Phillipa Soo: I Grew Up with a Poltergeist

Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch

QCODE Media, Inc.

Comedy

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Phillipa Soo (Hamilton, Dr. Odyssey) shares the stories of her childhood home, where doors were held shut then magically opened and sensitive real estate agents refused to enter. Plus, Phillipa talks Chinese New Year so hold on to your hats because it’s the year of the FIRE HORSE! You can catch bonus content now on the Woo Woo YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WooWooPodcast. Follow us on Instagram! @raedratch @irenebremis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.5	Thank you. Welcome to Woo.com.
0:48.4	Welcome to Woo-W with Rachel Dratch, the podcast that explores the unexplained with humor and curiosity.
0:59.7	Hello, and welcome to Woo-W with Rachel Datch here with my pal and co-host Irene Bremis.
1:00.3	Hi, Irene.
1:02.0	Hello, sweetie. Hi, sweetie.
1:03.3	Irene, today we have a Broadway superstar, legendary performer.
1:10.0	And I got to do a show with her a couple years ago. Now we're about to do
1:14.7	another show together. And you know her from the original cast of Hamilton. Please welcome
1:21.0	Philip Asu. Hello. Thank you for that introduction. Hi. Thanks for being here.
1:28.7	My pleasure.
1:29.4	Hi.
1:39.7	Yeah, so Philip and I were in a show at the Kennedy Center, and I'm going to stick the landing on that name, doing guys and dolls a couple years ago.
1:44.3	And Philippa was the lead, and I was a wacky walk-on.
1:49.2	I played this tough gangster that's usually played by a big dude.
1:51.7	But anyway, that's how I got to hang and know Philippa.
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