Project Woo Woo is a podcast from comedian Lisa Orkin. Part interview, part biography, part parody. Lisa uses her Hollywood friends to play famous figures both living… and dead. Lisa has chatted with the likes Jesus, Dr. Ruth, Eddie Van Halen, Eckhart Tolle, and Ann Frank to name a few. Real conversations with imaginary people.
http://www.projectwoowoo.com
episode 45: Aimee Semple McPherson à la Becky Thyre
Who is Becky Thyre: Becky is a Gemini and an Actress, writer, mother, feminist. You’ve seen her on Transparent, Weeds, Arrested Development, Mr. Show, and Six Feet Under. Creating and performing the play The Miss Vagina Pageant with Jill and Faith Soloway and Melanie Hutsell.
Aimee Semple McPherson, also known as Sister Aimee or simply Sister, was a Canadian-American Pentecostal evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s, famous for founding the Foursquare Church, believe to be one of the first mega-churches in America. The building still stands in Echo Park California. Aimee’s life was full of lot’s of drama. kidnappings, divorce and of course Holy Rolling.