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Alchemy... from Effigy Press
by Effigy Press
Welcome to Alchemy, the podcast from Effigy Press. For anyone who’s ever looked at the chaos, confusion, and delightful mess of the world and thought, ’Yeah, I need to get in on that.’
Episodes
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Love Unscripted | Two Guys, One Girl, Zero Good Choices
Love triangles: that razor-thin line between heart-pounding drama and the literary equivalent of soggy toast. In our new episode, Tim & LeeAnna dig into why so many writers trip over plot holes, pace their story like a three-legged race, and expect readers to cheer for ‘Team Bland’ vs. ‘Team...
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Love Unscripted | Cupid’s Murder Evidence Board
Join Tim and LeeAnna as they contemplate your friend group: not so much a circle as a soap opera with bad lighting. One kiss, one breakup, and suddenly everyone’s starring in their own season finale. Plot twists pile up, alliances shift hourly, and Cupid’s arrows feel more like grenades. Welcome…
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Love Unscripted | Not Your Troy, Not Your Heaven (part 2)
In this Alchemy episode, Tim & LeeAnna continue their dive into emotional turmoil with the second of two of Yeats’s most emotionally raw poems – He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven. Ah, the wreckage of unrequited love. As with all our podcasts, this episode is ad-free – because our advertiser, a...
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Love Unscripted | Not Your Troy, Not Your Heaven (part 1)
What if the woman you love isn’t yours to save, to burn, or to beg? What if your dreams were never her destination? In this Alchemy episode, Tim & LeeAnna dive into the first of two of Yeats’s most emotionally raw poems – No Second Troy and He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven – to explore the...
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Certified: Not A Mess
Dating’s chaotic. So what if there were… standards? Like actual, published, reviewable standards. In this episode, Tim launches his idea of a “Dating Passport” – complete with Contracts of Integrity for Men and Women. LeeAnna reacts to Tim’s “Contract for Women of Integrity,” with an eyebrow…
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Love Unscripted | Love on a High Horse (part 2)
So, you’ve tried navigating the dating landscape, but it still feels like trudging through a swamp while balancing on a high horse? Welcome back, where Tim & LeeAnna continue the love saga in the land of lukewarm puddles and underwhelming options. In this second part of “Love on a High Horse” the...
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Love Unscripted | Love on a High Horse (part 1)
When the dating pool feels more like a lukewarm puddle, and the effort-to-reward ratio just doesn’t add up... you might be dating from a high horse. In this episode, Tim & LeeAnna wade into the frustrations of modern romance – where expectations soar, options underwhelm, and no one’s driving 30...
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Love Unscripted | Be My Baby (part 2)
In part 2 of "Love Unscripted | Be My Baby“ Tim and LeeAnna are back with more power dynamics, manipulation, and control – plus a dramatic reading from the fictional James and Alice that seems to be kinda weirdly controlling. Or is it? Why does Alice need to dress up as a cheerleader for James’...
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Love Unscripted | Be My Baby (part 1)
Power dynamics, manipulation, and control - oh my! This week (and next), Tim and LeeAnna plow through the ugly, messy reality of how control plays out in relationships. The subtle, often unnoticed ways people - mostly men - bend their partners to their will without even realizing it. In "Love...
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AI Takeover
Ever wondered if AI could replace podcasters? Well, Tim and LeeAnna sure did... and the results are hilariously weird. In this podcast-within-a-podcast an AI-cloned Tim & an AI-cloned LeeAnna discuss a humorous post written by The Snark on AI-podcasting, and the real Tim takes us through the...
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Love Unscripted | The Tragedy of the Incels (part 2)
Welcome to part 2 of The Tragedy of the Incels, where Tim and LeeAnna continue to dive into the fascinating world of Incels - because why not tackle one of the internet’s favorite rage-fueled, basement-dwelling subcultures? They share their personal run-ins with incels, and hey, sounds like one…
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Love Unscripted | The Tragedy of the Incels (part 1)
Ever wondered how deep resentment and unrequited love can spiral into a self-destructive cult of bitterness? Join Tim and LeeAnna as they dive into the fascinating, cringeworthy world of incels – the involuntary celibates who somehow think blaming women for their lack of romantic success is a...
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Love Unscripted | Love’s Corner Case
Tithonus | Love and the Curse of Immortality What happens when love doesn’t just survive the test of time - but is cursed by it? In our latest episode of Alchemy, Tim and LeeAnna dive into the tragic myth of Tithonus, where immortality isn’t the gift it seems to be. Immortal, but “forever aging”?...
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Love Unscripted | Fix It or Forget It
Is your relationship more "Fix It" or "Forget It?" Well, Tim and LeeAnna are back to help you navigate the emotional minefield of love, with a heavy dose of snark and some seriously practical advice. Whether you’re a writer looking to add some depth to your fictional couples or just a human who’s...
