Jana Schmieding: The Mountain Knows More Than I Know

Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch

QCODE Media, Inc.

Comedy

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Actor and writer Jana Schmieding (Reservation Dogs, Rutherford Falls) joins the show to talk about her Lakota traditions and a spirituality rooted in connection to nature. Plus she explains the Heyoka, the merry prankster figure in Lakota lore -- only those who have the vision can take on this role! You can catch bonus content now on the Woo Woo YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WooWooPodcast. Follow us on Instagram! @raedratch @irenebremis @janaunplgd @sagebasedwisdom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Woo Woo With Rachel Dratch, the podcast that explores the unexplained with humor and curiosity.
0:17.8	Hello and welcome to Woo Woo with Rachel Datch here with Irene Brevis.
0:23.0	Hello, Irene.
0:24.2	Hello, sweetie.
0:25.8	Irene, today we have an actor, writer, and general good gal.
0:32.8	I worked with her a little bit last year, and that's where I first met her.
0:37.7	Please say hello to Jana Smeeting.
0:41.5	Hi, Jana.
0:42.0	Hello.
0:43.0	Hi.
0:44.1	Hi.
0:44.9	Thank you for doing our show.
0:46.9	Thank you for having me.
0:48.4	I'm so excited to talk about everything woo-woo.
0:51.4	Everything woo-woo.
0:52.6	So, Jan and I met, you've done many acting roles, but we met doing the untitled NBC pilot,
1:03.6	aka City Indians.
1:07.4	We did a show for NBC that, well, who knows?
1:11.8	Maybe after we talk about it now, it will have a second life, but who knows?
1:17.7	You know how showbiz goes.
1:21.1	Yeah.
1:22.0	And it was basically a show based on a community center for Native Americans.
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