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Join comedian Rachel Dratch as she gets a little Woo Woo, discussing stories of the unexplained, the eerie and other-worldly. Rachel has gathered these tales from her funny friends over the years and invites you to listen in to the stories they may only tell to a trusted pal who will not judge. Psychics? Spirits? Astral Projection? Check, check, and check! Sure, we may live in a completely rational world where there’s no such thing as any of this stuff, but after you spend some time with Rachel, her co-host Irene Bremis, and pals, you might have your doubts, and find that…you too are WOO WOO!
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Emily Spivey: "Unsolved Mysteries" – A Woo Woo Primer
Comedy writer Emily Spivey (SNL, Wine Country) joins her pal Rachel to reminisce about the old days. Turns out, SNL had been a dream of Emily’s since childhood and she manifested the hell out of that! Also, as a child she was haunted by the Black Hat Man? Apparently, it’s a thing!
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45:1320/11/2024
Kate Micucci: “Someone Died Here”
Kate Micucci (The Lego Batman Movie, DuckTales) has had several psychic moments in her life. She shares an eerie moment of clairvoyance that overcame her while looking at houses in LA. Plus, opinions from grandma from the other side, and, can you get an accurate reading from a cut-rate pet psychic?
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46:0113/11/2024
Will Forte: I Mocked an Evil Spirit
Will Forte (MacGruber, Last Man on Earth) is a good friend of Rachel’s from their SNL days and he joins Woo Woo to discuss his brush with a Ouija board back in high school. Of course it involved Will hurling dick jokes at an evil spirit. Plus: Will’s mom’s unreliable psychic and Penjy reveals!
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34:5606/11/2024
D'Arcy Carden: A Father's Intuition
Have you ever had a gut feeling? D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place, Nobody Wants This) shares an amazing story from her childhood about a family outing. Listen in to hear D’arcy’s eerie tale!
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44:5630/10/2024
Sabrina Brier: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Manifester
Sabrina Brier burst on the scene with her TikTok character “That Friend.” Now she’s on several prestigious lists of “comedians to watch.” How does one achieve their wildest dreams? Do what Sabrina did! Specific goals, ingenuity, a strong work ethic, and some woo woo!
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40:5323/10/2024
Frances Callier: The Premonition in the Mirror
Actor and comedian Frances Callier (The Final Word podcast, Sexy Liberal Tour) talks about a strange vision she had one day in her mirror that later became a reality. Also, can dreams connect us to the other side? Well that depends on your level of woo woo!
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40:3216/10/2024
Casey Wilson: I Hired a Ghostbuster
Sometimes a kid says there’s a monster under the bed. But what do you do when your kid reports…something more?! Actor, comedian and writer Casey Wilson (Happy Endings, Saturday Night Live) joins Rachel and Irene to share her creepy yet funny experience. Also, mediums and signs from beyond. A lot of LA woo woo in this episode!
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54:5309/10/2024
Zarna Garg: The Wedding Guest
Stand-up comic Zarna Garg didn’t consider herself to be a woo woo person at all. And yet…she joins us here on the show to share a magical and poignant story of loss that will stay with us for a long time. Also, she discusses the booming business of Vedic astrology! Was her stand up career predicted in her birth chart?
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52:3802/10/2024
Julianne Hough: Someone Else's Memories
Julianne Hough (“Dancing with the Stars,” “POTUS” on Broadway, “Footloose”) shares a fascinating tale of clairvoyance she experienced while meditating. A fan of all things woo woo, Julianne’s general outlook on remaining open in mind and body left Rachel and Irene feeling downright inspired!
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58:1825/09/2024
Bridger Winegar: My Sweet Great-Grandma, Also...Demons!
Bridger Winegar, hilarious host of the hit podcast “I Said No Gifts” shares a connecting moment he felt with his departed loved one. But also, he serves as a fun guide in How to Spot A Demon according to his Mormon traditions. A full range of Woo Woo!
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58:3118/09/2024
Richard Ellis: Haunted House Real Estate
Realtor Richard Ellis has sold homes in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York for over 30 years, and one in particular seems to have included a few ghosts. The case of the haunted Ackley house ended up all the way in the NY Supreme Court! What happens when you buy or sell a house that seems to come with a few leftover tenants from years gone by? Listen to find out!
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46:1211/09/2024
Betsy Sodaro: "A Funny Feeling"
Actor and comedian Betsy Sodaro (“Ghosts,” “Bob’s Burgers”) has her own podcast that deals with the paranormal, that she also does with her good friend, and it’s called “A Funny Feeling.” She joins the show to share her woo woo wisdom as well as some of her eeriest and creepiest tales. And she raises the question, if you are staying in a haunted room, do you want the advance notice? Ahhh ’tis one for the ages...
