Coffee, Cults, and Empires

About Coffee, Cults, and Empires

An "actual" play comedic narrative RPG podcast where the players are themselves characters living in a world built in a lab.

Publisher

The Not Actually Players RPG Crew

Category

fiction

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

8 Jan 2025

Latest episode

17 May 2026

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 May 2026

   Episode 039 - Y'all Wanna Do This Again the Next Time the World Ends?

   Okay, part 2 of 2 of the finale! As in, the last one! Transcripts: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts (https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts) . Podcast website: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com (https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com) . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires (https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires) . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich (https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich) or check out his drag king account https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter (https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter) . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy (https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy) . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles, (https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,) but it's just one picture of his cat’s eye and a drinking bird sipping a cocktail. Desiree Phair as Rozafeen as Hellena (and Justice). Sylas Silver as Vafrus as Calumn as Ruffort. Check out his RPG where you get to the good parts of roleplay faster at https://readysetrole.org/ (https://readysetrole.org/) Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/ (https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/) Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1 (https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1) . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at https://markephair.com (https://markephair.com) . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass (https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass) . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com (https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com) Instagram: https://instagram.com/kvw.makes (https://instagram.com/kvw.makes) He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com (https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com) . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at https://carmandaartsthings.com (https://carmandaartsthings.com) . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at https://dominiquedickey.com/ (https://dominiquedickey.com/) , https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey (https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey) , and https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey (https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey) .

2. 

   3 May 2026

   Episode 038 - Sorta the Beginning or Middle of the End?

   Yes, this is the finale episode... but part 1! Transcripts: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts (https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts) . Podcast website: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com (https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com) . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires (https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires) . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich (https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich) or check out his drag king account https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter (https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter) . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy (https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy) . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles, (https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,) but it's just one picture of his cat’s eye and a drinking bird sipping a cocktail. Desiree Phair as Rozafeen as Hellena (and Justice). Sylas Silver as Vafrus as Calumn as Ruffort. Check out his RPG where you get to the good parts of roleplay faster at https://readysetrole.org/ (https://readysetrole.org/) Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/ (https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/) Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1 (https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1) . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at https://markephair.com (https://markephair.com) . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass (https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass) . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com (https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com) Instagram: https://instagram.com/kvw.makes (https://instagram.com/kvw.makes) He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com (https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com) . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at https://carmandaartsthings.com (https://carmandaartsthings.com) . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at https://dominiquedickey.com/ (https://dominiquedickey.com/) , https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey (https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey) , and https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey (https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey) .

3. 

   19 Apr 2026

   Episode 037 - Demanding Answers

   There's another voicemail from the Boss, and this one is even more upsetting. Things are getting weird in the world, but they resolve to go ahead and play since they can't do anything about it. The crew faces Achhiut, who is not Amtonit. Transcripts: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts (https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com/transcripts) . Podcast website: https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com (https://www.coffeecultsandempires.com) . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires (https://www.patreon.com/c/coffeecultsandempires) . Damian Lichtenstein as The Intern. Find him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich (https://www.instagram.com/thatdamlich) or check out his drag king account https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter (https://www.instagram.com/Woody.Banter) . Chelsea Burns as Harmony as Urekas. Find her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy (https://www.instagram.com/chelseacomedy) . Chris Grumbles as Don as Georg. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles, (https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrumbles,) but it's just one picture of his cat’s eye and a drinking bird sipping a cocktail. Desiree Phair as Rozafeen as Hellena (and Justice). Sylas Silver as Vafrus as Calumn as Ruffort. Check out his RPG where you get to the good parts of roleplay faster at https://readysetrole.org/ (https://readysetrole.org/) Meet Sylas for real and chat about stories and games at https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/ (https://silverstoriesondiscords.org/) Hear more of his silly nonsense ideas about worldbuilding at https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1 (https://youtube.com/@sylassilver1) . Mark E. Phair as Tanam the DM. Find him at https://markephair.com (https://markephair.com) . Isaac Pendergrass as The Boss. Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass (https://www.instagram.com/isaacpendergrass) . Edited by Mark (Tanam) and Desiree (Rozafeen). Music by Kevin Vitz-Wong. Hear more music at https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com (https://kevinvitzwong.bandcamp.com) Instagram: https://instagram.com/kvw.makes (https://instagram.com/kvw.makes) He also plays clarinet in Glitch Kibbitz https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com (https://glitchkibbitz.bandcamp.com) . Character art and logo design by Carmanda. Find her at https://carmandaartsthings.com (https://carmandaartsthings.com) . Sensitivity consulting by Dominique Dickey. Find links to more of their work, including fiction and game design, at https://dominiquedickey.com/ (https://dominiquedickey.com/) , https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey (https://www.twitter.com/DomSDickey) , and https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey (https://www.instagram.com/DomSDickey) .

Who has been a guest on Coffee, Cults, and Empires

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Beeb
• Urekas
• Tagak
• Teep

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

66,146

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

5

Social presence

91

YouTube

85

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.