"Dratch, who wore an all-navy outfit with a small bird-pendant necklace, was exploring Stick Stone & Bone, a West Village boutique that hawks woo-woo wares: gems, jewelry, incense. Nose-ringed clientele browsed quietly; jazzy piano twinkled softly from above. The shop had been recommended by Amy Poehler, Dratch's close friend and podcast guest. On the show, Dratch and her co-host, Irene Bremis, a comedian and Dratch's high-school pal, are regaled by familiar faces' woo-woo tales: Tina Fey's spooky Jersey vacation town, Will Forte's Ouija high jinks, Gloria Steinem on the intuition of the oppressed. Dratch said that Poehler is, generally, "the ultimate skeptic" of woo-woo-ness."
"In early episodes, Dratch professed a wariness of her own. It has since waned. "The more stories I hear, the more open I become," she said. "There's no cost to it." It's also a practical approach. "If a guest tells their story, I don't want to step in and be, like, 'Well, that was probably just the wind,'" she said. "For the sake of the pod, we often believe that nothing has a scientific explanation." Her father, she noted, was a radiologist. ""I want to put a little disclaimer, like: I'm a person of science!" she added. "But we sort of walk the line, I guess.""
Rachel Dratch hosts a podcast called Woo Woo that invites comedians and friends to share supernatural, spiritual, and uncanny experiences. She visited a West Village boutique selling crystals, sage and other spiritual items, noting approachable interiors and recommendations from Amy Poehler. Early skepticism has softened as Dratch hears more stories, adopting a pragmatic, open stance that avoids debunking guests’ experiences. Co-host Irene Bremis joins conversations featuring anecdotes from Tina Fey, Will Forte and Gloria Steinem. Dratch balances scientific perspective, mentioning her radiologist father, with a willingness to walk the line between skepticism and receptivity.
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