HOLLYWOO with Joshua Conkel

Ms. Joe Biden will bee our next president and Josh predicted it with tarot! Josh is joined by screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick, creator of the classic Final Destination franchise. Remarkably they're from the same Isolated part of Eastern Kentucky and they talk a bit about Appalachian woo-woo like water witching, granny magic, and a terrifying experience of speaking in tongues Jeffrey had as a child. They discuss economic injustice and how it affects elections before diving into Jeffrey's career...

Oh no, it's Election Day! Josh is very anxious, but at least he has an update about the ghosts in his apartment. His guest is actress, producer, child of Hollywood Lucy DeVito. These two old friends discuss (of course) election anxiety, Lucy's psychic vision of Brittany Murphy's death, Josh's dead grandmothers visiting him in his dreams, past lives, the Evil Eye aka Malocchio, the Saints, Santeria, Lucy's childhood in Beverly Hills as the daughter of Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, their...

Happy Halloween, witches! Josh talks Samhain and AllSaints before being joined by Sagittarius Dylan Dawson, co-creator of Syfy's new animated series, Wildlife. They discuss Dylan's youtube wedding, crystals, giving up meat, how meat Is murder, growing up vegetarian and Unitarian, having a great 2020, other dimensions, aliens, Time Life spooky books, Buddhism, how having a podcast is embarrassing, Josh's militant atheist phase, the Amazing Randi and his check for a million dollars, a cottage...

Josh talks about his road trip of ghost towns (Salton Sea, California City, and others) before briefly mentioning his newfound Interest In Buddhism. Then he's joined by columnist, author, and witch Gabriela Herstik. They discuss animal prints, meditation, Buddhism, defining god, understanding something unknowable, Bahai, Naha Armady and 22 Teachings, the ups and downs of being a pro witch, copycat witches, glamour/fashion magick and materialism, Gabriela's devotion to Venus, sex positivity,...

Josh talks Witchie Awards, the election and not giving his energy to dum dums online, and discusses his upcoming road trip to various ghost towns. Then he's joined by Instagram gay and actor Philippe Bowgen. They discuss: being an Influencer and getting free shit on Instagram (speedos for Phillipe, demonology books for Josh!) They discuss the election and how awful queer conservatives are, being an ethnically ambiguous actor and how our looks affect casting, Veronica Mars, Chaldean...

We're nominated for a WITCHIE AWARD! Josh talks about astrology house systems, the full moon In Aries, and numerology before welcoming his guest, OA, Watchmen, and Circe writer, Claire Kiechel. The pair discuss getting canceled, Ted Bundy glasses, Netflix, the weird Emmys of 2020, Netflix, Space Jam, and then do a deep dive on cults: Scientology, nxivm and The Vow, and Heaven's Gate. Finally, Josh gets Into Claire's chart. She thought she was an Aries but she's a Pisces! Finally, Josh pulls...

Josh talks about his hot neighbor, The Vow on HBO, and his professional astrology reading with Hoku Mama (details below.) His guest Is Michael Cyril Creighton and they talk about New York vs LA, Michael's love of Madeline Kahn, his old web series Jack In a Box and how It affected his career, Michael on the woo-woo scale (5.5 or 6) and what's superstition vs woo-woo. Then Josh and Michael discuss their results of the What Starseed Are You quiz and It turns out they're both from The Pleiades!...

This one's for horror fans! Josh quickly laments the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg before quickly getting Into the Interview with the guest, Seth Sherwood, writer of LEATHERFACE and LIGHT AS A FEATHER on Hulu. They discuss all things horror: the fandom, Blair Witch and viral marketing, thriller vs. horror, the term "elevated horror" and turning Beyonce to Bell Hooks. They discuss aliens and Irl witches before diving Into the myriad pet psychics Seth has hired. They also discuss Seth's chart...

Josh discusses how LA Is on fire, Alex Morse, and the Medium piece "Nazi Hippies: When the New Age and Far-Right Overlap." He's the joined by Raising Dion's Ali Anh. They discuss LA vs NYC, being bi-coastal, Ali being a 6.5 on the woo-woo scale, them both hating fairies, bogus starseeds, Eastern medicine and Western Ignorance, acupuncture, Reiki done remotely, how the economy Is fake, past lives, Josh's fear of death, Bahai, then they get Into a long conversation on enneagrams. Ali Is a 2...

