The CJN Podcast Network is debuting its first original fiction audio drama, Justice: A Holocaust Zombie Story, on Aug. 31 at the Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto.

The immersive seven-part podcast miniseries—produced in association with the Ashkenaz Foundation and Dandelion Theatre—aims to deliver unconventional, challenging Holocaust education that also spotlights media disinformation, conspiracy theories and political polarization.

The plot centres on a young Canadian woman, Kat, who discovers her Jewish heritage in her 20s and quickly packs her bags to meet her estranged family in Berlin—only to be thrust into the middle of a burgeoning global crisis when zombified Holocaust victims begin rising from the mass graves of former concentration camps. While the German government panics and antisemitic conspiracy theorists run amok with online hate, Kat realizes nobody is listening to the victims themselves, one of whom is not only peaceful—but mysteriously drawn to her.

The entire series will be released freely starting Aug. 31. To support creative storytelling and independent journalism, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to The CJN.

Credits

Directed by Michael Fraiman and Max Ackerman

Written by Michael Fraiman

Starring Miranda Wiseman, Ilana Zackon, Joshua Kilimnik, Justin Otto, Ralph Small, Eva Almos, Nat Bushnik and Sepehr Reyboud

Music by Bret Higgins

Technical production and sound design by Armaan Dutta