The Empress and The Hermit
Conversations with The Empress and The Hermit, aka hosts Kati VanLoo and Andrew Slac, a couple who probably spends more time together than any couple you know. Welcome to our insatiably curious and chatty house. Tune in to find out what rabbit hole we went down that week and how it shifted our perspective, got us in our feels, or just made us laugh our asses off. Nothing is off-limits and we can find almost anything fascinating. Stay up-to-speed with the podcast and DM us your gratitudes on Instagram @theempressandthehermit Connect with The Empress: @kati.vanloo on Instagram Connect with The Hermit: https://linktr.ee/chknfoot
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Episodes
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Wednesday May 17, 2023
There exists places in which we collect and create experiences that prey on our base fears and curiosities. Why do we cross their threshold, intentionally and essentially inflicting harm trauma upon ourselves? What within compels us to strive to experience fear? We also talk about porn in this one!
Mentioned material this week
Jacob Geller. Control, Anatomy and the Legacy of the Haunted House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mexs39y0Imw
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Wednesday May 03, 2023
Wednesday May 03, 2023
Mental, physical and emotional health can take a runny nose dive. What are the good memories about our favorite diseases? In a society that champions wealth before health, what can we do to maintain ours? Also, remember daytime tv in the 90's? Good times.
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Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Mascots, thrill rides, bodily functions caused by these things and perhaps undercooked poultry; we're talking theme parks on this episode. Turns out Kati is a something of a daredevil while Andrew might be the most frightened child in the land.
Mentioned material this week
TPMvids: https://www.youtube.com/@TPMvids
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Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Life is a beautiful thing, doubly so when you've got your little buddies with you. We're talking about pets!
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Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
P.E., sports, recess...Remember these things? Did you do these things? Were you "supposed to do these things" but you hung out under the bleachers and made out with Donna Sullivan (not a real person)? A lot of our formative memories came about as a result of the things we did on and off the gym floor as youngsters. Mile runs, weird games, good memories...the Presidential Fitness Test also happened. Woof.
Mentioned material this week
Ice Cream Sandwich
my thoughts on school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd6ctfNsveg&t=9s
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Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
It can be a simple thing, a roll of the dice, or a complicated, sprawling role playing experience or something in between. Games, and playing are important, and something Kati and I hold dear. To us, games represent family, bonding, even greater delving into our deeper selves. Unless it's Monopoly! Monopoly sucks.
Mentioned material this week
No Rolls Barred:
15 Most INSANELY Expensive Board Games Ever Made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxnWLaIZ0wI
10 Most Beautiful Board Games Ever Made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJrJAhLuSnw
10 Reasons Why Monopoly Sucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LYqAgxLhXo&t=421s
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Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Many, MANY things changed for many, MANY people pre and post pandemic. What were your plans? What were your dreams, goals, fears etc and what are they now? We talk about ours.
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Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
We're talkin' sweet, delicious and certainly not nutritious snacks. Candy is one of those very nostalgic things for us, evoking times gone by with loved ones and even the beginnings of our own relationship with each other. This topic came about because of an unholy collaboration: mac and cheese and candy canes, and moves through our ranking of some of our favorite (and least favorite) treats.
Mentioned material this week
How Tootsie Rolls Saved the Troops: https://youtu.be/gDIv-byz7cQ
Weird History Food: https://www.youtube.com/@weirdhistoryfood
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Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
To be a professional creative person is hard work, though many would have you believe it's a singularly blissful thing, a mystified and otherwise difficult to attain state of being. Nope. I mean...kind of? It's complicated.
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Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
A good cookbook, like anything created, should be a throughline to the tangible from the heart of the artist. We collect cookbooks for many reasons deeper than that deep dish pan you never use.
Mentioned material this week
Alison Roman Home Movies: https://www.youtube.com/@alisoneroman
The Babish Culinary Universe: https://www.youtube.com/@babishculinaryuniverse
Feeding The Frasers: https://feedingthefrasers.com/
Stay up-to-speed with the podcast and DM us your gratitude crystals on Instagram @theempressandthehermit
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Connect with The Hermit: https://linktr.ee/chknfoot