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Savior Complex28: How To Come Out This Christmas…Or, Sex and PowerSend us a textHappy Holidays, lovers!! As the winter solstice brings us the darkest day of the year and the return of the light, we hope you are cozy and safe and warm. We here at Savior Complex Inc are limping to the end of the year, but not before sharing our end of year reflections and manic energy with our lovers, of course. In this ep, we share how we “came out” this year, with Kiko coming out as psychic, and Emily coming out as a director. We also discuss the story of the birth of J...
2025-12-2154 minSavior ComplexHow To Relish Being and Feeling… Or, Touching Yourself :)Send us a textHi from under a blanket, lovers… the air is chilly, the days are short, and so is this ep! Bravely recorded during Mercury Retrograde, this pod is a short and sweet dive into the bliss of being alive (we’re being serious). Kiko fills us in on a new milestone of spiritual acceptance and love of “being” after a reset trip to Maine. Emily shares her evolving relationship to eroticism and the routines she refined while traveling for work that led to more love of “feeling.” Plus, we discuss Zohran (yes!!!!!), Weapons, being dumb about m...
2025-11-2141 min
Savior Complex26: How To Do Magic... Or, Help Me Desire What Is Truly MineSend us a textWe’re BACK, lovers! After a loooong summer sabbatical, Kiko and Emily return to the pod on this Full Moon in Aries in Fall 2025 to debrief what the hell has been going on and to dive into a favorite pod subject - how to do magic, by meeting, greeting, and preparing for the unknown! Kiko and Emily tell the tale of their magical group trip to Ireland - think mossy cliffs, wild horses, nonstop moody rain, and pizza made with cheddar (???). We share our Dingle Peninsula learnings on the power of immersion in na...
2025-10-071h 20Savior Complex25: How To Fall In Love With Life... Or, Why Make Anything At All?Send us a textWelcome to Gemini Season and the 25th episode of Savior Complex, lovers! Our podcast can legally rent a car! Beep beep… In this ep, Emily and Kiko deep dive on *deconditioning* and enjoying life, which actually is a practice?! Emily shares about her experiment with a popular fitness trend and what it taught her about busyness addiction, accountability, resistance to creativity, and seducing herself into change. Kiko opens up about creating a memorial video for their beloved dog and what it taught them about unpacking “procrastination,” the creative process, and working from a place...
2025-05-231h 04Savior Complex24: How To Lock Into Spring...Or, Have Your Mid-Life Crisis Ahead Of ScheduleSend us a textIt’s officially spring, lovers, and over here at Savior Complex, Inc. we’re feeling a pep in our step mixed with deep discomfort. Anyone else?? We’ve got Mercury and Venus going direct, Neptune in Aries nestling in to stay, and we’re on the heels of a powerful Full Moon– so it’s go time! But also, grow time… In this ep, Kiko and Emily delve deep into releasing stories of abandonment, insecurity, anxiety, and needing to be “on.” Emily talks about renegotiating her relationship to her work and her art, and she also goes...
2025-04-181h 04Savior Complex23: How To Be An Artist... By Saying "I'm An Artist" With Lulu KrauseSend us a textHappy March, lovers! And wow… March 2025 is wild. Between the eclipse portal, spring equinox, and multiple planetary retrogrades—not to mention the global fight against capitalism, imperialism, and fascism intensifying… phew 🥵 Kiko and Emily share how relationships, anxiety, daily habits, and community are playing a role during this intense time.Speaking of community, we are thrilled to have our brilliant and beautiful Virgo muse Lulu Krause (@lulukrause, Substack: Lulu’s Walks) on this month’s pod! Lulu, a Brooklyn-based, multi-talented creative, casts her spell in this episode, taking us on her journe...
2025-03-211h 07Savior Complex22: How To Flow, Not Fight… Or Is "Processing" Out?!Send us a textWell… it’s 2025, and lovers, what a start to the year. The energy is combustible and wild, both geopolitically and astrologically, so we hope you’re holding your loved ones and community tight. Hot off January 25th’s six-planet alignment, Lunar New Year, and a New Moon in Aquarius, we’re diving into this month’s topic - How To Flow, Not Fight. Kiko shares about the grief of losing a pet 💔 and how they are flowing through this experience with deep intuition, psychic moments, bravery, and oceanic weeping technology. Emily discusses feeling excitement for...