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36:4504/09/2024
Joel Chiodi: Not Enough Sage for This!
Producer Joel Chiodi (MerPeople, The Secrets of Hillsong) bought a nice little cabin in the woods to relax. Well, sometimes the nice little cabin is haunted! You know you have a problem when your dog refuses to set foot inside. Plus, energy readers and animal communicators...the woods are filled with woo woo!
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43:5128/08/2024
Jenny Slate: I Grew Up in a Haunted House
What’s it like to grow up in a haunted house? Actor, author and comedian Jenny Slate shares tales of her childhood home in Massachusetts, including apparitions and the discovery of a love affair from days gone by!
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50:4521/08/2024
Chelsea Devantez: I Shouldn't Be Telling You This
Chelsea Devantez is a fellow Second City alumna and the host of the podcast Glamorous Trash. She also has a memoir out called “I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This (But I’m Going to Anyway) which is chock full of woo woo tales. For one, she saw a psychic whose predictions seemed preposterous at the time but indeed did come true. She also has a system (that she credits to Rachel) for asking for signs from the universe! Oh, and bonus…she’s a funny lady!
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01:01:1514/08/2024
Paula Pell: Asking the Sky at Joshua Tree
Actor, comedian, and writer Paula Pell (Girls5eva, Wine Country, SNL) has been a dear friend of Rachel’s for a very long time, and she joins the show to share her love of animals and experiences with an animal communicator, her vibes on a very creepy dude in a NY diner, and her inspiring story of finding her love when she thought all hope was lost. We are so happy to chat with Paula – always a fun hang, a wise friend, and one open to all things woo woo!
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01:14:2207/08/2024
Samantha Bee: The House Absorbed You
Samantha Bee (The Daily Show, Full Frontal) joins Woo Woo to share tales of the terrifying house where she grew up. Did it used to be a VA Hospital? Of course it did. Giant old staircases and long dark hallways? Yup. The energy in this house was NOT GOOD, but later, she managed to get herself to a happy place. Chills and laughs - Sam brings it all!
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52:2731/07/2024
Lazlow: A Ghostly Travelogue
Lazlow has worked as a director, producer, and writer for some of the most successful video games of all time (Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption to name a few). He joins the show with tales of the eerie worlds he has visited, including his time living in an abandoned hotel…No wonder he has such an active imagination!
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51:1024/07/2024
Gloria Steinem: We Manifested an Icon!
Gloria Steinem, icon of feminism, and personal “shero” of Rachel and Irene talks about her days as a journalist and comedy writer and indulges us with talk of witches, intuition, and the wisdom of her 90 years.
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36:5817/07/2024
Chris Kattan: There's a Spirit Portal in My Basement!
When Rachel asked her SNL castmate Chris Kattan if he had any woo woo stories, he casually responded “Oh yeah, I used to live in a haunted house.” He joins the ladies here and shares story after story about what happened in this house. Ghost sightings! A stairway to nowhere! Whispers in the night! It’s all there and more on this week’s episode of Woo Woo!
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57:3810/07/2024
Marina Franklin: What Happened to Whitey?
This week stand-up comic and host of the podcast “Friends Like Us,” Marina Franklin joins the show. From a clairvoyant feeling about her grandmother’s dog Whitey, to shared dreaming, Marina tells the ladies about a lifetime of woo woo moments, including one about a ghost who did not share her taste in tv viewing! All here on Woo Woo!
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40:1103/07/2024
Frank Whaley: "Gene Told Me"
Actor Frank Whaley (“Swimming with Sharks” “The Doors”) had an encounter with a ghost. Or rather, his toddler did. And we can all agree, that's the creepiest way to learn that you are living in a haunted house. This story will blow your mind! We’ll leave it at that.
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55:0426/06/2024
Julianna Margulies: Amateur Regression Hypnosis
Actor (and author!) Julianna Margulies joins Woo Woo to share the story of her dad, who was very much a believer in reincarnation. Turns out he tried out hypnosis on Julianna to take her back in time, and let’s just say…it worked!
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56:2719/06/2024
Roz Hernandez: Haunted Dolls!
Roz Hernandez, host of her own podcast “Ghosted!” and co-host of “Living for the Dead” on Hulu, brings the fun to Rachel and Irene in a meeting of the woo woo minds! Hear her discuss the creepy Ouija board she took home from a vintage shop, as well as the hilarious world of haunted dolls for sale on eBay!
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52:3112/06/2024
Ali Davis: Mysteries of the Tarot
Writer and improviser Ali Davis has an extra talent—reading Tarot cards. Ali shares different approaches to the cards, and does a reading too! Plus, a creepy tale from a cursed LA apartment building involving…a smoky orb. That’s pretty woo woo!
