Normal Gossip

Processing Our Michael Phelps Trauma with B.A. Parker

May 3, 2023

01:08:25

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Relationship Between Groom and Grooming

2min

How to Tell Your Mom Nothing of Your Business

2min

The Importance of Being Nosy

2min

How to Use Astrology to Learn More About Your Community

2min

How Astrology Can Help You Get the Lay of a New Territory

1min

The Importance of Astrologers

2min

The Benefits of Knowing One Thing Really Well About These Topics

2min

Why Love Is Blind?

2min

10.

The Contradiction of Being an Aquarius

2min

11.

How to Be an Aquarius

2min

12.

How to Survive a Conversation With a Stranger

2min

13.

The Importance of Gossip

4min

14.

How to Strengthen Your Knee Without Hurting It

1min

15.

How to Figure Out What to Do With Your Knee

2min

16.

The Benefits of Water Aerobics

2min

17.

The Importance of Water Aerobics

2min

18.

Michael Phelps: The Greatest Medal Haul Ever

2min

19.

The Problem With Community Pools

2min

20.

Lorraine and Pearl Are Enemies

2min

21.

The Importance of Having a Community Pool

5min

22.

The Grumpy Lifeguards

2min

23.

The Pros and Cons of Water Aerobics

3min

24.

Respect Your Elders

2min

25.

The Fear of Water Aerobics

2min

26.

The Problem With Scuba Flippers in the Pool

3min

27.

Pearl Gasp's Complaints to Erin

2min

28.

Pearl's Cornering the Pool Manager

2min

29.

The Problem With the Water Aerobics Class

2min

30.

Pearl's Yelling at the Community Center

2min

31.

The End of Lorraine's Water Aerobics Class

2min

32.

Lorraine's Plan of Action: How to Get Erin Back

2min

33.

How to Deal With a Knee Injury

2min

34.

The Life and Times of Lorraine

2min

35.

Normal Gossip

2min

B.A. Parker takes a trip back in time to a community pool in the South that has some major logistical issues.

Parker is a freelance writer and the host of NPR's Code Switch podcast! Follow Parker on Twitter @aparkusfarce.

PSA: This is the FIFTH of ten episodes this season! We're halfway, baby!

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Episode transcript here.

Follow the show on Instagram @normalgossip, and if you have gossip, email us at normalgossip@defector.com or leave us a voicemail at 26-79-GOSSIP.

Normal Gossip is hosted by Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey) and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin (@alexlaughs).

Diana Moskovitz is our story editor. Justin Ellis is Defector's projects editor. Jae Towle Vieira is our production assistant. Show art by Tara Jacoby.

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Credits recorded by Olivia Beres.

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