This week Josh talks about L.A.'s heatwave, nerding out on Ancestry.com, the story of when his mother met her dead father, and Appalachian folk magic aka granny magic. Then he's joined by his guest Benjamin Siemon, an actor, writer, comedian, and puppeteer (he's been on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.) Benjamin is a three on the woo-woo scale. They discussion writing for animation, writers rooms In quarantine, gay dating apps, Soup Plantation and Aunt Jemimah, how the Squidbillies guy came for Dolly...

Josh mentions his trip to Idylwilde and gives a Kitty and Louis (the ghosts In his apartment) update. They turned on his Quip! Josh Is joined by very famous witch Pam Grossman of the Witch Wave and her book "Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power." They discuss the shadow side of woo-woo wish-fulfillment phenomena like The Secret, annoying things within the witchy/witch/Pagan community, the representation of witches In popular media like Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, to...

Josh talks heatwaves and rolling blackouts along with QAnon's kooky belief In a made-up drug called Adrenochrome. Then he's joined by the hilarious Tommy Do who runs an Instagram account dedicated to scouring the Internet for the cringiest gay thirst traps. We talk about boneheaded gay Instagram and TikTok posts, the Insane beauty standards for gay men In Los Angeles, Tommy rates himself on the woo-woo scale and we discuss aliens, the Idea of Indigo Children (kids who are born supernaturally...

Josh discusses wet mouth sounds, being afraid of country music, and the supposed 13th sign Ophiuchus and why we don't have to believe In It. Then he's joined by actor Jon Bass from the TBS sitcom Miracle Workers, Baywatch, and Broadway's Book of Mormon. They discuss pretty gemstones, the link between hallucinogens and spirituality, how Josh came out to his mom while on LSD, vortexes and blue spots, psychic who read playing cards like tarot, Echo Park botanicas, the Five Rhythms and Esalen,...

Josh talks about men who neg on Twitter and then tells the harrowing saga of his creepy date with Randy Birdstrangler. Then he's joined by actress Kate Comer from The Comeback, You're the Worst, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Wine Country, What We Do In the Shadows, and more. They discuss Capricorn slander, haunted restaurants In Hollywood, the science of intuition, GOOP, amethysts, past lives, reincarnation, red carpets, Lisa Kudrow, ring lights, sound baths, astral projection, Tiger...

Josh touches on Stella Immanuel, Donald Trump's Insane covid-19 doctor, as well as a diet program that's based on your zodiac. Then Jessica Rothe joins him and they discuss GOOP, jade rollers, past lives, auditioning, being hungry at Cafe Gratitude, Valley Girl, being a Gemini and why they're so hated, the ups and downs of being an Iconic final girl and the horror fandom, and finally Josh pulls some tarot cards.

Josh talks about TikTok witches and Mucho Mucho Amor the documentary about Astrologer Walter Mercado before diving Into It with his guest, writer Byron Lane. Joshua and Byron discuss surviving cancer In Palm Springs, the legacy of Carrie Fischer, the Alien Agenda, the ghost of Paul Lynde, Byron's chart and being a Cancer, a quickie tarot reading, gay stan culture and Tilda Swinton, and finally the question of fate.

Oh no, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was canceled and its Leo season. Joshua and writer/director Maggie Levin discuss seeing ghosts, whether or not aliens built the pyramids, crystal healing, how much we hate faeries, the pressure of writing the Labyrinth sequel, Maggie being a Pisces, staying pretty in Los Angeles, cursed mirrors, what filming will look like post quarantine, and more!

Josh talks with actor/comedian Tony Rodriguez about his mother, the reluctant exorcist, dating during quarantine, and then dives into Tony's natal chart before giving a tarot reading on his romantic opportunities.

A glimpse of what's to come on HOLLYWOO: a new spiritual (?) podcast where screenwriter Joshua Conkel talks to different Hollywood types about all things woo woo.