Episode 9: Shirin – Age 27 – New York – September 2001

Y2K Audio Drama

Season: 2 Episode: 9

Warning: Content Marked Explicit.

Published on Sep 24th at 6:00am

Shirin is caught up in something that will make headlines across the world.   

**CONTENT WARNING**  This episode takes place in the aftermath of 9/11 in New York City. It does not directly depict the events on that day, but it does retell the story of someone who was nearby, and deals with their emotions and reactions. Please take care of yourself, and if you need to, don't be afraid to reach out and ask for help. Resources can be found at y2kpod.com/resources 

Please check out Y2K Productions new sci-fi audio drama Chaika https://y2kpod.com/chaika/ - you can subscribe now in your favourite podcatcher by searching for 'Chaika'. 

Written, produced and directed by Karin Heimdahl (she/her). 

Cast: 

SHIRIN - Anjali Kunapaneni (they/them) https://twitter.com/hereliesanjali 

YASMIN - Sakshi (she/her) http://www.sakshisvoice.com/ 

NICHELLE - Journee LaFond (they/them) https://twitter.com/brownfeminem 

ANSWERING MACHINE VOICE - Danyelle Ellett (she/her) https://twitter.com/MyNamesDany 

KATARINA (INA) - Janis Westin (she/her) y2kpod@gmail.com 

CLAIRE - Maddy Searle (she/her) https://snazzytapir.wordpress.com/ 

EMMA - Robin Howell (they/them) https://twitter.com/robin_pods 

JESS - Karin Heimdahl (she/her) https://twitter.com/karinheim 

NARRATOR - Emma Laslett (she/they) https://twitter.com/Waruce 

DRAMA SCHOOL DIRECTOR - Sarah Golding (she/her) https://quirkyvoices.weebly.com/ 

Intro and outro music is created and recorded by Jake Haws, check out his podcast "Making Music with Jake Haws" to hear more. https://jakehaws.podbean.com/ 

Sound effects either created by us, or from freesound.org under the Creative Commons 0 license. 

Please note that Y2K features themes of violence, cursing and descriptions of sexual acts and desires, and is not suitable for listeners under the age of 18. Some episodes also contain themes which may be triggering, and feature content warnings. Please take care of yourself, and don't hesitate to ask for help if you need it.   

Transcripts are available at y2kpod.com/transcripts   

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Blue fireworks image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301).   

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