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54:2905/06/2024
James Morosini: Silent Retreat
Actor/writer/director James Morosini (“I Love My Dad,” “Sex Lives of College Girls”) joins Woo Woo to talk about a 10-day silent retreat he did. Listen in so you can hear his takeaways and keep talking all you want! You’ll also hear about his father the trickster, who inspired his first film.
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53:4829/05/2024
Jesse Tyler Ferguson: Specific Hopes N' Dreams
You know Jesse Tyler Ferguson as a TV star and Tony-winning actor. But he was once an aspiring teen who saw a Broadway show he loved so much, he vowed to one day work with the writer and director. Listen in to find out if he MANIFESTED! Also, a chat on what personality traits get passed down from your DNA.
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47:0722/05/2024
Derek Hayes: Monsters Among Us
Rachel and Irene are joined by Derek Hayes, host of the popular podcast "Monsters Among Us." Derek has both experienced and heard his own share of paranormal stories over the years; he shares a highlight reel of sorts, and well, Bigfoot enters the chat! But never in all your days did you dream of hearing a Bigfoot story quite like this. You’ll have images in your head that you may not shake anytime soon. Trust us, it will be weird and fun!
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47:4715/05/2024
Lauren Spagnola-Robins: The Birthday Call
We’ve got ghosts! While chatting at a school field day Rachel discovered fellow mom Lauren Robins has not one but THREE ghost stories, all from various phases of her life. Join to hear her fascinating tales, which culminate in a phone call from…the Other Side!
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46:5308/05/2024
Frank Conniff: Everything Happens for a Reason
Actually, we are not believers in this ol’ cliche. However, Frank Conniff’s tale of how his intervention led to first big job (on "Mystery Science Theater") is an interesting look into how we view the adversity in our lives. Plus, a special investigative report on how Penjy the Pendulum cursed Rachel’s vacation!
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53:0701/05/2024
Seth Meyers: The Power of Nostalgia
Seth drops by to chat with Rachel about their days together back on SNL, and where he is on the Woo Woo scale of believing. He starts at a 1 but Rachel and Irene are determined to get him to at least an 8 by the end of the show. Plus, Seth discusses the idea of emotions surrounding nostalgia. Isn’t there a German word for that?
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44:0124/04/2024
Rick Younger: A Brush with Death
Comedian, singer, and Broadway performer Rick Younger got into comedy quite by accident, and it turns out a real accident informed his decisions on what to do with the rest of his life. Come join Rachel and Irene as we hear how a brush with danger informed Rick's future choices and made him into the person he is today.
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38:5517/04/2024
Rachel Feinstein: A Very Woo Woo Love Story
Artist Rachel Feinstein joins the show to share the literal fairy-tale story of how she met her husband, during her live-in art installation. Plus, we talk Jungian psychology and using our dreams to do “work” while we are sleeping. Come listen to our woo woo exploration of the art world!
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01:02:0110/04/2024
John Solomon: The Tale of a Titanic Survivor
Comedy writer John Solomon (Last Man on Earth, MacGruber) joins the ladies to share the story of his great uncle who survived the Titanic, a gentleman named Washington Dodge. Upon returning home to San Francisco, Mr. Dodge became the subject of rumor and suspicion. And here’s where the story goes woo woo! Let’s just say, his death wasn’t the last the world saw of Washington Dodge…
Ostler, Scott. "Ghost of Titanic Survivor Haunts Cellar on Nob Hill." SFGATE. Dec 2, 1999.
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49:2803/04/2024
Lilli Cooper: Numerology, Hogwarts Houses, and Miracles, oh my!
Broadway star Lilli Cooper talks to Rachel & Irene about their life path numbers, reveals their Hogwarts house predictions, and tells them about a familial miracle that occurred in her devout Catholic ancestry.
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47:4927/03/2024
Will Ferrell: Not Now, Ghosts!!
Will Ferrell joins Rachel to reminisce about their time together on SNL and then get into the woo woo of it all. He shares his ingenious system for reading horoscopes and an anecdote of how a SIGN brought him onto this podcast. It’s always a delight to hang out with Will, so come listen to his chat with the ladies, and maybe you’ll leave with a tip on how to control your ghost encounters.
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44:4820/03/2024
Barbara Goodfriend: Animal Communicator
Is it possible to talk to the animals? Barbara Goodfriend has had this ability since she was a young child. She even reads Rachel’s dog Ruffles and recounts stories of creatures large and small. But before we get started with Barbara, Rachel talks to her old pal Esther about the time she used a pet psychic to locate a lost mouse named Catalina. It doesn’t get much more woo woo than that!
