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 and how it from sneaking into A Nightmare on Elm Street to working for New Line in its heyday. Finally, they get into the meat of the show, where Jeffrey teaches Josh all about the Baha'i faith, to which he's belonged since he was a teenager. Finally, Josh gets into Jeffrey's chart (Cancer sun, Gemini moon), his tarot card of the year (Temperence for 2020, The Devil for 2021) and then Josh predicts that Jeffrey will NOT meet a man soon womp womp but that's only because no one is good enough. 

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 joint fear of outer space, Lucy's chart (Pisces sun, Aquarius Moon, Scorpio rising), crippling self-doubt, we get into her tarot card of the year (the Moon) and finally, Josh gives Lucy a tarot reading for her love life. 

His card for you, the listeners, is The Magician!

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 in Cornwall, The Wicker Man and Ne*l L*bute, astrology (Dylan is a Sagittarius sun, Aries moon, Virgo rising with a cardinal t-square and more!) They also discuss their numerology of 2020: Dylan is a 7/The Chariot and Josh is a 1/The Fool. Dylan mentions right at the end that he used the same animal psychic as Ali Anh and finally Josh gives Dylan's dog a tarot reading. Your tarot card of the week: Queen of Swords. 

Wildlife on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX5Az9LAnbkTWmQF87jhN4nSCvZ9uMz4O

Movies starring Movies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZXjpv_iwgs

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, selfie art, dating In LA and how men are Insane, occult bros, Gabriela Is a 12 on the woo-woo scale, privilege In the woo-woo world, West Side wellness witches, cryptozoology and If bigfoot exists, Last Podcast on the Left, the liminal space and astral plane, Gabriela's chart (Aquarius Sun, Scorpio Moon, Libra rising), Josh embarrasses himself by getting a house wrong, Dolly vs Elvira, Gabriela's alarm goes off for her Solar Adoration, and then as a fun treat, both being tarot readings, Gabriela and Josh read tarot for each other. In the outro, Josh pulls Six of Swords for the week ahead. 

Insight Timer App
https://insighttimer.com/

California City Podcast
https://laist.com/podcasts/california-city.php

Gabriela's website
https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/about

Naha Armady/22 Teachings
https://22teachings.com/naha-armady/

Last Podcast on the Left
https://www.lastpodcastontheleft.com/

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 numerology, self-discipline in 2020, tarot cards of the year, and Phillipe's chart (Scorpio sun, scorpio rising, Gemini moon.) Then they take to the tarot and Josh predicts that Trump Is going to lose but lol what does he know. 


Chaldean Numerology
https://astronlogia.com/chaldean-numerology-calculator/

Tarot Card of the Year
https://www.cosmictarot.co.uk/discover-your-tarot-year-card/

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 The High Priestess for you. 

Witchie Award
http://witchessabbat.com/

Heaven's Gate
https://www.heavensgate.com/

Space Jam 
https://www.spacejam.com/

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! Starseeds are too much for Josh and he also rants about why he hates Dolphins. Then the pair get Into Michael's chart: Aries Sun, Taurus Moon, Cancer rising, and discuss the Neptune retrograde and Michael's mystical kite. Lastly, Josh gives Michael a quick tarot reading.

Hoku Mama Astrology
https://www.hokumamaastrology.com/

Which Starseed Are You?
https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/which-light-being-are-you-starseeds-quiz/

Jack In a Box web series
https://youtu.be/PxP23pwjCE0

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 (yay! a Capricorn!)

Here Is Seth Sherwood's list of woo-woo advisors:

Pet psychic one:
https://terristeuben.com

Pet psychic two:
https://www.candicanecooper.com

Nutrionist Astrologer:
https://km-taylor.com

Therapist/medium:
https://theconsciousenterprise.com

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 (The Helper) and Josh Is a 4 (The Individualist.) Ali Is a Leo sun, Taurus Moon, and Aquarius rising. They talk Ayurveda and Vedic astrology, The Great Conjunction, and Ali's pet psychic. Josh finishes It off with the world's fastest tarot reading. 

Medium Piece:
https://gen.medium.com/nazi-hippies-when-the-new-age-and-far-right-overlap-d1a6ddcd7be4

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 Parton, Josh when he was an actor playing exclusively mean gay waiters, how Benjamin was nearly "the puppet guy" on Real World: New Orleans, The Muppets, how bad they both want to see ghosts, Unsolved Mysteries and Sightings, The Winchester Mansion, The Craft and Wicca, Return to Oz and Fairuza Balk, then a deep dive on the truly wild Human Design aka the new astrology. Benjamin Is a Cancer Sun, Aquarius Moon, Taurus rising. Josh gives him a quick tarot reading, which Benjamin hates.