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The David Odyssey ShowEmily Olcott: Faith in the CycleThe powerhouse actor, director, writer, voyager, sorceress and guide Emily Olcott returns to talk about grief, death, life, recovery and art. It's a greatest hit! David also talks about 2025, Jupiter in Gemini, Saturn and Neptune in Aries, Uranus in Gemini, Chicago, West Side Story, and much more.Book a reading with David:davidodyssey.com/storeSend David a Venmo tip @david_odyssey.Pre-order David's book, When Saturn Returns:https://www.amazon.com/When-Saturn-Returns-Coming-Age/dp/1797231618/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PS41OCTFKQUJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Fp4l1mRzM9JP5ALH_ZIimQt_m50...
2025-01-011h 34Savior Complex21: How To Shift a Victim Mindset… With Prayer and a Pet PsychicSend us a textHappy New Year, lovers! We’ve had a divine 2024 livelaughloving with you, and we have a very exciting announcement for 2025: we’re launching a new pod format! Starting this month, each ep will be centered around a ‘How To’. We’ll tackle a difficult subject or substantial spiritual challenge, sharing personal anecdotes and suggestions for interpersonal process and spiritual praxis- so get in touch if there’s anything YOU want us to cover! This month, Kiko and Emily dive into how to shift victim mentality. Emily shares about authentic communication and mindful action, and Kiko sha...
2024-12-311h 29Savior Complex20: I Think I Unlocked Human BehaviorSend us a textSensual and meaningful inhale,Deep and cleansing exhale that also unlocks the shadow within,Hello to our lovers from this post-election, unseasonably warm Scorpio season thin veil autumn (more on that in the ep). We’re sending you love from our little pod corner and are hoping magic and power are able to find you on this 11/11 portal, and a Full Moon in Taurus right around the corner (on 11/15). In this ep, Kiko and Emily discuss the possibilities of love with ChatGPT, letting yourself be perceived, playing with reality, being re...
2024-11-111h 10Savior Complex19: Florence Pugh and Life From the Neck DownSend us a textIt’s back to school, lovers! Kiko and Emily are thrilled to return to the pod after a summer hiatus, just in time for the transition from fiery, wild Leo season to the cleansing harvest energies of Virgo season. In this ep, Kiko and Emily dive into how they have been Irrevocably Changed by the Summer - spoiler alert, it involves embodiment… gulp. From new fitness routines to new somatic practices to new realizations about intellectualizing feelings, Kiko and Emily explore the challenges and gifts of living life from the neck down. Turns out...
2024-09-231h 33Savior Complex18: When Is It My Turn to Be Healed by a Horse?Send us a textHey lovers! It’s summer, it’s Pride (happy pride), it’s the end of Gemini Season and the beginning of Cancer Season, it’s Solstice time, there’s TWO Capricorn full moons in the mix - whew! In this ep, Kiko and Emily explore the swirling waters of paradox. Kiko opens up about the physical experience of shame yet the freedom of more emotional embodiment; Emily shares about feeling unmoored yet more psychically connected within that lost feeling. And naturally, we talk about horses for a really long time…including the movie Spirit, shad...
2024-06-291h 38Savior Complex17: A Collective Deep SighSend us a textIt’s post-eclipse season integration time and Taurus season, and the collective energy is focused on the heavy work of unearthing the truth. So if you’ve been feeling gutted, directionless, sad, or untethered lately… you’re in good company riding along with Kiko and Emily (shotgun)! In this ep, we dive into the narratives around transformation and the reality of everyone being on their own journey. We talk about the wisdom of the body, depression and heartbreak, giving ourselves grace, and dialing into inner strength. We also find time to honor Beyoncé as a livi...
