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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 Rac ...
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OVER IT, EXHAUSTED!? Just say #Suckittt! Join actress, Jennifer Esposito & comedian, Irene Bremis as they unapologetically debunk cultural, political & societal BULLS--- with candor, heart and humor. If you’re thinking it... They’re SAYING IT. #Suckittt features different celebrity, political and civilian guests, who weigh-in from everything to wellness, politics, relationships and MORE! Regain your brain, sanity and body during this decompression session through laughter & poignancy. Jen an ...
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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Rachel Dratch | QCODE
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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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg…
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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc…
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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me…
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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…
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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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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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! Learn more about your ad choices. Vi…
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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? Learn more about you…
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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. Learn more about your ad choi…
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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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice…
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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 t…
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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…
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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 …
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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 o…
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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? Learn more about your ad choices. Vis…
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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… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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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. Learn more about your ad choices. …
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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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Rachel Dratch | QCODE
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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! Learn more about your ad…
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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! Learn more about your ad ch…
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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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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! Le…
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Join Rachel and Irene as they welcome Rachel’s old pal Tina Fey to the show! After chatting about their days together in the Chicago improv scene, Tina shares some woo woo tales of her own – ghost stories from the little town of Cape May, NJ. And to Rachel’s delight, Tina will tell them in the local accent! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m…
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Do you believe in past lives? Join Rachel’s friend Michael Thomas, who did a past life regression and came out quoting Shakespeare and more! There’s also the time Rachel brought a Ouija board over and they summoned a singing spirit. Oh, there’s all kinds of woo woo in this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Actor and writer Craig Chester joins Rachel and Irene for a tale about the time he met a fellow who could astral project to Chicago, Europe, and beyond. We’re talking way beyond! Craig’s fascinating tale will make you question time, space, and lobsters. Tune in to hear it all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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In this episode Rachel shares her own ghost story, the story that was a major factor in her own woo woo journey. Back in 2006 she stayed in a hotel in LA for a month and experienced…nightly visitors. Some seemed harmless enough but one, not so much. Years later Rachel happened to meet the hotel’s concierge and was astounded by what she heard! So ch…
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Rachel catches up with her old pal Ana as they reminisce about their time together on SNL, then move to the topic of picking up on energy. Ana shares the incident when her husband was this close to renting a house, but her vibes said “No way!” and, she later discovered…with good reason! Then later…did Ana really see a ghost? Tune in to find out! Le…
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Join Rachel and Irene as they talk to Rachel’s pal Tara, who shares her story about... time travel. YES WE SAID TIME TRAVEL! A vivid dream that takes Tara into the past turns into reality as she learns that what she saw there can actually be corroborated. Things get stranger and stranger from there! This story might just blow your mind and make you…
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We love visiting with Lea DeLaria, and, apparently so do ghosts! They love her! Join Lea, star of “Orange is the New Black” and the Broadway stage, as she shares her stories of haunted hotels with Rachel and Irene. Just think! The next time you are lying in a hotel bed and hear “tap tap tap tap tap” it might be housekeeping, or it just might be a g…
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Amy joins Rachel to talk about their showbiz beginnings together in Chicago and then moves on to the world of woo woo. While Amy is a self-proclaimed skeptic about ghosts, it turns out she is way into the enneagram, manifesting, and…crystals? Hey! Maybe she’s more woo woo than she first thought! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/…
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Broadway star Kevin Cahoon gets woo woo with Rachel and her co-host Irene to talk about his ghostly sighting...with a twist! But that’s not all! Rachel shares her experience with an eerily accurate channeler and a bonus ghost sighting comes up in conversation…with photographic proof? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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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, an…
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Wanna say #suckittt to the past year? How about the past DECADE!? Comedian Shauna Lane sits in with Irene for Jennifer Esposito and they openly discuss their best and worst moments of the decade. Including Irene’s personal challenges & Shauna’s battle with breast cancer. It’s the decade in review! Let’s starts seeing clearly in 20/20 and if you’re …
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We say DON’T DO IT! The wonderful Dr Patrick Fratellone joins us in talking about how to survive the holidays with the family. It may not be just the food you are eating that is toxic to your health. He talks about your choices, mediation and offers some much needed advice, to not only get through the holidays but enjoy them. For information regard…
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The world has become so noisy with all we SHOULD BE. The endless need to be much more than what and who we already are is everywhere in today’s culture. How do we stop the madness and become okay with what already is? In this EP we talk about overwhelming ourselves with the critical talk we do to ourselves and how to put that in check For informati…
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Cancel culture, describes a form of boycott in which the called-out person is also thrust out of social or professional circles — either on social media or in the real world or both. They are said to be "canceled". Now more than ever with social media people are being called and cancelled continuously. We have growingly become a “cancelling culture…
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With social media ever growing, the need for women of all ages to achieve unrealistic beauty and project perfection, has become a pandemic issue. The mental health of young women is a growing concern. We talk about how striving to be perfect can affect your health and ability to perform well. Make-up artist Carmindy Bowyer shares her personal story…
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On one hand social media connects people, can flourish your brand or business and gives everyone an equal voice. On the other, we’re all yelling over each other and not listening. We’re projecting a false image that has damaging ramifications such as “image dysmorphia,” which can lead to significant insecurities. In addition, social media has becom…
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Do you realize that what feeds you is more than just the food you eat? Jen and Irene dive deep into how food is so connected to relationships with ourselves and others. It is connected to our memories, celebration and even our pain. They are joined this week by our first honorary, ROACH- Sophia Roe, and share A very candid conversation about how sh…
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Irene & Jen discussed the movie, Joker, on Instagram live event. We ask the question, “when do we start taking responsibility for one another”? Sparking a conversation about gun control & mental illness stemmed from the very controversial movie, The Joker. Join us! For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy…
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Ever want to just scream and then punch someone in the face, just because? Or how about you start to shake uncontrollably and feel as though you're dying? Or have that overwhelming feeling of sadness that you can’t seem to shake and realize you haven’t showered for a week? Well, join the club. This episode Jen & Irene discuss how mental illness, pa…
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