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  <copyright>&#xA9; 2025 Mark E. Phair</copyright>
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   <title>Episode 001 - Guests at the Hall</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>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: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]>
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]>
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
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   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
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   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/02/02/episode-001/</link>
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   <title>Episode 002 - Finishing What was Started</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Finishing What's Started
Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 002 There's been a security leak in the lab! In the game, the party resumes their fight against the invading spiders. Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]>
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]>
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
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   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-002--20250205.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/02/09/episode-002/</link>
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   <title>Episode 003 - Snacks, Sheets, and Lies</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Snacks, Sheets, and Lies
Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 003 The management at the lab is having a closed door meeting, probably about the Intern. The party is offered a job and totally gets right to work. Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]>
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]>
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-003--20250205.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/02/16/episode-003/</link>
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   <title>Episode 004 - The Case of the Wormy Apple</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>The Case of the Wormy Apple
Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 004 The Intern searches for clues in unusual places. The crew goes to get breakfast. Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]>
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]>
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-004--20250219.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/02/23/episode-004/</link>
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   <title>Episode 005 - Striking, Slapping, and Investigating</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Striking, Slapping, and Investigating
Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 005 When the Intern is fired, the whole experiment world goes on strike. The crew does some actual investigation! Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> .
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> .
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-005--20250221.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/03/02/episode-005/</link>
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   <title>Episode 006 - Caught by the Mindlord</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Caught by the Mindlord
Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 006 The Intern starts to explore why the world worships him as a god. Tanam explains his extremely funny jokes. The party, caught by the Mindlord, have some explaining to do. Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> .
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> .
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]> . He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
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   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/03/09/episode-006/</link>
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   <title>Episode 007 - Don't Think of Anything Incriminating</title>
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   <description>Don't Think of Anything Incriminating
Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 007 What's that? Actual work for the Intern?! Also, Don is still a magic-denier, and Urekas has a date with the Mindlord. Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> .
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> .
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-007--20250316.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/03/16/episode-007/</link>
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   <title>Episode 008 - Lizard Country</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Lizard Country
Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 008 The Intern has been doing research on the historical Urekas. Vafrus totally has a very real girlfriend. In the game, the crew deals with some lizards. Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]>
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]>
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1.">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1.</a>
]]> Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-008--20250318.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/03/23/episode-008/</link>
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   <title>Episode 009 - Piles of Rocks, Small, Medium, and Large</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Piles of Rocks, Small, Medium, and Large
Coffee, Cults, and Empires - Episode 009 We'll be releasing every other week starting soon. After this episode, we'll have episode 10 next week (Sunday April 6th, 2025), then we'll skip a week and be back with episode 11 on April 20th, 2025. The Intern has heard rumors that "Rosie from accounting" is to blame for the world possibly getting cancelled. It's Beantern Day in the world! Unrelatedly, Tanam has a second glaze just for showing maps, like of what the crew finds in the desert... Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> .
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> .
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-009--20250329.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/03/30/episode-009/</link>
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   <title>Episode 010 - At The Sorceress's Table</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>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: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> .
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> .
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>10</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-010--20250403.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/04/06/episode-010/</link>
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   <title>Episode 011 - Suggestive</title>
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   <description>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: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> .
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> .
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-011--20250408.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/04/20/episode-011/</link>
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   <title>Episode 012 - Loot!</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>The Intern's Boss has left... a voicemail? Having defeated the Sorceress, the crew "investigates" the tower. Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> .
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> .
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-012--20250409.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/05/04/episode-012/</link>
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   <title>Episode 013 - In the Sorceress's Boudoir</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>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: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> .
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> .
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-013--20250419.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/05/18/episode-013/</link>
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   <title>Episode 014 - Leaving the Frame</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>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: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> .
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> .
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-014--20250422.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/06/01/episode-014/</link>
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   <title>Episode 015 - Rocks, Camels, and Levels</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Rocks, Camels, and Levels
Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 015 The Intern explains how they're not quite playing the D&amp;D we know. While traveling back to the Great Hall through the desert, the crew levels up. Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> .
Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> .
Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .
</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>15</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-015--20250501.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/06/15/episode-015/</link>
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   <title>Episode 016 - Pancakes at Night</title>
   <enclosure url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-016--20250530.mp3" length="77192987" type="audio/mpeg" />
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   <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>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: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>16</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-016--20250530.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/06/29/episode-016/</link>
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  <item>
   <title>Episode 017 - Somebody Should Check on That</title>
   <enclosure url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-017--20250619.mp3" length="72635429" type="audio/mpeg" />
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   <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>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: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>17</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-017--20250619.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/07/13/episode-017/</link>
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   <title>Episode 018 - Surprises</title>
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   <guid>018-0</guid>
   <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Surprises Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 018  Harmony has a surprise for everyone that the Intern is excited about, and then Urekas has a surprise, too!  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>18</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-018--20250625.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/07/27/episode-018/</link>
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   <title>Episode 019 - Something Something Coming Home to Roost</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Something Something Coming Home to Roost Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 019  The Intern is back on his chronoscope... grind? The crew is still trying to figure out what they're going to do about the knock on the door.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>19</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-019--20250719.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/08/10/episode-019/</link>
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   <title>Episode 020 - Helping</title>
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   <guid>020-1</guid>
   <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Helping Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 020  No news is certainly good news when it comes to Rosie from accounting. Georg and Ruffort head over to help Beeb and Urekas and Hellena head over to help Tagak and Teep. Who will be more successful in their task?  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>20</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-020--20250729.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/08/24/episode-020/</link>
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   <title>Episode 021 - With Birds As My Witness</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>With Birds As My Witness Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 021  The Intern has learned about Intern-focused cults, but it couldn't have been him who inspired them. In the game, Hellena and Urekas are helping Tagak and Teep get out of town.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>21</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-021--20250718.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/09/07/episode-021/</link>
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  <item>
   <title>Episode 022 - Breaking and Eventually Entering</title>
   <enclosure url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-022--20250920.mp3" length="71182523" type="audio/mpeg" />
   <guid>022-0</guid>
   <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Breaking and Eventually Entering Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 022  The Intern is rushed but helpfully lets us know that Vafrus's “imaginary” girlfriend isn't. The crew decides what to do with the time before Urekas's date.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>22</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-022--20250920.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/09/21/episode-022/</link>
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  <item>
   <title>Episode 023 - Sus and Bothered</title>
   <enclosure url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-023--20251002.mp3" length="63206018" type="audio/mpeg" />
   <guid>023-0</guid>
   <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Sus and Bothered Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 023  The Intern reasonably thinks that the Second is sus. Rozafeen is sick with Olhana's Touch, but hopefully learning what Hellena found with her very good roll will help her feel better.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .  </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>23</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-023--20251002.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/10/05/episode-023/</link>
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   <title>Episode 024 - Finally Something Useful</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Finally Something Useful Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 024  The Intern has learned that some previous scientist incarnated a bunch to rate various coffees in the world. Urekas hits the Second with her headboard hat... hilarity ensues.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>24</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-024--20251019.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/10/19/episode-024/</link>
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   <title>Episode 025 - A Handful of Chocolate</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>A Handful of Chocolate Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 025  The Intern's Boss tells us about the crimes of Hannah Smith-Jones-Miller. Don is sick, but still here. Urekas is going on a date with the Mindlord and Calumn decides it will be a great idea to tag along.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>25</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-025--20251102.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/11/02/episode-025/</link>
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   <title>Episode 026 - Of Mirrors and Cuddle Brigades</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Of Mirrors and Cuddle Brigades Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 026  The Intern thinks that whoever designed the chronoscope is probably kinda like Don. In the game, we switch over to Hellena and Georg's investigation into the hidden cellar near the Second's second house, and we check back in on Urekas's date with the Mindlord.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>26</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-026--20251116.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/11/16/episode-026/</link>
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   <title>Episode 027 - Dropped Beans and Mind Control Truthers</title>
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   <guid>027-0</guid>
