All Episodes
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The Question That Started It All - E107
Every podcast starts somewhere… and this week, we’re sharing exactly how The Loud Quiet - Empty Nest Living came to be.It all goes back to one late-night drive, a litt...
How Do We Reinvent Ourselves? - E106
How Do We Reinvent Ourselves?What does it really mean to reinvent yourself once the house goes quiet? In this episode, Rick and Clancy talk about what reinvention has ...
Text Messages To My Sons - E105
Parenting doesn’t come with a guidebook... but sometimes it comes with text messages. In this episode, we sit down with Tammy Cohen, author of Text Messages To My Sons...
College Game Day Road Trip - E104
What started as “just a quick drive” turned into a full-on Baylor game day adventure… complete with tailgates, rivalries, bugs that wouldn’t quit, and a whole lot of l...
Visiting Your Kids On Their Turf - E103
What happens when you visit your kids in their own space? We share the funny, surprising, and eye-opening moments of stepping into their world while on the road betwee...
Signs Of Fall - E102
Some signs of fall are comforting. Some are kind of annoying. And some, like the flashing yellow school zone lights, just make you groan.In this episode, Rick and Clan...
Are You Thinking About Retirement? - E101
Retirement isn’t just about 401(k)s and Social Security. It’s also about your identity, your routines, your relationship, and that strange feeling of waking up with no...
The Return Of The Empty Nest - E100
The house is quiet again... and we’re back in the studio. The return of the empty nest, even for the 3rd time, stirs up a wide range of feelings. In this milestone 100...
Routine...ish – E99 Greatest Hits
You’re a couple again... but it doesn’t feel quite the same.This Greatest Hits episode takes us back to the early weeks of our empty nest life. The routines technicall...
Embrace the Shift – E98 Greatest Hits
Some parenting lessons don’t hit until you’re in a parking lot, crying with your kid, trying to help them through something you can’t fix.This Greatest Hits episode fr...
Blue Bags, Big Tears, Bright Futures – E97 Greatest Hits
The IKEA bags. The ramen in the pantry. The horse figurine in the car. This is the episode we recorded just days after becoming official empty nesters... and let’s jus...
College Move In Tips & Tricks - E96
Whether it’s your first college drop-off or your last, move-in season is a major milestone in empty nest life... and it comes with a LOT of moving parts.In this episod...
Empty Nesters Go Back To School - E95
You’re never too old... or too deep into the empty nest... to go back to school.In this episode of The Loud Quiet, we’re joined by our friends Scott and Eileen Nichols...
Mom Mode Returns, Eulogies & Trivia - E94
This week’s episode is a bit of a wild card... and we kind of love it that way.We kick things off with three trivia questions from a recent night out…answers revealed ...
Summer Connections With Your Adult Children - E93
Summer used to be packed with popsicles, pool days, and time together. But now... with one child living away and the other working long hours, it just feels different....
Do We Still 4th On The 4th? - E92
Fireworks. Flags. Parades. The Fourth of July used to mean something very specific when the kids were young. But now... in the empty nest... the holiday looks a little...
Should You Financially Support Your Adult Children? - E91
Judgment. Comparison. That side-eye when you mention you're still financially helping your adult kids. If you're an empty nester, chances are you’ve either given that ...
What Are We Watching? Summer Edition - E90
Time to lighten it up. After a couple of deeper episodes, we’re kicking back with some TV talk. Summer used to be rerun season, but now there’s new content dropping al...
10 Tips For Parents - “Birds” Come Home For The Summer - E89
Empty nesters, rejoice... and brace yourselves. The kids are coming home for summer break, and the vibe in your once-quiet house is about to shift.Clancy and Rick shar...
Losing Ourselves - An Empty Nest Reality Check - E88
What happens when your carefully planned life suddenly goes off script?In this deeply personal episode, Clancy and Rick open up about the past few weeks—full of unexpe...