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Love Unscripted | Riding The Four Horsemen
Ever wonder what happens when love goes off the rails? Join Tim and LeeAnna as they break down the Four Horsemen of relationships: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling. Spoiler: It’s not pretty. From jabs of criticism to emotional retreat, we’ve got your guide to the worst...
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Love Unscripted | Love in Full Color: The Emotional Landscape
This week on Alchemy, Tim and LeeAnna crack open the hood of modern romance to show us what love looks like when it’s firing on all cylinders… or stalling dramatically on the freeway of emotional dysfunction. There’s uncooperative metaphors, romantic pedicures, and more dramatic readings than a...
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Love Unscripted | Love’s Quiet Desperation… Prufrock’s Struggle with Desire
Welcome to the Alchemy’s podcast, where Tim and LeeAnna take on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - the ultimate guide to how not to face your feelings (or do much of anything, really). Along the way: dead Popes, risqué Bible passages, a prophecy about the death of podcasting, and one balding,...
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Love Unscripted | The Love Archipelago
In this episode of Alchemy, Tim and LeeAnna set sail through the Love Archipelago, exploring the rocky islands of human emotion. First stop: “Desire and Disappointment” - where we chase love but find out we’re way better at the chase than the actual thing. Then, onto “Love as an Existential...
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Welcome to Club Confusion… Contradictions and the Human Condition
Let’s face it: Life is a constant mess of contradictions. Freedom feels great… until it leaves you with a heap of regret. Love makes you feel like you’re on top of the world… right before it takes you down a peg (or ten). In our latest Alchemy Podcast episode, Tim and LeeAnna dive headfirst into...
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Panic Mode: Activated
In this Alchemy Short n’ Sweet episode, Tim and LeeAnna delve into the joy of a crisis made so much worse by the person who panics – do they want to be center of attention, or is it their emotional fragility, or (better yet) both? Writers, sharpen your pencils. Non-writers, stay tuned anyway—and...
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Small Talk, Big Deal
Welcome to the Alchemy’s podcast, where Tim and LeeAnna dive into small talk: Because sometimes “Nice weather, huh?” is just foreplay for a breakdown. So, small talk—the supposedly pointless filler that’s actually a prehistoric survival ritual in disguise. Along the way, there are missing spoons,...
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Enter Stage Left
This week on Alchemy… socks vanish into another dimension, jean jackets are judged, and Tim presents 9 rules for meeting people that sound suspiciously like a list of personal grievances. LeeAnna insists you smile, Tim insists you don’t talk loudly on your cellphone, and together they explore…
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Take Me to Your Writer | Part 3, The Weirdness Beneath Our Skin
Welcome to the Alchemy’s podcast, where Tim and LeeAnna dive deep into the “weirdness beneath our skin”—because, honestly, who doesn’t love a good rabbit hole? LeeAnna kicks things off with a chicken-herding dog persecuted in Cuba, Tim responds bravely with a hamster April First prank, LeeAnna...
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Take Me to Your Writer | Part 2, Writing the Otherworldly
Jump into Alchemy’s 25th episode, where we’re tackling aliens, existential dread, and... hamster funerals? From the mind-bending “Xir” aliens (designed by The Snark) to snack-obsessed invaders and animatronic space creatures, Tim and LeeAnna take you on a wild, wild journey that will make you...
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Take Me to Your Writer | Part 1, Build-An-Alien
In this bizarre part 1 of “Take Me to Your Writer”, Tim and LeeAnna take you on a wild ride through alien design, existential dread, and… dead hamsters? That’s right—what starts as a conversation about building truly terrifying extraterrestrials quickly morphs into a tangent-filled exploration of...
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Demon Smackdown: When Humans Fight Back
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... Today it’s time for a Demon Smackdown! We’re tackling the toughest enemies of the human spirit—inner demons, the bad and evil people who try to manipulate and harm, and even those spiritual demons lurking in the shadows. Today our podcasters discuss how humans...
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Moral Dread: When Demons Deliver Life Lessons
Demons aren't just fiery, horned creatures from hell—they’re life lessons in disguise. In this episode of Alchemy, LeeAnna and Tim dive deep into the concept of moral dread, where our darkest impulses—greed, lust, sloth, envy—aren't just fears, but cautionary tales lurking in our own human…
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Pressure Makes Diamonds... Or Dust
Today, Tim & LeeAnna dig deep into the messy, chaotic world of people cracking under pressure—because let’s face it, life’s a pressure cooker, and sometimes the lid just pops. It’s the high-stakes world of war, disaster, and every moment that feels like your last nerve is being plucked like a…
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The (Not So Much) Wonder Years
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... today, our podcasters venture into Teen Angst, and the wild world of teenagers – those magnificent creatures navigating the perilous terrain of high snakes and life’s oh-so-difficult choices. Because, really, what’s a teen’s life without a few near-death...