2024-05-161h 09Savior Complex16: I’ve Been Thinking About the Sun LatelySend us a textChirp chirp, it’s spring cleaning time, blossoms! Kiko and Emily are here with a fresh transmission just in time for Mercury Retrograde/Eclipse Season - be careful out there please!! In this ep, we dive into the shimmering radiance and silence of the universe and how to incorporate that energy into our daily lives, letting new life experiences unfold (love, anyone?!), hope as a practice, and boredom as a powerful tool of transformation. We also discuss Dune 2 at length (Skip minutes 40-50 to avoid spoilers!), Avatar the Last Airbender, Cate Blanchett being a...
2024-04-051h 37Savior Complex15: So What’s Your Biggest Flaw?Send us a textHappy midwinter, blossoms! It’s Aquarius Season, we’ve just passed the threshold of Imbolc and we’re anticipating the Lunar New Year, so strap in for a discussion of our roles within the human and ecological collective, and our responsibility to our dreams on an individual and humanitarian level. Kiko shares about the angelic being that taught them love (listen to find out who), and Emily reveals her greatest flaw (listen to find out what). We dig deep on the pangs of new romance, news chyron ticker tapes of old storylines and what t...
2024-02-121h 22Savior Complex14: There and Back AgainSend us a textHappy New Year, Blossoms! It’s 2024, it’s a Universal 8 Year, and Kiko and Emily are both emerging from a Dark Time™ - let’s get into it! Emily shares about her current “nothingness” phase of grief and Kiko fills us in on a recent experience of professional disappointment and the (partially seasonal) depression that ensued. But chin up Blossoms - this ep dives deep on how to move through life’s low points and how to appreciate the wisdom and expansion that emerge when it’s darkest before the dawn. Plus we talk ins and out...
2024-01-091h 33Savior Complex13: Sob Episode :')Send us a textJust in time for the mystery and intrigue of eclipse season, Kiko and Emily are back, little *blossoms*. But we must warn you: if you’re not into weeping or sitting with the reality of infinite unknowable mystery, consider skipping (but also unpack your inability to exist with emotional discomfort???) and if you *are* a frequent SC Pod listener, we know you’re into weeping…admit it…so make a cozy tea, light a soy wax candle, grab a box of tissues, and come snuggle inside our shared cathedral of sorrow, beauty, and GI issue...
2023-10-271h 21Savior Complex12: Is It Ok to Say That I’m Happy?Send us a textKnock knock, lovers - the angels are working overtime this sweaty-@$$ summer and Kiko and Emily want to know: are you ready to receive (bottom)? In this episode, Kiko boldly demonstrates how moving apartments in New York City can actually be a spiritual awakening, Emily opens up about the struggle to let go of, well…struggle itself...as she moves into a new Personal Paradigm™, and we sing a life-changing duet (intentionally breathy, haters). We discuss choosing joy, flirting with life, and taking leaps of faith - kind of perfect for the fun sill...
2023-07-291h 21Savior Complex11: Garbage and FlowersSend us a textIn this episode, Kiko and Emily report to you live from the trenches of this most recent Mercury Retrograde aka merc wreck… get it trending… 🚨 Tender Sensitive Belly Zone🚨: Kiko opens up about having to be perfect (vulnerable in a cool way), Emily reveals she is not a saint (kind of hot), we attempt to turn on our consenting dear friend and producer Mikel with our sexy accolades, and we discuss our shared confusion about nutrition. So give yourself a soft head pat for making it through the bumpy energetic ride of these last few w...
2023-05-181h 07Savior Complex10: Living in the NessSend us a textThe coffee is flowing, the energy is wild, and spring has sprung in this latest ep, lovers!! 🌸 🌼 🌷 In this ep discuss honoring our experiences as vast energetic beings, explore the practice of self-acceptance in moments of self-betrayal, get honest about using humor as a beautiful processing tool vs using humor to deflect (guilty as charged), and share the interconnectivity between Dunkin, LiveJournal, and being horny pigs for certain actors on Grey’s Anatomy. As a special treat, we bring back SOS (Save Our Souls) our sweet, sweet advice segment (ya we DO actually check that...
2023-03-281h 35Savior Complex9: Visions of a Secret GardenSend us a textHappy Aquarius Season lovers :) In this episode, Kiko and Emily explore the spiritual power of mindfulness and choosing vision over pain, the healing process of reclaiming cycles and falling in love with yourself. It is also revealed that one of them fell on the street recently (humbling), and one of them can’t do a pull up (embarrassing). Guess who!
