Coffee, Cults, and Empires – Details, episodes & analysis

Episodes post on Sundays, starting on February 2nd, 2025. https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com

Guests at the Hall Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 001 The Intern introduces himself and the podcast from the supply closet. Our players begin their adventure at the Great World Gambling Hall of Mirrors. Transcripts: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts Podcast website: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich or check out his drag king account https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles, but it's just one picture of his cat’s eye and a drinking bird sipping a cocktail. Desiree Phair as Rozafeen as Hellena (and Justice) Sylas Silver as Vafrus as Calumn as Ruffort. Check out his RPG where you get to the good parts of roleplay faster at https://readysetrole.org/ Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/ Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1 Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at https://markephair.com . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/kvw.makes He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at https://carmandaartsthings.com . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at https://dominiquedickey.com/ , https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey , and https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey .

At The Sorceress's Table Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 010 Reminder that we're publishing fortnightly, now. Next episode will be released Sunday April 20th, 2025. The Intern talks about cool tech from world 62C. Harmony has a bath, Vafrus does some magic, and Rozafeen can't log on. The crew has joined the Sorceress at her magic table, certainly everything will be fine. Transcripts: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts . Podcast website: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich or check out his drag king account https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles, but it's just one picture of his cat’s eye and a drinking bird sipping a cocktail. Desiree Phair as Rozafeen as Hellena (and Justice). Sylas Silver as Vafrus as Calumn as Ruffort. Check out his RPG where you get to the good parts of roleplay faster at https://readysetrole.org/ Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/ Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1 . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at https://markephair.com . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/kvw.makes He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at https://carmandaartsthings.com . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at https://dominiquedickey.com/ , https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey , and https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey .

Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 011 Reminder that we're publishing every other week, now. The Intern experiments with a different genre of intro. Urekas has been Suggested away from the brewing battle by the Sorceress! Transcripts: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts . Podcast website: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich or check out his drag king account https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles, but it's just one picture of his cat’s eye and a drinking bird sipping a cocktail. Desiree Phair as Rozafeen as Hellena (and Justice). Sylas Silver as Vafrus as Calumn as Ruffort. Check out his RPG where you get to the good parts of roleplay faster at https://readysetrole.org/ Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/ Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1 . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at https://markephair.com . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/kvw.makes He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at https://carmandaartsthings.com . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at https://dominiquedickey.com/ , https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey , and https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey .

The Intern's Boss has left... a voicemail? Having defeated the Sorceress, the crew "investigates" the tower. Transcripts: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts . Podcast website: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich or check out his drag king account https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles, but it's just one picture of his cat’s eye and a drinking bird sipping a cocktail. Desiree Phair as Rozafeen as Hellena (and Justice). Sylas Silver as Vafrus as Calumn as Ruffort. Check out his RPG where you get to the good parts of roleplay faster at https://readysetrole.org/ Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/ Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1 . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at https://markephair.com . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/kvw.makes He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at https://carmandaartsthings.com . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at https://dominiquedickey.com/ , https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey , and https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey .

In the Sorceress's Boudoir Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 013 The Intern gets to use the chronoscope and uses it to investigate hot rocks. Harmony and Don invite everyone to Klaoil. The crew investigates the Sorceress's bedroom, starting with the weird door. Transcripts: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts . Podcast website: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich or check out his drag king account https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles, but it's just one picture of his cat’s eye and a drinking bird sipping a cocktail. Desiree Phair as Rozafeen as Hellena (and Justice). Sylas Silver as Vafrus as Calumn as Ruffort. Check out his RPG where you get to the good parts of roleplay faster at https://readysetrole.org/ Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/ Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1 . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at https://markephair.com . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/kvw.makes He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at https://carmandaartsthings.com . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at https://dominiquedickey.com/ , https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey , and https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey .

Leaving the Frame Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 014 The group got together at Don's in Klaoil and the Intern is feeling a bit of FOMO about it. In the game, the crew makes a turn to full robbery. Transcripts: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts . Podcast website: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich or check out his drag king account https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles, but it's just one picture of his cat’s eye and a drinking bird sipping a cocktail. Desiree Phair as Rozafeen as Hellena (and Justice). Sylas Silver as Vafrus as Calumn as Ruffort. Check out his RPG where you get to the good parts of roleplay faster at https://readysetrole.org/ Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/ Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1 . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at https://markephair.com . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/kvw.makes He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at https://carmandaartsthings.com . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at https://dominiquedickey.com/ , https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey , and https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey .

Rocks, Camels, and Levels Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 015 The Intern explains how they're not quite playing the D&D we know. While traveling back to the Great Hall through the desert, the crew levels up. Transcripts: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts . Podcast website: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich or check out his drag king account https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles, but it's just one picture of his cat’s eye and a drinking bird sipping a cocktail. Desiree Phair as Rozafeen as Hellena (and Justice). Sylas Silver as Vafrus as Calumn as Ruffort. Check out his RPG where you get to the good parts of roleplay faster at https://readysetrole.org/ Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/ Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1 . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at https://markephair.com . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/kvw.makes He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at https://carmandaartsthings.com . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at https://dominiquedickey.com/ , https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey , and https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey .

Pancakes at Night Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 016 The Boss is concerned about how the party treats Beeb. Despite Beeb not even being in the episode, the party still manages to treat Beeb poorly. A well-kept secret from Harmony and Don's past is revealed. Transcripts: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts . Podcast website: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich or check out his drag king account https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles, but it's just one picture of his cat’s eye and a drinking bird sipping a cocktail. Desiree Phair as Rozafeen as Hellena (and Justice). Sylas Silver as Vafrus as Calumn as Ruffort. Check out his RPG where you get to the good parts of roleplay faster at https://readysetrole.org/ Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/ Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1 . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at https://markephair.com . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/kvw.makes He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at https://carmandaartsthings.com . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at https://dominiquedickey.com/ , https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey , and https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey .

Somebody Should Check on That Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 017 The Intern mostly just wants to talk about Harmony and Don. The crew tries to figure out what to do now that the Sorceress is probably coming for them. Transcripts: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts . Podcast website: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich or check out his drag king account https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles, but it's just one picture of his cat’s eye and a drinking bird sipping a cocktail. Desiree Phair as Rozafeen as Hellena (and Justice). Sylas Silver as Vafrus as Calumn as Ruffort. Check out his RPG where you get to the good parts of roleplay faster at https://readysetrole.org/ Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/ Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1 . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at https://markephair.com . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/kvw.makes He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at https://carmandaartsthings.com . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at https://dominiquedickey.com/ , https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey , and https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey .