Love / Hate

Whoa baby baby. Cat ABOOD joins us today and this is a hot topical topic kiddos! We chat promposals and yep, hit religion again like a motherfucker. Catch Cat with AltarBoyz every Friday at iO Chicago. Enjoy! For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com

It's good to be bad and it's bad to be good. Today's discussion started out about how Liz really likes in songs when someone says "it feels so good to be bad" (or vice versa). This quickly turned into a conversation about church and religion. We really liked this conversation and hope you guys do, too. For more Love/Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com

V funny improviser and writer Ryan Burkett joins us!!! HOLY HELL. Fuck naps. Don't fuck with naps. Naps aren't anything. SLEEPWALKING IS THE TRUE TITLE OF THE EPISODE. Enjoy and have your mind blown. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com

The passion. The rage. The spirit that went into today's topic, chosen by glorious improviser Alli Stark, is one for the books. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com

Wowowow, love bugs! This guy is fun. On today's ep we're chatting the powerful, ceremonial, triumphant Olympic games in all their glory. Also, Ashley has been taking in animals. One of them makes a special guest appearance. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com

Today we're joined by stand up Janice V. Rodriguez! Janice is the co-producer of Latina comedy showcase Las Locas Comedy in Chicago. Janice has that problem so many have...she's the type of person strangers just gravitate to (sometimes in, um, inappropriate situations). She's truly the best and you're gonna love this one, love haters!! For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com

Amazing ep for you, love haters! Today we're talking BRUNCH and we're joined by Chicago poet/sweetheart/budding comedian Nate Marshall. We're not sure about you, but we have never met a capital-P Poet before - and trust us when we say GO FIND A POET TO TALK TO IMMEDIATELY. These are good people. Nate is the author of Wild Hundreds and the director of National Programs for Young Chicago Authors. His album, Grown, is available on Soundcloud. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com

A seemingly-shallow topic became a DEEP conversation on today's episode - Ashley loves lists and Liz just isn't so sure. Put the LIST in LISTEN, love haters!

WE'RE BACK, BABY! Two new episodes live now. For more Love/Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com

WE'RE BACK! Two new episodes live now. For more Love/Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com

*~*MINI EP ALERT*~*We are back with Stephanie Burchinow for a quick fire round of Love It or Hate It. Oh MAN. It is funny. Steph is the funniest person on the entire planet and you NEED to hear her thoughts on pizza misnomers, voicemail, kickboards, peoples’ reaction to loud noises and solo movie trips.

Ummmm Hellooo love/haters! We are so very excited to sit down with our new friends* (*that we stalked) on the podcast. In today's episode we are joined by GLITTER MONEYYY 's (with three Y's), Queen TrAshly and Tayyy-Slayy! We recorded the day of the eclipse and lemme tell ya weird things go down! Our new friends take us around topics like being bad ass ladies in the music biz, sexual confidence, hot managers named Anna, band nerds and snack foods! Check out Glitter Moneyyy's sound cloud and check them out at Empower Hour with Devin Middleton at the Crowd Theater on September 2nd!

GUYS GUYS GUYS. Great ep today because (look around, look around) we're welcoming ARI AFSAR on Love/Hate today! Ari stars as Eliza in Hamilton Chicago (~run don't walk~ to see this woman in action) and today we're having a ~period~ chat (and not period like NEW YORK CITY - sev-sev-seventeen time period -- period like the one women get). Ari takes us through her Thinx thoughts (it's passionate, love haters), feminism, Demi Lovato and more...we cover lotsa lotsa ground people. Check Ari out on all the social media (@ariannaafsar)and watch out for her HOT E.P. coming out this fall. For more Love Hate visit www.lovehatepodcast.com. ALSO WE'RE ON INSTAGRAM TODAY! Follow us @lovehatepodcast for updates

Oh wow. Guys, this one's a trip. Chicago improviser & comedian & opinionated lady Stephanie Burchinow joins us to discuss the catch-22 that is FREE SAMPLES. We also get HEATED about claymation and share a great story about Amy Adams' episode of Smallville. Also..you guys like Boy Meets World? BECAUSE WE. GO. IN. Enjoy. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com

Okay, our 16th ep is about Candles! How cute is that? 16 Candles. Cute cute kewt. Game of Thrones premiered this week so we thought we'd take it BACK TO DA WINTAH. We recorded this guy in the cooler months and wanted to unveil it now, because, honestly, when are candles not en vogue? In vogue? En vogue. Ashley and Liz chat all things fire and wax, throw in some Nate Berkus love for good measure, and chat AMBIENCE in general. Oh Ashley was in a sorority. We're in a mellow mood. Hop on the train, love haters! For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com

We're back, love haters!!! NBC Chicago meteorologist Alicia Roman joins us and let's just say the forecast is looking HOT because today we're talking engagements, weddings, closet space, scientology and HARRY POTTER. Alicia's husband Nick gets in on the action (we only have three microphones so we employed a "tap in" system if Nick *really* needed to say something - I mean, we're talking *seamless* production, people). For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com. Follow Alicia at @aliciaromannbc

Ashley and Paula Skaggs (filling in for Liz; homegirl broke an ankle) get Myers-Briggy with it. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com

Ashley and Liz cover some very important ground. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.

Guys. In the best way possible, this one is mostly about vampires. Ashley and Liz and guest Jorin Garguilo sell each other on an HBO subscription. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.

Liz and Ashley and guest Kelsie Huff get Bug Juiced. Strap in for a real wackadoo ride with a few layovers in volunteer-your-seat-on-a-plane town and join-a-cult city. Catch Kelsie in Chicago at the Laugh Factory hosting The Kates and visit her site at www.kelsiehuff.com. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.

Liz and Ashley and guest John Sabine air some dirty laundry re: small dogs* (*MTV's The Challenge, church, religion, all types of dogs, dog movies, the Sandlot and a female Rufio). John performs in Chicago with Improvised Shakespeare Thursday - Saturdays at iO Chicago and with the team Late 90s on Wednesdays, also at iO. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.

Liz and Ashley break it down* (*pay people to lock them in a room and try to escape by solving a series of puzzles). Oh yeah, Ashley gets hit by a bike. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.

Ashley and Liz get giddy about (*in our best Oprah voices*) CAMPING, PEOPLE! Listen for our R.O.T.’s (rules of thumb) for a successful outdoor adventure. Full disclo-clo: we mostly discuss our favorite early 2000s pop stars and their original Christmas songs! For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.

Ashley, Liz and guest Cole Earnest explore the world of astrology (Astronomy? No, astrology. No, astronomy.) Either way — we HATE it, unless mercury is in retrograde. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.

Liz and Ashley and guest Christine Wines get into it about HGTV stars Chip & Joanna Gaines. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.

Liz and Ashley get fiery about tiger lites (that's what ombré used to be called – WAKE UP, AMERICA)...and tiny houses. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.

Liz and Ashley leave room for the Holy Spirit. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.

Ashley and Liz get heated about award shows. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.

Ashley and Liz get fired up about ~boutique fitness~. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.

Ashley and Liz love on photos and hate on 'em, too. For more Love Hate, visit www.lovehatepodcast.com.