Caucus: After The Fall

Teja Arboleda

It’s 2076. A mixed-race documentary producer travels to each race district that represents the fractured segments of the United Segregated States of America, and to find the two who stopped it all.  9 Episodes. Playing in 74 countries and over 1,500 cities. Season 2 in development now.

  1. MAR 9 · BONUS

    Bonus Episode - Interview: Arshan Gailus

    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 JacobsRena Maliszewski as Chief Winona Red FeatherNaheem Garcia as Chief Ricardo GutierrezCeleste Oliva as Chief Amihan BekeleMichelle Aguillon Chief Akane AshikagaShahjehan Khan as Lieutenant General Chimere RashidAnd Teja Arboleda as The Producer With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson ArboledaProduction Team Created and Written by Teja ArboledaScript Advisor, Barbara Wilson ArboledaDirected and Executive Produced by Teja ArboledaCo-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson ArboledaOriginal music and soundscaping by Arshan GailusEdited by Teja ArboledaCasting Director, Michael TowDevelopment Director, Dan WatanabeMarketing Coordinator, Katie ArboledaSpecial thanks to Desiree CooperThis 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 As of January 10, 2025, we now have 66 countries listening. Please sign up for our newsletter. You’ll get behind-the-scenes insights, early access to interviews with the actors, and updates on the development of Season Two. Newsletter members can also participate in polls about the future direction of the story. Click on the link in the episode notes, or go to EntertainingDiversity.com/Media.  For all things Caucus Podcast: www.linktr.ee/caucuspodcast

    22 min
  2. MAR 4 · BONUS

    Bonus Episode - Interview: Ian, Michelle, Naheem & Rena

    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 TowIan Lyons Jackie Davis Rena Maliszewski Naheem Garcia Celeste Oliva Michelle Aguillon Shahjehan Khan And Teja Arboleda With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson ArboledaProduction Team Created and Written by Teja ArboledaScript Advisor, Barbara Wilson ArboledaDirected and Executive Produced by Teja ArboledaCo-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson ArboledaOriginal music and soundscaping by Arshan GailusEdited by Teja ArboledaCasting Director, Michael TowDevelopment Director, Dan WatanabeMarketing Coordinator, Katie ArboledaSpecial thanks to Desiree CooperThis 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

    26 min
  3. FEB 26 · BONUS

    Bonus Episode - Interview: Celeste Oliva

    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 JacobsRena Maliszewski as Chief Winona Red FeatherNaheem Garcia as Chief Ricardo GutierrezCeleste Oliva as Chief Amihan BekeleMichelle Aguillon Chief Akane AshikagaShahjehan Khan as Lieutenant General Chimere RashidAnd Teja Arboleda as The Producer With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson ArboledaProduction Team Created and Written by Teja ArboledaScript Advisor, Barbara Wilson ArboledaDirected and Executive Produced by Teja ArboledaCo-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson ArboledaOriginal music and soundscaping by Arshan GailusEdited by Teja ArboledaCasting Director, Michael TowDevelopment Director, Dan WatanabeMarketing Coordinator, Katie ArboledaSpecial thanks to Desiree CooperThis 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

    18 min
  4. FEB 24 · BONUS

    Bonus Episode - Interview: Shahjehan Khan

    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 JacobsRena Maliszewski as Chief Winona Red FeatherNaheem Garcia as Chief Ricardo GutierrezCeleste Oliva as Chief Amihan BekeleMichelle Aguillon Chief Akane AshikagaShahjehan Khan as Lieutenant General Chimere RashidAnd Teja Arboleda as The Producer With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson ArboledaProduction Team Created and Written by Teja ArboledaScript Advisor, Barbara Wilson ArboledaDirected and Executive Produced by Teja ArboledaCo-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson ArboledaOriginal music and soundscaping by Arshan GailusEdited by Teja ArboledaCasting Director, Michael TowDevelopment Director, Dan WatanabeMarketing Coordinator, Katie ArboledaSpecial thanks to Desiree CooperThis 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

    20 min
  5. 11/15/2024

    La Mura S1|E9

    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 JacobsRena Maliszewski as Chief Winona Red FeatherNaheem Garcia as Chief Ricardo GutierrezCeleste Oliva as Chief Amihan BekeleMichelle Aguillon Chief Akane AshikagaShahjehan Khan as Lieutenant General Chimere RashidAnd Teja Arboleda as The Producer With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson ArboledaProduction Team Created and Written by Teja ArboledaScript Advisor, Barbara Wilson ArboledaDirected and Executive Produced by Teja ArboledaCo-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson ArboledaOriginal music and soundscaping by Arshan GailusEdited by Teja ArboledaCasting Director, Michael TowDevelopment Director, Dan WatanabeMarketing Coordinator, Katie ArboledaSpecial thanks to Desiree CooperThis 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

    36 min
  6. 11/08/2024

    Satogae S1|E8

    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 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 JacobsRena Maliszewski as Chief Winona Red FeatherNaheem Garcia as Chief Ricardo GutierrezCeleste Oliva as Chief Amihan BekeleMichelle Aguillon Chief Akane AshikagaShahjehan Khan as Lieutenant General Chimere RashidAnd Teja Arboleda as The Producer With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson ArboledaProduction Team Created and Written by Teja ArboledaScript Advisor, Barbara Wilson ArboledaDirected and Executive Produced by Teja ArboledaCo-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson ArboledaOriginal music and soundscaping by Arshan GailusEdited by Teja ArboledaCasting Director, Michael TowDevelopment Director, Dan WatanabeMarketing Coordinator, Katie ArboledaSpecial thanks to Desiree CooperThis 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

    32 min
  7. 11/01/2024

    Hapa Resource S1|E7

    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, 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 JacobsRena Maliszewski as Chief Winona Red FeatherNaheem Garcia as Chief Ricardo GutierrezCeleste Oliva as Chief Amihan BekeleMichelle Aguillon Chief Akane AshikagaShahjehan Khan as Lieutenant General Chimere RashidAnd Teja Arboleda as The Producer With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson ArboledaProduction Team Created and Written by Teja ArboledaScript Advisor, Barbara Wilson ArboledaDirected and Executive Produced by Teja ArboledaCo-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson ArboledaOriginal music and soundscaping by Arshan GailusEdited by Teja ArboledaCasting Director, Michael TowDevelopment Director, Dan WatanabeMarketing Coordinator, Katie ArboledaSpecial thanks to Desiree CooperThis 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

    30 min
  8. 10/25/2024

    Dorado S1|E6

    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 catalyst for The Race War. 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 JacobsRena Maliszewski as Chief Winona Red FeatherNaheem Garcia as Chief Ricardo GutierrezCeleste Oliva as Chief Amihan BekeleMichelle Aguillon Chief Akane AshikagaShahjehan Khan as Lieutenant General Chimere RashidAnd Teja Arboleda as The Producer With additional voice-over by Barbara-Wilson ArboledaProduction Team Created and Written by Teja ArboledaScript Advisor, Barbara Wilson ArboledaDirected and Executive Produced by Teja ArboledaCo-Produced by Michael Tow and Barbara Wilson ArboledaOriginal music and soundscaping by Arshan GailusEdited by Teja ArboledaCasting Director, Michael TowDevelopment Director, Dan WatanabeMarketing Coordinator, Katie ArboledaSpecial thanks to Desiree CooperThis 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

    35 min

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It’s 2076. A mixed-race documentary producer travels to each race district that represents the fractured segments of the United Segregated States of America, and to find the two who stopped it all.  9 Episodes. Playing in 74 countries and over 1,500 cities. Season 2 in development now.