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49:0013/03/2024
Julie White: Déjà Vu and Dreams Come True
Broadway’s own Julie White joins Rachel and Irene to talk about the meaning of dreams and a particular dream of hers that predicted a slice of her future. Did Julie bend the space/time continuum? Well, we’d like to think so!
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44:2206/03/2024
Amy Sedaris: A Whirlwind of Woo Woo
Comedy legend Amy Sedaris joins Rachel and Irene to regale them with tales of ghosts, mediums and dream visitations. Amy thinks she will make a fun ghost someday and we had so much fun talking to her, we have to agree!
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34:2928/02/2024
Ricki Stern: "Surviving Death"
Award-winning documentary filmmaker (and long-time friend of Rachel’s) Ricki Stern joins the ladies to talk about what she learned doing her Netflix documentary series “Surviving Death,” as well as her CNN series “UFO’s: Investigating the Unknown.” Near-death experiences, reincarnation, mediums, UFO’s - oh it’s all there! Does consciousness exist outside the brain? Duuude, we still don’t know but we had fun talking about it!
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01:04:3921/02/2024
Aliza Kelly: What's in Your Stars?
For someone who studies the heavens, Aliza Kelly is very down to earth. Recurring guest astrologer on The Drew Barrymore show, Aliza interprets Rachel and Irene's charts and answers all the burning questions you may have about astrology. But will she answer Rachel’s question of which sign is the biggest a-hole?
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01:03:2514/02/2024
Christopher Fitzgerald: The Haunted Cottage of Peaks Island
Broadway veteran Christopher Fitzgerald (Spamalot, Waitress) joins the show to share a tale from his childhood, a genuinely creepy ghost story that takes place on an island in Maine. Gasps! Chills! Suspense! Stephen King didn’t cook this one up but he may wish he did…
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57:2307/02/2024
Carmindy: The Screaming Ghost of Dublin
Renowned make-up artist Carmindy (What Not to Wear) joins Woo Woo to talk about her strange experience in the middle of the night in a Dublin Hotel. Plus, she discusses a few woo woo workshops she attended that actually make a lot of sense in their healing ideas. Hey, some woo woo actually carries a lot of wisdom.
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46:0131/01/2024
Nia Vardalos: She's a Greek Oracle!
Nia Vardalos from My Big Fat Greek Wedding (1, 2 AND 3!) stops by Woo Woo to talk to Rachel and Irene (in Greek of course) about her uncanny ability to predict her own life events. It’s pretty cool and may just want to make you run out and get a Moleskine notebook of your own!
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52:4524/01/2024
Suzy Nakamura: Signs (and Parking Spots!) from the Beyond
Actor and comedian Suzy Nakamura (Dead to Me, Avenue 5… and POTUS on Broadway) joins Rachel and Irene this week to discuss looking for signs, a cursed apartment, and her experiences with mediums who don’t quite reach the beyond.
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58:1517/01/2024
John Fugelsang: The UFO’s of Tacna, Peru
Comedian and commentator John Fugelsang joins Rachel and Irene to discuss what he saw in the night sky in a remote area of Peru. And yes, he was sober! He’s also seen Uri Geller bend a spoon and chatted with Shirley MacLaine. But he scares Irene the most with a story about his kitchen cabinets. Tune in to hear all about it!
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52:2810/01/2024
Vanessa Williams: Ghosts, Pet Psychics, and Past Lives
You know Vanessa Williams as a beautiful actor and singer. But did you know she has all sorts of woo woo tales? Join Rachel and Irene as they discuss Vanessa’s haunted house and the time she had an “expert” come in to determine with whom she was sharing her home! They also talk pet psychics, past lives… the list goes on!
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50:2003/01/2024
“Field research” on…Aura Photography
Here’s a quick little mini episode where Rachel and Irene conduct some woo woo field research. Back next week with a full episode after the holidays!
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15:4927/12/2023
Liz Cackowski: It Came from Down the Hall
Ok, this story is our creepiest yet. Join Rachel and Irene as they talk to writer and actor Liz Cackowski. Liz has the unenviable tale of being haunted by an evil spirit who came into her room every night when she was 15 years old. But when the year was over, the ghost mysteriously stopped. And, like all the best stories on Woo Woo…THERE’S A TWIST!
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01:14:1520/12/2023
Thomas Lennon: Haunted Homes & The Mysterious Radio
Actor Thomas Lennon from The State and Reno 911 joins Rachel and Irene to share his various ghost stories. Some are funny. (If someone knowingly sells you a haunted house and you see them at a party, is it awkward?) And some, like the story of a special child, are quite moving. Thomas runs the gamut of the eerie and unexplained, here on Woo Woo!
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52:5913/12/2023