We cross the point of no return, foreclose other futures, and begin a worldwide dragnet for the right ship. During this hunt we hear the fascinating backstories of other people seduced by the sea.

Script, narration, audio production and sound design by Grey Filastine

Story editing by Raka Ibrahim

Season production by Mat Jacob

Featuring the music of:

Quemar las Naves by Mohama Saz Senéscence by Filastine & Nova

The Last Redoubt by Filastine Some Fake Turkish Pop generated by Filastine The Freaks by Deadwood

Alfonsina y El Mar written performed by Nova Ruth

Laksamana Raja di Laut by Iyeth Bustami

Featuring the guest voices of:

Christophe Swoboda

Sofia Kuczera using text-to-speech of her writings

Pieter Heemstra cited from a YouTube video profile

A Woronora video commenter as voiced by Thomas Henning

Featuring the sound effects of:

fire-whoosh.wav by hnhnh -- https://freesound.org/s/244926/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Landing Airplane by Bidone -- https://freesound.org/s/183874/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0

121023 Car passes wet street rain splash, urban residential, Toronto.wav by TRP -- https://freesound.org/s/616807/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Thailand Bangkok traffic dense gridlock foreign cars, tuk tuk motorcycle taxis, scooters, motorcycles.flac by kyles -- https://freesound.org/s/177522/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

TukTuk_Drive_Transport.wav by uniuniversal -- https://freesound.org/s/658928/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

The creation of Hell & High Water is supported by the Liminous foundation, Climateworks, and people like you joining our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/arkakinari

Discount time travel. How the shipping container birthed globalization and strangled the sailing ship. Shipbuilding with the boogeymen. Designing a 21st-century ‘wayang kulit’, the art of music, story, light and shadow. ~~~~~~

Script, narration, audio production and sound design by: Grey Filastine

Additional story editing by: Raka Ibrahim

Season production & graphic design by: Mat Jacob

Created onboard Arka Kinari while anchored at the ports of Cirebon (Java, ID) often as the guest of Smiljan Cafe, and in Serangan (Bali, ID), and in Kochi (Kerala, IN) as a visiting artist at the Lalithkala Akademi

Featuring the music of:

Halycon by Filastine & Nova

Lalove by Serang Dakko with Arrington de Dionyso

An Arch by Brent Arnold

Ja Helo by The Infernal Noise Brigade Sampah Pergi by Nova Ruth & Anabel Laura

Singularities by Filastine Night X by Brent Arnold, Filastine Remix

El Dia Que Naci Yo by Imperio Argentina

Featuring the voices of:

Nova Ruth Setyaningtyas & Silvia Indriani

A few travel vloggers who I’ll do the favor of leaving anonymous

Haji Uli as voice acted by Abdul Fatah Adhitya

Using the foley/fx sounds of:

Shanghai Subway samples by papilio_kohlanta -- https://freesound.org/s/620112/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Cow Bells by Fabrizio84 -- https://freesound.org/s/457665/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Plastic_Creak_01.wav by dheming -- https://freesound.org/s/274977/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Ghostly Whispers by dimbark1 -- https://freesound.org/s/316797/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Container-port ambience SHORT 150907_0769.wav by klankbeeld -- https://freesound.org/s/323424/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Citation

Bira ambience from the documentary film “Spice Island Saga”

Chickens_waiting_to_be_fed_farm_light_wind_bird_song by nickmaysoundmusic -- https://freesound.org/s/724216/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Cuckoo Clock-Half hour.wav by lonemonk -- https://freesound.org/s/88725/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

traffic heavy dense slow moving motorcycles cars haze rumble some echo honks Kampala, Uganda, Africa 2016.wav by kyles -- https://freesound.org/s/407220/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

tape calculator.wav by Tomlija -- https://freesound.org/s/97286/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Printer calculator.wav by Pantax -- https://freesound.org/s/702419/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

The creation of Hell & High Water is supported by the Liminous foundation, Climateworks, and people like you joining our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/arkakinari

How to transform a hazy dream into a real thing? By learning from who came before. From showboats to utopian sea-steaders, pirate radio vessels to the dodgy business of “flags of convenience," Bottoms Up gets dirty with wood and steel, sweat and study.

Script, narration, audio production and sound design by Grey Filastine

Story editing and sound design contributions by Rabia Williams

Additional story editing by Raka Ibrahim

Season production & Graphic Design by Mat Jacob

Created onboard Arka Kinari while anchored at the ports of Serangan (Bali, ID) and Cirebon (Java, ID) with special thanks to Smiljan Dutchbook for letting us work hours and refused to let me pay for our coffee

Featuring the music of:

Ten Thousand Dolphin Angels (Brent Arnold)

Hypnotico (Filastine)

Drone Silences (Filastine)

Featuring the voices of:

Christine Handt, by voicemail

Margaret Drummer, using Text-to-Speech from her written messages

Moxie Marlinspike, using Text-to-Speech from his written messages

Biosphere participants, cited from the documentary film “Spaceship Earth”

Donald J. Trump, public speech

Using the foley/fx sounds of:

MELISSE_Nicolas_2019_2020_Submarine.wav by univ_lyon3 -- https://freesound.org/s/485837/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Typing on a keyboard by SamsterBirdies -- https://freesound.org/s/489424/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Flag in the wind by felix.blume -- https://freesound.org/s/612838/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

The creation of Hell & High Water is supported by the Liminous foundation, Climateworks, and people like you joining our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/arkakinari

Meet your captain & narrator, find out why we chose to abandon the stage for the sea, and why we chose to sail within the Indonesian archipelago. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and the waters are already rising.

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Script, narration, audio production and sound design by Grey Filastine, with the following contributors:

Story editing and sound design contributions by Rabia Williams

Season production by Mat Jacob

Created onboard Arka Kinari while anchored at the ports of Cirebon (Java, ID) and Serangan (Bali, ID)

Music, with the permission of the artists:

Nusa Fantasma (Filastine & Nova) Informal Sector Parade (Filastine & Nova)

Live at a Juvenile Prison (The Infernal Noise Brigade)

Miner (Filastine & Nova)

Kebyar Terompong (Gamelan Ubud) Jaranan (Senyawa) Shanty Tones (Filastine & Nova) Hall of the Khan (¡TchKung!) Murka (Filastine & Nova)

Using the foley/fx sounds of:

Heavy Rain by lebaston100 -- https://freesound.org/s/243629/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Diving with whales.wav by KEVOY -- https://freesound.org/s/82325/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

The creation of Hell & High Water is supported by the Liminous foundation, Climateworks, and people like you joining our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/arkakinari

In a ship’s log remixed for deep listening, listeners are immersed into the true and ongoing voyage of Arka Kinari, an ancient sailing ship transformed into a cultural platform to sound the alarm for the climate crisis. You’ll explore seas and sounds, visit mega-ports and stilt villages, navigate through cyclones and plastic gyres, anchor in post-nuclear atolls, be hosted by sultans, threatened by soldiers, and blessed by shamans. You won’t know where this story ends, because we don’t know either.

A creation of Grey Filastine. Launching June 21, 2026, with new seasons dropping each solstice and equinox.