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When Reality Met Fiction: The Meet Cute
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... Today, our podcasters tackle the overhyped meet-cute—and then dive into its far more entertaining cousin, the meet-ugly. Writers, get ready to throw your tired old tropes out the window. Non-writers, stick around anyway—it’s going to get weird, and you’ll...
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Just Soooo Attractive
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy. Today, our podcasters talk about how to make characters that are both compelling and objectively good folks. Writers, get ready to think outside the box. Non-writers, stay tuned anyway—for a battle between good and evil. Of course, as with all our podcasts, we’ve...
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Deflated!
Today, Tim and LeeAnna talk about when everything unexpectedly goes pear-shaped, and the gawkable spectacle of embarrassed deflation. Writers, get ready to humble your characters. Non-writers, stay tuned for some cringey moments, including a “chicken in curry” calamity. Of course, as with all our...
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Emotions, Emotions Everywhere
Today, our podcasters explore emotions, and how they are both complex and unpredictable. Writers, get ready to think outside the box. Non-writers, stay tuned anyway—it’s bound to get fascinating. Of course, as with all our podcasts, we’ve spared you any ads for Tex-Mex food that promises to…
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Breaking the Bro Code
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press that embraces the delightful chaos of life. Whether you’re a fiction writer looking to refine your craft, or just someone who enjoys watching the world spin and needs fresh conversation material for your next cocktail party, we’ve...
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Quantum Entanglement
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press where we shamelessly embrace the delightful chaos of life. Whether you're a fiction writer desperately trying to pull your craft out of the gutter, or just someone who enjoys watching the world spin out of control and needs some…
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The Wrong Words
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press where we dive headfirst into the delightful chaos of life. Whether you're a fiction writer struggling to untangle your mess of a plot, or just someone who loves watching the world spin out of control and needs fresh material for…
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Existential Family Secrets
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press where we fully lean into the glorious chaos of life. Whether you’re a fiction writer trying to make sense of your mess of a manuscript, or just someone who enjoys watching the world burn from a safe distance and needs some fresh...
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Memory & Self-Identity
Join Tim, LeeAnna, and Seth (guest) from Effigy Press as they dive into the absurdly complicated world of memory, identity, and writing. From questioning whether your brain is actually trustworthy to deciding if your character’s backstory is a hot mess or just ‘authentic,’ these three somehow...
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Twists and Turns
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press where we wholeheartedly embrace the delightful chaos of life. Whether you’re a fiction writer trying to un-screw-up your craft, or just someone who loves watching the world spin off its axis and needs new material for your next...
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You're Trying Too Hard!
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press where we throw our hands up at the chaos of life and laugh our way through it. Whether you’re a fiction writer struggling to refine your craft or just someone who enjoys watching the world fall apart and needs new material for your...
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Thinking About Dating?
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press where we embrace the beautiful mess of life. Whether you're a fiction writer honing your craft, or just someone who loves watching the world spin in all its chaotic glory and needs some fresh conversation starters for your next...
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Shocking Results
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press that dives into the delightful chaos of life. Whether you're a fiction writer working on refining your craft or just someone who enjoys watching the world spin off-kilter and needs fresh material for your next cocktail party, we've...
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The Wild Ride of Unexpected History
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press that dives into the delightful mess of life. Whether you're a fiction writer refining your craft, or just someone who enjoys watching the world spin wildly and needs fresh fodder for your next cocktail conversation, we’ve got you...
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The Man Who Just Wouldn't Quit
In this Alchemy Short n’ Sweet episode, Tim and LeeAnna zip through the extraordinary story of Paul von Hindenburg. Writers, get ready to think about characters who simply don’t give up, or history that just won’t leave these poor souls alone. Non-writers, stay tuned anyway—for one of the most...
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The Most Amazing Face... Ever!
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press that embraces the delightful chaos of life. Whether you’re a fiction writer looking to refine your craft, or just someone who enjoys watching the world spin and needs fresh conversation material for your next cocktail party, we’ve...
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Dover Beach... or Dover Bitch?
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press that’s all about diving into the glorious mess of life. Whether you’re a fiction writer looking to hone your characters and plot, or just someone who enjoys watching the world tumble into chaos and needs some juicy conversation...
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Betrayal!
Join Tim and LeeAnna for Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press where we embrace the delightful chaos of life. Whether you’re a fiction writer stuck in the trenches of your craft, or just someone who enjoys watching the world implode while looking for juicy material to ruin your next cocktail...
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The backstory to "O Holy Night"
Join Tim and LeeAnna for a big warm welcome to Alchemy... the podcast from Effigy Press for anyone who’s ever looked at the chaos, confusion, and delightful mess of the world and thought, 'Yeah, I need to get in on that.' Whether you're a fiction writer trying to wrangle the madness into…
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Welcome to Alchemy, the podcast from Effigy Press. For anyone who’s ever looked at the chaos, confusion, and delightful mess of the world and thought, ’Yeah, I need to get in on that.’
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