Normal Gossip

Comedy EN ↓ 106 episodes

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/

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S1 Ep5: Leave ‘em a Little Bit Broke, a Little Bit Mad with Laci Mosley 02.02.2022 56:24

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 voicemai...

S1 Ep4: Always Google Your Neighbors with Megan Greenwell 26.01.2022 38:15

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...

S1 Ep3: Can I Say Something Bitchy? With Rachelle Hampton 19.01.2022 41:02

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 Kels...

S1 Ep2: Dickmatized with Sam Sanders 12.01.2022 39:30

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 out Sam Sanders' "It's Been a Minute" here , and follow him on social media @samsanders . Episode transcript available here. Follow the show on Instagr...

S1 Ep1: Gossiptonin with Virgie Tovar 05.01.2022 33:41

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, em...

S1: You didn't hear this from me 17.11.2021 3:12

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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices