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
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
It's funny when the things we find to be our personal niche become part of the mainstream, yet we might still be afraid to share our passion for them. Is it fear of rejection? Something deeper? Selfishness? We talk about that.
Mentioned material this week
Extra Credits: https://www.youtube.com/@extracredits/featured
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Connect with The Empress: http://instagram.com/kati.vanloo on Instagram
Connect with The Hermit: https://linktr.ee/chknfoot
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
The greatest art can transport us to another reality, regardless of budget or scale. As performers, it is our job to sell a fantasy.
Go Chiefs.
Mentioned material this week
TPMvids Top 5 Failed & Successful Disney Ride Overlays: https://youtu.be/_HYjR6qdAr0
How Sesame Street is Made: https://youtu.be/uUzRgDcMVKw
Shakira & J. Lo's FULL Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pILCn6VO_RU
Stay up-to-speed with the podcast and DM us your gratitude crystals on Instagram @theempressandthehermit
Connect with The Empress: http://instagram.com/kati.vanloo on Instagram
Connect with The Hermit: https://linktr.ee/chknfoot
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Often thought a thing to create clutter, collecting is perhaps a misunderstood method of finding one self...with like...toys and stuff.
Mentioned material this week
The Pez Outlaw documentary trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZInOvqvygrk
The Pez Outlaw Diary: http://pezoutlaw.blogspot.com/
Stay up-to-speed with the podcast and DM us your gratitude crystals on Instagram @theempressandthehermit
Connect with The Empress: @kati.vanloo on Instagram
Connect with The Hermit: https://linktr.ee/chknfoot
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Our obsession this week takes us on a journey into the wilderness adjacent! We talk camping, our favorite outdoors-person, ASMR, and the inherent human need for simplicity.
Mentioned material this week
Hike Camp Climb: https://www.youtube.com/@HikeCampClimb
TheOdd1sOut ASMR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1EXJoIntlk
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
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
We're talking escape rooms, escapism, adventure and the inherent human need for community, primal experience and more.
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
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
It's the pilot! Get to know us, Kati and Andrew, The Empress and The Hermit, a real life couple who talks like...a lot.
Want more?
Buy Andrew's book, The Death and Life of Tom Valentine, available on Amazon: https://a.co/d/6OsYx0v
To work with Kati, and to stay up to date on her projects head to Instagram www.instagram.com/kati.vanloo