   <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Dropped Beans and Mind Control Truthers Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 027  The Intern maybe broke something. Rozafeen has a lemon drop. In the game, it's time to spy on Beeb.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>27</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-027--20251130.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/11/30/episode-027/</link>
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   <title>Episode 028 - Chanting Changed My Life</title>
   <enclosure url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-028--20251214.mp3" length="61576757" type="audio/mpeg" />
   <guid>028-0</guid>
   <pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Chanting Changed My Life Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 038  In the lab, the Intern has noticed that... nothing has changed? The crew is hanging out in the hotel after finding out all of the Second’s secrets, getting ready to do the ritual.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>28</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-028--20251214.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/12/14/episode-028/</link>
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  <item>
   <title>Episode 029 - I Want My Bell Back</title>
   <enclosure url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-029--20251228.mp3" length="63358934" type="audio/mpeg" />
   <guid>029-0</guid>
   <pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>I Want My Bell Back Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 029  Has Rosie finally decided to leave the world alone? Hopefully! In the game, the crew gets a vision from the ritual they did and they are... a little displeased.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>29</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-029--20251228.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2025/12/28/episode-029/</link>
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   <title>Episode 030 - They Don't Teach Klaoil History in Jersioil</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>They Don't Teach Klaoil History in Jersioil Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 030  The Intern wants to travel by catapult. Don accidentally reveals some things about himself. Urekas leads the party through Klaoil.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>30</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-030--20260111.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2026/01/11/episode-030/</link>
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   <title>Episode 031 - Ill Gotten Gongs</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Ill Gotten Gongs Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 031  The Boss doesn't think that Ikky's should be talked about any longer. The crew visits one of Urekas's cult hideouts.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .  </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>31</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-031--20260125.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2026/01/25/episode-031/</link>
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   <title>Episode 032 - Take That, Thistleroot!</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Take That, Thistleroot! Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 032  The Intern complains about how long it takes the crew to do anything at all. The crew demonstrates this, by taking forever to do a thing, but it's about the friends you made along the way, right?  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .  </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>32</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-032--20260208.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2026/02/08/episode-032/</link>
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   <title>Episode 033 - Nope Seems like the Way to Nope</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>Nope Seems like the Way to Nope Coffee, Cults, and Empires -- Episode 033  The Boss calls with some worrisome news. The crew works together to cushion the sudden arrival of Tagak and Teep.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> . </description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>33</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-033--20260222.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2026/02/22/episode-033/</link>
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   <title>Episode 034 - Double Breakfast and Other Things in Our Way</title>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <description>The Intern is still on the floor. Vafrus tells us some Calumn lore. Double breakfast looms, but it is only the first of many challenges.  Transcripts: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts</a>
]]> . Podcast website: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com">https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com</a>
]]> . Patreon: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires">https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires</a>
]]> .  Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich">https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich</a>
]]> or check out his drag king account <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter">https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter</a>
]]> .  Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy">https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy</a>
]]> .  Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,">https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,</a>
]]> 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 <![CDATA[
<a href="https://readysetrole.org/">https://readysetrole.org/</a>
]]>  Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/">https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/</a>
]]>  Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1">https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1</a>
]]> .  Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://markephair.com">https://markephair.com</a>
]]> .  Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass">https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass</a>
]]> .  Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen).  Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com">https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com</a>
]]>  Instagram: <![CDATA[
<a href="https://instagram.com/kvw.makes">https://instagram.com/kvw.makes</a>
]]>  He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz <![CDATA[
<a href="https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com">https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com</a>
]]> .  Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://carmandaartsthings.com">https://carmandaartsthings.com</a>
]]> .  Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at <![CDATA[
<a href="https://dominiquedickey.com/">https://dominiquedickey.com/</a>
]]> , <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey">https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> , and <![CDATA[
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey">https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey</a>
]]> .</description>
   <itunes:episodeType>Full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:episode>34</itunes:episode>
   <podcast:transcript url="https://media.coffeecultsandempires.com/episodes/Episode-034--20260308.vtt" type="text/vtt" />
   <link>https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/2026/03/08/episode-034/</link>
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