Diversity.com
Podcast direct page: https://entertainingdiversity.com/caucus-after-the-fall
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For all things Caucus Podcast: www.linktr.ee/caucuspodcast

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 social/political situation in the USA is affecting them; And their current creative projects.
Ian Lyons: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1796676
Michelle Aguillon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-m-aguillon-21650b9
Naheem Garcia: http://imdb.com/name/nm3608877
Rena Maliszewski: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2728453
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 features the leader of a different "race" district, uncovering the secrets and lies through the experiences each leader has had before the race districts were created.
All links to the Podcast: linktr.ee/caucuspodcast
Subscribe for updates here: http://eepurl.com/iXycDE
Available on all Podcast services. 
Caucus: After the Fall stars:
Michael Tow
Ian Lyons 
Jackie Davis 
Rena Maliszewski 
Naheem Garcia 
Celeste Oliva 
Michelle Aguillon 
Shahjehan Khan 
And Teja Arboleda 
With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson Arboleda
Production Team
Created and Written by Teja Arboleda
Script Advisor, Barbara Wilson Arboleda
Directed and Executive Produced by Teja Arboleda
Co-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson Arboleda
Original music and soundscaping by Arshan Gailus
Edited by Teja Arboleda
Casting Director, Michael Tow
Development Director, Dan Watanabe
Marketing Coordinator, Katie Arboleda
Special thanks to Desiree Cooper
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA MicroPod agreement. Caucus: After The Fall is an Entertaining Diversity production, in partnership with Tow-Arboleda Films. Caucus: After The Fall was developed from the original story and screenplay, Caucus, by Teja Arboleda.
All characters and other entities appearing in this work (Caucus & Caucus: After The Fall) are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, dead or alive, or other real-life entities, past, present and future, is purely coincidental.

Podcast direct page: https://entertainingdiversity.com/caucus-after-the-fall
For all things Caucus Podcast: www.linktr.ee/caucuspodcast

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 the creative process in the midst of a chaotic and divisive USA.
Each bonus episode covers three things: The process of getting into character for an unscripted, documentary-style, improv setting; How the current situation in the USA is affecting the performer; What the actor/performer is working on today - TV shows, stage, etc.
Celeste's IMDB page
Instagram: #actingcelested
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 features the leader of a different "race" district, uncovering the secrets and lies through the experiences each leader has had before the race districts were created.
All links to the Podcast: linktr.ee/caucuspodcast
Subscribe for updates here: http://eepurl.com/iXycDE
Available on all Podcast services. 
Starring:
Michael Tow as Chief Lingyun Chen 
Ian Lyons as William Deschenes  
Jackie Davis as Chief Rose Jacobs
Rena Maliszewski as Chief Winona Red Feather
Naheem Garcia as Chief Ricardo Gutierrez
Celeste Oliva as Chief Amihan Bekele
Michelle Aguillon Chief Akane Ashikaga
Shahjehan Khan as Lieutenant General Chimere Rashid
And Teja Arboleda as The Producer 
With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson Arboleda
Production Team
Created and Written by Teja Arboleda
Script Advisor, Barbara Wilson Arboleda
Directed and Executive Produced by Teja Arboleda
Co-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson Arboleda
Original music and soundscaping by Arshan Gailus
Edited by Teja Arboleda
Casting Director, Michael Tow
Development Director, Dan Watanabe
Marketing Coordinator, Katie Arboleda
Special thanks to Desiree Cooper
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA MicroPod agreement. Caucus: After The Fall is an Entertaining Diversity production, in partnership with Tow-Arboleda Films. Caucus: After The Fall was developed from the original story and screenplay, Caucus, by Teja Arboleda.
All characters and other entities appearing in this work (Caucus & Caucus: After The Fall) are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, dead or alive, or other real-life entities, past, present and future, is purely coincidental.
For more information, go to www.Entertaining Diversity.com
Podcast direct page: https://entertainingdiversity.com/caucus-after-the-fall
For all things Caucus Podcast: www.linktr.ee/caucuspodcast

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 actor/performer is working on today - TV shows, stage, etc.
In this episode, Caucus: After The Fall Creator Teja Arboleda who plays "The Producer", interviews his good friend and talented actor, musician and artist, Shahjehan Khan, who plays Lt. General Chimere Rashid of La Mura. Recorded on February 11, 2025.
Shahjehan Khan's website: https://www.shahjehankhan.com
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 features the leader of a different "race" district, uncovering the secrets and lies through the experiences each leader has had before the race districts were created.
All links to the Podcast: linktr.ee/caucuspodcast
Subscribe for updates here: http://eepurl.com/iXycDE

This series was developed from the original screenplay and story, "Caucus" by Teja Arboleda. 
Available on all Podcast services. 
Caucus: After the Fall stars:
Michael Tow as Chief Lingyun Chen 
Ian Lyons as William Deschenes  
Jackie Davis as Chief Rose Jacobs
Rena Maliszewski as Chief Winona Red Feather
Naheem Garcia as Chief Ricardo Gutierrez
Celeste Oliva as Chief Amihan Bekele
Michelle Aguillon Chief Akane Ashikaga
Shahjehan Khan as Lieutenant General Chimere Rashid
And Teja Arboleda as The Producer 
With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson Arboleda
Production Team
Created and Written by Teja Arboleda
Script Advisor, Barbara Wilson Arboleda
Directed and Executive Produced by Teja Arboleda
Co-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson Arboleda
Original music and soundscaping by Arshan Gailus
Edited by Teja Arboleda
Casting Director, Michael Tow
Development Director, Dan Watanabe
Marketing Coordinator, Katie Arboleda
Special thanks to Desiree Cooper
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA MicroPod agreement. Caucus: After The Fall is an Entertaining Diversity production, in partnership with Tow-Arboleda Films. Caucus: After The Fall was developed from the original story, Caucus, by Teja Arboleda
All characters and other entities appearing in this work (Caucus & Caucus: After The Fall) are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, dead or alive, or other real-life entities, past, present and future, is purely coincidental.
For more information, go to www.Entertaining Diversity.com
Podcast direct page: https://entertainingdiversity.com/caucus-after-the-fall
For all things Caucus Podcast: www.linktr.ee/caucuspodcast
For all things Caucus Podcast: www.linktr.ee/caucuspodcast

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 the fate of The United Segregated States of America.

This is the final episode of Season 1. Stay tuned for season 2!

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 features the leader of a different "race" district, uncovering the secrets and lies through the experiences each leader has had before the race districts were created.
All links to the Podcast: linktr.ee/caucuspodcast
Subscribe for updates here: http://eepurl.com/iXycDE

This series was developed from the original screenplay and story, "Caucus" by Teja Arboleda. 
Available on all Podcast services. 
Caucus: After the Fall stars:
Michael Tow as Chief Lingyun Chen 
Ian Lyons as William Deschenes  
Jackie Davis as Chief Rose Jacobs
Rena Maliszewski as Chief Winona Red Feather
Naheem Garcia as Chief Ricardo Gutierrez
Celeste Oliva as Chief Amihan Bekele
Michelle Aguillon Chief Akane Ashikaga
Shahjehan Khan as Lieutenant General Chimere Rashid
And Teja Arboleda as The Producer 
With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson Arboleda
Production Team
Created and Written by Teja Arboleda
Script Advisor, Barbara Wilson Arboleda
Directed and Executive Produced by Teja Arboleda
Co-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson Arboleda
Original music and soundscaping by Arshan Gailus
Edited by Teja Arboleda
Casting Director, Michael Tow
Development Director, Dan Watanabe
Marketing Coordinator, Katie Arboleda
Special thanks to Desiree Cooper
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA MicroPod agreement. Caucus: After The Fall is an Entertaining Diversity production, in partnership with Tow-Arboleda Films. Caucus: After The Fall was developed from the original story, Caucus, by Teja Arboleda
All characters and other entities appearing in this work (Caucus & Caucus: After The Fall) are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, dead or alive, or other real-life entities, past, present and future, is purely coincidental.
For more information, go to www.Entertaining Diversity.com
Podcast direct page: https://entertainingdiversity.com/caucus-after-the-fall
For all things Caucus Podcast: www.linktr.ee/caucuspodcast