Normal Gossip
Normal Gossip
Normal Gossip delivers juicy, strange, funny, and utterly banal gossip about people you’ll never know and never meet. Host Rachelle Hampton discusses reader-submitted comedic gossip with guests, diving into the lives and decisions of complete strangers. The second-hand truth really is stranger than fiction. Produced by Se'era Spragley Ricks and Jae Towle Vieira. Created by Kelsey McKinney and Alex Sujong Laughlin. Show art by Tara Jacoby. https://normalgossip.komi.io/
Episodes
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Feb 9, 2022 • 51min
S1 Ep6: Nemesis by Proxy, with Delia Cai
Senior Vanity Fair correspondent Delia Cai joins us to break down some real John Tucker Must Die shit.
Follow Delia on Twitter @delia_cai.
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).
Subscribe to Defector Media and get your first month for 99 cents at defector.com/normalgossip.
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Feb 2, 2022 • 56min
S1 Ep5: Leave ‘em a Little Bit Broke, a Little Bit Mad with Laci Mosley
THE Scam Goddess, Laci Mosley, joins us in an adventure to the South where a group of sorority sisters teach us the first rule of Gossip Fight Club: never text your mess.
Follow Laci on Twitter @DivaLaci and subscribe to Scam Goddess!
Episode transcript available 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).
Subscribe to Defector Media and get your first month for 99 cents at defector.com/normalgossip.
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30 snips
Jan 26, 2022 • 38min
S1 Ep4: Always Google Your Neighbors with Megan Greenwell
Megan Greenwell dishes some upstate woods gossip and we tell her about a mysterious, entrepreneurial neighbor.
Follow Megan on Twitter at @megreenwell
Episode transcript available 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).
Subscribe to Defector Media and get your first month for 99 cents at defector.com/normalgossip.
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Jan 19, 2022 • 41min
S1 Ep3: Can I Say Something Bitchy? With Rachelle Hampton
Rachelle Hampton, host of Slate’s ICYMI podcast, joins us to unravel the scandal brewing in a neighborhood knitting circle!
Listen to ICYMI and follow Rachelle on Twitter at @heyydnae.
Episode transcript available 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).
Subscribe to Defector Media and get your first month for 99 cents at defector.com/normalgossip.
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Jan 12, 2022 • 40min
S1 Ep2: Dickmatized with Sam Sanders
Sam Sanders, Correspondent and host of NPR's "It's Been a Minute," joins us for our second episode! Join us as we hear a story good enough that it forced Sam to reveal that, "the first rule of fight club is never date a tall, cute bartender."
Check outSam Sanders' "It's Been a Minute" here, and follow him on social media @samsanders.
Episode transcript available 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).
Subscribe to Defector Media and get your first month for 99 cents at defector.com/normalgossip.
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6 snips
Jan 5, 2022 • 34min
S1 Ep1: Gossiptonin with Virgie Tovar
Author, activist, and podcast host Virgie Tovar joins us for our first ever gossip story! Join us as we revel in a messy grad school cohort and go on a camping trip with a dog named Pancake.
Check out Virgie’s podcast Rebel Eater’s Club and pre-order her new book, The Body Positive Journal.
Episode transcript available 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).
Subscribe to Defector Media and get your first month for 99 cents at defector.com/normalgossip
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4 snips
Nov 17, 2021 • 3min
S1: You didn't hear this from me
After two years where gossip has been hard to find, we decided it was finally time to create a space for the silly, strange, banal gossip we all know and love. This is Normal Gossip, a podcast from Defector Media. Check back here January 5, 2022 for episode 1.
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