2023-02-081h 04Savior Complex8: Getting Clear and Owning FearSend us a textHappy New Year, lovers! At the close of 2022, Kiko and Emily dig into their end-of-year experiences with holiday anxieties and miracles. Kiko recounts how their heart grew “a little bit” through an act of random generosity, and Emily reflects back the layered life lessons she is learning in the process of baking a layered pudding cake (see what we did there?). They both share what they’re *clear* on right now in their respective spiritual journeys, and what they have *fear* around (see what we did there AGAIN? Clear and fear rhyme ^-^). Kiko r...
2023-01-021h 07Savior Complex7: Swamptime™️Send us a textHello lovers, how good of you to join us! In this episode, Kiko and Emily dive into the murky waters of the past Scorpio season, and share their findings from the depths, transforming pain into “...it’s ok, I’m ok”. Emily uncovers some old fears and wounds, and ponders how to rest - like, no, like, REALLY rest. Kiko talks forgiveness (ever heard of it?) and prayer (okay, now we’re pushing it) - and how surrendering to both can lead to heart-healing and eye-opening experiences. They cover autumnal gratitude, Emily’s birthday and...
2022-12-0852 minSavior Complex6: Summer of HealingSend us a textHi lovers, remember us?! Kiko and Emily are back after a summer sabbatical – with reflections to share, of course! Kiko opens up about their summer journey of deeper self-acceptance and belonging through a contemplation and embodiment of gender expression, culminating in an important new hairstyle (center part). They admit they cry easily and that they find crying both powerful and very funny. Emily shares about a traumatic experience and what her healing process has looked like physically, emotionally, and spiritually, navigating numbness and feeling again. Kiko advocates for the psychedelics as a healing mo...
2022-10-191h 15Savior Complex5: The Akashic Records with Kat HuntSend us a textKiko and Emily venture into the vast spiritual wilds of the Akashic Records with their inaugural guest, Kat Hunt! A practitioner and divine guide to the records, Kat shares about her journey to becoming a spiritual healer and embodying her channeling abilities. We learn about the foundational principles of the Akashic Records and how we are all part of the cosmic yin/yang dance of creation, and Kiko’s and Emily’s minds are blown several times along the way (warning: lots of “wow's" in this episode). Kiko, Emily, and Kat discuss energetic signat...
2022-07-081h 23Savior Complex4: Intro to Woo WooSend us a textKiko and Emily get so excited to dish on all the far out belief systems they’re obsessed with, but somehow, over the course of an hour, never quite get into any of them…BUT…isn’t it all about the journey, not the destination? In their first ever ‘Heart Dump', Emily talks through her recent life funk and Kiko shares their dawning awareness of a tectonic shift in their life. We touch on and tease astrology as a gateway drug, psychic readings as the best bad habit, and testify (confess?) that past lives are...
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Meta PsycKicksOut of the Ether and into Reality: An Introduction to the Akashic RecordsAhhh the internet. An ever expanding untouchable database of information trying its hardest to document all aspects of the human consciousness; past, present, and future. If you look closely life on earth is a reflection. Human creations reflect the foundational elements repeatedly found in existence itself. Many philosophical, scientific, and metaphysical theories have been proposed based in the understanding, "No thing can come from nothing" ~ Henry Steel Olcott. So where could the idea of an ever expanding, comprehensive, library of infinite information come from? Straight out of the ether? We think so.This week we renew our...
2022-04-1755 min
Meta PsycKicksOut of the Ether and into Reality: An Introduction to the Akashic RecordsAhhh the internet. An ever expanding untouchable database of information trying its hardest to document all aspects of the human consciousness; past, present, and future. If you look closely life on earth is a reflection. Human creations reflect the foundational elements repeatedly found in existence itself. Many philosophical, scientific, and metaphysical theories have been proposed based in the understanding, "No thing can come from nothing" ~ Henry Steel Olcott. So where could the idea of an ever expanding, comprehensive, library of infinite information come from? Straight out of the ether? We think so.This week we renew our...
2022-04-1755 min
Savior Complex3: What Is the “Point” of My “Life”?Send us a textEmily and Kiko talk about ‘Gifts’, and the exciting, agonizing paradox of uncovering your life purpose. They tackle the mammoth question, “Who Am I?” (are you a black iPod or white iPod?), consider the importance of external validation, and reveal that they’ve both eaten hot dogs at basketball games. Lovers of the movies Soul and Pig, anglerfish aficionados, and Timothée Chalamet (look, even *we* can’t believe he wormed his way into another ep…) won’t want to miss this extremely navel-gazey episode - time to lift your shirts up and show us yo...
2022-04-0845 min
Savior Complex1: The Journey Begins... (Part I)Send us a textEmily and Kiko kick off the inaugural episode of Savior Complex! They retrace their paths to spirituality and unpack their shared fascination with the mystery of life. In Part I, Emily shares her story of walking through the door to sobriety, recovery, and beyond. Follow @saviorcomplexpodcast for podcast updates and @kikosoiree @emilyolcott for nud3s Want to ask an anonymous question? Submit to our advice segment ⓢⓞⓢ - here 😎 Listen, Rate, and Subscribe to Savior Complex wherever you stream
2022-02-2847 min
Savior Complex2: The Journey Begins... (Part II)Send us a textThe journey continues! In Part II, Kiko shares their story about growing up with religious roots, negotiating cultural and societal expectations, and charting their spiritual awakening through artistic practices and personal liberation. Follow @saviorcomplexpodcast for podcast updates and @kikosoiree @emilyolcott for nud3s Want to ask an anonymous question? Submit to our advice segment ⓢⓞⓢ - here 😎 Listen, Rate, and Subscribe to Savior Complex wherever you stream
2022-02-2850 minThe David Odyssey ShowEmily Olcott's Saturn ReturnNew year, new format! David interviews special guest Emily Olcott (@emilyolcott) about their Saturn Return and journey to sobriety. Consider it an interview with a cosmic underpinning, abounding with Emily's signature Sagittarian wisdom. David also covers The Other Two, Shakespeare in Love, Y: The Last Man, Utopia Avenue, Caroline Polachek, Lil Nas X and much more.You can follow David on Instagram @david_odyssey and @adavidodyssey on Twitter. To book a tarot/astrology reading, visit davidodyssey.com or email adavidodyssey@gmail.com. And be sure to subscribe/share/rate and share your love of The Luminaries. See y...
2021-09-272h 05
Critiker7° T'as 5 minutes ? - Exorcisme au cinémaVous avez 5 minutes ? Vous vous demandez ce que l’exorcisme vient faire au cinéma ? Dans cet épisode, nous allons reprendre l’historique de ce sous-genre horrifique et voir ensemble ses différentes facettes. L’avenir est-il sombre pour les films traitant de ce sujet ? Voyons cela ensemble ! Extraits de films : De la crèche à la croix, de Sidney Olcott (1912), Kalem CompanyLe Roi des rois, de Cecil B. DeMille (1927), Cecil B. DeMilleMiracle à Cupertino, d’Edward Dmytryk (1962), Columbia PicturesL’Exorciste, de William Friedkin (1973), Warner BrosY a-t-il un e...
2021-08-0209 min
Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang"I Don't Think So, Honey! 3" LIVE (Part One)The 3rd installment of "I Don't Think So, Honey!" Live is here! 50 comedians take one minute each to go off on culture. Part One featuring Peggy O'Leary, Mary Beth Barone, George Civeris, Marie Faustin, Sydnee Washington, Anna Roisman, Jon Braylock, Molly Gaebe, Sam Reece, Kelsey Bailey, Lulu Krause, Ben Kling, Taryn Engelhardt, Jen Keefe, Dewayne Perkins, Gaby Hornig, Emily Olcott, Gaya Rajagopolan, Ali Gordon, Josh Daniel, Ryan Haney, Yoni Lotan, Brendan Scannell, Joel Kim Booster, and two-time Icon Award recipient, Pat Regan. With Peter Smith as Annette Bening.Recorded Live 11/18/17at The Bell House for the Brooklyn...
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